07-19-2012, 11:35 PM | #1651 |
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Hi Meme,
I just set up Kindle collections on my iMac, and any time I go into "Customize Collections" it crashes when I click "Ok", whether I make a change or not. I then get an extremely long error message, which I've attached to this post. |
07-28-2012, 09:44 AM | #1652 |
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Hi Meme
quick question, is there a way to use the plugin to control the kindle for pc application? since it uses a sqllite database as well I was wondering if we can use the collection to setup kindle collections and add books automatically? Thanks |
07-29-2012, 02:23 AM | #1653 |
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Hiya,
I have created a Collections Manager for the Kindle Touch. I guess that many Kindle Touch users would like to manage their collections using calibre. That would be possible if the Collections Manager was able to synchronize the internal database with the system/collections.json file. I could write the logic required to do that, but I'll need a little more information. First, I only have a Kindle Touch, so I don't know what the expected format of collections.json is. Could you please give me some sort of "specification" ? I did create a test collection, this is how it looks: Code:
{"Sample Series@en-US": {"items": ["#7af2ad8e-f04e-4797-bab4-8dfc0277210d^EBOK", "#B004UBEKXI^EBOK"], "lastAccess": 1234567890000}} I'm sure that being able to manage the Kindle Touch collections with calibre is something that many users would like, so thanks in advance for helping me out with this. Last edited by ixtab; 07-29-2012 at 02:37 AM. Reason: slightly changed questions :) |
07-29-2012, 04:18 AM | #1654 |
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ixtab:
Very nice. Since your code requires jailbreaking the Kindle I'll post my comments to your development thread. |
07-29-2012, 04:52 AM | #1655 |
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The plugin does not use an sqllite database, it uses the json file of the pre-touch format, and its setup to work directly on a Kindle.
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07-29-2012, 05:55 AM | #1656 | |
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I have now released a new version of the Kindle Touch application, which can create or update collections based on the output of the plugin. Maybe you could add a link to it from the first post, so Kindle Touch users can benefit as well...? (Yes, it requires jailbreaking, but it's still worth mentioning IMHO) Cheers! Last edited by ixtab; 07-29-2012 at 07:18 AM. |
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07-29-2012, 06:03 AM | #1657 | |
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If I send the collections to a K3 Keyboard, and then import to a touch it doesn't work. |
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08-06-2012, 06:23 PM | #1658 |
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Any word on if there will be an update to the Plug In so it will sort AZ3 files? That's all I'm getting these days from Amazon on my Kindle (NOT Touch or Fire).
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08-06-2012, 07:13 PM | #1659 |
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Any chance of my getting a response to this?
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08-07-2012, 10:55 PM | #1660 |
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Simple patch to handle azw3 files, for K4/K5 users .
Didn't test much yet, but the headers are basically the same for what we care about, so it shouldn't cause any problems . EDIT: Kill deprecated attachments, merged in 1.7.11 . Last edited by NiLuJe; 09-30-2012 at 01:20 PM. |
08-08-2012, 03:14 AM | #1661 |
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@NiLuJe Thanks. I will try to get this into a new version - its pretty much what I was expecting to do, but I wasn't sure if the formats were close enough that the code to extract the information would work.
@Nyssa I don't have a Mac so I've no way to test it or to find out if other Mac users have the issue, or what might have changed in calibre or the Mac to know what's causing the issue... |
08-08-2012, 03:21 AM | #1662 |
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That crash is almost certainly caused by some QAction in your plugin that is being garbage collected. Make sure you keep references to all QActions in your plugin to prevent them from being garbage collected.
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08-08-2012, 12:13 PM | #1663 | |
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But I recently saw a problem with a user on Mac that had all the symptoms of a garbage collected QAction but wasn't. Just something else to look at if keeping references doesn't fix it. |
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08-08-2012, 06:44 PM | #1664 |
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Sorting under titles in Kindle
I have a perplexing problem.
If I put books onto my Kindle from my laptop, sort the Kindle by title then the Collections appear first in alphabetical order and also in the Collections sort. As I read my authors they do not jump to the top in the Title sort which is what I want. If I put books across using my desktop, sorting under titles actually shows the titles (which I am sure is supposed to happen) and I can find my collections under Collections only. The last read author jumps to the top which ?I do NOT want to happen. The question is how do I copy the laptop behaviour to my desktop machine so they both will put the Collections in the Title sort. I am using the same versions of Calibre and the Kindle Collections plugin on both machines I would be grateful for any suggestions. Last edited by Eljayb; 08-08-2012 at 06:53 PM. |
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