06-29-2013, 04:24 PM | #1 |
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Kobo Extended driver use suprise
I have to admit that when a plugin that comes out for calibre is introduced I am very leary to use it in relation to the Kobo Devices. However I have started using the the extended driver for the glo with calibre on a very limited basis. I started by transferring one book over and seeing the results. The result was a very pleasant surprise. I am just using it to convert to the kepub format and although I don't like the page number format of the way the books are displayed pages by chapter I do like the stats and the other features that are enabled with the kepub format. I am up to transferring 65 to 100 epubs at a time with no ill effect. Although they are not going exactly where I wish them to go on my sd card I have a directory that I store all my ebooks in. Its a minor detail to cut and paste them to the correct directory on my ereader. It would also be nice to save kepubs directly to the hdd on my computer with out transferring to the book, but the ability to save the converted kepubs to a named directory on the computer helps to mitigate this issue somewhat. While not ideal, (it dumps all kepubs no directory format to the named directory on the hdd) its a small matter to scoop the Kepubs and cut then paste them to a an author named directory. Although the plugin does save the kepubs similar to the calibre format on the ereader.
I guess On a scale of 1 to 10 I would have to give this plugin a rather suprising rating of 9.5, I had the driver crash twice but no ill effect to the ereader and was able to recover no problem. Regards Jack |
06-30-2013, 04:12 AM | #2 |
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06-30-2013, 07:19 AM | #3 |
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Be careful, the extended plugin, while it may be useful, is perhaps the most dangerous plugin out there. it can play with your Kobo data base and you run the risk of servere corruption leading to many hours of frustration.
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06-30-2013, 08:14 AM | #4 |
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As the extended driver just passes the modified file to the main driver for the copy, I'm interested in any errors like this. How is it putting them in the wrong place? Have you configured the save template in the driver configuration?
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06-30-2013, 12:04 PM | #5 |
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I noted that the kepubs send to the device are named as is in the configurations in the save template field {authors}_{series} {series_index}_{title} but the ones that are send to the directory are named {title}_{authors}, shouldn’t they be named the same way? It would make the process off separating the books and putting them in separate directories so much easier.
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Jack said "not going exactly where I wish them to go on my sd card". That sounds like he is talking about the copy that goes on the device. So, either a bug in the copy, or the save template is not what he wants. |
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07-01-2013, 08:08 AM | #10 |
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Forgive me if this has been covered elsewhere, but I was wondering if Calibre does, or could in the future backup the Kobo database(s) in case of corruption/firmware fiddling/device replacement. I know that isn't its main function, but it's a pain losing reading stats/bookmarks/etc for side loaded books.
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Check out the Kobo Utility plugin; it has a backup option (and also separate options to backup the reading status of material; ie where you are in a book).
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I think you want to use: Preferences - Advanced - Plugins -> Device Interface plugins -> KoboTouchExtended -> "Save Template" NOT Preferences - Import/Export - Sending Books to devices -> Save Template Sorry if this obvious or has already been said. |
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