[Enhancement]: Possibility to just get chapter titles without overwriting timestamps. #640

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opened 2026-04-24 23:15:19 +02:00 by adam · 4 comments
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Originally created by @garlik82 on GitHub (Sep 17, 2022).

Describe the feature/enhancement

Hi.

When merging mp3 files with m4b-tool, we get the a chapter.txt with the correct timestamps for the chapters, (assuming every file merged corresponds to a book chapter). I would like to be able to use lookup in chapter editor to just get the chapter titles.

Thanks.

Originally created by @garlik82 on GitHub (Sep 17, 2022). ### Describe the feature/enhancement Hi. When merging mp3 files with m4b-tool, we get the a chapter.txt with the correct timestamps for the chapters, (assuming every file merged corresponds to a book chapter). I would like to be able to use lookup in chapter editor to just get the chapter titles. Thanks.
adam added the enhancement label 2026-04-24 23:15:19 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-24 23:15:20 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2022):

If the timestamps don't match up then how do you know the chapter titles will be correct?
I'm not sure what this would look like in the UI

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2022): If the timestamps don't match up then how do you know the chapter titles will be correct? I'm not sure what this would look like in the UI
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@garlik82 commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2022):

Would have to listen to the chapter to be sure.
Maybe, manually matching the lookup chapters to our file chapters. I would listen to the chapter using the preview button in chapter editor and pick what chapter it corresponds in the lookup generated file.
Sorry for my English.

EDIT:
Adding a manual matching button, clicking the button would open a lookup window and we would be able to select which lookup chapter it corresponds to.
Captura de ecrã 2022-09-17, às 14 58 24

EDIT2:
An easier way would be to let us download the output of the lookup to a txt file, so we could copy and paste the chapter names.

@garlik82 commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2022): Would have to listen to the chapter to be sure. Maybe, manually matching the lookup chapters to our file chapters. I would listen to the chapter using the preview button in chapter editor and pick what chapter it corresponds in the lookup generated file. Sorry for my English. EDIT: Adding a manual matching button, clicking the button would open a lookup window and we would be able to select which lookup chapter it corresponds to. <img width="769" alt="Captura de ecrã 2022-09-17, às 14 58 24" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5408803/190860986-66de26ba-e4b8-4720-b707-2cb03df69bd0.png"> EDIT2: An easier way would be to let us download the output of the lookup to a txt file, so we could copy and paste the chapter names.
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@garlik82 commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2022):

Uhuh. Thanks :)

@garlik82 commented on GitHub (Sep 30, 2022): Uhuh. Thanks :)
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2022):

Added in v2.2.0

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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2022): Added in [v2.2.0](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v2.2.0) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/67830747/193477603-396893f6-9b28-4349-8531-2e7c4cf5ca7f.png)
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#640