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Jaapjan · 01-10-2008, 07:23 AM

I am curious actually if you wrote the decompression / decryption for the records after the EXTH / PDB record 0 yourself or if you let Perl do that for you? Or did Mobipocket make something special out of it?

Maybe you'll induldge me and also tell me how you decide the actual amount of PDB records needed to be decompressed for the content since the last three(?) pdb records clearly aren't part of the content itself. They're way too small for that.

And.. why would they split the content in such small blocks of 2000 characters or less? Easier handling for small mobile devices?

01-10-2008, 07:23 AM	#136
Jaapjan Avid reader Posts: 262 Karma: 132 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Netherlands Device: HTC Touch Diamond, iLiad Book Edition	I am curious actually if you wrote the decompression / decryption for the records after the EXTH / PDB record 0 yourself or if you let Perl do that for you? Or did Mobipocket make something special out of it? Maybe you'll induldge me and also tell me how you decide the actual amount of PDB records needed to be decompressed for the content since the last three(?) pdb records clearly aren't part of the content itself. They're way too small for that. And.. why would they split the content in such small blocks of 2000 characters or less? Easier handling for small mobile devices? Last edited by Jaapjan; 01-10-2008 at 09:44 AM. Reason: More questions!