Ambry audiobook service vs Audioserve
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noketone · 2023-10-30 05:06

Anybody played with Ambry for hosting audiobooks?

Looks like the dev released an android app, and the UI in both the web
and app is more slick/visually appealing than Audioserve.

Audiobookshelf is a no go for me - the project is rapidly developing,
has lots of bugs, and has caused some serious system failures when
doing apt-update. Maybe once it's stable and in maintenance, but for
now - no.

I'm torn between the two, and was hoping to field some input as to
whether I should set up Ambry or Audioserve.

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raph-dev · 2023-10-30 11:44

I am a daily user of audiobookshelf for quote some time. Didn't
encounter any serious bugs for at least 6 months. Also installation
and upgrading ist very easy with docker. No problems here.
For me, audiobookshelf ist one of the best software to selfhost out
there.

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-eschguy- · 2023-10-30 18:26

What bugs do you see in Audiobookshelf? I've used it as my audiobook
and podcast app for a while now.

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noketone · 2023-10-30 21:13

The biggest one: on doing apt-update, audiobookshelf crashed the
updater and left me without most of my software - roughly half of the
software on the server was in an uninstalled state.
I submitted an issue on github - still unhandled despite providing
logs.

I love how I specifically asked about 2 different apps, and said a 3rd
app was unsuitable for my needs, and the only replies I've gotten are
"use the unsuitable one! it's great!"

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noketone · 2023-10-30 21:15

There's also the issue that it doesn't, and likely won't, support
subfolder paths for reverse proxy due to a deeply rooted issue that
can't be fixed without reworking the entire system.

Meanwhile, both Ambry and Audioserve both support subfolder paths for
reverse proxy ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯

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-eschguy- · 2023-10-30 21:47

I don't have experience with either of your "suitable" ones, so I was
curious why you didn't like the one I do have experience with.

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-eschguy- · 2023-10-30 21:48

Not sure I understand the issue, you point your libraries wherever you
want them to be (mine are on a NAS) and it scans/downloads/reads from
there.

Good luck with the two you want to use, though.

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noketone · 2023-10-30 22:20

https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/385