[Enhancement]: Universal/Inter Library Search #330

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opened 2026-04-24 23:05:06 +02:00 by adam · 2 comments
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Originally created by @jt196 on GitHub (May 3, 2022).

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So, have a bunch of radio shows and audiobooks. Some of them have an author that exists in both libraries - e.g. Agatha Christie. When I search in Plex, I get a list of all the items in both libraries. Admittedly, there's 2 versions of the author for each library, but it's a useful shortcut.

Originally created by @jt196 on GitHub (May 3, 2022). ### Describe the feature/enhancement So, have a bunch of radio shows and audiobooks. Some of them have an author that exists in both libraries - e.g. Agatha Christie. When I search in Plex, I get a list of all the items in both libraries. Admittedly, there's 2 versions of the author for each library, but it's a useful shortcut.
adam added the enhancementsorting/filtering/searching labels 2026-04-24 23:05:06 +02:00
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@cyberkoala commented on GitHub (May 3, 2022):

This might also make opening up multiple libraries more manageable.
Use cases:
Large multi user deployments may make libraries get unwieldy, if you have 200 or so podcasts, half of which are still updating.
Separation of categories - library for news podcasts, library for entertainment.
Future proofing if the experimental ebook reader functionality becomes more fully fleshed, meaning most deployments might have 3 different standard libraries..

@cyberkoala commented on GitHub (May 3, 2022): This might also make opening up multiple libraries more manageable. Use cases: Large multi user deployments may make libraries get unwieldy, if you have 200 or so podcasts, half of which are still updating. Separation of categories - library for news podcasts, library for entertainment. Future proofing if the experimental ebook reader functionality becomes more fully fleshed, meaning most deployments might have 3 different standard libraries..
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@adocampo commented on GitHub (Feb 7, 2023):

Yes, I have the podcast and three libraries, I would like the search tool to search in all my libraries and podcasts, and not to be forced to search in each library for some term.

@adocampo commented on GitHub (Feb 7, 2023): Yes, I have the podcast and three libraries, I would like the search tool to search in all my libraries and podcasts, and not to be forced to search in each library for some term.
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#330