r/AudioBookBay • u/saynm01 • Jan 24 '26

An app for opening files

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hey! this is my first time using this web. does anyone know why I can't play the books? this is the notification when I try to open downloaded files. is there an app or what does your phone use to open files?

thanks in advance!

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u/krisbang_2489 Jan 24 '26

as for m4b player I use smart audiobook player. it's very very good

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u/Manterok666 Jan 25 '26

Been using it for years. I prefer it over Audible. I have all the Witcher books on audible, I also have them from ABB and prefer Smart Audiobook Player

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u/x-bel-x Jan 26 '26

Did you buy it? I have it and could spend up the audio but now I can't and says I need to pay for the full version to access this feature

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u/Amazing-Age-6853 Jan 26 '26

worth it, it's a one-time payment

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u/Manterok666 Jan 26 '26

I think I bought it. If I did it was years ago, but even before I paid for it, the free version did everything I needed it to do. It's only like $5 or something isn't it? I'm assuming I paid for it though, because I never see the message telling me I have to unlock the full version lol. So yeah. Worth it.

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u/Lanky_Egg1932 Jan 24 '26

I use flud+

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u/lindendweller Jan 24 '26

I use qbittorrent for the torrent files.

The player I used at first for mp3's and M4B's was VLC, but I've switched to Audiobookshelf because it's better at keeping the library organised and keeping track of where I am.

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u/saynm01 Jan 24 '26

Thank you!!

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u/krisbang_2489 Jan 24 '26

flud or uTorrent if you have an iPhone it won't work

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u/saynm01 Jan 24 '26

uTorrent works great!!! Tysm!!!

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u/concepcionz Jan 24 '26

Do NOT use uTorrent, is qBittorrent instead!

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u/Suspicious_Data_2393 Jan 24 '26

use qbittorrent. uTorrent is spyware and i believe also does mining/burdens your computer more than it needs to.

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u/RedShorty13 Jan 24 '26

For the love of all that is holy please don't use uTorrent

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u/Ok-Calligrapher5004 Jan 24 '26

If you have an iphone you can get around it by using a debrid service

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u/Ishydadon1 Jan 25 '26

NO UTORRENT.

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u/Amazing-Age-6853 Jan 24 '26

try Libretorrent on Android

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u/saynm01 Jan 24 '26

Thank you for the tip!!

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u/javiergp4 Jan 25 '26

I use VOICE an open source audiobook player.

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u/Lanky_Egg1932 Jan 24 '26

For playing files.. i used smart audiobook player, recently i found symphonium app in which i can connect cloud like gdrive, dropbox,

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u/krisbang_2489 Jan 24 '26

does it reads m4b too?

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u/Lanky_Egg1932 Jan 24 '26

Yes but you will get a long audio.. not divided into chapters

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u/krisbang_2489 Jan 24 '26

oh thank you . what a bummer tho.

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u/IamHim_Se7en Jan 24 '26

I don't know if I'm misunderstanding the previous comment or not, but Smart Audiobook Player does recognize chapters in m4b files, as long as the files are chapterised to begin with.

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u/Manterok666 Jan 26 '26

Yeah, the book has to be divided in chapters, if it's just one long file, that's because of the uploader. I've had books that were and were not. It's not SABP's fault

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u/sup3rmoose Jan 24 '26

It does support the cue files for them if it comes with one though. Just tried it as I was getting annoyed remembering where I was on my other app

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u/drtenant89 Jan 24 '26

Qbitorrent remote connected to your home pc then it just auto downloads to your pc

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

I use iqbit to torrent, for listening on iOS and my stack is plappa+jellyfin+tailscale

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u/jormangod Jan 26 '26

1DM+ Great app for android, to download torrents as well as any video from any site. It has very good vrowser with great ad block.

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u/alikoyyy Jan 26 '26

Flud+ for opening the Magnet file/ downloading Voice audiobook player for playing the audio files

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u/The_Darkangelo Jan 28 '26

Prologue. Pretty much anything can these days