09-04-2009, 01:59 AM | #526 |
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You're just not looking hard enough.
A search for "pdflrfwin" on demonoid.com and thepiratebay.org will show you torrent results. In the comments sections of both places, you'll find a link to direct download if you don't know how to use torrents. Heck, even a google search for "pdflrfwin" gives you both torrent and direct download link results on the first page! You won't find things if you don't look for them. |
09-04-2009, 04:29 AM | #527 |
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demono..what?
Thanks for your tip. Had to be happy with the Windows version, the Linux one seems to have fallen down into the inkpot. Well, the Windows version works on Linux with Wine and looks really pretty stable. So I had a quick try with a 2.1 M pdf about Roman history in A4 format. A difficult one indeed with lots of photos and maps or genealogical trees. It was converted in some minutes into a 26.4 M lrf file. Calibre opened it successfully after a one minute loading time. You read the lrf output in landscape mode. The texts parts are nearly legible. By this I mean that the font size is OK but the line is trimmed (you need to scroll left right about 1/8 to read it). It means the default settings have of course to be tweaked to suit your own book (if possible?). For the maps and the photos, you get them and at least you have a decent idea what it's all about but no more. For your information, here is a view of the main window with the book loaded, just to have an idea of what are the default setting values and a the screenshot of a page as seen with calibre with visualization mode (I turned it counterclockwise for you) For a quick and not too dirty reading...can be tried. Last edited by roger64; 09-04-2009 at 01:36 PM. |
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pdflrfwin is not the problem. I have that, and I use it through a virtual machine and it works fine... I'd just rather have the linux version. I did notice that the windows version runs under Wine, but at least for me, is horribly slow -- so slow that I do better in a virtual machine. It's a lot of rigamarole, but often still worth it. |
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09-23-2009, 03:05 PM | #529 |
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pdflrf closes
I have used this program to convert files previously, but I have a file that for some reason at around 25% the program just closes. It doesn't give me an error, but it just closes. Is there any way of figuring out what is happening so I can resolve this? Thanks.
Update: I've figured it out. For some reason in the pdf there were a few pages that were different size (they were blank pages). When I removed those out of there it was able to complete processing of the file. Last edited by wamblej; 09-24-2009 at 05:24 PM. |
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No, but you can use it to optimize your pdf files, rainbless. (You'd have to use calibre or similar to convert the LRF files, though, since Kindles don't read LRF files.)
You might try sopdf instead, which is PDF > PDF to avoid a step like that. Last edited by frabjous; 10-30-2009 at 10:24 AM. |
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rastefarian is smaller and clearer
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Thanks!
I am looking to convert the files to kindle format, thank you
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A newbie question: how to download?
Sorry for this stupid question, but I can't find a link to download the converter. On the first pages everything appears as a picture or text but not a valid URL link. What am I doing wrong?
Added 5 minutes later: Ok, I missed the point: Quote:
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01-28-2010, 06:52 PM | #537 |
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If you read through the last few pages of the thread, you'll find ways of acquiring it, however. (At least if you want the windows version; if you want the linux version, like me, alas you may be out of luck.)
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I am confused. What is the issue here? the software is free using GPL stuff.
SO what is the problem with simply COMPLYING with the GPL requirements? just release the source? is the creator gone or something so no one HAS the source? IE why can it not be PUT into COMPLIANCE ? |
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The author has not released the source. He does occasionally stop by here, but hasn't explained the noncompliance.
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Strictly speaking, I'm in compliance as I'm not distributing the tool anymore.
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