11-14-2008, 07:20 AM | #16 | ||
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You don't need to really worry about causing problems with the BeBook, because apparently you can't "brick" it. If anything goes wrong with the firmware load or the actual system you're running, just reflash the firmware and it's fixed. I too was concerned, so ran OI 0.1 "Live" from my SD Card, but it was way too unstable. So I flashed the firmware and it was much nicer. Worth trying, and as I said, you can't really "brick" the BeBook so any problems are resolved with another firmware flash back to the original BeBook firmware (e.g. their Mobi2 version of Nov 2008). Quote:
BTW, not sure I agree completely with you on the earlier HTML and TXT comments - I cannot compare the Sony (as I don't have one), and the BeBook rendering needs a little more work, more display options, etc. But I have also found the display of these docs is very source dependent - some files display well and others not so good. I have found some simple cleaning up of TXT files often helps (e.g. removing forced CR/LR characters except between paras), and sometimes you can clean up the HTML files by running them through some standardisation filters, but that is a bit of a hassle. CHM also displays quite well on BeBook (IMHO). Since RTF uses the FBReader implementation, this makes RTF and FB2 the best choices for a lot of user functions and great display/readability. I'm waiting for the BeBook guys to get Mobi up to that kind of standard! |
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In all official Hanlin V3, BeBook, lBook firmwares TXT, FB2 and RTF is handled by CRengine that's also basis for CoolReader 3.x. You can check it Yourself in Setings->About, look for the Viewer version V3.0.(here comes the date of CRengine). FBReader (that's also the main Viewer for OpenInkpot) was ported to V3 by lunohod (he got an lBook V3 for it). As stated by lunohod the port of FBReader for official firmwares won't be updated. Experimental versions of CREngine have basic EPUB and HTML. Last edited by MikusR; 11-14-2008 at 10:00 AM. |
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Or is this not possible since you cannot generated the identifier? |
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11-14-2008, 11:07 AM | #19 | |
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It's just that I'm not that much of a computer guy so I was scared. But hey, I've had it for two days now, so what the heck. I'm gonna try it today over lunch. So to go back to the original BeBook Firmware, do I get that from somewhere (I couldn't find it on their site) or will the firmware updates that they release do the trick? |
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I wonder if Mobipocket has any patents on their algorithms. If not, then an alternative implementation _might_ be legal.
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11-14-2008, 11:25 AM | #21 | |
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The PID is generated from the device ID. Thus, you will be able to read exactly the same DRM'ed books as you can with the original firmware. |
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11-14-2008, 11:33 AM | #22 | |
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11-15-2008, 06:20 PM | #23 | |
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These "updates" are in fact new versions of a complete firmware load, so you just load the latest and you're good to go. If you don't like OI after a while then just go back to the BeBook firmware. At the moment OI is more limited for formats, but maybe nicer for interface/options. I'm hoping we get a version 0.2 to try soon! BTW, apologies for my mistake on saying the FBReader was used for RTF - I guess the FBReader and CoolReader interfaces look the same because of their development. |
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11-26-2008, 10:11 AM | #24 | |
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I just wanted to clarify this point. My BeBook has an entry for the Viewer version (V3.0.081113 - obviously V3.0 dated 13 Nov 2008) and an entry for FB2 parser (V1.20.080602). If the Viewer is the CRengine and it handles TXT, RTF and FB2, why do they include the FB parser as well? Wouldn't that handle FB2? Or does it parse FB2 for viewing by the Viewer? Thanks. |
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11-26-2008, 08:35 PM | #25 |
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The mobi support is getting better, but the choice of fonts still seems to be too limited. Would be nice if it picked up on the fonts dir in the root of the SD card that the fb2 reader supports (unless there's another way to get it to use custom fonts?)
Also, when using arial or times, the smallest font size is still too big along with the space between lines. Still it's good to see improvements. I've plenty of books converted to fb2 to keep me going for a while, so I'm hopeful by the time I'm done with those that we'll have great mobi support and similar improvements to .lit/.epub would be fantastic. I'll echo those statements made by others in this thread though, the fb2 format/reader is still _the_ format of choice for the Hanlin/Bebook. The sooner publishers get away from DRM, we'll stand a better chance of seeing an open standard adopted and supported by many readers and no need to convert books to our readers format Last edited by JoeD; 11-26-2008 at 08:37 PM. |
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In other words, have all user-specific configuration available uniformly for all apps from one well-defined place. Having one config file for each reader app instead of a single one for all of them might also be acceptable, as long as they are all in the same place. It should further be possible to change all these settings from the settings menu in the bookshelf and in the various apps. After fixing the annoying crash (red light) and hang/reboot (green light) bugs, this is my biggest wishlist item for improving the V3, now that the Mobipocket reader seems to have reached a usable state. |
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