File Size Limits for TXT files or other formats?

flamaest · 08-19-2007, 12:32 AM

I finally got my Sony Reader, I love this thing, it is wonderful!!

I have started gathering all of my daily RSS feeds through feedbooks.com and other forum-thread-dumps from my favorite online forum sites.

The other day I had downloaded a forum thread which was about 110,000 lines of text, or about 10MB in raw text [would be about 5000 reader pages].

I have a few other forum threads which are around 50,000 lines or about 3-5MB in size.

Anyway, when I copy the text files to the SD card [and insert it into the reader], I noticed that the smaller TXT forum threads around 50,000 lines can be read OK.

But the larger forum threads [10MB+] would return "Invalid File" when trying to read page-1 of the text file [I could not jump forward into the file]. [If I trim the thread to about 50,000 lines, the reader will be able to display the text]

Am I reaching the limit to the File sizes we can put onto this device, or could my files simply have had some other problems?

Thanks,
Fabian.

HarryT · 08-19-2007, 02:54 AM

There are size limits - eg for RTF files it's somewhere around 13MB. I don't know what the limit is for text files, but it sounds as though you might have hit it!

eppythacher · 08-21-2007, 04:56 PM

For txt i'm lucky if I can get it up to 3MB; not sure what the sony format limit is

kovidgoyal · 08-21-2007, 07:37 PM

There are memory limits as well. If an LRF file has too comples a structure it, the reader runs out of memory space and resets. The same LRF file will work fine in the Connect viewer.

08-19-2007, 12:32 AM	#1
flamaest Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 1044459 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: prs-500	File Size Limits for TXT files or other formats? I finally got my Sony Reader, I love this thing, it is wonderful!! I have started gathering all of my daily RSS feeds through feedbooks.com and other forum-thread-dumps from my favorite online forum sites. The other day I had downloaded a forum thread which was about 110,000 lines of text, or about 10MB in raw text [would be about 5000 reader pages]. I have a few other forum threads which are around 50,000 lines or about 3-5MB in size. Anyway, when I copy the text files to the SD card [and insert it into the reader], I noticed that the smaller TXT forum threads around 50,000 lines can be read OK. But the larger forum threads [10MB+] would return "Invalid File" when trying to read page-1 of the text file [I could not jump forward into the file]. [If I trim the thread to about 50,000 lines, the reader will be able to display the text] Am I reaching the limit to the File sizes we can put onto this device, or could my files simply have had some other problems? Thanks, Fabian.

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08-19-2007, 02:54 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	There are size limits - eg for RTF files it's somewhere around 13MB. I don't know what the limit is for text files, but it sounds as though you might have hit it!

08-21-2007, 04:56 PM	#3
eppythacher Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 3992 Join Date: Jan 2007 Device: prs-500, prs-650	For txt i'm lucky if I can get it up to 3MB; not sure what the sony format limit is

08-21-2007, 07:37 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There are memory limits as well. If an LRF file has too comples a structure it, the reader runs out of memory space and resets. The same LRF file will work fine in the Connect viewer.