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Turn audiobooks into podcasts.

Do you have a folder of audio-files?Do you want to listen to it in your favorite podcast-app?

• Web-hosting space (enough to fit your audio-files)
• PHP running on it

• Copy the filebookcast.xml.php into your folder of audio-files.

• Add an optionalcoverart.jpg/jpeg/png file

• Add an optionalmetadata ormetadata.ini file with , for example, this contents: (all optional)

  language = entitle = The Audio-bookdescription = A description of the audio-book.copyright = 2020, The Publisherlink = https://example.com/book/

• Upload the folder to your web-host.

• Add the URL (your-webhost.example.com/this-bookcast/bookcast.xml.php) to your podcast-app.

• Start downloading & listening!

You can tweak the following options: (in the top ofbookcast.xml.php):

• META_DATA_FILE_NAME
  If you want to use a different metadata file.
• COVER_ART_FILE_NAME
  If you want to include different image-files/formats.
• AUDIO_FILE_TYPES
  If you want to use different audio-files.

The syntax used is fromglob(), see an explanation in thePHP manual.

• The output is a valid feed, according toW3C Feed Validation Service.
• The feed works (good enough) inOvercast.
• It might also work in your favorite podcast-app, who knows.

This thing is just an idea and very 'work-in-progress'.It was created to scratch my own itch; Maybe it also works for you.

Suggestions and ideas are always welcome.
Create an issueor take a look at all the 'things I already thought of but didn't get to yet'.

Or take a look at another piece of php software:dir2cast
It probably has the feature you're looking for.