[Old thread] Issues to download news with Calibre - keeps working, but nothing hap...

davidoffpopoff · 10-23-2010, 10:44 AM

Hi,

I have just installed Calibre on my WIndows Vista PC.

Everything seems to be working ok, BUT the NEWS FEED takes ages!.

I select the news that I want, have done the setup for daily upload and then have requested an upload.

On the bttm right corner it says it's woking on it.. and it took more than 1 hour to upload news feeds.

Is this normal? I would have expected this to work fast in order to be able to upload very quickly every morning...

Anyone knows why it took so long?

David

Starson17 · 10-23-2010, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidoffpopoff

and it took more than 1 hour to upload news feeds.

Are you saying that it took that long to get(download) the news to Calibre, or to send it from Calibre to a device?

How many recipes were you getting? Which recipes? How long do transfers of other books take to your device? What OS?

davidoffpopoff · 10-23-2010, 01:07 PM

Windows Vista

What took ages was to receive the news in Calibre - lmore than 1 hour for 3 news:
- The guardian (UK)
- BBC news (UK)
- Liberation (France)

Transfering into my device (Kindle 3) via wifi was very quick! It's really getting the news in Calibre that was an issue.

Starson17 · 10-23-2010, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidoffpopoff

What took ages was to receive the news in Calibre - lmore than 1 hour for 3 news:
- The guardian (UK)
- BBC news (UK)
- Liberation (France)

It's probably a combination of size, slow delivery by the site and your data rate. Set it to run overnight.

davidoffpopoff · 10-24-2010, 04:12 PM

- data rate is not a problem at all - very good broadband.
- Altogether it was like 11 Mega so really not big

Run overnight: this means leaving the computer on all night? Is there a way to have this run without the computer on? THAT would be fantastic! :-)

Starson17 · 10-24-2010, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidoffpopoff

- data rate is not a problem at all - very good broadband.
- Altogether it was like 11 Mega so really not big

Then it's likely the source is not sending it to you quickly.

Quote:

Run overnight: this means leaving the computer on all night? Is there a way to have this run without the computer on? THAT would be fantastic! :-)

Calibre won't run unless the computer is on.

Kenny54 · 05-09-2011, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidoffpopoff

Windows Vista

What took ages was to receive the news in Calibre - lmore than 1 hour for 3 news:
- The guardian (UK)
- BBC news (UK)
- Liberation (France)

Transfering into my device (Kindle 3) via wifi was very quick! It's really getting the news in Calibre that was an issue.

I have the same problems with BBC news feed. The guardian and glasgow herald are fast at about <7mins.

I am running fairly old lap top (Acer 7720, 1.5GHz Dual Core, 1Gb ram)

Takes around 20-30 mins to make up the news feed.

Most of the time seems to be taken up "trimming" and creating the MOBI output.

Despite this the software is excellent and I have found ti to be most useful.

Manichean · 05-09-2011, 06:37 PM

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You've posted in a thread that is a few months old. Due to Calibre's rapid development cycle, information in these old threads tend to get outdated quickly. In the future, please open up a new thread if there is no active thread for your issues instead of resurrecting an old thread.

10-23-2010, 10:44 AM	#1
davidoffpopoff Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle 3	[Old thread] Issues to download news with Calibre - keeps working, but nothing hap... Hi, I have just installed Calibre on my WIndows Vista PC. Everything seems to be working ok, BUT the NEWS FEED takes ages!. I select the news that I want, have done the setup for daily upload and then have requested an upload. On the bttm right corner it says it's woking on it.. and it took more than 1 hour to upload news feeds. Is this normal? I would have expected this to work fast in order to be able to upload very quickly every morning... Anyone knows why it took so long? David

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10-23-2010, 01:07 PM	#3
davidoffpopoff Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle 3	Windows Vista What took ages was to receive the news in Calibre - lmore than 1 hour for 3 news: - The guardian (UK) - BBC news (UK) - Liberation (France) Transfering into my device (Kindle 3) via wifi was very quick! It's really getting the news in Calibre that was an issue.

10-24-2010, 04:12 PM	#5
davidoffpopoff Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle 3	- data rate is not a problem at all - very good broadband. - Altogether it was like 11 Mega so really not big Run overnight: this means leaving the computer on all night? Is there a way to have this run without the computer on? THAT would be fantastic! :-)

05-09-2011, 06:37 PM	#8
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Moderator Notice You've posted in a thread that is a few months old. Due to Calibre's rapid development cycle, information in these old threads tend to get outdated quickly. In the future, please open up a new thread if there is no active thread for your issues instead of resurrecting an old thread.

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