# Home assistant add-on: booksonic-air


I maintain this and other Home Assistant add-ons in my free time: keeping up with upstream changes, HA changes, and testing on real hardware takes a lot of time (and some money). I use around 5-10 of my >110 addons so regularly I install test machines (and purchase some test services such as vpn) that I don't use myself to troubleshoot and improve the addons

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## Addon informations

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## About

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[Booksonic-air](http://booksonic.org/) is a platform for accessing the audiobooks you own wherever you are. At the moment the platform consists of Booksonic Air - A server for streaming your audiobooks, successor to the original Booksonic server and based on Airsonic. Booksonic App - An DSub based Android app for connection to Booksonic-Air servers.
This addon is based on the docker image https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-booksonic-air

## Installation

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The installation of this add-on is pretty straightforward and not different in comparison to installing any other add-on.

1. Add my add-ons repository to your home assistant instance (in supervisor addons store at top right, or click button below if you have configured my HA)
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1. Install this add-on.
1. Click the `Save` button to store your configuration.
1. Set the add-on options to your preferences
1. Start the add-on.
1. Check the logs of the add-on to see if everything went well.
1. Open the webUI and adapt the software options

## Configuration

Webui can be found at <http://homeassistant:4040>.
Default credentials are shown in the startup logs.

### Setup Steps

1. Access the web interface after starting the addon
2. Initial setup wizard will guide you through configuration
3. Add your audiobook directories via the web interface
4. Configure transcoding settings if needed

### Options

| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|--------|------|---------|-------------|
| `PGID` | int | `0` | Group ID for file permissions |
| `PUID` | int | `0` | User ID for file permissions |
| `TZ` | str | | Timezone (e.g., `Europe/London`) |
| `localdisks` | str | | Local drives to mount (e.g., `sda1,sdb1,MYNAS`) |
| `networkdisks` | str | | SMB shares to mount (e.g., `//SERVER/SHARE`) |
| `cifsusername` | str | | SMB username for network shares |
| `cifspassword` | str | | SMB password for network shares |
| `cifsdomain` | str | | SMB domain for network shares |

### Example Configuration

```yaml
PGID: 1000
PUID: 1000
TZ: "Europe/London"
localdisks: "sda1,sdb1"
networkdisks: "//192.168.1.100/audiobooks"
cifsusername: "audiobookuser"
cifspassword: "password123"
cifsdomain: "workgroup"
```

### Mounting Drives

This addon supports mounting both local drives and remote SMB shares:

- **Local drives**: See [Mounting Local Drives in Addons](https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Mounting-Local-Drives-in-Addons)
- **Remote shares**: See [Mounting Remote Shares in Addons](https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Mounting-remote-shares-in-Addons)

### Custom Scripts and Environment Variables

This addon supports custom script execution and environment variable injection:

- **Custom scripts**: See [Running Custom Scripts in Addons](https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Running-custom-scripts-in-Addons)
- **env_vars option**: Use the add-on `env_vars` option to pass extra environment variables (uppercase or lowercase names). See https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Add-Environment-variables-to-your-Addon-2 for details.

## Support

Create an issue on github

## Illustration

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![illustration](https://booksonic-air.com/img/slider/artistdetails.png)

[repository]: https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons


