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[Enhancement]: Rescan file for chapter markers via edit chapters dialog #1468

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opened 2026-04-24 23:46:44 +02:00 by adam · 2 comments
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:46:44 +02:00
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Originally created by @iconoclasthero on GitHub (Oct 18, 2023).

Describe the feature/enhancement

If the chapter information stored in ABS is not correct for whatever reason (there are a few), there appears to be no way to rescan the file itself for its embedded chapter info. ABS will take the duration from the file in total and make one chapter, but you can't go back and re-read the file for embedded info. You can query Amazon/Audible for chapter markers if you have an ASIN, but again, can't query the file. It seems that the only way to clear this information is to actually delete the underlying metadata.json file (assuming you save them with the books) and then have it generated again.

Proposed change: add a button for "rescan file for chapter information" or from one of the two existing buttons (i.e., lookup and read from track), add an option to rescan chapter markers from file.

Originally created by @iconoclasthero on GitHub (Oct 18, 2023). ### Describe the feature/enhancement If the chapter information stored in ABS is not correct for whatever reason (there are a few), there appears to be no way to rescan the file itself for its embedded chapter info. ABS will take the duration from the file in total and make one chapter, but you can't go back and re-read the file for embedded info. You can query Amazon/Audible for chapter markers if you have an ASIN, but again, can't query the file. It seems that the only way to clear this information is to actually delete the underlying metadata.json file (assuming you save them with the books) and then have it generated again. Proposed change: add a button for "rescan file for chapter information" or from one of the two existing buttons (i.e., lookup and read from track), add an option to rescan chapter markers from file.
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adam commented 2026-04-24 23:46:46 +02:00
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@Klaesy commented on GitHub (May 19, 2024):

I would love to see a button for this as well. The problem I'm currently facing is that when I update my audiobooks with a slightly different version where the chapter times from the old version don't match the new version, the only way to get the chapters directly from the new file is to delete the book entry completely, which is not desirable.

@Klaesy commented on GitHub (May 19, 2024): I would love to see a button for this as well. The problem I'm currently facing is that when I update my audiobooks with a slightly different version where the chapter times from the old version don't match the new version, the only way to get the chapters directly from the new file is to delete the book entry completely, which is not desirable.
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:46:47 +02:00
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@oswallt commented on GitHub (Apr 5, 2026):

I would also love to see this feature. I've manually fixed the chapters in some of my books and would like to keep the rest of the metadata, especially read date.

@oswallt commented on GitHub (Apr 5, 2026): I would also love to see this feature. I've manually fixed the chapters in some of my books and would like to keep the rest of the metadata, especially read date.
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