How to speedup page turn on sideloaded epub on Kobo Touch with Firmware 2.0 - Page 3

DrNefario · 08-02-2012, 08:47 AM

I totally forgot to look at the Baen book in Sigil yesterday. Let's see if I remember tonight.

I did look at the source in Sigil, and I seem to remember that it wasn't too bad. It wasn't just a save as HTML from Word, but I didn't spend a whole lot of time trying to optimise it.

DrNefario · 08-02-2012, 04:40 PM

The Baen book was split into four or five parts (by Calibre, so I must have converted it myself.) That was the only real difference as far as I could tell, so it must just be the file size that slows it down.

John F · 08-03-2012, 07:14 AM

I just looked at the sideloaded epub I'm reading. Each chapter is it's own html file, and it looks like the majority are less then 8KB. And it is still too slow. C'mon kobo, please release a fix for the slowness.

UncleIvor · 12-02-2012, 10:34 AM

I've just bought a KoboGlo, and page turning is a pain. I've converted files from odt to epub; would I be better off converting txt files?

Wally · 12-03-2012, 01:39 PM

Is this still an issue with the latest firmware? I was about to get a glo, but all my content would be calibre epubs so I'm worried the slow page turning might be a deal breaker.

MisterMax · 12-03-2012, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleIvor

I've just bought a KoboGlo, and page turning is a pain. I've converted files from odt to epub; would I be better off converting txt files?

If the epub are slow, try to convert/reconvert them with Calibre, changing a value in the epub output options.
Change the "Split file larger than" parameter from it's default value (260Kb) to the minimum value of 25Kb.

I've never tried odt documents.

MisterMax · 12-03-2012, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Wally

Is this still an issue with the latest firmware? I was about to get a glo, but all my content would be calibre epubs so I'm worried the slow page turning might be a deal breaker.

I've had no slowness problem with the latest firmware on my kobo touch.

Anyway, in my experience, a bad epub can be slow with any firmware.
A bad epub is an epub that internally have a bad structure of the text data.
A bad structure of text data mean to have few too-big files.

But when this happen, you can always reconvert the bad epub to a better (and very fast) epub using calibre and changing the "Split file larger than" parameter from it's default value (260Kb) to the minimum value of 25Kb.
I really hate slow page turn, so I reconvert any epub that is slow.

I love my kobo

EldRick · 12-03-2012, 05:58 PM

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slow page turning

Look at the dates on the previous posts - they are all talking about earlier firmware releases. I have a Glo and a mini, and slow paging is simply not an issue with epubs.

jusmee · 12-03-2012, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by EldRick

Look at the dates on the previous posts - they are all talking about earlier firmware releases. I have a Glo and a mini, and slow paging is simply not an issue with epubs.

I have a touch, and, with the latest released firmware, have NEVER seen a page turn that takes over 3 seconds, as the OP claimed in the comparison table - except for one weird book, out of very many.

EldRick · 12-03-2012, 10:17 PM

I've never seen a page turn that takes one second.

coongoola · 12-06-2012, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by EldRick

I've never seen a page turn that takes one second.

I have a Kobo touch with firmware release 2.1.5 ( 10/12/12 ) and my page turns are just over 1 second. Timed ! If my touch was 3 seconds I'd toss it in the bin through frustration. I have 299 epubs on my reader and some on the card and have no page turn issues at all. Love my Kobo

Pat

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08-02-2012, 08:47 AM	#31
DrNefario Guru Posts: 809 Karma: 2563498 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch	I totally forgot to look at the Baen book in Sigil yesterday. Let's see if I remember tonight. I did look at the source in Sigil, and I seem to remember that it wasn't too bad. It wasn't just a save as HTML from Word, but I didn't spend a whole lot of time trying to optimise it.

08-02-2012, 04:40 PM	#32
DrNefario Guru Posts: 809 Karma: 2563498 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch	The Baen book was split into four or five parts (by Calibre, so I must have converted it myself.) That was the only real difference as far as I could tell, so it must just be the file size that slows it down.

08-03-2012, 07:14 AM	#33
John F Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 5977713 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo Glo	I just looked at the sideloaded epub I'm reading. Each chapter is it's own html file, and it looks like the majority are less then 8KB. And it is still too slow. C'mon kobo, please release a fix for the slowness.

12-02-2012, 10:34 AM	#34
UncleIvor Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	I've just bought a KoboGlo, and page turning is a pain. I've converted files from odt to epub; would I be better off converting txt files?

12-03-2012, 01:39 PM	#35
Wally Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: sony reader	Is this still an issue with the latest firmware? I was about to get a glo, but all my content would be calibre epubs so I'm worried the slow page turning might be a deal breaker.

12-03-2012, 10:17 PM	#40
EldRick Addict Posts: 375 Karma: 91339 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo (Sony PRS-950, Nook STR, Kobo Touch, K-DX, K-3)	I've never seen a page turn that takes one second.


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