iPhone 101: iPhone+Stanza+Calibre (the almost-perfect solution)

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I'd actually need something capable of running Stanza, like a itouch

Right... missed that. You don't have an iPod touch?

BOb

[kovidgoyal]

Don't listen to music

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Don't listen to music

Neither do I. I use mine for podcasts and audiobooks. Although I don't have an iPod touch buy a classic.

BOb

[kovidgoyal]

I find the rate of information transfer afforded by the aural medium too low to keep my interest. The only time I could see listening to audio would be while driving and I drive very little, so it's not worth it.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I find the rate of information transfer afforded by the aural medium too low to keep my interest. The only time I could see listening to audio would be while driving and I drive very little, so it's not worth it.

Agreed... that's when I listen, while driving and also while walking (a necessary evil.)

BOb

[kovidgoyal]

While walking I prefer to talk to myself

[ilovejedd]

Online catalog via Stanza still works for me, albeit, I haven't upgraded from 0.5.9, yet. I don't really shut down my PC, nor do I close Calibre so I only upgrade the same time I install Windows updates. I'll close Calibre and try the latest release when I get home to check.

[Barcey]

This is what I'm receiving in the Calibre Server error log when I try to connect to the catalog.

[04/Jun/2009:20:39:17] ENGINE Bus STARTING
[04/Jun/2009:20:39:17] ENGINE Started monitor thread '_TimeoutMonitor'.
[04/Jun/2009:20:39:17] ENGINE Serving on 0.0.0.0:8080
[04/Jun/2009:20:39:17] ENGINE Bus STARTED
[04/Jun/2009:20:39:36] HTTP Traceback (most recent call last):
File "cherrypy/_cprequest.pyo", line 606, in respond
File "cherrypy/_cpdispatch.pyo", line 25, in __call__
File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/site-packages.zip/calibre/library/server.py", line 36, in do
File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/site-packages.zip/calibre/library/server.py", line 281, in stanza
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split'

[kovidgoyal]

Make sure you dont have any blank authors in your book list

[Barcey]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Make sure you dont have any blank authors in your book list

Thanks! That was the problem.

[rhari79]

Calibre+itouch+stanza+laptop-adhoc-wifi worked for me, albiet many hits and misses. i also remember having the /stanza problem, but dont remember how i solved it. I was able to download a truck load of docs-->feedbooks->computer->calibre->itouch stanza.

Maybe there is some sort of firewall issue related to the calibre port and bonjour service.
And because i was using an adhoc wifi, i am not too sure if the combo will work again for me.

[warlock69]

I have the same problem, but Stanza was working with Calibre, until I upgraded the version of Calibre. Stanza 1.8.1 is the version I'm using.

[warlock69]

Actually, pointing my PC browser at http://192.168.0.15:8005/stanza returns an empty catalog, which is what Stanza complains about as well. http://192.168.0.15:8005 on the PC returns the usual web catalog. So maybe a calibre problem? What does cslibre add to /stanza that is different?

[kovidgoyal]

You shouldn't append /stanza to the URL anymore. The instructions in this thread are slightly out of date. See

http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_m...with-my-iphone

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You shouldn't append /stanza to the URL anymore. The instructions in this thread are slightly out of date. See

http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_m...with-my-iphone

Instructions in the FAQ aren't very clear either. Does the latest version of Calibre still have the online catalog or has it been replaced by the Bonjour-ish interface?