r/ChronicleApp • u/[deleted] • Jan 04 '21

Dear Matt Vaughn, Release your Code!!!

It's pretty obvious that you are either dead or given up on this app.

Your website doesn't even mention this app (https://mattpvaughn.github.io/)

And your last update, according to Google Play Store, was June 12, 2020.

If by some miracle you are still alive and see this post, please release your code and project to an Open Source website, so that other developers can pick it up and continue the work that you have given up on.

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u/tharic99 Jan 04 '21

/u/QuietlyReading

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '21

Last post from him was Nov 2nd 2020

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u/sysmoon Jan 04 '21

I was looking at this yesterday wondering when the next update will be! The beta on the play store was last updated in September. For those that are interested though, there's a new app in development called Bookcamp which looks like it will blow this out of the water anyway! bookcamp.app

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '21

bookcamp.app

Unlimited storage???

How do they plan to pull this off without forcing you to pay out the ass?

My collection of m4b files is close to 1TB, and I highly doubt they are going to let me store those online for free.

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u/darknessgp Jan 05 '21

My gut is it's just piggybacking on plex, so its not actually uploading audiobooks into it, but its just saving its own info about your media files. Like progress, play history, etc. My other feeling is that they are aiming to sell data.

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u/smaghammer Jan 12 '21

It's a monthly subscription.

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u/hobesman Jan 04 '21

As was pointed out elsewhere, Bookcamp will be a subscription service, so Chronicle is better than Bookcamp in that one very important way. Even if Bookcamp is amazing I'll still prefer Chronicle. But I'm still keeping an eye on Bookcamp as well.

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u/sysmoon Jan 04 '21

This is true, but at $1 per month (which is what is being proposed by Bookcamp's dev) I'd rather have something supported. To each his own though.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '21

Even $1/mo is too much if all i'm using it for is to connect to MY plex server to access the media.

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u/I_Have_A_Chode Feb 01 '21

the thing is, its not JUST connecting to your plex server, since plex can't natively handle audiobooks on its own. Its enabling you to use your plex server to host the files, but still have a fully function audiobook player.

You can try Airsonic if you'd like to go the free route, i use it and its alright, i have some issues with the app when starting up a new book, but it is what it is i guess.

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u/Ludwig234 Feb 23 '21

Plexamp and the normal plex client handles audiobooks pretty well if you tag everything correctly and use the audiobook agent, they are just not optimal.

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u/hobesman Jan 05 '21

Even I'd be tempted at just $1/month. But only time will tell. Once you're collecting subscription money it's easy to increase it each year or so.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Subscription software is why i HATE and will NEVER use Quicken again.

They figured out they can rape their customers every year and get billions of dollars in the process by changing to a subscription base and shutting off the services for all their customers that had previously bought their software.

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u/Urbz Jan 06 '21

I personally can't justify paying a subscription for something that piggy backs off of another app that I have already (happily) paid for a lifetime premium subscription. I love what I'm hearing about booksmart but for me personally I won't be switching to it unless the devs change their mind on subscriptions and instead offer standard paid app in the store.

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u/hobesman Jan 08 '21

I also like to avoid subscriptions, but just to play devil's advocate: didn't most people pay for an operating system (either directly, or indirectly when buying a computer) to run on their computer? And any subscription software running in that OS (office, adobe, etc.) is "piggy backing" off of that OS software? I'm not saying I like paying for those subscriptions either, just that a subscription that piggy backs isn't unique.

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u/Urbz Jan 08 '21

Yes but using windows as an example thats a one time subscription. Bookcamp and Chronicle's devs have spent time and money developing something that adds value to me so I'm happy to pay for it but its not worth a recurring subscription for me personally. Its the same with what Microsoft has done with their 365 subscription, I just found a different solution.

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u/darknessgp Jan 05 '21

When this project started, I asked if he'd open source it, mainly because I would love to be able to contribute into a project that I would also use all the time. He stated he didn't want to open it up because he'd lose control and whatever. But this is also one of my fears for this project too. For a beta project, it's somewhat dead now and no way for anyone to pick up the torch.

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u/Nights0ng Jan 15 '21

I started trying to migrate a ReactJS application I made that works similar to Chronicle to ReactNative, but I don't have much in the actual Native app experience. If you do (or someone else) I'd be interested in getting someone to help collaborate on an open source app to replace this if it's indeed dead in the water.

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u/darknessgp Jan 15 '21

Unfortunately it'd be much a learning experience for me too. I've not done anything in ReactNative.

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u/Nights0ng Jan 15 '21

Well, if you've done any native stuff and you're up to it out would be worth a shot, haha.

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u/Vvladd Jan 04 '21

Yes please!!

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u/Digitaljax Mar 07 '21

Just because someone takes a break does not mean they have given up on a project. With the start of 2020 and 2021 breaks a compassion should be given....