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I created and maintain an audiobook iPhone app, Bound. I’ve been meaning to integrate LibriVox as a source but the API leaves a lot to be desired. Has anyone ha

by bueno 6y ago

I created and maintain an audiobook iPhone app, Bound. I’ve been meaning to integrate LibriVox as a source but the API leaves a lot to be desired. Has anyone had experience with this? It seems like I should just use Archive.org as the source instead. If anyone wants to check out my app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bound-audiobook-player/id1041727137 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bound-audiobook-player/id10417...

drummer 6y ago
Their about page says that Archive.org hosts their audio files for free.
elektor 6y ago
Bound was the best $4 I’ve spent on an app, thanks Tim.
- bueno 6y ago
  Wow! Thank you for the compliment. I really appreciate it.
  - askjdlkasdjsd 6y ago
    As an android user, I'm so jelly. Those screenshots look delicious, well done. I feel like amazon literally hasn't bothered updating their UI since the 90s. I love audible, but god damn their UI is depressing and actually makes listening to audiobooks a worse experience. There's no better alternative either :(
    - glomph 6y ago
      I can recommend Voice https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ph1b.audiobook https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ph1b.audiob... which is open source!
    - JadeNB 6y ago
      I haven't done much comparison, but Smart Audiobook Player has always served me well.
- squillful 6y ago
  Came here to say the same thing. Awesome app. Great to be freed from the shackles of Audible and the likes :)
ziftface 6y ago
Your app looks very interesting, thanks for sharing. Kind of off topic, but is it possible to sync your current time with a cloud provider using this app?
- bueno 6y ago
  At this time no. Audiobooks and their current progress are local to the device. This is a fairly complicated feature to implement and I haven’t had a chance to do it yet.
  - ziftface 6y ago
    Understandable, thanks
mxcrossb 6y ago
It seems like there are a lot of LibriVox items available as podcasts on iTunes. Maybe there are similar feeds you can use.
hombre_fatal 6y ago
One of the first 100% SwiftUI apps I made to practice it was to build a librivox client. Download the librivox iPhone client and use mitmproxy to see the endpoints it hits. Oh yeah, looks like it hits https://librivox.app https://librivox.app 's api (not the .org). Don't remember if there was/wasn't a relationship between the services. For all I know it's a full 3rd party content mirror.
- hombre_fatal 6y ago
  Oh, this is a completely different entity. Seems a bit hostile to sweep up the branding of librivox like that.
parkersweb 6y ago
Looks great - but the App Store says it requires iOS13. iPhone 6 user so I’m stuck on iOS12 - I couldn’t see from the release notes when that change came in?
sodium83 6y ago
Your app is awesome. I use it every day. I really like the smooth streamlined interface. Thanks for your effort.
rrrrobi 6y ago
I’ve been using Bound for a couple years and I absolutely love it.

by bueno 6y ago

drummer 6y ago

Their about page says that Archive.org hosts their audio files for free.

elektor 6y ago

Bound was the best $4 I’ve spent on an app, thanks Tim.

bueno 6y ago
Wow! Thank you for the compliment. I really appreciate it.
- askjdlkasdjsd 6y ago
  As an android user, I'm so jelly. Those screenshots look delicious, well done. I feel like amazon literally hasn't bothered updating their UI since the 90s. I love audible, but god damn their UI is depressing and actually makes listening to audiobooks a worse experience. There's no better alternative either :(
  - glomph 6y ago
    I can recommend Voice https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ph1b.audiobook https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ph1b.audiob... which is open source!
  - JadeNB 6y ago
    I haven't done much comparison, but Smart Audiobook Player has always served me well.
squillful 6y ago
Came here to say the same thing. Awesome app. Great to be freed from the shackles of Audible and the likes :)

ziftface 6y ago

Your app looks very interesting, thanks for sharing. Kind of off topic, but is it possible to sync your current time with a cloud provider using this app?

bueno 6y ago
At this time no. Audiobooks and their current progress are local to the device. This is a fairly complicated feature to implement and I haven’t had a chance to do it yet.
- ziftface 6y ago
  Understandable, thanks

mxcrossb 6y ago

It seems like there are a lot of LibriVox items available as podcasts on iTunes. Maybe there are similar feeds you can use.

hombre_fatal 6y ago

One of the first 100% SwiftUI apps I made to practice it was to build a librivox client. Download the librivox iPhone client and use mitmproxy to see the endpoints it hits. Oh yeah, looks like it hits https://librivox.app https://librivox.app 's api (not the .org). Don't remember if there was/wasn't a relationship between the services. For all I know it's a full 3rd party content mirror.

hombre_fatal 6y ago
Oh, this is a completely different entity. Seems a bit hostile to sweep up the branding of librivox like that.

parkersweb 6y ago

Looks great - but the App Store says it requires iOS13. iPhone 6 user so I’m stuck on iOS12 - I couldn’t see from the release notes when that change came in?

sodium83 6y ago

Your app is awesome. I use it every day. I really like the smooth streamlined interface. Thanks for your effort.

rrrrobi 6y ago

I’ve been using Bound for a couple years and I absolutely love it.