streaming Calibre library?

fartang · 08-11-2011, 02:24 PM

I was wondering if there is a way that the content of Calibre library be "streamed" to an iPad?

I mean an app like VLC streamer on iPad that can connect to Calibre server on PC (running windows 7) so that I can view on iPad the books in Calibre library on PC without saving them to iPad?

Thanks

whodean · 08-12-2011, 10:42 AM

Look at using Calibre2OPDS with a web server or a service like Dropbox.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64095

kovidgoyal · 08-12-2011, 11:26 AM

calibre includes a content server that does just that.

chaley · 08-12-2011, 12:05 PM

Streaming ebooks was discussed in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=125588

itimpi · 08-12-2011, 01:38 PM

I think what is being asked about is a browser based epub reader rather than downloading via the content server onto the local device.

However what the advantages are I am not really sure as the reader is still going to have to download most of the book anyway before it can show the results. I think some people envisage this as giving the same sort of advantages as streaming video or music where you can start as soon as you get the first part, but this does not really apply to an ebook which has a more complicated internal strucutre.

The only time I could see it being of real use is if there was a server-side reader that knew how to deliver pages to a remote browser on demand. I guess that is technically possible, but not something I have seen myself.

kovidgoyal · 08-12-2011, 01:48 PM

Actually, a streaming reader (that delivers only the currently needed part of the book) is fairly easy to implement and is in fact on my TODO list for the calibre content server.

For formats that have the text split up in multiple flows, like EPUB, this can "stream" chunks of the text, and for formats that dont, like MOBI, it can still at least stream images separately.

08-11-2011, 02:24 PM	#1
fartang Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	streaming Calibre library? I was wondering if there is a way that the content of Calibre library be "streamed" to an iPad? I mean an app like VLC streamer on iPad that can connect to Calibre server on PC (running windows 7) so that I can view on iPad the books in Calibre library on PC without saving them to iPad? Thanks

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08-12-2011, 10:42 AM	#2
whodean Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: iPad	Look at using Calibre2OPDS with a web server or a service like Dropbox. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64095

08-12-2011, 11:26 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,842 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre includes a content server that does just that.

08-12-2011, 12:05 PM	#4
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,733 Karma: 6690881 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Streaming ebooks was discussed in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=125588

08-12-2011, 01:38 PM	#5
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I think what is being asked about is a browser based epub reader rather than downloading via the content server onto the local device. However what the advantages are I am not really sure as the reader is still going to have to download most of the book anyway before it can show the results. I think some people envisage this as giving the same sort of advantages as streaming video or music where you can start as soon as you get the first part, but this does not really apply to an ebook which has a more complicated internal strucutre. The only time I could see it being of real use is if there was a server-side reader that knew how to deliver pages to a remote browser on demand. I guess that is technically possible, but not something I have seen myself.

08-12-2011, 01:48 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,842 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Actually, a streaming reader (that delivers only the currently needed part of the book) is fairly easy to implement and is in fact on my TODO list for the calibre content server. For formats that have the text split up in multiple flows, like EPUB, this can "stream" chunks of the text, and for formats that dont, like MOBI, it can still at least stream images separately.

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