05-21-2009, 02:11 AM | #1 |
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Send to device button
Has the "send to device" button been fixed in the latest build? I want to use Calibre with my PRS 505 when it arrives but I've read elsewhere that this button doesn't work
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05-21-2009, 03:15 AM | #2 |
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I cannot remember this button not working with any release I have tried.
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05-21-2009, 04:20 AM | #3 |
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You can check the current bug database at
http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/query There're no open bugs about “Send to Device”. |
05-21-2009, 05:56 PM | #4 |
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I've had my 505 for a few weeks now and I've only ever used Calibre with it... the button has never not worked.
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05-21-2009, 08:42 PM | #5 |
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I don't know if this is a related issue or not but when I closed Sony e library and plugged in my new PRS 505 , I got the msg that Calibre did not recogize it. Here is the error dialog box:
Job: **Get device information** **error**: (3, 'GetDiskFreeSpace', 'The system cannot find the path specified.') **Traceback**: Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\gui2\device.pyo", line 43, in run File "calibre\gui2\device.pyo", line 143, in _get_device_information File "calibre\devices\prs505\driver.pyo", line 322, in free_space File "calibre\devices\prs505\driver.pyo", line 286, in _windows_space error: (3, 'GetDiskFreeSpace', 'The system cannot find the path specified.') I don't know what any of this means, but all it means to me is that I can't use Calbre to transfer my ebooks to my reader. Thanks, Paul |
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05-21-2009, 11:29 PM | #6 |
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I think I have seen this problem somewhere else but I don't know what the solution might be. I Kovid is monitoring, maybe he has a solution?
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05-22-2009, 06:05 AM | #7 |
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A couple of things to check...
Without the Reader connected, does Calibre run? If so, try pluging it in then & does it detect it. If not, try running "calibre-debug -g" from the Command Prompt (Start/Run "cmd") and paste the output here |
05-22-2009, 03:14 PM | #8 |
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I have seen this before, but only when I am trying to send books to my PRS-505 using both the Sony ebook library software and Calibre at the same time or after using the Sony software, clicking the eject button- it looks like a flat line with an upward-pointing triangle above it - and then trying to use Calibre to send books to my reader.
From what I can see happening, it looks like ejecting my reader from the Sony library has the same effect as telling the computer to stop a removable USB device. If I unplugged my PRS-505 from the computer, let it detect what books I have on it, and plugged it back into the computer and then use Calibre, I don't have the issue. |
05-22-2009, 03:57 PM | #9 |
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Gwynevens:Thanks, I started Calibre, It detected the reader(and card) flawlessly! I transfered a book and that worked also. another question: Since Sony stores my purchased books in a folder on my computer, can I transfer them to Calibre, then on to my reader? I have tried to read the DRM books in Calibre but I get an error msg saying they are protected. Am I correct in thinking I can't read a DRM book on Calibre?
Before when I had the previous problem, I had just shut down Sony SW and possibly there was a component of Sony still running, Windows probably hadn't finished housekeeping. Thanks, Paul Last edited by p3aul; 05-22-2009 at 04:01 PM. |
05-22-2009, 04:36 PM | #10 | |
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05-22-2009, 04:40 PM | #11 |
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> Since Sony stores my purchased books in a folder on my computer, can I transfer them to Calibre, then on to my reader?
Yes, it'll manage them with no problems. > I have tried to read the DRM books in Calibre but I get an error msg saying they are protected. Am I correct in thinking I can't read a DRM book on Calibre? Correct - you can't read them, but you can transfer them - I think you may even be able to update the metadata (i.e. Title & Author) when you transfer them, but I'm not 100% sure about that. (Did you try it via the command line, as when I try & view an LRX book from the GUI, it just passes it to Windows, which launches the Sony EBook Library to handle it!) |
05-22-2009, 06:05 PM | #12 |
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Thanx for the replies! havn't tried to update the Title and Author on C for a lrx book. Will Have to try that. I like Calibre's way of storing the books by creating a folder for each author. Wish I could do that on the reader. hmmm would it, I wonder?
On my computer, when I try to read a protected book in Calibre, it just gives me an error, it doesn't open Sony No big deal though, because Now I have my PRS 505 I just read them on it! |
05-23-2009, 02:34 AM | #13 | ||
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No worries
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BTW Congrats on the PRS-505. I had my device over a year and I love it. Make sure to take advantage of the books formatted and stored here on the site there are some excellent books in LRF format. =X= |
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