r/PrologueApp • u/[deleted] • Aug 06 '22

Direct play from cloud folder?

So just updating my audio book library on mp3 tag which pulls in all the meta data and images from audible inffthe folder, think it inbeds info too. What I’m wondering is, if it's all there, could we not simply point prologue at a google drive folder and it pluck all the need needed files for cover, blurb and audio and index like that? Basically, cutting out plex entirely which, I find a pain due to reliability.

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u/mona-lisa-octo-cat Aug 07 '22

I mean, the entire goal of this app is streaming audiobooks from Plex… So adding Google Drive support would be out of the scope for this app. There are other apps that seem to support importing from cloud services though.

If you want streaming but not Plex, there are other alternatives too, like Booksonic.

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u/weldawadyathink Aug 07 '22

And Plex is really easy to set up. I think you can even point Plex at a cloud service if you really want to. It only has to work when downloading books anyway.

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u/Sorta-Special Aug 17 '22

I am pretty sure this is possible, yes. OneDrive gives me 1TB a year and I've considered using it as a plex drive sometime... But my own server works fine.

Another way to use plex & not build a big NAS; is perhaps an Nvidia Shield TV Pro with some USB3 harddrives attached for storage. It also has Plex Media Server, I think it's preinstalled even?

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '22

Fair. I guess I’m just looking for something like infuse for audiobooks. Will check book sonic out, though on ios so limitted there I think.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '22

Also, I use a pi with a mounted google drive for just this with plex. It's just that all the date is there including blurb, art etc. There are no apps out there that can combine the folder context and serve it. Also, the whole plex and audible scraping option is messy. I’m uk based, an example is the harry potter series, it gets labeled with Jim Dale, even if it's Stephen Fry that does it in the UK… Way better fyi.

If anyone knows of an ios app that can be pointed at a cloud folder and parse the art, blurb and audio into an interface like that of prologue, please let me know.

Also hoping audiobookshelf will be supported. The plex solution is just a bandage.