DR800 problem with pdb file for the new firmware

overdrunk · 04-10-2010, 04:19 PM

Fortunately I did not read pdb much. A friend of mine asked about the reading of pdb files under the new firmware. I opened the pdb file coming with DR800SG. The pdb file now opens very very slowly, and the counting page... never stops. I tried to flip through the page, and the each page turn takes about 5s. That is to say, you cannot read a pdb file under the new firmware literally.

CoolDragon · 04-10-2010, 10:50 PM

Confirmed. I tried the two pre-installed PDB files and same behavior. This might be another reason for the long indexing problem.

Matthijs · 04-12-2010, 02:30 AM

There are still some issues with PDB files that we're working on.
PDB is a legacy B&N format however and I would advice to steer away from it as much as possible. B&N is switching to a new EPUB format (which is fully supported in the 2.0 firmware). This will also enable the full book reading feature-set.

PDB files are not indexed for thumbnails/metadata.

CoolDragon · 04-12-2010, 10:02 AM

Some people reported that these two pdb files cannot be read even in V1.

04-10-2010, 04:19 PM	#1
overdrunk Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-300	problem with pdb file for the new firmware Fortunately I did not read pdb much. A friend of mine asked about the reading of pdb files under the new firmware. I opened the pdb file coming with DR800SG. The pdb file now opens very very slowly, and the counting page... never stops. I tried to flip through the page, and the each page turn takes about 5s. That is to say, you cannot read a pdb file under the new firmware literally.

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04-10-2010, 10:50 PM	#2
CoolDragon Addict Posts: 244 Karma: 124 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	Confirmed. I tried the two pre-installed PDB files and same behavior. This might be another reason for the long indexing problem.

04-12-2010, 02:30 AM	#3
Matthijs Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands Device: iLiad, DR1000S, DR800SG	There are still some issues with PDB files that we're working on. PDB is a legacy B&N format however and I would advice to steer away from it as much as possible. B&N is switching to a new EPUB format (which is fully supported in the 2.0 firmware). This will also enable the full book reading feature-set. PDB files are not indexed for thumbnails/metadata.

04-12-2010, 10:02 AM	#4
CoolDragon Addict Posts: 244 Karma: 124 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	Some people reported that these two pdb files cannot be read even in V1.

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