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\\n\\nThis Script will: \\n* Check every 2min for a new audiobook in the `/original` folder \\n* Find only files and folders added to `/original` since the last run \\n* Filter files to just Audiofiles (mp3 m4b ogg etc) \\n* Copy only the Audiofiles to `/temp` \\n* Ignore folder structure, bring everything to the `/temp/*` level \\n* If exists do not copy again \\n* We will configure Mp3tag to open to the `/temp` folder by default \\n* When you run the Mp3tag custom Action (installed/created below), Mp3tag will move the files from `/temp` to `~/Audiobook`\\n\\nExample:\\n```\\n/original\\n|\\n+-- /Book1\\n| |\\n| +-- book1.mp3 (Date: T-1min)\\n| +-- book1cover.jpg (Date: T-1min)\\n|\\n+-- book2.m4b (Date: T-2min)\\n+-- book3.m4b (Date: T-1Hr)\\n\\nRUN SCRIPT (every 2min)\\n\\n/temp\\n|\\n+-- book1.mp3\\n+-- book2.m4b\\n```\\n
\\n\\nWhat I want to achieve with this step: (click to expand)
\\n\\n\\n\\nThis Script will: \\n* Check every 2min for a new audiobook in the `/original` folder \\n* Find only files and folders added to `/original` since the last run \\n* Filter files to just Audiofiles (mp3 m4b ogg etc) \\n* Copy only the Audiofiles to `/temp` \\n* Ignore folder structure, bring everything to the `/temp/*` level \\n* If exists do not copy again \\n* We will configure Mp3tag to open to the `/temp` folder by default \\n* When you run the Mp3tag custom Action (installed/created below), Mp3tag will move the files from `/temp` to `~/Audiobook`\\n\\nExample:\\n```\\n/original\\n|\\n+-- /Book1\\n| |\\n| +-- book1.mp3 (Date: T-1min)\\n| +-- book1cover.jpg (Date: T-1min)\\n|\\n+-- book2.m4b (Date: T-2min)\\n+-- book3.m4b (Date: T-1Hr)\\n\\nRUN SCRIPT (every 2min)\\n\\n/temp\\n|\\n+-- book1.mp3\\n+-- book2.m4b\\n```\\n
\\n\\nThis will automatically copy untagged books from `\\\\Original` to `\\\\temp`, which we will set as the default folder Mp3tag opens to, so all you have to do is open Mp3tag and any books that need processing will be automatically loaded. Expand and follow one of the options below for your OS.\\n\\n
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\\n\\n* Download, Install, and Run [Dropit](http://www.dropitproject.com/#download) \\n* Download Dropit settings Backup file [BookCopy [v1].zip](https://github.com/seanap/Plex-Audiobook-Guide/raw/master/Dropit/Backup/BookCopy%20%5Bv1%5D.zip) \\n* In the System Tray: Right-Click `Dropit` > `Options` > `Various` > `Restore` and **Open** `BookCopy [v1].zip`\\n
\\n\\n[WINDOWS] Monitor /original folder and move untagged audiofiles to /temp: (click to expand)
\\n\\n\\n* Download, Install, and Run [Dropit](http://www.dropitproject.com/#download) \\n* Download Dropit settings Backup file [BookCopy [v1].zip](https://github.com/seanap/Plex-Audiobook-Guide/raw/master/Dropit/Backup/BookCopy%20%5Bv1%5D.zip) \\n* In the System Tray: Right-Click `Dropit` > `Options` > `Various` > `Restore` and **Open** `BookCopy [v1].zip`\\n
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\\n\\n * Open Notepad++ \\n * Create a new file and name it `BookCopy.sh` \\n * Copy and paste the code below, update your path, and save. \\n```\\n#!/bin/sh\\nfind /full/path/to/Original/ -type f \\\\( -iname \\\\*.m4b -o -iname \\\\*.mp3 -o -iname \\\\*.mp4 -o -iname \\\\*.m4a -o -iname \\\\*.ogg \\\\) -mmin -3 -exec cp -n \\\"{}\\\" /full/path/to/temp/ \\\\;\\n```\\n * Edit cron `crontab -e` add the following line: \\n`*/2 * * * * /bin/sh /path/to/BookCopy.sh` \\n
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"content": "{\"output\": \"tional) Automatically convert mp3 audiobooks to chapterized M4B [Linux+Windows]\\n\\nLet's face it, Large Libraries Sink Ships. Everything runs quicker, and smoother, the lower the total number of files there are to scan. Let's say you have 5000 books. If they were mp3's then you would be looking at least 100,000 files, vs 5000 m4b's. M4b's can also hold chapter data, and generally the metadata works better with Plex over mp3's. \\n\\nIf you use both Linux and Windows, I have a Linux script that watches your `/original` folder for newly added mp3 audiobooks and converts them to M4b files with chapters separated by mp3 file. It's pretty slick.\\n\\n* Creating and Installing auto-m4b-tool script guide \\n * https://github.com/seanap/Auto-M4B-Tool#m4b-tool-automation \\n\\n---\\n\\n### Configure Mp3tag\\n* Install, or Upgrade [Mp3tag](https://www.mp3tag.de/en/) to the latest version \\n\\n#### Set the default folder Mp3tag automatically looks for book files in.\\n* `Tools > Options > Directories` \\n* Put the full path of the `\\\\temp` directory with your untagged books in `Favorite directory:` \\n* CHECK `start from this directory` \\n![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/R2lh1YH.png \\\"Default Directory\\\") \\n\\n#### Download my example configuration files to Mp3tag's Appdata directory \\n* Download my repo by clicking [Here](https://github.com/seanap/Plex-Audiobook-Guide/archive/master.zip). \\n * Alternatively, click the green 'Code' dropdown button at the top of this Github page and select “Download Zip”. \\n* The `Mp3tag` folder will be located in the zip archive. Unzip the archive. \\n* Open the `Plex-Audiobook-Guide` folder\\n* Copy (or move) the `Mp3tag` folder to `C:\\\\Users\\\\your-username-here\\\\Appdata\\\\Roaming` folder \\n * Click `Yes` to merge/overwrite files \\n\\n#### Edit the newly copied config files with your specific paths\\n* Right click the following provided config files and OPEN WITH Notepad++ \\n * `%APPDATA%\\\\Mp3tag\\\\data\\\\action\\\\&1 Rename Relocate Extras Title.mta` Update lines 3, 15, 22 with the path to your Plex `\\\\Audiobook` folder \\n * `%APPDATA%\\\\Mp3tag\\\\export\\\\001 Generate.mte` Update line 1 with your windows username `C:\\\\Users\\\\your-username-here\\\\...` \\n * `%APPDATA%\\\\Mp3tag\\\\export\\\\desc.mte` Update line 1 with the path to your Plex `\\\\Audiobook` folder \\n * `%APPDATA%\\\\Mp3tag\\\\export\\\\reader.mte` Update line 1 with the path to your Plex `\\\\Audiobook` folder \\n\\n[LINUX] Create a BookCopy script: (click to expand)
\\n\\n\\n * Open Notepad++ \\n * Create a new file and name it `BookCopy.sh` \\n * Copy and paste the code below, update your path, and save. \\n```\\n#!/bin/sh\\nfind /full/path/to/Original/ -type f \\\\( -iname \\\\*.m4b -o -iname \\\\*.mp3 -o -iname \\\\*.mp4 -o -iname \\\\*.m4a -o -iname \\\\*.ogg \\\\) -mmin -3 -exec cp -n \\\"{}\\\" /full/path/to/temp/ \\\\;\\n```\\n * Edit cron `crontab -e` add the following line: \\n`*/2 * * * * /bin/sh /path/to/BookCopy.sh` \\n
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\\n\\n#### Install the Audible custom web sources \\n * [Download](https://github.com/seanap/Audible.com-Search-by-Album/archive/master.zip) the custom web source files\\n * Drop the `Audible.com#Search by Album.src` file in your `%appdata%\\\\Roaming\\\\Mp3tag\\\\data\\\\sources` folder\\n\\n#### Cofigure the `Tag Panel`\\n * This can be manually adjusted Under `Tools > Options > Tag Panel` \\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/wHdZcHh.png \\\"Tag Panel\\\")\\n\\n#### Create a custom Action that will Rename, Proper Folder Structure, and Export cover/desc/reader\\n * Load an audiobook file in Mp3tag for testing, and select it \\n * Click the Actions menu, select Actions (or `Alt-6`) \\n * Click New, and Label it (eg. 01 - Filename - Folder Structure - Cover in Folder) \\n * Add a New Action `Format Value` \\n * Field = `_FILENAME` \\n * Format String = `C:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\Audiobooks\\\\%albumartist%\\\\%series%\\\\%year% - %album%[ '['%series% %series-part%']']\\\\%album% (%year%) ['['%series% %series-part%']' ]- pt$num(%track%,2)` \\n * Add a New Action `Export Cover to File` \\n * Format String = `%album% (%year%) ['['%series% %series-part%']' ]- cover` \\n * Add a New Action `Export` \\n * Click `New` \\n * Label it `desc` \\n * Edit the `desc.mte` file to only include the following two lines: \\n```\\n$filename(desc.txt,utf-8)\\n%comment%\\n```\\n * Save `desc.mte` \\n * Set `Export File Name:` as: \\n * `C:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\Audiobooks\\\\%albumartist%\\\\%series%\\\\%year% - %album%[ '['%series% %series-part%']']\\\\desc.txt`\\n * Add New Action `Export` \\n * Click `New` \\n * Label it `reader` \\n * Edit the `reader.mte` file to only include the following two lines: \\n```\\n$filename(reader.txt,utf-8)\\n%composer%\\n``` \\n * Save `reader.mte` \\n * Set `Export File Name:` as: \\n * `C:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\Audiobooks\\\\%albumartist%\\\\%series%\\\\%year% - %album%[ '['%series% %series-part%']']\\\\reader.txt` \\n\\nYour New Action should look like this: \\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/SiRhEdU.png \\\"Example Actions\\\")\\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/kmOiNqc.png \\\"Custom Action Sequence\\\")\\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/YfxJOGj.png \\\"Filename format\\\")\\n
\\n\\n#### Test\\n* Put an audiobook file for testing in your `\\\\temp` folder \\n* Open Mp3tag and select all files for that book \\n* `Ctrl-k` and set/fix the Track Numbering if applicable\\n* Click the Web Sources drop down button, select Audible.com > Search by Album \\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/Q4ySYh2.png \\\"Web Source Select\\\") \\n* Click the Action drop down button, select the `&1 Rename Relocate Extras Title` Action \\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/OMRONbp.png \\\"Filename-Folder-Cover\\\") \\n\\n> Note: After selecting the Web Source manually for the first time we can then use the keyboard shortcut `ctrl+shift+i` to call it moving forward. Likewise the action script can be called using `alt+a 1`. \\n\\n\\n----\\n\\n### Configure Plex\\n#### Install Metadata Agent for Plex\\nFollow the Instructions [here](https://github.com/djdembeck/Audnexus.bundle)\\n* `https://github.com/djdembeck/Audnexus.bundle`\\n\\nAlternatively, you can manually create and configure mp3tag to your specific needs (click to expand)
\\n\\n\\n#### Install the Audible custom web sources \\n * [Download](https://github.com/seanap/Audible.com-Search-by-Album/archive/master.zip) the custom web source files\\n * Drop the `Audible.com#Search by Album.src` file in your `%appdata%\\\\Roaming\\\\Mp3tag\\\\data\\\\sources` folder\\n\\n#### Cofigure the `Tag Panel`\\n * This can be manually adjusted Under `Tools > Options > Tag Panel` \\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/wHdZcHh.png \\\"Tag Panel\\\")\\n\\n#### Create a custom Action that will Rename, Proper Folder Structure, and Export cover/desc/reader\\n * Load an audiobook file in Mp3tag for testing, and select it \\n * Click the Actions menu, select Actions (or `Alt-6`) \\n * Click New, and Label it (eg. 01 - Filename - Folder Structure - Cover in Folder) \\n * Add a New Action `Format Value` \\n * Field = `_FILENAME` \\n * Format String = `C:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\Audiobooks\\\\%albumartist%\\\\%series%\\\\%year% - %album%[ '['%series% %series-part%']']\\\\%album% (%year%) ['['%series% %series-part%']' ]- pt$num(%track%,2)` \\n * Add a New Action `Export Cover to File` \\n * Format String = `%album% (%year%) ['['%series% %series-part%']' ]- cover` \\n * Add a New Action `Export` \\n * Click `New` \\n * Label it `desc` \\n * Edit the `desc.mte` file to only include the following two lines: \\n```\\n$filename(desc.txt,utf-8)\\n%comment%\\n```\\n * Save `desc.mte` \\n * Set `Export File Name:` as: \\n * `C:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\Audiobooks\\\\%albumartist%\\\\%series%\\\\%year% - %album%[ '['%series% %series-part%']']\\\\desc.txt`\\n * Add New Action `Export` \\n * Click `New` \\n * Label it `reader` \\n * Edit the `reader.mte` file to only include the following two lines: \\n```\\n$filename(reader.txt,utf-8)\\n%composer%\\n``` \\n * Save `reader.mte` \\n * Set `Export File Name:` as: \\n * `C:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\Audiobooks\\\\%albumartist%\\\\%series%\\\\%year% - %album%[ '['%series% %series-part%']']\\\\reader.txt` \\n\\nYour New Action should look like this: \\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/SiRhEdU.png \\\"Example Actions\\\")\\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/kmOiNqc.png \\\"Custom Action Sequence\\\")\\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/YfxJOGj.png \\\"Filename format\\\")\\n
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\\n\\n* Install [WebTools 4 Plex v3.0](https://github.com/ukdtom/WebTools.bundle/wiki/Install) \\n * Restart Plex\\n * Access WebTools at this URL \\n * `http://:33400/`\\n* Install the Audiobook Metadata Agent using WebTools: \\n * In the WebTools page Click `UAS`\\n * Enter the following Manual Installation URL\\n * `https://github.com/djdembeck/Audnexus.bundle`\\n * Restart Plex\\n
\\n\\n#### Configure Metadata Agent in Plex \\n* Go to `Settings > Agents > Artist > Audiobooks` Put Audnexus above Local Media Assets \\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/5ZJmSXf.png \\\"Artist Agent Config\\\")\\n* Go to `Settings > Agents > Albums > Audiobooks` Put Audnexus above Local Media Assets \\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/AgzM1Wm.png \\\"Album Agent Config\\\")\\n\\n#### Create Audiobook Library in Plex\\n * **General** select `Music` \\n * **Add folders** browse to your Audiobook folders \\n * **Advanced** set the following: \\n * Agent = Audnexus Agents \\n * Keep existing genre's - The new agent pulls 4-6 meaningful genres but if you want to keep your existing CHECK this box \\n * Album sorting - By Name (This uses the Albumsort tag to keep series together and in order) \\n * *UNCHECK* Prefer Local Metadata \\n * *CHECK* Store track progress \\n * *UNCHECK* Author Bio \\n * Genres = None \\n * Album Art = Local Files Only\\n\\n----\\n\\n### Workflow \\nNow that the hard part of setting everything up is out of the way, this is what your typical workflow will look like moving forward:\\n> *Mp3tag can only work on one audiobook at a time.*\\n\\n##### Open Mp3tag\\n 1. `Ctrl-a` or, Select All tracks of an Audiobook\\n 2. `Ctrl-k` Set/fix the track numbers\\n 3. `Ctrl-shift-i` or Click the Web Source (quick) button\\n![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/AjJbUqE.png \\\"Tag Source\\\")\\n 4. `Alt-a 1` or Click the Action drop down menu \\n ![alt text](https://i.imgur.com/OMRONbp.png \\\"Filename-Folder-Cover\\\")\\n 5. This does not set the TITLE tag for multifile books. Plex uses TITLE as the Chapter Name. There are two easy options to set this: \\n * Click the `Filename - Tag` button, `Format String=` `%Title%`, this will set the filename as the Chapter name. \\n * Click the Action drop down, select `Chapter %track%` which will give you a generic \\\"Chapter 1, Chapter 2, ...\\\" \\nAlternate Installation using WebTools Plex Plugin (click to expand)
\\n\\n\\n* Install [WebTools 4 Plex v3.0](https://github.com/ukdtom/WebTools.bundle/wiki/Install) \\n * Restart Plex\\n * Access WebTools at this URL \\n * `http://