04-14-2013, 06:40 PM | #1186 | |
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1.- Dropbox (and their ilk) have a substantial cost if you, like me exceed the measly 5GB they provide for free. 2.- Dropbox (and their ilk) have now taken to summarily delete people's accounts without recourse if they receive any complaints of books being served there. I don't want to discuss right/wrong on those actions, it just is. 3.- if you (like me) have more that 1000 books, the aforementioned API limits makes Marvin's DB browser useless. Now you have to use other apps to access you books and have Marvin handle them, an extra step at best, clunky at worst. 4.- Using Dropbox (and their ilk) does not allow you to obtain the rich metadata and excellent organization and browsing options available with Calibre. So, in my case anyway, since my collection is some 9GB and I don't want to spend $100 or so per year for the extra storage, Dropbox ( and their ilk) are useless to me. Instead I spent $36 for a yearly hosting plan and back up my collection there, as well as to a Flash drive. So you see, it's not "old fashioned", just practical, to run your own calibre server if you can. Some man's crap is another man's gold. Cheers Art |
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04-14-2013, 07:44 PM | #1187 |
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Art - thanks so much for step-by-step instructions but of course, I have questions.
1. Dumb question: how do I find out the IP address of my Calibre server? 2. Does this require me to leave a computer running Calibre on all the time so I might access the server? Thanks again! |
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04-14-2013, 07:50 PM | #1188 |
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I prefer the "old-fashioned" way when I'm home, connecting directly to Calibre, because I prefer the additional options for sorting by series, genres, etc. I can even have Calibre pick a random book right there in Marvin. (And I know I can do the same thing with "Shuffle".) But I also love having my Calibre library on Dropbox for those times that I'm not near my computer, so I can access them from anywhere. Best of both worlds, IMHO.
I tested but didn't keep the OPDS catalog on Marvin, though, in part because I'd read about Dropbox canceling accounts. The directions I'd seen for generating one (not with Marvin, but in general) involved putting the Calibre library in the "public" folder in Dropbox - mine isn't in the public folder. The references to canceled accounts were also about "calibre2opds" - I'm not informed enough to know if that's the same as the OPDS catalog that's generated by adding opds to the end of my Calibre library address in Marvin as mentioned above. I did just try it, and it worked, and I'd love to use it. I think it's just connecting to Calibre on my computer - when I closed my laptop I could no longer access the OPDS catalog from Marvin. Just want to be sure before I re-do it and leave it there. Don't want Dropbox canceling me! Any advice? Last edited by Meemo; 04-14-2013 at 07:54 PM. |
04-14-2013, 08:06 PM | #1189 | |
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Click Start, and then select All Programs. Click Accessories, and then Command Prompt. At the command prompt, enter: ipconfig<ENTER> The IP address (or IPv4 address, if you are using Windows 7 or Vista) will be a series of numbers following the pattern xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (e.g., 156.56.27.32). 2.- Yes, anytime you want to access the server it must be running. 3.- Also you must enable the server in Calibre. Cheers Art |
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04-14-2013, 08:13 PM | #1190 | |
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Calibre2opds allows you to create a catalog that does not need calibre running all the time, that you can just drop into the www area of any web server and access from anywhere. I have done that in the past and it is trivial to add password protection so that only authorized persons can access. I am not sure if that's even possible with Dropbox. And yes, just because you have dropbox installed, does not mean your calibre database is being transferred there. As you say, you need to put in the dropbox folder public area. From what you described, your dropbox account is not in danger. Calibre runs it's own stand alone web server, and it needs to be running to provide access. Cheers Art |
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04-14-2013, 08:16 PM | #1191 | |
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Once I did that (and typed in the correct IP address) - there it was! Not happy about always having to leave Calibre up and running (that stinks, especially if someone turns off computer) however, this works for now. Like Meemo, I would rather go directly to Dropbox but a little nervous giving her original statement that Dropbox started canceling accounts if books were in the Public folder which I used in order to get books via Stanza. Thank you all! P.S. Last stupid question - I get the computer has to be up and running (with Calibre running) but what happens if the computer goes into Sleep mode? Does this disconnect the Calibre server from running? |
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04-14-2013, 08:22 PM | #1192 | |
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Lastly, how do you move the folder out of Public and to somewhere else? |
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04-14-2013, 08:47 PM | #1193 |
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Is there a way to do subcollections? Just curious and a bit hopeful.
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04-14-2013, 09:36 PM | #1194 | |
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ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL .. .. and assign one or many books to one or many collections. It's all done virtually. Book 1 could be ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL Book 2 could be ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL And so on, the possibilities are endless. Art |
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04-14-2013, 09:39 PM | #1195 | |
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I don't see why a Mac shouldn't do that too, but I am uneducated when it ones to OSX Art |
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04-14-2013, 10:01 PM | #1196 |
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Thanks for collections Kris - I now how have a postgrad "collection" to make it easier to get to those books when studying!!! A setting that points the home screen to a specific collection would be great
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04-15-2013, 03:01 AM | #1197 | |
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And yeah, the new collections feature is awesome! |
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04-15-2013, 04:11 AM | #1198 |
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Hello chilady1. Has your Calibre issue been resolved? - Faterson's and Artbatista explanations are exactly what you need to do. If you like send me an email at support@marvinapp.com if you need more guidance.
eVeNtInE: I'm hopeful to have this feature before the iPhone version actually. |
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04-15-2013, 10:17 AM | #1200 | |
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I still need to figure out how to do this via Dropbox once I move my library to another non-public folder. Connecting directly to Calibre when I am home is fine, however, having Dropbox allows me to connect to my library no matter where I am. I travel a lot so Dropbox is really the better way for me to connect to my Calibre library. Can I just say I am in LOVE with Marvin - this app is so clean and straight forward and has taking reading to a whole different level for me. I typically don't do long stretches of reading on my iPad and instead grab my Kindle for that. However, Marvin and the ability to customize the brightness, etc has really made a difference. Up until this point, I was thinking of getting the Kindle PW, but since using Marvin, I have decided that using my iPad for late night reading is the way to go. This is a beautiful and elegant application and all I can say is THANK YOU! Finally, someone who gets it. I know there are a lot more features and enhancements on the way but this app completely outshines other book reading applications. Keep up the good work! P.S. Thanks again to Faterson and Artbatista for all your help |
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