[Alpha] Kobo-UNCaGED - Calibre wireless connection

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by desterly

May 1 18:31:59 Kobo-UNCaGED[1222]: 2024/05/01 18:31:59 New: failed to get kobo info: New: unknown device
May 1 18:31:59 Kobo-UNCaGED[1222]: 2024/05/01 18:31:59 New: failed to get kobo info: New: unknown device


Looks like that is exactly what it is. koboutils needs to be updates too it seems

You just need to wait until tomorrow for the new version of calibre that will know about the new Kobo Readers. Kobo Utilities will then know about your Kobo. I don't know if uncaged will work with the updated calibre but I doubt it given @PeterT's recent post in this thread.

[PeterT]

Jon... This is talking about a go package used in UMCaGED and is not related to the python code in calibre.

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[mgrimace]

Originally Posted by sherman

Yeah, Kobo UNCaGED is way out of date, and I made the unfortunate decision to check the kobo model (for cover info) and don't think I added a fallback for newer models.

I'm trying to decide whether to give KU a complete overhaul (there's plenty of issues with it), or if I come up an alternative way to sync books with calibre, maybe using tags.

Have you tried the kobo sync api with calibre-web? Entire library (or specific shelves) shows up “natively” on the device with covers. For my use it’s perfect. The major thing missing is syncing metadata and cover changes which I was hoping uncaged could fill - it’d be beautiful if both worked together - https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-...bo-Integration

[desterly]

The koboutils module has been updated. I'll have to fire up my build box and see if that's all that was needed.

[desterly]

I built an updated version with the newer koboutils. This seems to resolve the issue as it loads on my LibreColour now.

No other changes made to the source.

A build of that can be found here if anyone wants to try it

https://github.com/Desterly/Kobo-UNC...bo-UNCaGED.zip

[ams]

On Kobo mini (with GLO firmware 4.31.19086), when running Kobo-UNcagED, the browser opens, but then nothing happens.

ku.log:
...

[Kobo-UNCaGED] 2024/06/07 07:41:25 accept tcp 127.0.0.1:8181: accept: function not implemented
Jun 07 07:41:56 [Kobo-UNCaGED] Disabled loopback interface

With same firmware version on Libra H2O everything works perfectly.
Any idea why it doesn't run on the mini?

[ams]

After running Kobo-UNCaGED (Libra H2O, FW 4.31.19086 ) sometimes the synopsis of books that have no synopsis is filled with that of another book. It's the same synposis from another book in all books that should have an empty synopsis which shows up in "View Details" context menu instead of "No synopsis available for this item".

[bopuc]

Originally Posted by mgrimace

Have you tried the kobo sync api with calibre-web? Entire library (or specific shelves) shows up “natively” on the device with covers. For my use it’s perfect. The major thing missing is syncing metadata and cover changes which I was hoping uncaged could fill - it’d be beautiful if both worked together - https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-...bo-Integration

The continue riffing on the above…

Here's the consolidation I would like to see:

1. a Calibre plugin that implements Calibre-Web's "kobo.com API masquerade" approach and adds those routes to Calibre's Content Server. (This way we don't need to set up and run a whole other service, etc etc)
This plugin would also create an endpoint to receive annotation data and properly add it to Caliber's annotations system.

2. "UNCaGED" can then focus on configuring the relevant options it already does (and not have to worry about all the syncing etc because Kobo now does it).

3. "UNCaGED" also integrates "KoBuddy" to access annotations etc on the Kobo device and send them to the above described Caliber plugin's API.

This would give us the foundation for a proper, contemporary "mobile service" user experience for Kobo ereaders (which don't use the Kobo store etc).


Bonus: a one-time migration script to push existing annotations from DavidFor's (much beloved but I am getting worried!) "Annotations" plugin into Caliber's Annotations.

[mgrimace]

Originally Posted by bopuc

The continue riffing on the above…

Here's the consolidation I would like to see:

1. a Calibre plugin that implements Calibre-Web's "kobo.com API masquerade" approach and adds those routes to Calibre's Content Server. (This way we don't need to set up and run a whole other service, etc etc)
This plugin would also create an endpoint to receive annotation data and properly add it to Caliber's annotations system.

2. "UNCaGED" can then focus on configuring the relevant options it already does (and not have to worry about all the syncing etc because Kobo now does it).

3. "UNCaGED" also integrates "KoBuddy" to access annotations etc on the Kobo device and send them to the above described Caliber plugin's API.

This would give us the foundation for a proper, contemporary "mobile service" user experience for Kobo ereaders (which don't use the Kobo store etc).


Bonus: a one-time migration script to push existing annotations from DavidFor's (much beloved but I am getting worried!) "Annotations" plugin into Caliber's Annotations.

This is absolutely brilliant implementation and exactly what I'd be looking for from a usability perspective. Thanks for laying it out so clearly!

In brief, Kobo API syncs books to the device 'natively', and KoboUNCaGED handles KoboTouchExtended (KTE) and Calibre metadata, covers, and annotations with these books (which is the present gap). The backend would also be some kind of auto-conversion with KTE, and preserving the metadata settings there would be brilliant.

[squiddingme]

I'm not able to send books to my device's (Kobo Touch N905B, firmware 4.38.23038) SD card, even with the "Prefer SD Card" option enabled. When Kobo UNCaGED connects, only the device's internal storage appears in Calibre; there's no SD card available (the SD card is available when connected by a USB cable, though). When I send a book over it goes straight to the internal storage. Is there something I'm missing that I need to configure?