Calibre-Web (eBook Library) w/ experimental support for video/audio/images

[holta]

There will be bugs initially (with large or long videos especially, and other glitches!) but it's time to start expanding community testing building on @deldesir's and others' hard work here!

IN SHORT: IIAB's experimental new version of Calibre-Web also lets everyday IIAB implementers add the YouTube and Vimeo videos they most need (as well as local videos, e.g. from teachers' phones) in support of indigenous/local learning libraries:

• https://github.com/iiab/calibre-web/wiki
• https://github.com/iiab/calibre-web

Related:

• PR Calibre-Web prereqs for audio/video + set app.db logging to /var/log/calibre-web.log w/ log level "DEBUG" #3676
• PR calibre-web/tasks/install.yml: Better xklb & yt-dlp symlinks #3677
• PR calibre-web/tasks/install.yml: Fix yt-dlp pipx path #3689

[holta]

Thanks @deldesir, @EMG70 & All for reviewing & suggesting changes after this is merged — in support of the highly-reliable grassroots-centric libraries that so many people are asking for!

[deldesir]

Looks good to me.

[holta]

Tested with a MEDIUM-sized IIAB install, which took a total of 24 minutes to install onto a VM, running Ubuntu 24.04 pre-release:

iiab-diagnostics: http://sprunge.us/FWiYyv

[holta]

Testing Method...

1. Create file medium.yml, with these exact contents:

runcmd:
  - mkdir /etc/iiab
  - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iiab/iiab/master/vars/local_vars_medium.yml > /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml
  - curl iiab.io/risky.txt | bash &

2. Create the VM:

multipass launch 24.04 -n u24-medium -m 2G -d 20G --cloud-init medium.yml [--bridged]

3. Log into VM:

multipass shell u24-medium

4. Monitor install progress: (look for "INTERNET-IN-A-BOX (IIAB) SOFTWARE INSTALL IS COMPLETE" which should appear about 20-to-40 min later!)

sudo su -
tail -f /var/log/cloud-init-output.log