Sony Formatting problem

chanstar · 09-09-2008, 03:38 AM

Hi, Newbie here, I wonder if anyone can help. I Bought my 505 from Waterstones last thursday, everything seems fine when I download the BBC news feed with calibre and tranfer it to the reader, the problem occurs when I try to access the feed. I get the message formatting then after about a min the reader resets itself. I have tried this for a few days with the same result. I have been able to transfer a few books a read them ok. Thanks for reading this.

Patricia · 09-09-2008, 06:32 AM

You may be better off asking this question in the Calibre area of the forum, chanstar.

And welcome to the forum, by the way.

Slite · 09-09-2008, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

You may be better off asking this question in the Calibre area of the forum, chanstar.

And welcome to the forum, by the way.

You mean the Sony Reader forum and not Calibre I assume?

igorsk · 09-09-2008, 07:46 AM

Since the file was generated by Calibre it's definitely a problem for Calibre forum. Calibre has been known to generate files which cannot be handled by the Reader before (most notably the Sunday NY Times feed). One workaround seems to use eBook Library to transfer the files.

Slite · 09-09-2008, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igorsk

Since the file was generated by Calibre it's definitely a problem for Calibre forum. Calibre has been known to generate files which cannot be handled by the Reader before (most notably the Sunday NY Times feed). One workaround seems to use eBook Library to transfer the files.

Woops, my bad, didn't see that it said Calibre.

chanstar · 09-09-2008, 11:51 AM

Thank you for the advice, will post the question in that forum.

Patricia · 09-09-2008, 05:54 PM

No problem, chanstar. It's just that the Calibre experts (including KovidGoyal, who invented Calibre) will be more likely to notice your query in the Calibre area.

JSWolf · 09-09-2008, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chanstar

Hi, Newbie here, I wonder if anyone can help. I Bought my 505 from Waterstones last thursday, everything seems fine when I download the BBC news feed with calibre and tranfer it to the reader, the problem occurs when I try to access the feed. I get the message formatting then after about a min the reader resets itself. I have tried this for a few days with the same result. I have been able to transfer a few books a read them ok. Thanks for reading this.

One thing that may work is to use eBook Library to move the feeds to the 505. eBook Library prepaginates the content that it sends to the 505 so the 505 does not have to do it. The problem seems to arise when the readers has to do it. Sometimes it just doesn't seem to work.

09-09-2008, 03:38 AM	#1
chanstar Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Sony 505	Sony Formatting problem Hi, Newbie here, I wonder if anyone can help. I Bought my 505 from Waterstones last thursday, everything seems fine when I download the BBC news feed with calibre and tranfer it to the reader, the problem occurs when I try to access the feed. I get the message formatting then after about a min the reader resets itself. I have tried this for a few days with the same result. I have been able to transfer a few books a read them ok. Thanks for reading this.

09-09-2008, 11:51 AM	#6
chanstar Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Sony 505	Calibre Thank you for the advice, will post the question in that forum.

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Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	You may be better off asking this question in the Calibre area of the forum, chanstar. And welcome to the forum, by the way.

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igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Since the file was generated by Calibre it's definitely a problem for Calibre forum. Calibre has been known to generate files which cannot be handled by the Reader before (most notably the Sunday NY Times feed). One workaround seems to use eBook Library to transfer the files.

09-09-2008, 05:54 PM	#7
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	No problem, chanstar. It's just that the Calibre experts (including KovidGoyal, who invented Calibre) will be more likely to notice your query in the Calibre area.