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Reader digs into Jellyfin and KOreader sync troubleshooting

Original: Today I messed around with books on Jellyfin to see whether I could get KOreader to synchronise progress to/from it. Whi

A self-hosting enthusiast spent the day experimenting with syncing reading progress between the Jellyfin media server and the KOreader e-book app. When the KOreader plugin did not behave as expected, they dug into its Lua source code, learning the basics of the language along the way. The account documents the trial-and-error of self-hosted ebook setups.

Why now: Self-hosting communities frequently swap tips on integrating Jellyfin with e-reader apps, and this hands-on troubleshooting account resonated with them.

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• Today I messed around with books on Jellyfin to see whether I could get KOreader to synchronise progress to/from it. While trying to figure out why the KOreader plugin doesn't quite behave as expected, I poked around in the lua code and now learned a bit of lua and basics of… · bananicorn@chaos.social · 3

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