08-30-2009, 05:04 PM | #1 |
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Connecting to Kindle -What is C doing for 8 minutes?
I have the latest build, 0.6.10, Windows XP Pro and Home, Kindle 2. Every time I connect the usb, Calibre jobs: goes to 1, the hour glass spins, and I get a ballon in the system tray that C is detecting device.
7-8 minutes later, Jobs finally goes to 0 and the glass stops spinning. During that time, if I move the mouse to the scroll bar, e.g., Calibre-not responding. Until the latest build, it wouldn't even let me close the ballon, and never came back. Now, at the end of the period, I can click and it comes back, and operates normally. I can edit metadata, and convert PDFs, add books,etc. If I safely eject, and then reattach, the 8 minutes routine happens the second time, even though I haven't closed C in the meantime. Both computers have same behavior. What is it doing for 7-8minutes? Last edited by FoolforBooks; 08-30-2009 at 05:38 PM. |
08-30-2009, 05:56 PM | #2 |
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Reading metadata from all the books on you kindle
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08-30-2009, 07:16 PM | #3 |
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What are you doing with that information? I can understand finding the space available, but I don't know why you would need the contents. If I had asked for a check and a list of books in the library but not on the Kindle, that would make sense, but I wouldn't do it very often. Do I have an option set incorrectly?
If I could do some work during the 8 minutes that would be acceptable, but not being able to move the mouse is a bit restricting. I can't even read because Calibre is holding onto my Kindle. No one else on the Kindle forum seems to be aware of this delay. I only have 300 items (though some are very large) for a total of 700MB. Is there anything I can do to decrease this time other than moving everything off the Kindle or not using Calibre? |
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I gues that you can use Calibre without connecting your kindle, connect your Kindle when finished with Calibre and copy your files to your Kindle with drag'n'drop. |
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08-30-2009, 07:48 PM | #5 |
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Hmm. I have over 600 titles on my 505 (OK, not a Kindle, but still the process should be similar) and it only takes Calibre a minute or two.
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08-30-2009, 07:55 PM | #6 |
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08-30-2009, 07:58 PM | #7 |
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Yeah, I'm probably at the point now where that is practical. I was doing a lot of metadata edits and sending to device. I tried making changes to all 300, hoping I could change some of the .azw ones, too. But I finished last night by doing exactly that. So now it will just be new additions to do.
I'm new to Calibre and when I tried a drag and drop directly from the Calibre library to the Kindle, it didn't work. But I probably did something wrong. I thought maybe it didn't work unless you used SEND TO DEVICE. I was hoping I had some option set incorrectly. |
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Go to Preferences->Plugins->Device interface plugins, customize the kindle 2 plugin and turn off reading of metadata.
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08-30-2009, 08:01 PM | #9 |
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Thank you !!
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from Calibre library: right-click on the book you want to send to your kindle, Select: open containing folder, In the folder: select the file and copy it to your Kindle with drag and drop. Edit: problem solved by Kovid! |
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08-31-2009, 12:24 AM | #11 |
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Thanks, I've learned a lot today. And Kovid's solution worked. Connected so fast, I wasn't sure I saw the job run.
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