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freefaler ◴[] No.43942050[source]
One of the best self-hosted app I've seen yet.

Metadata management is great. The best feature is getting the chapter from audible TOC with start/end times. So you'll get a way to navigate the books you've downloaded and not seek in a giant mp3/m4b files.

They are also alternatives to the official android client. The most annoying feature is that locally downloaded book crash the app. So now it's only streaming.

However there are alternative android and iOS apps: https://www.audiobookshelf.org/faq/app#are-there-any-3rd-par...

For iOS the best I've found is:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bookplayer/id1138219998

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1. crossroadsguy ◴[] No.43948607[source]
Hey, does it do podcasts?

To any podcast listener and trying or having tried and found some great podcast apps:

I am looking for something to replace Overcast (subscribed) with on iOS.

Without getting into what has been happening to the app of late (because that’s not the reason), I would add that whenever there’s an app or service I start using a lot I try to look for an open or openish alternative. (This is just a personal thing I guess). And goodness I have been listening to crazy amounts of podcasts in the last 5-6 years.

I have tried PocketCasts (subscribed), Castro, and Downcast and I didn’t really like them (I know only PocketCasts is open — just wanted to give an idea).

I just need: native app, easy import/export, queue (just one would do), easy to reorder episodes, few intuitive row actions, history, ability to save/favourite some of the episodes; and ability to mark mass-played/unplayed (all/selected).

And very easy/swift switching between download/stream.

And most importantly reliable and stable and predictable.

If there’s something great in FOSS and in the works and they are looking for heavy podcast listeners as beta testers I would love to help out if I could (and could even help out on Android code side if at all and if it’s multi platform).

tl;dr: looking for a solid iOS native podcast player app that is not Overcast, PocketCasts, Castro, or DownCast (and I am not deriding these apps)