Calibre Companion Android App: Information, Change Log, and FAQ

chaley · 08-24-2012, 07:42 AM

Latest version of Calibre Companion: V2.7.1 on 27/Jan/2013.

Calibre Companion requires calibre version 0.9.2 or later. The "Use calibre's book identifier as file name" option requires calibre version 0.9.15 or later.

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What is Calibre Companion?

Calibre Companion is three applications in one: it connects to calibre over WiFi and is detected as a device, it connects to calibre’s content server, and it is a library organizer on your device.

The first: Calibre Companion supports connecting to calibre over WiFi and be detected by calibre as a device. No other app, reader or browser, offers this level of integration with calibre.

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The second: Calibre Companion can connect to calibre’s content server.

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The third: Calibre Companion is a library organizer for your device.

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Click here to see CC's FAQ

Click here to see CC's Change Log

chaley · 09-06-2012, 01:36 PM

chaley · 01-25-2013, 05:27 AM

CHANGE LOG

Versions 2.8.0 and 2.8.1 (21/Apr/2013)
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Improvements in connecting to the content server for people who have more than one server or have one server visible both on the home LAN and on the WAN

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Fix bug encountered when Android kills CC when it is reading from the content server.
Fix a rare crash when checking for missing books.

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Version 2.7.1 (27/Jan/2013)

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2.7.0 (25/Jan/2013)

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Version 2.6.1 (16/Jan/2013)

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Version 2.6 (9/Jan/2013)

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Version 2.5.3 (23/Dec/2012)

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Version 2.5.2 (3/Dec/2012)

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Version 2.5.1 (24/Nov/2012)

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Version 2.5 (23/Nov/2012)

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Version 2..4 (8/Nov/2012)

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Version 2.3.2 (19/Oct/2012)

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Version 2.3.1 (12/Oct/2012)

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Version 2.3 (10/Oct/2012)

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Version 2.2.2 (6/Oct/2012)

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Version 2.2.1 (5/Oct/2012) and version 2.2 (a test release)

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Version 2.1.2 (24/Sep/2012)

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Version 2.1.1 (19/Sep/2012)

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Version 2.1 (15/Sep/2012)

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Version 2.0.2 (10/Sep/2012)

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Version 2.0.1 (6/Sep/2012)

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Version 2.0 (4/Sep/2012)

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Version 1.10.1 (4/Sep/2012)

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Version 1.10 (29/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.9 (27/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.8.2 (25/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.8.1 (24/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.8 (23/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.7.1 (21/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.7 (20/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.6.1 (18/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.6 (18/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.5 (17/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.4 (15/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.3 (14/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.2 (13/Aug/2012)

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Version 1.1 (12/Aug/2012)

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chaley · 01-25-2013, 05:27 AM

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chaley · 01-25-2013, 05:42 AM

Kindle for Android (K4A) is one of the very few reader apps that does not publish to Android the kinds of books that it can open. Because of this, Calibre Companion cannot automatically pass books to it. It is possible that this can happen with other reader apps, in which case the steps below could help resolve the problem.

You can resolve this problem one of two ways:

Use a different reader app that can open .mobi files (or the format you are trying to open). There are several. This will work only if your books are not infested with Amazon's DRM.
Set Calibre Companion's storage folder to K4A's books folder. Its name is "kindle". Its location depends on the version of Android you are running.

Important: K4A does not support subfolders in the "kindle" folder. Because of this, when using K4A you must not use a calibre save template that sends books to subfolders. The default calibre save template for smart phones does not use subfolders. If you have changed the template using the preferences for the "smartdevice", you must change it back or use CC's setting to use the calibre "book identifier" as the filename. To change the save template in calibre, click on Preferences, then Plugins (on the last line of icons). Enter SmartDevice into the search box as shown in the following image then press Enter.

Double-click on the Smartdevice line. The following dialog will open.

You should uncheck the box "Use sub directories", and you should also change the template to something that has no slash characters ('/') in it. The example in the image, "{title} - {authors}" typed without the quotes, should work in most cases. If you have different books with the same title and authors, then use "{title} - {authors} {id}", again without the quotes.

See FAQ "How do I control which book extensions" in the post above above for instructions on how to change the storage folder.

After having changed the storage folder, the next time K4A is started it will import the books you have sent to Calibre Companion so you can read them.

Note: CC does some things with files to try to make Kindle for Android put the book you want to read at the top of its list. Unfortunately, starting with Kindle for Android version 3.8.2.4 (or perhaps a bit earlier), these "things" no longer work; the books are not re-sorted. We have tried and failed to find a way to cause K4A to reorder its list of books.

chaley · 01-25-2013, 05:44 AM

We have tried very hard to make Calibre Companion able to automatically connect to calibre in many different network setups and situations. Unfortunately there are as many different network setups as there are networks and operating systems, and some combinations are unusual or complicated enough to defeat auto-connection.

The steps below should help determine whether auto-connection can work on your network. Try going through these steps to "enable" automatic connection.

First, ensure that you have started the wireless device driver in calibre. Click on Connect/Share, then “Start wireless device connection”.

Normally this is all you will need to do to make connecting work. However, in some situations where the networking setup is unusual or complex, Calibre Companion may still fail to connect. If this is your situation, continue with the steps below.
Check that your firewall is allowing calibre to send and receive messages. For example, in Windows 7, go to the control panel, select Windows Firewall, and click "Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall". Scroll down the list until you see "The main calibre program". Ensure that it has a check mark on the left side and (at least) in the "Home/Work (Private) column.

Some firewalls don't support application-based permissions, in which case you will need to use a fixed port (see below) and open that port in your firewall. As there are many firewalls, most of which we do not have, we are unable to give instructions for opening a port in the firewall.
Check that your antivirus/antimalware package is not blocking connections. This is not a problem if you are running Microsoft Security Essentials. We have heard that MalwareBytes and "ESET Smart Security" can block connections between CC and calibre. In general, if you are running a network "Security Suite" then be sure that it allows traffic to and from calibre. One way to do that might be to "exclude" calibre from checks. It is also possible that you will need to use a fixed port (see below).
Check if the computer running calibre is also using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). If you don't know what a VPN is then you probably aren't using one. Using a VPN can make it impossible for Calibre Connection to connect to calibre. If you are in this situation then the only solution is to turn off the VPN.
If after making the above checks Calibre Companion still cannot connect to calibre then the next step is to use a fixed port and enter calibre’s IP address and port into Calibre Companion. See the instructions below.

Using a fixed IP address and port
If Calibre Companion does not connect automatically and you went through the steps described above, then you probably need to tell CC to connect using a fixed IP address and port. An IP address is a group of 4 numbers separated by periods, for example 192.168.0.44 , and a port is a single number, for example 9090.

First, follow these steps to try using a fixed port:

In calibre, go to wireless connection menu shown above. If it says "Stop wireless device connection", click it and answer the question about auto-connection (however as you wish), then click the menu "Start wireless device connection" again. You will see the following dialog box.

Check the box "Use a fixed network port". Change the default port number (9090) if you wish. You must not enter the same port used by calibre's content server. Press OK. Calibre will complain if there is a problem with the port, for example if it is being used by another application on your computer.
Be sure that any firewall you are running on the computer running calibre allows incoming connections to the chosen port.

Before going on to the next steps, try to connect Calibre Companion to calibre. In many situations, simply setting a fixed port in calibre and opening that port on your the firewall will be enough to permit Calibre Companion to connect.

If connection still does not work, then you need to enter calibre's IP address into Calibre Companion. Follow the steps below to do this.

Click again on calibre's connect/share menu. Assuming that the wireless driver is running (a green dot is shown next to the menu line), you will see calibre’s IP address and port on the menu line. If you do not see the port then something went wrong when you checked the "Used fixed port" box as described above and you should follow those instructions again. If all went well, you should see something similar to the following:

Make a note the displayed IP address and port.Important note: If you see more than one IP address, read the answer to "My computer has more than one IP address. Which one do I use?" below.
Enter calibre's IP address into Calibre Companion on your device. To do this, click CC's “Settings” menu item.

then click the wireless device connection line

You will see the following dialog.

Enter the IP address and port that you saw in the step above. You must enter the IP address exactly as it was shown in calibre, without any spaces or extra periods.

As an aide, Calibre Companion's dialog shows you the IP address of your device. The IP address for Calibre you noted should be very similar to the one CC shows. For example, if your device's IP address begins with 192.168.203 then calibre's IP address should also begin with 192.168.203.

You must always enter both an IP address and a port number. You must not enter the port used by calibre's content server or any other web server.

If after all of this Calibre Companion still cannot connect, ask for help by emailing us. Calibre Companion's help menu has a button that will create an email message. In your email, please give us all the IP addresses that calibre displays, and the IP address of your device you found as described above. Also give us the port number that you set up.

Connections worked, but have stopped working

It is possible that connections can work for a time then stop working. The most common reason is that the computer running calibre changed its IP address. The can happen if that computer has not connected to the home network for some time (e.g., a laptop that was traveling), or if there was a general power failure and the home network controller box ("router") was restarted. If Calibre Companion has been successfully connecting but suddenly stops, then verify that the IP address entered in Calibre Companion still matches the one displayed by calibre. If it does not, then change the address in CC to match the new IP address shown in calibre.

Technical note 1: You can avoid having calibre's IP address change by setting up a "static lease" for that computer in your home network router. How to do this, or even if it can be done, depends on your router. The setup is usually in the DHCP setup section. Check the manual for your router to see how to set up static leases. Note that your router may call these something else, such as fixed IP addresses or static IP addresses.

Technical note 2: Calibre Companion will accept domain names in lieu of IP addresses. This can be useful if you are on a routed network or if calibre is on a machine that doesn't have a fixed IP address and you have access to a dynamic DNS server.[/SPOILER]

chaley · 01-25-2013, 09:27 AM

No other app, reader or browser, offers connection as a calibre device. Connecting as a device gives you bulk operations, integration with calibre plugins, and the other advantages listed in the first post.

chaley · 01-25-2013, 09:29 AM

Calibre Companion is available on Google Play and on Amazon Appstore for Android. It runs on Android Gingerbread (2.3) and later.

Note that Amazon has not made Calibre Companion available to the version of the Amazon app store used by their Kindle Fire family of devices. This situation is not likely to change.

chaley · 01-25-2013, 09:30 AM

We understand that it is hard to test CC adequately within the refund window. Take your time to test it. We will be happy to give you a refund if it turns out that CC doesn't meet your needs.

Use the email button on CC's help page to ask for the refund. Be sure to provide the account information used to purchase CC, such your Google Play account name, your email address, and (if possible) the order number.

We do ask that you request the refund in a reasonable time, such as within a week or two of your purchase.

chaley · 01-25-2013, 09:32 AM

There are several ways to get help. You use any of the methods described immediately below, or you can use the "Email developer" link on Google Play. Calibre Companion has a "Help" screen with a button to send email to us from your device.

Reporting problems or asking for help in reviews on Google Play is the most difficult for us. Our first problem is contacting you for more info; it isn't easy to find an email address for a reviewer, and might be impossible. The second problem is that other people who might have solved to problem cannot answer at all. The third problem is that we can't be sure that you even want a response and that you might consider us contacting you an invasion of privacy. We are not suggesting that people should not leave reviews, good, bad, or indifferent. Instead, we are suggesting that if you want support from us, there are better ways to go about contacting us than a review.

It could be that we will need a calibre debug log to solve the problem. You can get a debug log by running calibre in debug mode. Start calibre, then click the small down arrow next to preferences as shown in this screenshot.

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Click on "Start calibre in debug mode". Let calibre restart and answer OK to the dialog that confirms that calibre is in debug mode. Attempt to connect to calibre. Get to where you are having the problem, then close calibre. You will see a debug log in a new window, probably in a text editor. An example is

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Copy all the text in that window and send it to us.

chaley · 01-25-2013, 09:33 AM

Please make comments or report bugs using the devices MobileRead forum (this forum) (a thread per comment would be good), via private messages to either of us (chaley or steve_haley), or via email to “steve [at] MultiPie dot co dot uk”. Be sure to type “MultiPie” (many pies) and not “multiple”.

Please don't post problems (that you actually want us to fix) in reviews on Google Play. We want to fix problems but because we can't contact you for more information, in most cases we can do nothing about the problems you are reporting.

chaley · 01-25-2013, 09:35 AM

MTP (Media Transfer Protocol, designed for cameras and the like) is supported in calibre as of version 0.8.70 when running on Linux, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Calibre does not support MTP on MacOS or Windows XP.

Note that Calibre Companion has many features not included in calibre's MTP support. See the first post for a list.

chaley · 01-25-2013, 09:39 AM

If you see more than one IP address listed in calibre after you start the wireless device driver (see "The app won’t connect to calibre. What do I do?" above), then it is highly likely that only one of the IP addresses will work in Calibre Companion. The following image shows two IP addresses.

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You need to pick the IP address that your computer uses to talk to the wireless network. You can find the correct IP address to use with the help of Calibre Companion by clicking on the “Calibre’s IP address” menu item.

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then click the wireless device connection line

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You will see the following dialog.

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The dialog shows you the IP address of your device. Calibre's IP address should be very similar to the device's IP address. To give some examples: if your device's IP address begins with 192.168.220. then calibre's IP address should also begin with 192.168.220. If your device's IP address begins with 192.168.0. then calibre's IP address should begin with 192.168.0. If your device's IP address begins with 172. then calibre's IP address should begin with 172. For example, in the image of calibre's menu above, you see 2 IP addresses: 192.168.220.38 and 192.168.102.10. In the image of CC's IP dialog you see 192.168.220.6. You pick the closest match that in this case are the IP addresses beginning with 192.168.220, meaning you would enter 192.168.220.38 into Calibre Companion. And remember, enter an IP address shown by calibre, not one shown in this answer.

If you cannot determine which IP address to use, ask for help by emailing us. Calibre Companion's help menu has a button that will create an email message. In your email, please give us all the IP addresses that calibre displays, and the IP address of your device you found as described above. Also give us the port number that you set up when following the instructions in the "Calibre Companion won’t connect to calibre. What do I do?" answer above.

chaley · 01-25-2013, 09:43 AM

You can ask Calibre Companion to scan the folders where it puts books. Click on the menu button, select settings, then "Scan for books on connect" to check the box. The next time you connect, CC will do the scan.

Calibre Companion does not look in folders other than the ones for formats/extensions selected in its "Book formats and folders" dialog. CC also looks only for the formats that it is willing to put in that folder. For example, If mobi and epub files are going into two different folders, CC will not scan for .mobi files in the epub folder and vice versa. If you are in this situation then you should either combine the folders or move the books to the right folder.

chaley · 01-25-2013, 10:24 AM

Calibre Companion connects to calibre as a "device", which means that calibre is in charge. After Calibre Companion connects, you use calibre to send books to your device and delete books from your device, just as if your device were connected using a cable.

After connecting, go to your computer running calibre, select some books, then click on the "Send to device" button.

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chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	Calibre Companion Android App: Information, Change Log, and FAQ Latest version of Calibre Companion: V2.7.1 on 27/Jan/2013. Calibre Companion requires calibre version 0.9.2 or later. The "Use calibre's book identifier as file name" option requires calibre version 0.9.15 or later. ============================================== What is Calibre Companion? Calibre Companion is three applications in one: it connects to calibre over WiFi and is detected as a device, it connects to calibre’s content server, and it is a library organizer on your device. The first: Calibre Companion supports connecting to calibre over WiFi and be detected by calibre as a device. No other app, reader or browser, offers this level of integration with calibre. Spoiler: All calibre device operations are supported, including sending books and metadata, cover thumbnails, deleting books, sending news, and plugins like Reading List. You can specify where different book formats are to go on your device, e.g., epubs in one folder, pdfs in another, and mobis in a third. Calibre Companion can update the metadata for the books on every connect, ensuring the information for your books displayed in Calibre Companion is the same as the information displayed in calibre. Most setup is on the device, making it easy for different users in the same household to have different device configurations, or to use more than one computer running calibre. The second: Calibre Companion can connect to calibre’s content server. Spoiler: Using just your device, you can: Browse all of your library, viewing the books and their metadata. See which books are already on your device Download books from your library The third: Calibre Companion is a library organizer for your device. Spoiler: You can: sort books by title, author, series, date changed, with both ascending and descending sorts. group books by title, author, tags, series, publisher, date read, and most calibre custom column types; including optional navigation by first letter. view a "book jacket" showing all the details of a book, including calibre's custom columns. launch your book reader application to read a book (works with most reader applications). search for books using calibre-like search syntax. scan your library folders for books not in Calibre Companion's database and adding them. This process uses calibre to help get the highest quality metadata available. Click here to see CC's FAQ Click here to see CC's Change Log Last edited by chaley; 01-27-2013 at 05:20 PM.

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chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	Calibre Companion FAQ Connecting to calibre Calibre Companion won’t connect to calibre. What do I do? My computer has more than one IP address. Which one do I use? CC connects but then sits there doing nothing. What do I do? How can I get books to autosync when Calibre Companion connects? The content server gives "Error retrieving book details". What do I do? CC connects to the content server but shows no books. What do I do? Tips and tricks I have books on my device that don’t show up in calibre. How do I fix this? Sorting, grouping, and searching tips Can I group by calibre's date columns: date and pubdate? Grouping, sorting, and searching How do I add my custom columns to the Group menu? Sorting, grouping, and searching tips Can I group by calibre's date columns: date and pubdate? I am a Sony user and I want my collections. What do I do? Why does the sort menu disappear when I select User Collections? Can I group by calibre's date columns: date and pubdate? Reader apps and devices Using Kindle for Android with Calibre Companion Why can't I install CC on Kindle android devices? Why can't I install CC on Nook Color or Nook Tablet android devices? Why can CC open Mantano on EPUBs but not MOBIs? Folders and file names How do I change the folder(s) on my device where the books are stored? How do I put my books on an SD card? How can I use the same file name for content server and wireless device connections? Reporting problems or making comments How do I get help? How do I report bugs or make comments? Getting Calibre Companion Where do I get Calibre Companion? I must pay for CC to try it. What happens if I don't like it? General Isn't support for MTP (newer Android devices) built into Calibre? What does CC offer over a web browser? What does the Delete Passwords setting do? How do calibre's and CC's dates relate? __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre Last edited by chaley; 05-05-2013 at 07:47 PM.

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chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	Calibre Companion Change Log CHANGE LOG Versions 2.8.0 and 2.8.1 (21/Apr/2013) NEW FEATURES: Improvements in connecting to the content server for people who have more than one server or have one server visible both on the home LAN and on the WAN BUG FIXES: Fix bug encountered when Android kills CC when it is reading from the content server. Fix a rare crash when checking for missing books. Click on the Spoiler button to see the rest of the change log. Spoiler: Version 2.7.1 (27/Jan/2013) Spoiler: BUG FIXES: Fix regression in sorting books while grouping Fix regression launching Kindle for Android. Fix rare crashes caused by quitting calibre while trying to connect 2.7.0 (25/Jan/2013) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: The sizes of book thumbnails and covers can be changed. Long-tapping on a group searches for books in that group. You can then browse groups showing only those books Sorting on calibre’s date column. Group by date columns using yyyy-MM. Calibre pubdate & date groupable by adding their lookup names to the list of groupable columns. Work around Cool Reader not advertizing that it can handle .mobi books BUG FIXES: Display plain-text comments without losing new lines. Fix crash caused by doing a search with queries that somehow end up empty. Fix several rare crashes Version 2.6.1 (16/Jan/2013) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: An option has been added to tell CC and calibre to use calibre's book identifier as the file name. This helps when both the wireless connection and the content server on multiple devices and you want the same file name. The the FAQ "How can I make CC use the same file name for content server and wireless device connections?" above Allow path components in content server URL settings BUG FIXES: Fix crash in Find books with missing files when the process was restarted Fix rare out-of-memory problems Fix CC occasionally complaining about valid IP addresses While connected, disable some preference settings that should not be changed until disconnected Version 2.6 (9/Jan/2013) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: You can now set font size in book details and when connected to the content server. Added a "Delete all" option in Find books with missing files Easier to clear a search: just tap the text telling you that a search is active. BUG FIXES: Moved the Find books with missing files operation back from the settings menu to the main menu Removed search option from Find books with missing files. It didn't do anything useful. Fix font size changes not being respected in some situations. Version 2.5.3 (23/Dec/2012) Spoiler: BUG FIXES: Add a disconnect button to the content server Improve text in the "Can't find a reader app" dialog Fix some rarely-occurring bugs that cause crashes. Version 2.5.2 (3/Dec/2012) Spoiler: BUG FIXES: Fix the "date read" not being set in some cases. Update connection help for the new settings system. Version 2.5.1 (24/Nov/2012) Spoiler: BUG FIXES: Fix book details not returning to the books list when grouping. Version 2.5 (23/Nov/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: A new, simplified, settings system. The font sizes used in CC’s book/item list and book details displays can be changed. It is now possible to use different IP addresses for the wireless connection and the content server connection. You can use a URL for the content server address instead of an IP address and a port. It is possible to connect to the content server using 3G as long as the content server is visible on the internet (most home calibre content servers are not). The number of subitems shown on the second line when grouping can be changed. Setting it to zero removes the line. You can now search using regular expressions, using calibre’s “~” syntax. BUG FIXES: Fixed problem with default reader selection causing crashes or opening the wrong book. Fixed several content server connection problems, in particular when using reverse proxies or non-calibre authentication, and when the server had problems providing correct book data. Fixed crashes when navigating up to the root folder when setting folders for extensions. Searching custom columns using prefixes incorrectly compared the prefix to the column name instead of the lookup name. Some text custom columns were ignored when searching. Fixed a few problems triggered by rotating the device at inopportune times. Version 2..4 (8/Nov/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Now available in French. Experimental support for audio books (mp3) BUG FIXES: Change the delay before requesting a review to 24 hours, not 24 minutes. Version 2.3.2 (19/Oct/2012) Spoiler: [/LIST]BUG FIXES: Fix a problem with manual path entry Add a reminder for people to try connecting as a wireless device if they have used only the content server. Version 2.3.1 (12/Oct/2012) Spoiler: [/LIST]BUG FIXES: Fix non-multiple custom fields not being displayed in book details Improvement in memory management for severely-constrained devices. Version 2.3 (10/Oct/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: The ability to choose a default reader app for a book extension (format) Ability to choose Kindle for Android for Amazon-format books that are stored in the /kindle folder on the device. When you launch K4A from CC, you can easily find that book by going to K4A's "on device" view and sorting by newest. Dramatically improved performance when deleting more than one book from calibre. Requires calibre 0.9.2 or later. BUG FIXES: Add "languages" to book metadata display. Fix possible crash in content server integration triggered by the combination of a slow(er) calibre server and tapping too quickly. Fix content server integration crash caused by entering IP addresses or domain names that are syntactically incorrect. Fixes for some rare timing problems that could cause CC's content server integration to crash. Version 2.2.2 (6/Oct/2012) Spoiler: BUG FIXES: Fix two rare problems that might cause CC to crash Fix ratings divided by 2 in CC's content server integration Version 2.2.1 (5/Oct/2012) and version 2.2 (a test release) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Integration with calibre's content server. BUG FIXES: EPUB scanning didn't store series. Unusual opf files in EPUBs caused duplication of author names and missing author sort values Ensure that generated file names do not contain illegal characters. Version 2.1.2 (24/Sep/2012) Spoiler: BUG FIXES: Fixed possible crash when returning to book details after it has been hidden for a long time. Worked around problem with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) where displaying certain HTML-formatted text caused a crash Prevent entering a file path when choosing an arbitrary folder for storing books. Fixed rare crash when grouping by series/tags etc when a book has no series/tags/etc. Version 2.1.1 (19/Sep/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Calibre Companion shows a dialog when it cannot connect to calibre because another device is already connected. This has become important because of calibre's MTP support. Requires calibre 0.8.70. Improved performance when scanning for EPUBs already on device, and when uploading and downloading books. Requires calibre 0.8.70. BUG FIXES: Shorten path names so that Windows Explorer can see and open books put on the device by CC. Requires calibre 0.8.70. Version 2.1 (15/Sep/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Search for books using calibre-like search expressions. You can search for most text fields. NB: searching the comments field has been disabled for performance reasons. A way to explicitly search comments (comments:whatever) will be added in a future release. Scan for books in the folders managed by CC. Pass them to calibre to do the metadata analysis. This requires calibre 0.8.69. Added a "Date read" date. You can sort by this date. Added a "header" to the lists that describes what the list is showing. Fix display of empty boolean values in books details. BUG FIXES: Improved wording in some progress dialogs. The sort menu did not come back when using the back button to exit grouping by user collections. Version 2.0.2 (10/Sep/2012) Spoiler: BUG FIXES: Improved performance in grouped lists. Honor the sort criteria in all lists of books Version 2.0.1 (6/Sep/2012) Spoiler: BUG FIXES: Don't crash when user does a missing books check when no books are on the device. Version 2.0 (4/Sep/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Option to not group books initially by first letters. When changing where books are saved, your books are now moved to the new location. You can long-press on a book to skip straight to reading it. You can check for books in the database that are missing their associated file. More extensive in-app help. Better performance across the board, particularly when showing long lists of items when grouping. BUG FIXES: Return to the same position in the list when using the back arrow. Yet another Improvement in handling memory for images. Improvements in handling memory during book transfer. Version 1.10.1 (4/Sep/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Improvement in connection that should help if the machine running calibre has multiple IP addresses, such as VPNs or virtual machines. The book details window can now be rotated. BUG FIXES: Fixed crash when looking book details when a date was empty. Version 1.10 (29/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Addition of a book details display Ability to delete a book in CC Support for calibre "save to" templates containing folders. Tapping a sort twice will invert that sort. For example, tapping title twice will sort from A to Z then Z to A. Sort by date last changed (in Calibre Companion) Improvements in handling of connection progress and connection failure. These improvements require calibre 0.8.67 BUG FIXES: Fixed problem in mDNS (bonjour) that might have made connections more difficult in Gingerbread-based phones. Prevent "half-stored" books (metadata but no book) if calibre is disconnected in the middle of a transfer. Version 1.9 (27/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Addition of an "About" dialog Improvements in handling of connection progress and connection failure. Improvements to the IP address entry dialog, including display of the device's IP address on the WiFi adapter. BUG FIXES: Changed the Android default 3-minute connection failure timeout to 5 seconds. Make the connection progress spinner persist across device rotations. Remove the "Add books to library" background text when there is only one book in the library. Version 1.8.2 (25/Aug/2012) Spoiler: BUG FIXES: Bug fixes for DB upgrading on Honeycomb devices Fixed problem causing grouping to be reapplied when a book is tapped after grouping was turned off using the "back" button. Version 1.8.1 (24/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Added pdf and azw3 to the default extensions BUG FIXES: Fixed problem with DB upgrades when the DB had been damaged somehow. Fixed problem selecting folders on "non-standard" SD cards when the folder already exists. Version 1.8 (23/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Dramatic performance improvements in sorting and grouping Performance improvements when connecting to calibre Progress bars when uploading metadata to calibre or downloading metadata from calibre. Ability to enter arbitrary paths for folders, allowing access to "non-standard" SD cards. Notifications during certain database upgrade operations. BUG FIXES: Better use of memory when downloading books. Should help devices like the Nook Color. Font color problems when choosing folders Improved separation of items when grouping, to avoid confusion between items containing commas and items separated by commas. Improvements in connection, attempting to avoid spurious connection failure messages. Better information in calibre about IP addresses and ports. Fixed a problem when sorting by series. Indicate on the action bar when grouping is active. Version 1.7.1 (21/Aug/2012) Spoiler: BUG FIXES: Fixed problem in changing storage folders. Version 1.7 (20/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Improved function of the back button. Dramatically improved performance when not using grouping. (Grouping performance improvements to come.) Improved "flinging" performance by displaying covers in the background. BUG FIXES: Fixed license verification for older devices when using multiple google accounts. Multiple send-book jobs no longer confuse the progress dialog. More reductions in memory usage. Cleanly disconnect from calibre when the app is exited using the back button. Version 1.6.1 (18/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: BUG FIXES: Fix regression in group-by displays. (sigh. Long days lead to silly mistakes.) Version 1.6 (18/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Grouping is saved and restored Book/format folder routing (folder per extension) Splash screen on startup while loading books Message saying "transfer books now" when library is empty BUG FIXES: Total redo of memory management to (one hopes) eliminate the out-of-memory errors when sending books and on display of large libraries. Don't force a particular sort when grouping Ask for WiFi permissions, something that HTC seems to demand. Version 1.5 (17/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Add error messages for incorrect IP addresses, for example to the content server. Book/format folder routing (folder per extension) BUG FIXES: Better handle screen rotations when showing progress dialogs. More information from the license manager Version 1.4 (15/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: BUG FIXES: Fix regression in IP address handling Version 1.3 (14/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Better IP address and password dialogs Multi-level sorting BUG FIXES: Fix crash caused by missing covers. Make progress bars survive application sleeping Version 1.2 (13/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: Attempt to detect connecting to the content server instead of the device handler. Prevent WiFi sleeping when connected Add the CC version number to the dialog with calibre. BUG FIXES: Make transfer and initialization dialogs sticky. Version 1.1 (12/Aug/2012) Spoiler: NEW FEATURES: BUG FIXES: Fix problems caused by library redisplay while downloading. Don't redisplay on every book. See if more books will arrive in time. Fix problem with creation of default folder. __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre Last edited by chaley; 04-20-2013 at 06:39 PM.

01-25-2013, 05:27 AM	#4
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	Reserved Reserved __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre

01-25-2013, 05:42 AM	#5
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	Using Kindle for Android with Calibre Companion Kindle for Android (K4A) is one of the very few reader apps that does not publish to Android the kinds of books that it can open. Because of this, Calibre Companion cannot automatically pass books to it. It is possible that this can happen with other reader apps, in which case the steps below could help resolve the problem. You can resolve this problem one of two ways: Use a different reader app that can open .mobi files (or the format you are trying to open). There are several. This will work only if your books are not infested with Amazon's DRM. Set Calibre Companion's storage folder to K4A's books folder. Its name is "kindle". Its location depends on the version of Android you are running. Important: K4A does not support subfolders in the "kindle" folder. Because of this, when using K4A you must not use a calibre save template that sends books to subfolders. The default calibre save template for smart phones does not use subfolders. If you have changed the template using the preferences for the "smartdevice", you must change it back or use CC's setting to use the calibre "book identifier" as the filename. To change the save template in calibre, click on Preferences, then Plugins (on the last line of icons). Enter SmartDevice into the search box as shown in the following image then press Enter. Double-click on the Smartdevice line. The following dialog will open. You should uncheck the box "Use sub directories", and you should also change the template to something that has no slash characters ('/') in it. The example in the image, "{title} - {authors}" typed without the quotes, should work in most cases. If you have different books with the same title and authors, then use "{title} - {authors} {id}", again without the quotes. See FAQ "How do I control which book extensions" in the post above above for instructions on how to change the storage folder. After having changed the storage folder, the next time K4A is started it will import the books you have sent to Calibre Companion so you can read them. Note: CC does some things with files to try to make Kindle for Android put the book you want to read at the top of its list. Unfortunately, starting with Kindle for Android version 3.8.2.4 (or perhaps a bit earlier), these "things" no longer work; the books are not re-sorted. We have tried and failed to find a way to cause K4A to reorder its list of books. __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre Last edited by chaley; 01-27-2013 at 05:13 PM.

01-25-2013, 05:44 AM	#6
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	Calibre Companion won’t connect to calibre. What do I do? We have tried very hard to make Calibre Companion able to automatically connect to calibre in many different network setups and situations. Unfortunately there are as many different network setups as there are networks and operating systems, and some combinations are unusual or complicated enough to defeat auto-connection. The steps below should help determine whether auto-connection can work on your network. Try going through these steps to "enable" automatic connection. First, ensure that you have started the wireless device driver in calibre. Click on Connect/Share, then “Start wireless device connection”. Normally this is all you will need to do to make connecting work. However, in some situations where the networking setup is unusual or complex, Calibre Companion may still fail to connect. If this is your situation, continue with the steps below. Check that your firewall is allowing calibre to send and receive messages. For example, in Windows 7, go to the control panel, select Windows Firewall, and click "Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall". Scroll down the list until you see "The main calibre program". Ensure that it has a check mark on the left side and (at least) in the "Home/Work (Private) column. Some firewalls don't support application-based permissions, in which case you will need to use a fixed port (see below) and open that port in your firewall. As there are many firewalls, most of which we do not have, we are unable to give instructions for opening a port in the firewall. Check that your antivirus/antimalware package is not blocking connections. This is not a problem if you are running Microsoft Security Essentials. We have heard that MalwareBytes and "ESET Smart Security" can block connections between CC and calibre. In general, if you are running a network "Security Suite" then be sure that it allows traffic to and from calibre. One way to do that might be to "exclude" calibre from checks. It is also possible that you will need to use a fixed port (see below). Check if the computer running calibre is also using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). If you don't know what a VPN is then you probably aren't using one. Using a VPN can make it impossible for Calibre Connection to connect to calibre. If you are in this situation then the only solution is to turn off the VPN. If after making the above checks Calibre Companion still cannot connect to calibre then the next step is to use a fixed port and enter calibre’s IP address and port into Calibre Companion. See the instructions below. Using a fixed IP address and port If Calibre Companion does not connect automatically and you went through the steps described above, then you probably need to tell CC to connect using a fixed IP address and port. An IP address is a group of 4 numbers separated by periods, for example 192.168.0.44 , and a port is a single number, for example 9090. First, follow these steps to try using a fixed port: In calibre, go to wireless connection menu shown above. If it says "Stop wireless device connection", click it and answer the question about auto-connection (however as you wish), then click the menu "Start wireless device connection" again. You will see the following dialog box. Check the box "Use a fixed network port". Change the default port number (9090) if you wish. You must not enter the same port used by calibre's content server. Press OK. Calibre will complain if there is a problem with the port, for example if it is being used by another application on your computer. Be sure that any firewall you are running on the computer running calibre allows incoming connections to the chosen port. Before going on to the next steps, try to connect Calibre Companion to calibre. In many situations, simply setting a fixed port in calibre and opening that port on your the firewall will be enough to permit Calibre Companion to connect. If connection still does not work, then you need to enter calibre's IP address into Calibre Companion. Follow the steps below to do this. Click again on calibre's connect/share menu. Assuming that the wireless driver is running (a green dot is shown next to the menu line), you will see calibre’s IP address and port on the menu line. If you do not see the port then something went wrong when you checked the "Used fixed port" box as described above and you should follow those instructions again. If all went well, you should see something similar to the following: Make a note the displayed IP address and port.Important note: If you see more than one IP address, read the answer to "My computer has more than one IP address. Which one do I use?" below. Enter calibre's IP address into Calibre Companion on your device. To do this, click CC's “Settings” menu item. then click the wireless device connection line You will see the following dialog. Enter the IP address and port that you saw in the step above. You must enter the IP address exactly as it was shown in calibre, without any spaces or extra periods. As an aide, Calibre Companion's dialog shows you the IP address of your device. The IP address for Calibre you noted should be very similar to the one CC shows. For example, if your device's IP address begins with 192.168.203 then calibre's IP address should also begin with 192.168.203. You must always enter both an IP address and a port number. You must not enter the port used by calibre's content server or any other web server. If after all of this Calibre Companion still cannot connect, ask for help by emailing us. Calibre Companion's help menu has a button that will create an email message. In your email, please give us all the IP addresses that calibre displays, and the IP address of your device you found as described above. Also give us the port number that you set up. Connections worked, but have stopped working It is possible that connections can work for a time then stop working. The most common reason is that the computer running calibre changed its IP address. The can happen if that computer has not connected to the home network for some time (e.g., a laptop that was traveling), or if there was a general power failure and the home network controller box ("router") was restarted. If Calibre Companion has been successfully connecting but suddenly stops, then verify that the IP address entered in Calibre Companion still matches the one displayed by calibre. If it does not, then change the address in CC to match the new IP address shown in calibre. Technical note 1: You can avoid having calibre's IP address change by setting up a "static lease" for that computer in your home network router. How to do this, or even if it can be done, depends on your router. The setup is usually in the DHCP setup section. Check the manual for your router to see how to set up static leases. Note that your router may call these something else, such as fixed IP addresses or static IP addresses. Technical note 2: Calibre Companion will accept domain names in lieu of IP addresses. This can be useful if you are on a routed network or if calibre is on a machine that doesn't have a fixed IP address and you have access to a dynamic DNS server.[/SPOILER] __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre Last edited by chaley; 03-03-2013 at 11:31 AM. Reason: change commas to period

01-25-2013, 09:27 AM	#7
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	What does CC offer over a web browser? No other app, reader or browser, offers connection as a calibre device. Connecting as a device gives you bulk operations, integration with calibre plugins, and the other advantages listed in the first post. __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre Last edited by chaley; 01-26-2013 at 12:50 PM.

01-25-2013, 09:29 AM	#8
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	Where do I get Calibre Companion? Calibre Companion is available on Google Play and on Amazon Appstore for Android. It runs on Android Gingerbread (2.3) and later. Note that Amazon has not made Calibre Companion available to the version of the Amazon app store used by their Kindle Fire family of devices. This situation is not likely to change. __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre

01-25-2013, 09:30 AM	#9
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	I must pay for CC to try it. What happens if I don't like it? We understand that it is hard to test CC adequately within the refund window. Take your time to test it. We will be happy to give you a refund if it turns out that CC doesn't meet your needs. Use the email button on CC's help page to ask for the refund. Be sure to provide the account information used to purchase CC, such your Google Play account name, your email address, and (if possible) the order number. We do ask that you request the refund in a reasonable time, such as within a week or two of your purchase. __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre

01-25-2013, 09:32 AM	#10
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	How do I get help? There are several ways to get help. You use any of the methods described immediately below, or you can use the "Email developer" link on Google Play. Calibre Companion has a "Help" screen with a button to send email to us from your device. Reporting problems or asking for help in reviews on Google Play is the most difficult for us. Our first problem is contacting you for more info; it isn't easy to find an email address for a reviewer, and might be impossible. The second problem is that other people who might have solved to problem cannot answer at all. The third problem is that we can't be sure that you even want a response and that you might consider us contacting you an invasion of privacy. We are not suggesting that people should not leave reviews, good, bad, or indifferent. Instead, we are suggesting that if you want support from us, there are better ways to go about contacting us than a review. It could be that we will need a calibre debug log to solve the problem. You can get a debug log by running calibre in debug mode. Start calibre, then click the small down arrow next to preferences as shown in this screenshot. Click on "Start calibre in debug mode". Let calibre restart and answer OK to the dialog that confirms that calibre is in debug mode. Attempt to connect to calibre. Get to where you are having the problem, then close calibre. You will see a debug log in a new window, probably in a text editor. An example is Spoiler: SMART_DEV ( 0.00: 0.002) startup_on_demand try port 18700 SMART_DEV ( 0.89: 0.803) startup_on_demand listening on port 18700 Started up in 37.73 seconds with 66 books SMART_DEV ( 95.11: 12.261) reset SMART_DEV ( 95.12: 0.000) set_progress_reporter SMART_DEV ( 95.14: 0.000) open SMART_DEV ( 95.17: 0.016) _call_client GET_INITIALIZATION_INFO SMART_DEV ( 95.90: 0.718) open selected formats [u'epub', u'mobi'] SMART_DEV ( 95.92: 0.000) card_prefix SMART_DEV ( 96.17: 0.218) set_progress_reporter Job: 1 Get device information started SMART_DEV ( 96.20: 0.000) get_device_information SMART_DEV ( 96.25: 0.016) _call_client GET_DEVICE_INFORMATION SMART_DEV ( 96.56: 0.281) _call_client SET_CALIBRE_DEVICE_INFO SMART_DEV ( 96.82: 0.249) card_prefix SMART_DEV ( 96.84: 0.000) free_space SMART_DEV ( 96.85: 0.000) _call_client FREE_SPACE DeviceJob: 1 Get device information done, calling callback DeviceJob: 1 Get device information callback returned SMART_DEV ( 97.18: 0.312) set_progress_reporter Job: 2 Get list of books on device started SMART_DEV ( 97.20: 0.000) books None SMART_DEV ( 97.21: 0.000) _call_client GET_BOOK_COUNT Job: 1 Get device information finished No details available. SMART_DEV ( 104.11: 6.879) books carda SMART_DEV ( 104.14: 0.000) books cardb DeviceJob: 2 Get list of books on device done, calling callback SMART_DEV ( 107.98: 3.822) set_plugboards READING LIST: Metadata available: {u'main': {u'device_store_uuid': u'efc3cde6-794f-4d23-bf8d-c7f95613e2b3', u'prefix': u'', u'device_name': u'SmartDevice', u'calibre_version': u'0.8.64', u'location_code': u'main', u'last_library_uuid': u'62e15c2b-a8ca-40fd-a784-05773082742a', u'date_last_connected': u'2012-08-12T12:17:32.261000+00:00'}} READING LIST: Sync Now - force_sync= False DeviceJob: 2 Get list of books on device callback returned Job: 2 Get list of books on device finished No details available. SMART_DEV ( 108.18: 0.187) set_progress_reporter Job: 3 Send metadata to device started Copy all the text in that window and send it to us. __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre

01-25-2013, 09:33 AM	#11
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	How do I report bugs or make comments? Please make comments or report bugs using the devices MobileRead forum (this forum) (a thread per comment would be good), via private messages to either of us (chaley or steve_haley), or via email to “steve [at] MultiPie dot co dot uk”. Be sure to type “MultiPie” (many pies) and not “multiple”. Please don't post problems (that you actually want us to fix) in reviews on Google Play. We want to fix problems but because we can't contact you for more information, in most cases we can do nothing about the problems you are reporting. __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre

01-25-2013, 09:35 AM	#12
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	Isn't support for MTP (newer Android devices) built into Calibre? MTP (Media Transfer Protocol, designed for cameras and the like) is supported in calibre as of version 0.8.70 when running on Linux, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Calibre does not support MTP on MacOS or Windows XP. Note that Calibre Companion has many features not included in calibre's MTP support. See the first post for a list. __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre

01-25-2013, 09:39 AM	#13
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	My computer has more than one IP address. Which one do I use? If you see more than one IP address listed in calibre after you start the wireless device driver (see "The app won’t connect to calibre. What do I do?" above), then it is highly likely that only one of the IP addresses will work in Calibre Companion. The following image shows two IP addresses. You need to pick the IP address that your computer uses to talk to the wireless network. You can find the correct IP address to use with the help of Calibre Companion by clicking on the “Calibre’s IP address” menu item. then click the wireless device connection line You will see the following dialog. The dialog shows you the IP address of your device. Calibre's IP address should be very similar to the device's IP address. To give some examples: if your device's IP address begins with 192.168.220. then calibre's IP address should also begin with 192.168.220. If your device's IP address begins with 192.168.0. then calibre's IP address should begin with 192.168.0. If your device's IP address begins with 172. then calibre's IP address should begin with 172. For example, in the image of calibre's menu above, you see 2 IP addresses: 192.168.220.38 and 192.168.102.10. In the image of CC's IP dialog you see 192.168.220.6. You pick the closest match that in this case are the IP addresses beginning with 192.168.220, meaning you would enter 192.168.220.38 into Calibre Companion. And remember, enter an IP address shown by calibre, not one shown in this answer. If you cannot determine which IP address to use, ask for help by emailing us. Calibre Companion's help menu has a button that will create an email message. In your email, please give us all the IP addresses that calibre displays, and the IP address of your device you found as described above. Also give us the port number that you set up when following the instructions in the "Calibre Companion won’t connect to calibre. What do I do?" answer above. __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre Last edited by chaley; 01-25-2013 at 09:42 AM.

01-25-2013, 09:43 AM	#14
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	I have books on my device that don’t show up in calibre. How do I fix this? You can ask Calibre Companion to scan the folders where it puts books. Click on the menu button, select settings, then "Scan for books on connect" to check the box. The next time you connect, CC will do the scan. Calibre Companion does not look in folders other than the ones for formats/extensions selected in its "Book formats and folders" dialog. CC also looks only for the formats that it is willing to put in that folder. For example, If mobi and epub files are going into two different folders, CC will not scan for .mobi files in the epub folder and vice versa. If you are in this situation then you should either combine the folders or move the books to the right folder. __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre

01-25-2013, 10:24 AM	#15
chaley Wizard Posts: 3,853 Karma: 285886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Device: Sony PRS-300, HTC WM6.5, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Sensation	CC connects but then sits there doing nothing. What do I do? Calibre Companion connects to calibre as a "device", which means that calibre is in charge. After Calibre Companion connects, you use calibre to send books to your device and delete books from your device, just as if your device were connected using a cable. After connecting, go to your computer running calibre, select some books, then click on the "Send to device" button. __________________ Support calibre developers at no cost to you by using calibre's get books feature. Use Calibre Companion to wirelessly connect your Android phone or tablet to calibre charles.haleys.org/calibre


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