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Audiobookshelf: Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

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207 points fjk | 1 comments | 09 May 25 02:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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heisenzombie ◴[09 May 25 07:26 UTC] No.43934558[source]▶
I understand the audiobook server, but what’s the use case for the podcast part? You replicate a podcast on your own server, in case the original goes away?
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theshrike79 ◴[09 May 25 07:38 UTC] No.43934613[source]▶
Yes, pretty much. You can also post-process them to remove ads etc. because you have the files on your own server.

Some podcasts remove all of their backlog when they "sell out" and go behind a paywall, having them backed up prevents that. (How did this get made?[0] being one example)

Also some podcasts (BBC ones I think) add ads while you download, based on your country. Some of my No Such Thing As A Fish[1] episodes have Christmas themed ads in them because that's when they we're cached :)

[0] https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/ [1] https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com

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1. walthamstow ◴[09 May 25 09:08 UTC] No.43935051{3}[source]▶
I recently pulled the back catalogue of the Acquired podcast. All the older episodes going back as far as 2016 have adverts for Claude!