04-25-2016, 01:29 PM | #1 |
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Glo HD...no way to zoom epub images?
Hello all,
my first post and would like to say thanks you all that I have read and learn a lot about Kobo... 2 days with a Glo HD and all really goes well: - installed hacked firmware - Nightmode - [GUI Plugin] Kobo Utilities - Kobo Tweaks - new dictionaries All good but...there is always a but... No way to have the pinch zoom for epub images I've the pinchToZoom=true and ImageZoom=true in the file Kobo eReader.conf. Also tried the Multitouch hack as in the thread -->Two-fingers light control on older models - done at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=232431 But it doesn't work at all Have you some suggestions please... I really miss this possibility! Thanks so much from Genova Italy |
04-25-2016, 02:42 PM | #2 |
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Are you sending your books to the Kobo as standard epubs or as kepubs? I think image zoom only works in kepubs (both sideloaded and official Kobo-bought). I usually use double-tap not pinch-zoom.
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04-25-2016, 06:03 PM | #3 |
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You could be right!
I have used only simple epubs, my library is all in this format, coming from a Sony. I have to try with kepub, but it's a pity if it doesn't work with epub too |
12-26-2016, 03:49 PM | #4 |
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Is there really no way to zoom in on epub images on vanilla Glo HD? Lack of this feature makes travel guides close to useless on an ereader.
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12-27-2016, 02:11 AM | #5 |
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If your epubs are without DRM, Calibre can automatically convert them to kepub format. I think kepubs are rendered with a different program than the one used for epubs.
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12-27-2016, 05:23 AM | #6 | |
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Thank you very much for the tip! Too bad we need to go through this extra step, but at least it's a fairly easy workaround. |
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12-27-2016, 06:44 AM | #7 |
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If you use the Kobo Touch Extended driver, you can have that do the EPUB -> KEPUB conversion on the fly when sending your EPUBs to your Kobo. No extra coversion step (and format in Calibre) needed.
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12-28-2016, 10:11 PM | #8 |
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You may not actually have to convert the books. Just rename them from the single file extension ".epub" to the double file extension ".kepub.epub" to invoke the Kobo reading software (without quotation marks, of course); there are two different ebook-rendering engines built into the Kobo, and the presence or absence of the ".kepub.epub" extension determines which one is used to render a book.
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12-28-2016, 10:46 PM | #9 | |
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