08-22-2012, 05:13 AM | #106 |
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Pocketbook 603: not supported bmp
Hm, for me this plugin never worked: When selecting the cover it shows a message: "not supported bmp". I helped myself by inserting a
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os.system("/usr/bin/convert - colors 8 %s %s" % (dest, dest)) Last edited by bverspeiser; 08-22-2012 at 05:15 AM. |
08-22-2012, 07:01 AM | #107 | |
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I have no objection to you customising the plugin in whatever way you like, it's freely shared after all, but it would have been nice if you'd freely shared your solution for the benefit of others. Nevermind, we're here now. In the absence of feedback from other PB owners, I only have my own PB360 for testing. I can confirm the current release v1.6.0 works OK on that. To move forward we need to do 2 things:
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08-24-2012, 04:34 PM | #108 |
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@jackie_w: Here's the patch promised in here to fix the autoreboot on Kindle 2/3/4 when users have both my screensavers & fonts hack installed .
I'm in a bit of a hurry so I haven't tested anything, but it's more or less what we did in the Kindle Collections plugin, so hopefully I didn't break anything . EDIT: Killed the attachments, merged in latest release ;-) Last edited by NiLuJe; 08-28-2012 at 11:28 AM. |
08-28-2012, 09:35 AM | #109 |
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v1.6.2 released
If there are any problems after upgrade, please post here. Thanks to paola (Pocketbook 903) and Akirainblack(Kindle Touch) for beta-testing and to NiLuJe for the Kindle patch. |
08-30-2012, 08:39 PM | #110 |
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1.6.2 plugin and PB 603 fw 2.1.3
Hi jackie_w,
First of all thanks for your efforts and for this calibre plugin. I have a problem on my PB603. When I've used the test images you posted on Pocketbook forum section, your 600x800_16.bmp worked fine. Now the plugin transfers images like the attachment below, and PB says "bmp format not supported." My plugin configuration is on the other image. I'm running Calibre 0.8.66 on Ubuntu 10.04 up-to-date, Hope this helps. |
08-31-2012, 08:11 AM | #111 | |
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If so the question to be resolved is - why does the calibre routine which converts to greyscale produce 4BPP bmps on Windows but 24BPP bmps on some (all?) Linux machines, and is there something I can add to the plugin to force 4BPP for everyone? Unfortunately, bverspeiser stopped responding to my PMs mid-investigation so I was unable to pursue the problem. I do not have access to Ubuntu (or any other Linux flavour) myself. Maybe, with your help, I can finally get to the bottom of it The next step is for me to re-examine the convert-to-greyscale routine and ask for specific advice from the Calibre gurus. Maybe there is a better method of doing it than the one I'm currently using. I'll continue this conversation via PM. I need to dig around a bit more. So please bear with me. |
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09-01-2012, 04:47 PM | #112 |
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v1.6.3 released
If there are any problems after upgrade, please post here. Thanks to preempalver for beta-testing with a PB603 on Ubuntu. Thanks to Kovid for the moment of how to fix it. Last edited by jackie_w; 09-01-2012 at 04:50 PM. |
11-07-2012, 10:41 AM | #113 |
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v1.6.4 released
Thanks to Akirainblack for beta-testing on Kindle Touch (FW v5.1.2) and Paperwhite (FW 5.2.0) - both UK 3G models and to NiLuJe for all Kindle-related matters . |
07-18-2014, 06:42 PM | #114 |
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v2.0.0 released
Maintenance release to ensure plugin keeps working with upcoming calibre 2.0 release.
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08-04-2014, 04:25 AM | #115 |
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Is there any chance that the plugin work for readers with (rooted ?) Android?
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08-04-2014, 10:49 AM | #116 |
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I'm afraid not. I think the requirement for this plugin reduced a few years ago when some of the supported e-ink devices got better access to book cover screensavers via new standard features (Sony PRS-Tx) or via new hacks (Kindle and Sony PRS-x50) so I stopped active development at that point (I haven't needed it for my own readers for 3 years). The many challenges involved with Android (USB vs MTP, KitKat SD card issue, huge variety of devices/screen-resolutions ...) doesn't appeal, either
As with the latest v2.0.0 release, I'll continue to try to make any necessary minor changes to keep it running OK for users with older eink devices who want to use the latest-and-greatest calibre, but apart from that it's time to wave it off into the sunset - unless someone else wants to adopt it and move forward, of course, in which case feel free |
12-03-2015, 05:23 AM | #117 |
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the displayed image are only random/shuffe/ordered list? is not possibile to lock to current read book? i can't find any description/manual..
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However, your info details indicate you are a Kindle3 user. If this is the case, Kindle developer NiLuJe has a Kindle Screensaver hack which may have a "current read" option. That hack does all the complex work at the Kindle-end and you can use this plugin to create/transfer the cover images for the Screensaver hack to use. The relevant Kindle thread is referenced in post #1 of this thread but I'll repeat it here Font, ScreenSaver & USBNetwork Hacks for Kindle 2.x, 3.x & 4.x. If you need help installing that hack you would need to ask your detailed questions in that thread. Last edited by jackie_w; 12-03-2015 at 10:10 AM. |
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12-03-2015, 10:35 AM | #119 |
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Or just use the screensavers hack by itself...
In fact, the hack depends on and extracts cover images to [userstore]/linkss/cover_cache/cover_${ASIN}.png (on my KT at least), so I would venture to say this plugin will not actually transfer any useful images. ... Come to think of it... some MOBI/AZW3 do not have covers, or MOBI can't really have the cover updated without a full reconversion so the hack won't ever see your calibre-updated cover metadata. That being the case, I can see why it might be nice if this plugin was able to generate the cover_cache from calibre's metadata. |
06-18-2016, 06:59 PM | #120 |
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Hi Jackie-w,
i've used this plug-in for years and it worked well till about 2 weeks ago, when i there seemed to have been and update to the plug in. After I installed, I started getting errors: ERROR:Unhandled exception (name of the window). AttributeError:type object 'Image' has no attribute 'img' i have a screenshot. This happens with Kindle 3 (keyboard). i've removed and re-added the plugin with same results. Thanks. Marina |
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