Jellyfin Bookshelf Plugin

Part of the Jellyfin Project

About

The Jellyfin Bookshelf plugin enables the collection of eBooks & AudioBooks, with the latter being able to be played through Jellyfin.

Supported eBook file types

• epub
• mobi
• pdf
• cbz
• cbr

Supported audio book file types

Please take in mind that this is not a complete list and represents some of the most commonly used formats.

• mp3
• m4a
• m4b
• flac

Offline Metadata providers

This plugin supports the following offline Metadata providers. These will check the local files for metadata.

• Open Packaging Format (OPF)
• Calibre OPF
• ComicInfo
• ComicBookInfo

The following limitations apply:

• .cbr Comics tagged with ComicRacks ComicInfo format are partially supported. Any metadata within the comic book itself will be ignored while external metadata within a ComicInfo.xml file can be read.
• The Advanced Comic Book Format is not supported.
• The CoMet format is not supported.

Online Metadata providers

These Metadata providers will check online services for metadata.

• Google Books

Build & Installation Process

1. Clone this repository

2. Ensure you have .NET Core SDK setup and installed

3. Build the plugin with following command:

dotnet publish --configuration Release --output bin

4. Place the resulting Jellyfin.Plugin.Bookshelf.dll file in a folder called plugins/ inside your Jellyfin installation / data directory.