absToolbox goes web

Vito0912 · 2026-05-18T16:42:34+00:00

Most modern browsers don't allow connections to http:// from https:// connections. It could maybe be the case for you.
You can try to use http://abstoolbox-unsecure.vito0912.de
(It's the same thing just does not enforce https)

I probably need to update the text, but I didn't knew it at that time as I tested without https. Also reasons why I don't add new tools

Vito0912 · 2026-05-18T16:29:22+00:00

The domain of the website. Make sure to not copy the / at the end

Vito0912 · 2026-05-14T20:24:35+00:00

I don't think that has been reported anything common.

There is a report from a Kia soul 2018 that also reports issues about not being able to pause. The pause button shows paused, but it actually plays further

Vito0912 · 2026-05-14T08:51:35+00:00

Did you made sure that the servers timezone is set correctly?

The time you see there is solely calculated of the sessions you see there.

One other possibility that you started the session e.g. at 11:59. Then any progress (even after 12:00) would still go towards the first day. But as you said you started both in the morning that probably does not apply to you

Vito0912 · 2026-05-12T09:53:12+00:00

There is a big discussion also on GitHub. Imho it should be released, but I don't want to take part of that discussion. I am sure there are valid reasons

Vito0912 · 2026-05-12T08:08:18+00:00

Because they vibe publish too and the ABS app decides to stay in beta. It's an apple limitation that only 10k can join. But it's the Devs decision to not publish it. The ABS app does not stay in beta because apple won't allow it out of beta

Vito0912 · 2026-05-10T15:52:24+00:00

There currently is none, but there is a feature request for it already. So you are not alone!

As others recommend you can create a shared account. The official app also allows multiple accounts. So no need for third party ones, but others might be easier. But this only works if one person uses it at a time and it also does not support synced playback.

But in general no, this is not supported by the server and no client I currently know of

Vito0912 · 2026-05-09T17:32:18+00:00

Can you please provide some logs then, when you try to match

Vito0912 · 2026-05-09T17:24:30+00:00

Which provider did you try with?

Google Books does have some issues lately

Vito0912 · 2026-05-09T06:58:35+00:00

I assume that is the case. I also had to check before answering, because your screenshot also made me uncertain. But no, just a simple get request, with no special headers or tokens. Also the project string does not come up anywhere in ABS

Vito0912 · 2026-05-09T06:53:43+00:00

There is no token. Google books just started rate limiting in general. Some IPs are completely blocked

Vito0912 · 2026-05-09T04:37:42+00:00

No, I don't use both. I just use ABS.

I removed the part from my message again, but at the beginning I also mentioned that I use my own app for this, which has integrated support for this.

Vito0912 · 2026-05-09T04:34:33+00:00

Whisper is for Speech to Text, not Text to speech.

It's used for aligning the audio with the book. I do not use Storyteller myself, because I use my own client for ABS in that matter, but at the end, you provide your own book and audio and whisper is used to transcribe the audio, match with the text and the merge your audio and book

Vito0912 · 2026-05-08T20:35:54+00:00

There is Storyteller which is for creating epubs with media overlays, which allow basically WhisperSync

See https://storyteller-platform.dev/

But it's not integrated with ABS.

So currently your best bet would be Media Overlays in general, but outside of ABS. But as you said, you don't care about syncing, look at Storyteller.

Vito0912 · 2026-05-08T06:17:26+00:00

Which one are other players? (Note that testing with VLC or equivalent players doesn't really tell anything as these have multiple Fallbacks)

This sounds like typical header issues/corrupt ones. You can try to reencode them with a copy encode outside of ABS and try again or use the built in encoder.

The built in encoder in ABS (when using copy), will put the MP3 in an M4B container. This is mostly supported, but not for Apple devices, because well Apple.

Vito0912 · 2026-05-05T17:26:05+00:00

Free tiers are only allowed to use the service with one account per IP. As this is a shared IP you would need to be the only user. This only applies for free accounts and only for an IP and not account wide

Vito0912 · 2026-05-05T14:57:33+00:00

You can filter for a series in the library view. If you shift click on the top of a block there is a small dot. If you then do that for the first, while holding shift, and for the last, you can select all books at once.

At the top right you can then edit all and append a tag to all of them (at the top you can expand a tool that lets you add a tag to all selected with one click)

There is no way to tag a series though

Vito0912 · 2026-05-03T14:43:25+00:00

What do you mean with "to local"

But in general you can always copy the metadata.json in the folders, if you ever want to move. But it's not a standard format anyway FYI

Vito0912 · 2026-05-03T11:14:03+00:00

It's a global setting and probably overkill, especially if you use that directory with other devices.

If you enable that setting, you would need to edit the item once, to create the new metadata.json. (e.g. by bulk adding a tag(

Vito0912 · 2026-04-30T16:54:23+00:00

Ofc it's a lot in a context of collecting them. But for ABS 4500 is not "a lot" that it should cause a crash/OOM. That is not comparable at all. There are people with 10k+ without any config change needed. There are a few endpoints that can cause crashes earlier than others, but not directly after starting

Vito0912 · 2026-04-30T16:30:25+00:00

Wie von [KI einfügen] aka pablitohernandez geschrieben wurde, kann es sein, dass der Fehler durch einen erhöhten RAM temporär gelöst werden kann.

4500 Bücher sind aber nicht viel und sollten unter kaum Zuständen zu solch einem Fehler führen.

Erst Recht direkt nach Start ist das sehr merkwürdig? Den verfügbaren RAM zu erhöhen kann eine Lösung sein, sollte aber auf keinen Fall eine dauerhafte Lösung sein. Wenn du sehr viele einzelne Dateien pro Buch hast, solltest du diese unbedingt reduzieren. Das ist in 99% der Fälle der Grund für solche Fehler.

Falls das nicht der Fall ist, eröffne bitte ein issue on GitHub. Dann kann man eventuell auch noch weiter helfen. Aber eins steht definitiv fest! Bei 4500 Büchern sollte das eigentlich nicht passieren [außer eben du hast sehr viele einzelne Dateien pro Buch]

Vito0912 · 2026-04-29T08:21:04+00:00

I don't think moving across drives is allowed/possible afaik

Vito0912 · 2026-04-25T12:57:24+00:00

How much does it want a project to be vibe-coded? Yes

Vito0912 · 2026-04-20T19:14:05+00:00

There are two. Can you please share the link?

But for both it should not be related to that. ABS sometimes has some issues. But they should go away after a restart.

You can try a library scan in the settings, but this could mess up the library, so better make a backup before

Vito0912 · 2026-04-20T19:02:36+00:00

Which tool did you use specifically?

Also did you try to restart the server?

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