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Old 10-16-2009, 03:34 PM   #1
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PRC output

Can someone tell me how I set the output format to PRC? I still have several devices that can't read Mobi.

Please don't tell me to change them one at a time; it's not practical. I export my entire library at one time so calibre can build the folder structure.going through and changing files in a couple hundred folders is simply impossible. It's also unreasonable.
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Old 10-16-2009, 04:41 PM   #2
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AFAIK you can't. It will always do .mobi (I think that's what Kovid has said).

I think I posted this before, but you could use something like Extension Renamer to change them to .prc in bulk (it does subdirectories to if you tell it too).

http://www.brothersoft.com/extension...oad-41537.html

I know it's still an extra step of sorts, but....
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Old 10-16-2009, 05:21 PM   #3
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Hi Nate,

I had a similar need I wanted to standardize on having all my MOBI files end with MOBI instead of PRC. So I wrote a script that recursively renamed all my files from "PRC" to "MOBI".

I've provided it for you if you want it, I also updated my script to go the other way and change the "MOBI" extension to "PRC".

The script is written in Perl and takes no parameters.

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Old 10-16-2009, 06:44 PM   #4
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Nate, all you have to do is run a command line in Widnows. Go to the directory that had all the *.mobi files and use one simple command...

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rename *.mobi *.prc
That is all you need do and it will be done.
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Old 10-16-2009, 06:53 PM   #5
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Nate, all you have to do is run a command line in Widnows. Go to the directory that had all the *.mobi files and use one simple command...

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rename *.mobi *.prc
That is all you need do and it will be done.
Except that command is useless if I have 700 files in 5 dozen folders.

And besides, you're proposing a work around for a poor design decision. I'd prefer to get the design decision reversed.
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Old 10-16-2009, 06:56 PM   #6
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Hi Nate,

I had a similar need I wanted to standardize on having all my MOBI files end with MOBI instead of PRC. So I wrote a script that recursively renamed all my files from "PRC" to "MOBI".

I've provided it for you if you want it, I also updated my script to go the other way and change the "MOBI" extension to "PRC".

The script is written in Perl and takes no parameters.

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Thank you. I'll definitely use it (until I can convince Kovid to not arbitrarily abandon some users).
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I would also appreciate an option to save as .prc -- though that might not altogether solve the problem, as I've found some .mobi files still won't run on my PDA even after I've renamed them to .prc.
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