![]() |
#1 |
Enthusiast
![]() Posts: 48
Karma: 62
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: HANLIN V3
|
V3 EPUB and PDF Zoom Levels
I'm not happy with the zoom feature on my v3 and am wondering if someone else's firmware (other than Jinke's which I have been updating as new versions appear) would offer better.
When reading EPUB docs Jinke supports 5 zoom levels. Level 1 is so tiny you almost need glasses to read it. Level 2 is a bit too large (not enough text to make a page really worth reading), and levels 3, 4, 5 are insanely large, suitable only for flashcards or signage. I'd like zoom levels corresponding to normal font sizes in real books, like -- for example -- 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 point or maybe 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 point for those who need big text (vision impaired). Better yet would be for the user to be able to *configure* font sizes for the 5 zoom levels. Does any firmware or hack offer improvement in this area? I'm also not happy with the page turn speed. Is anyone's firmware faster than Jinke on this? and has anyone implemented "half page at a time" page turn so that you can start reading the top of the next page immediately while the bottom half refreshes just a few tenths of a second later? Forgive me if these topics are old hat. I am new to EPUB format (have used the device mostly for plain text files of a more technical/reference nature) and am just starting to engage with my V3 as a *book* reading device. de |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
Enthusiast
![]() Posts: 48
Karma: 62
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: HANLIN V3
|
self-answering :-)
I note that there is a new firmware release from Jinke that promises "9x" zoom, which I think really means 9 zoom levels. I'll give that a try.
meanwhile, the page turn performance issue continues to bug me... and I'm fascinated by the idea of being able to use different firmware releases for the platform. how many are available and how do they compare? is there any feature table on someone's hobby page? |
![]() |
![]() |
Advert | |
|
![]() |
#3 | |
Enthusiast
![]() Posts: 48
Karma: 62
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: HANLIN V3
|
Quote:
At high zoom levels it would sure be nice to have a panning function; I've suggested to Jinke that a thumbwheel would be a good feature for future versions of their reader. (Have been drooling over early photos of Plastic Logic's Que, but that won't be affordable by anyone outside the business aristocracy for a long time to come.) Page refresh time is still sloooow with this firmware rev. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 | |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 2,037
Karma: 13471689
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Device: Kobo Sage
|
Quote:
Oops. my bad. Not for PDF it doesn't. Last edited by mbovenka; 01-05-2010 at 06:36 AM. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 | |
Enthusiast
![]() Posts: 48
Karma: 62
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: HANLIN V3
|
Quote:
I have read a chunk of the OI site and have stopped dead at the part where I'm warned that installing their V3update.bin will cause the Hanlin's internal disk to be reformatted (to ext3 maybe?) -- and that to recover from this, should I wish to revert to the Jinke kernel, I'll have to "connect to a PC and format as FAT." I don't have a PC, I have a Mac. also, I have not found the Hanlin to be at all happy about being connected as a USB drive, and therefore have little confidence that I'd be able to reformat it. can anyone else speak from experience about the perils and rewards of playing with OI with a Hanlin v3 in the OSX environment? I'm intrigued by OI's features and would like to try them out, but fear of breaking my reader is holding me back. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
Advert | |
|
![]() |
#6 | |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 2,037
Karma: 13471689
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Device: Kobo Sage
|
Quote:
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#7 | |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 2,037
Karma: 13471689
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Device: Kobo Sage
|
Quote:
A very interesting one is Tirwal: the guys responsible for it succeeded in getting it to support both EPUB & Mobi DRM at the same time. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#8 |
Enthusiast
![]() Posts: 48
Karma: 62
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: HANLIN V3
|
I have downloaded the Tirwal kernel (or whatever V3update.bin really is) and feel more confident about trying that first.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 | |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 2,037
Karma: 13471689
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Device: Kobo Sage
|
Quote:
I'm using OI because I routinely strip DRM off all ebooks I buy, so DRM support isn't all that important to me, and I like the flexibility the OI FBReader implementation gives you in tweaking the look of the text (margins, font size, line spacing are all configurable). And I like the fact it's open source ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#10 | |
Enthusiast
![]() Posts: 48
Karma: 62
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: HANLIN V3
|
![]() Quote:
How does one run an .exe file from (say) the Tirwal firmware GUI? So far I have not seen any cmd line or even pointy-clicky kind of access to the raw SD card contents. I like open source too :-) |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#11 |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 2,037
Karma: 13471689
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Device: Kobo Sage
|
That's right, there isn't. But if you look at the SD card on your computer, you'll see a boot-OI-v3.exe.fb2 on it. That will show up in the normal GUI as boot-OI-v3.exe (as it has a .fb2 extension that isn't shown) and you run it by selecting it like you would a normal book.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 | |
Enthusiast
![]() Posts: 48
Karma: 62
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: HANLIN V3
|
![]() Quote:
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 2,037
Karma: 13471689
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Device: Kobo Sage
|
No, not any more :-). There was a bug in a pre-0.2 release candidate that did that, but the 0.2 doesn't.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#14 | |
Enthusiast
![]() Posts: 48
Karma: 62
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: HANLIN V3
|
![]() Quote:
Thanks again for your courtesy and patience. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#15 |
Enthusiast
![]() Posts: 48
Karma: 62
Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: HANLIN V3
|
![]()
No joy. I installed the openinkpot dir at top of SD card.
I ran the openinkpot exe. There was a very slow boot with a lot of screen blinking, then "Openinkpot" logo in big friendly letters :-) I was prompted to set the time/date, and I got a rather nice looking main menu. But... When I selected Library, nothing happened. Nothing happened for any of the media items (Library, Audio, Images). Games got me a list of puzzle-type games. Applications got me a blank screen. Apparently there is no Library. I'm not sure how to get OI to *see* the book files already on the SD card. The OI web site says something obscure about a Disk Menu, but I cannot get any such menu to pop up from the main menu. Eventually I hit the wrong button and got to a plaintext version of the main menu, which seems to have killed the device for the moment -- no buttons have any effect any more, not even the keyboard lock. Is this really a stable release? :-) The GUI sure is nice looking though. If I can make it work I prefer the looknfeel to either Basic Jinke or Tirwal... I think. Any clues? I'm going to reboot and do a little googling. Last edited by RootlessAgrarian; 01-12-2010 at 02:38 AM. Reason: typo |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Tags |
complaint, firmware, jinke_v3, zoom |
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Number of zoom levels? | MacEachaidh | iRiver Story | 15 | 09-27-2010 12:08 AM |
DR800S: Reasons for PDF-Zoom function (was: ePub bug?) | DeReader | iRex | 170 | 03-09-2010 04:14 PM |
Zoom levels on Libre | Cj007N | Ectaco jetBook | 1 | 12-23-2009 01:59 PM |
Is there any way to add more zoom levels to the prs-505? (5 or more instead of 3) | basilmir | Sony Reader Dev Corner | 11 | 07-10-2009 12:24 PM |
Modify the zoom levels | dpierron | Sony Reader Dev Corner | 0 | 04-23-2009 11:15 AM |