‼️ Updated to new agent Audnexus‼️
Audiobook (Audible) metadata agent
What is this?
A Plex Metadata Agent for Audiobooks stored in a music library.
This agent sets metadata for your Plex Audiobook library by pulling directly from the internal Audible API. It uses the Album Artist file tag as the books Author and uses the Album Title file tag as the Book Title. All audio files will need to have these two tags tagged correctly in order for this thing to do its job.
Differences between Audnexus and Macr0dev's
- The Narrator is mapped to Style.
- Set's upto 6 meaningfull genres.
- The series is mapped to Mood, and into AlbumSort tag.
- Audnexus uses a database and connects directly to the Audible API
- Audnexus also sets the Author metadata in Plex
This version allows for better filtering and cleaner browsing in plex and various audiobook apps (such as PlexAmp, BookCamp, Prologue), a must have for large libraries. Everything else is the same.
Installation
- Download the plug-in by clicking Here.
https://github.com/djdembeck/Audnexus.bundle/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
- The plug-in bundle will be located within a zip archive. Unzip the archive.
- Edit the bundle’s folder name and remove "-main" so you are left with the foldername “Audnexus.bundle”
- Bundles downloaded from GitHub will usually have extra identifiers appended to the bundle’s filename, such as “-master”, it is importaint that the folder name ends in .bundle
- Copy or move the plug-in bundle into the Plug-Ins folder on the computer running Plex Media Server
- Windows:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins - macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins - Linux:
$PLEX_HOME/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins
- Windows:
- Go you your Audiobook Library > Edit > Advanced - This will load the plug in, return to guide for initial config settings.
Return to Guide
Metadata supplied to Plex:
| id3 Tag | Plex Tag |
|---|---|
| ALBUM | Title |
| ALBUMARTIST | Author of Album |
| ALBUMSORT | Sort Album |
| ALBUMARTISTSORT | Sort Name [Not used] |
| Genre1/Genre2 | Genre1, Genre2 [Not used] |
| cover | Poster [Not used] |
| ARTIST | Artists on Track |
| Set by Audible Agent | Plex Tag |
|---|---|
| Narrators | Style |
| Series | Mood |
| Release Date | Publication Date |
| Publisher's Summary | Review |
| Production Studio | Record Label |
| Genres | Genre |
| Rating |
Library Creation Options:
- General select
Music - Add folders browse to your Audiobook folders
- Advanced set the following:
- Agent = Audnexus Agents
- Keep existing genre's - The new agent pulls 4-6 meaningful genres but if you want to keep your existing CHECK this box
- Album sorting - By Name (This uses the Albumsort tag to keep series together and in order)
- UNCHECK Prefer Local Metadata
- CHECK Store track progress
- UNCHECK Author Bio
- Genres = None
- Album Art = Local Files Only
Tips for greatest success:
- Use mp3tag to auto tag and rename files https://github.com/seanap/Audible.com-Search-by-Album
- Set "Album" tag in audio file as the book title
- Set "Artist" tag in audio file as the book author
- Manual match for both Album and Author can accept ASIN
- Make sure all the tracks have the same Albumartist and Album, and also have correct Track Number tags.
- Store each in a folder
%author% \ %series% \ %year% - %album% \ %album% (%year%).m4b
Notes:
-Title data in parens () such as (Unabridged) is automatically removed before search.
-The first two genre tags show up in the top right when viewing the album/book. Genre tags are listed in the following order: Genre1, Genre2, Genre3... etc.
-You can filter by the various tags that are added to each book. Be it author, series, narrator, etc.
-Orignal code by djdembeck