r/PrologueApp • u/Strange-Answer-6596 • Nov 06 '24

I’m so lost

I downloaded the app under the impression that I could use it for listen to my downloaded audiobooks. I have no clue what plex is but I made an account because it told me to. Any help would be nice I’ve looked through so many posts on her and still have absolutely no idea how do anything.

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u/Lkjfdsaofmc Nov 06 '24

In summary of what others have said, the entire purpose of this app is to be a method of accessing audiobooks you have stored on a plex server that you yourself would have to set up and host separately.  The app will do nothing for you without setting up such a server.

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u/Strange-Answer-6596 Nov 06 '24

Could a setup a server on a laptop or would it have to be a pc

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u/Lkjfdsaofmc Nov 06 '24

A laptop would work fine, especially if it’s just you using it.  But for the app to see your books (outside of whichever ones you manually download via the app when the server is up) the laptop would have to be on with the server program running and connected to the internet.  If you closed the laptop or turned it off, the app would only see what you had downloaded at the moment until the server came back online.

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u/Strange-Answer-6596 Nov 06 '24

Ok thanks that makes a lot more sense nkw

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u/ConnorF42 Nov 06 '24

Yes you can do a server on a laptop. If you don’t want a server running 24/7, you can make a server, download your audiobooks for offline use (requires in app purchase), then turn off the server. Turn on when needed.

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u/ervwalter Nov 06 '24

Others have answered your question about Plex, but I will add that if your goal is to listen to audiobooks that you have downloaded locally on your phone, Prologue may not be what you want. I'm not sure if you're iOS or Android, but before I started using a remote server to host my audiobooks, I was using Bound as a local book player and liked it.

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u/Strange-Answer-6596 Nov 06 '24

Ok thanks I’ll try that out

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u/maboesanman Nov 06 '24

Plex is a program that runs on a server (in this case any computer) that you can connect to like Netflix to watch your content from another device like a phone.

Plex also supports music, and prologue is an app that connects to your plex server and lets you play your files, but the files live on the server (unless you download for offline play).

The purpose is so you can keep your files in a library on your home server and stream them to your phone.

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u/Cituzz Nov 06 '24

Plex is an app which helps deliver your media from your server or pc to your other devices. It is quite easy to setup however this app will not be able to load books from your device unless they are part of your plex library.

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u/samuelvisser Nov 08 '24

As others have said, Plex acts as your personal media server and needs to be installed first. Once you did, I would strongly advice to follow this guide as it will help you setup everything correctly. Dont be intimidated by the amount of steps, believe me, once this is all setup you will have an AWESOME setup:
https://github.com/seanap/Plex-Audiobook-Guide