What is your choice of audiobook player for Windows 10/11? - Page 2

Little Nemo · 02-10-2026, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rumplestiltskin

Desired features:
- Read .ogg containers with mp3 or m4b contents.
- Keep track of where I left off listening (like any ePub reader would when reading).
- Permit chapter selection (again, like any ePub reader would when reading).

As I mentioned, above, Sirin on my Android-enabled Kindle Fire seems to do all of the above. I don't want to install an Android emulator on my PC. VLC does chapter selection in Windows but doesn't remember where I left off.

Everything I've tried so far either doesn't do chapter selection (although a few do support a "prev/next" set of buttons that work).

Some apps don't support .ogg containers but will work if I keep all the chapters separate as discreet mp3s. Management of thousands of mp3 chapters isn't practical.

If ePub manages to support multiple chapters in its container, I'd like that same convenience with my audiobooks.

HOWEVER: If I need to abandon .ogg for some other container (still one container with multiple mp3/m4b chapters therein), tell me what container format and I'll try it.

Thank you for your assistance.

You might want to try SPAudiobookPlayer for Windows:
https://github.com/SPluzh/SPAudiobookPlayer

Fleabus · 03-12-2026, 07:32 AM

I've been using Smart Audiobook Player for Android. Has a free version, but I paid the $2.99 one-time charge to unlock some extra features. Handles containers with internal chapters and always remembers your reading position. Has bookmarking and a sleep timer. Can do various types of cloud syncing, but I've no use for that. Easy to set up the library folder. I transfer books from the PC to the phone's library folder over WiFi with an FTP client. After transfers you rescan the library to add the new books to Smart Audiobook Player's database.

Foobar2000 in Windows. Infinitely configurable; I've set the interface up with thirty separate numbered playlists across the top bar, a bookmark plugin, and the scheduler plugin for a sleep timer. I've been happy with it, but yeah, lotsa configuring with this beast!

Looks like you folks have some helpful suggestions for audiobook apps I've never heard of that are definitely worth a try.

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03-12-2026, 07:32 AM	#17
Fleabus Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Winchester, VA, US Device: No dedicated readers. Calibre Viewer on PC, Moon+ on Pixel 10.	I've been using Smart Audiobook Player for Android. Has a free version, but I paid the $2.99 one-time charge to unlock some extra features. Handles containers with internal chapters and always remembers your reading position. Has bookmarking and a sleep timer. Can do various types of cloud syncing, but I've no use for that. Easy to set up the library folder. I transfer books from the PC to the phone's library folder over WiFi with an FTP client. After transfers you rescan the library to add the new books to Smart Audiobook Player's database. Foobar2000 in Windows. Infinitely configurable; I've set the interface up with thirty separate numbered playlists across the top bar, a bookmark plugin, and the scheduler plugin for a sleep timer. I've been happy with it, but yeah, lotsa configuring with this beast! Looks like you folks have some helpful suggestions for audiobook apps I've never heard of that are definitely worth a try.