News, release notes, guides and video tutorials for AudioSilo, the self-hosted audiobook server and player. Every post says when it was last checked against the shipped software.https://audiosilo.app/blog/en-gbhttps://audiosilo.app/blog/listen-away-from-home/https://audiosilo.app/blog/listen-away-from-home/Reach a self-hosted audiobook server from your phone anywhere. The three ways to serve HTTPS, a Caddy or nginx reverse proxy, port forwarding, and home and away addresses.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideremote-accesshttpsreverse-proxyself-hostinghttps://audiosilo.app/blog/organize-audiobook-folders/https://audiosilo.app/blog/organize-audiobook-folders/One folder per book, inside its series, inside its author. The layout, naming rules, tags, covers and the awkward cases (disc folders, short stories) that trip scanners up.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidelibraryfoldersmetadatagetting-startedhttps://audiosilo.app/blog/back-up-your-audible-library/https://audiosilo.app/blog/back-up-your-audible-library/Download the Audible books you bought as plain M4B files with Libation, OpenAudible or audible-cli, keep them in a folder that scans cleanly, and play them anywhere.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideaudiblebackupm4bself-hostinghttps://audiosilo.app/blog/player-tips/https://audiosilo.app/blog/player-tips/Undo an accidental jump, let the sleep timer fade out and mark where you dozed off, keep the next books downloaded, set your skip lengths, export your bookmarks and more.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTipplayertipssleep-timerofflinehttps://audiosilo.app/blog/pair-your-phone/https://audiosilo.app/blog/pair-your-phone/Sign the iPhone, iPad or Android app in to a self-hosted audiobook server by scanning a QR code. Invites, adding more devices, and what to do when it can't connect.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTutorialappspairinggetting-startedinviteshttps://audiosilo.app/blog/fix-covers-and-series/https://audiosilo.app/blog/fix-covers-and-series/Swapped tags, missing covers, a series spelled three ways. How to match books to the community database one at a time or all at once, without touching your files.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTipmetadatamatchingcoversseriesadminhttps://audiosilo.app/blog/moving-from-audiobookshelf/https://audiosilo.app/blog/moving-from-audiobookshelf/An honest comparison of Audiobookshelf and AudioSilo, and the steps to switch without losing anyone's progress, finished books, bookmarks or listening stats.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideaudiobookshelfmigrationcomparisonhttps://audiosilo.app/blog/server-2-3/https://audiosilo.app/blog/server-2-3/Add kids and grown-ups from the player, see what the house is playing, cast to a Chromecast, keep the community database on your server, and read Audiobookshelf's metadata.json.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasereleaseserverhouseholdchromecastmetadatahttps://audiosilo.app/blog/self-hosted-audiobook-server/https://audiosilo.app/blog/self-hosted-audiobook-server/A self-hosted audiobook server streams the audiobooks you own to every device and keeps your place in sync. What you need, the options, and a Docker setup in a few steps.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideself-hostingdockergetting-startedhttps://audiosilo.app/blog/audiosilo-2-0/https://audiosilo.app/blog/audiosilo-2-0/A new player rebuilt around the whole book, on the web, iPhone, iPad and Android. What's in 2.0, from the whole-book timeline and Sleep timer 2.0 to your Year in listening.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasereleaseappplayerredesignhttps://audiosilo.app/blog/m4b-vs-mp3-audiobooks/https://audiosilo.app/blog/m4b-vs-mp3-audiobooks/M4B keeps a whole audiobook in one file with its chapters and cover; MP3 plays on anything. How they differ, when to convert, and how a server handles both.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideformatsm4bmp3chaptershttps://audiosilo.app/blog/audiobooks-on-unraid/https://audiosilo.app/blog/audiobooks-on-unraid/Install AudioSilo on Unraid from the Apps tab (the LinuxServer.io image), map your audiobooks share read-only, find the first-run password, and set up HTTPS and updates.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideunraiddockerself-hostinggetting-startedhttps://audiosilo.app/blog/admin-console-tour/https://audiosilo.app/blog/admin-console-tour/Four and a half minutes on a real household server - fixing a badly tagged book, the library and series shelves, Health, people and invites, activity and settings.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTutorialadminvideotourmetadatahttps://audiosilo.app/blog/server-2-2/https://audiosilo.app/blog/server-2-2/Community chapter lists fitted onto your own audio, books that belong to more than one series, community covers in the web player, and a dismissible support card.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasereleaseservermetadatachapters