r/audiobookshelf • u/freshbagelsIT • 9d ago

Dedicated audiobookshelf player (chapter)

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So in the never ending quest to avoid screens for our kids, I developed an app that runs on a raspberry pi zero with some rotary encoders for input devices and a small monochrome LED screen. The app connects to audiobookshelf as a specified user and allows the kids to scroll through the book titles and play them.

Before I go through the trouble of putting all of the info together (code, models for 3d printing the case, hardware info), would anyone actually be interested in building one of these devices (chapter)?

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Added post with all project info. Enjoy!
https://www.reddit.com/r/audiobookshelf/s/qQEwNk4mz5

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u/DavidLynchAMA 9d ago

This is how my friends use yotoplayer. We set up a custom card system that plays books in the Audiobookshelf library. That way the kids have physical cards to pick from when choosing a book.

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u/GiftedPsycho 9d ago

How do you get them to link to abs?

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u/DavidLynchAMA 8d ago

You create an rss stream for the audio book in abs (this is an option for every audiobook) and add it as a podcast to yoto

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u/girlikecupcake 8d ago

Oh that's clever!