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[GUI Plugin] Marvin XD
This plugin is DEAD due to changes by Apple. This thread should be kept for historical reference.
This plugin is NOT compatible with iOS >= 8.3. Nothing can be done about it till Marvin itself is adapted to the changes by Apple. Many of you will know this plugin and might be surprised to see me post a new thread. I'm taking over maintainership from Greg who decided to retire from Calibre development. I'm very, very grateful to you, Greg, for creating these great plugins and I'll try my best to keep up to your standards. I'll post more about this soon! Cheers, Wulf Marvin XD makes it easy to manage Marvin with calibre. Think of Marvin XD as a remote control for your Marvin library. Main features of Marvin XD:
Marvin XD requirements:
Installation:
Using Marvin XD:
Tips & Tricks:
Special note for iOS7 users: The first time that you connect your iDevice to your computer after updating to iOS7 you will see a dialog that looks like this: Click Trust. Once you have confirmed that the connected computer is trustworthy, you shouldn't see that dialog again. You need to confirm this dialog before Marvin XD will work. Special note for Linux users: You need to use a system encoding that supports UTF-8. See this post for more details. If you have problems:
Paypal Donations: Version History: Spoiler:
Last edited by Philantrop; 06-30-2017 at 12:10 PM. Reason: Plugin blacklisted in Calibre |
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I devour books!
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THANK YOU!
I would like to take this opportunity to personally THANKS GRiker for all his hard work and dedication to this and other plug-ins that make Calibre that much better!
Wulf - thanks goes out to you as well for taking over the maintenance of this truly wonderful plug-in. THANKS TO YOU BOTH! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I would also like thank them. Without them I couldn't use almost all Marvin's advanced functionality...
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I just discovered Marvin and Marvin XD a couple of days ago and it looks like what I've been wanting for years now! Thanks to all those who had a hand in development.
I have one question: I have custom columns in calibre that for "read" (a boolean) and "date last read" (a date) and have configured Marvin XD to use those columns. It seems to work properly in terms of bringing the right data back from Marvin but if I send a book over that has read==true and a value in the "date last read" field then those values aren't transferred over to Marvin. I know it seems odd to transfer over books that are read but sometimes it's useful to refer back to old material and having those show up as unread in Marvin is not ideal. I can mark them as read manually but I don't see a way to fix the date. Is there a way to send the data from those columns from calibre to marvin? Thanks! Linda |
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Hello Linda,
sending books from Calibre to Marvin is done via the iOS reader applications plugin which doesn't know about your custom columns and, thus, can't transfer them. Best regards, Wulf |
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Wulf, I think I didn't do a good job of describing what I was talking about. In Marvin XD, when you choose "Explore Marvin Library" it shows the last read and read columns but only seems to pull info on those from Marvin and not send those columns to Marvin when syncing metadata. That's why I posted about it here. Was I in error? |
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Can´t connect to calibre from ipad marvin app
When i try to connect from my ipad
I see a message saying error en la comunicación con el dispositivo and on see details calibre, version 1.48.0 ERROR: Error: Error en la comunicación con el dispositivo [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'C:\\Users\\FBARBA~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calib re_8j7xc5\\b13k8x_ios_local_db\\mainDb.sqlite' Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 86, in run File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 490, in _books File "C:\Users\FBARBA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_8j7x c5\b13k8x_ios_local_db\Marvin_overlays.py", line 276, in books File "C:\Users\FBARBA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_8j7x c5\b13k8x_ios_local_db\Marvin_overlays.py", line 2050, in _localize_database_path IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'C:\\Users\\FBARBA~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calib re_8j7xc5\\b13k8x_ios_local_db\\mainDb.sqlite' What can i do? Thanks in advance |
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Well trained by Cats
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![]() I think it is a variation on this FAQ issue: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#id49 Something is interfering with temp files being used/needed by calibre. I bet a conversion fails also. |
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Heads up: The iOS Reader Applications and Marvin XD calibre plugins are currently incompatible with the latest calibre 2.0. @Philantrop and myself are aware of the issue and are investigating a fix.
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There is a thread on modifying plugins to go from Qt4 to Qt4/Qt5. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=242223 |
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Beta version for calibre v2
OK, I give in.
After watching all the comments, plus receiving a few direct requests, I have talked to Philantrop about this plugin. Due to other commitments, he can't get to it yet. So, I give in. And yes, I am using the same text and bad jokes in for both plugins. But, make sure you read the whole post as it isn't exactly the same. Attached is a beta version of the plugin that should work with both calibre v2 and v1.48. I am not a user of this plugin, so haven't done that much testing in either environment. As far as I can tell, it works. I have tested it with my iPad with no problems. But, as I don't normally use the plugin, it is very likely I have not tested something important. Please test the attached version and report any errors here. I am only fixing errors caused by the change to Qt5. If there are existing errors or other changes that you want, please see the first post of the thread for how to report or request them. And please make sure you have the latest beta of the iOS reader applications plugin. Beta version 1.4.3 of the iOS reader applications plugin is here. If you find an error, I need as much detail as possible. If calibre displays an error message, press the copy button and post the COMPLETE message. And tell me what you were doing. In precise detail. Don't leave anything out as unimportant. It's amazing how often it is the little insignificant detail that was left out was the clue to solve the problem. If you report an error, I might ask you to run in debug mode. This creates a log of the calibre session. Again, I want to see the full contents of the log. My testing is on 32 bit Windows 7. I need the other OSes as well. The attached beta is version 1.2.4. I expect to release several betas, so please check the version number before reporting an error. And please report if everything is OK. If I don't see anything, then I don't know if it is all working, or if no-one has tried it. When I am satisfied that that the plugin is working properly in both versions of calibre, I will hand the code over to Philantrop for the official release. |
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Tested using the following:
Mac OS X 10.9.4 Calibre 2.1 Marvin 2.7.2 iPad Air iOS 7.1.2 Plugin worked properly, was able to connect to Marvin as required, it properly found the books from my library that were already on the device, and synced a book without any problems. No error messages. Last edited by Jwt0001; 09-01-2014 at 10:24 AM. |
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I've just posted a new release (1.2.4) that fixes 2.x compatibility and some other minor issues.
Thanks, David, for contributing most of the code needed for 2.x compatibility. Greatly appreciated! |
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