Calibre content server and Stanza

radon · 09-18-2010, 09:35 PM

I have been experimenting with the calibre content server recently. It seems to work fine for me in most respects. I can view the library in a browser and download ebook files. I can even run the server at startup (on a Windows Home Server) by adding the content-server executable to a scheduled task, which works well.

However, I have some issues accessing the books from my iPad using Stanza. Stanza automatically discovers the server and opening it prompts for user credentials, which it accepts. I then get a list of catagories, including By Newest, By Title, By Authors, etc. Selecting "By Newest" provides a list of books and I can download them as expected. Opening "By Title" shows the message "Catalog is Empty". Opening "By Authors" shows a list of all the authors in the library, but selecting an author gives the same "catalog is empty" message.

Is this expected behavior? Has anyone else experienced this? Is their an obvious configuration option somewhere that I am missing? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Calibre: 0.7.19
Stanza: 3.0.3
iPad: 3.2.2

kovidgoyal · 09-18-2010, 09:35 PM

this is a bug in the by title and by authors feeds in 0.7.19 will be fixed in the next release

radon · 09-18-2010, 09:44 PM

Thanks for the quick response! Just a little further info. There are six catagories listed by Stanza:

By Newest
By Title
By Authors
By Publishers
By Ratings
By Tags

All of these categories show the same behavior, ie. they display correct subcategories (for example By Publishers displays a list of all publishers) but selecting that subcategory brings up the Catalog is Empty message. Is this behavior part of the bug you mentioned as well?

BTW: Thanks for all the work you've done on this project. It's an amazing software package!

kovidgoyal · 09-18-2010, 09:47 PM

Does by newest work?

radon · 09-18-2010, 09:52 PM

Yes. By Newest works fine. That displays a list of the books (not sure if it's all books or just recent additions, I don't have many files imported right now) and allows you to download them.

kovidgoyal · 09-18-2010, 10:00 PM

then it's the same problem.

radon · 09-18-2010, 10:10 PM

Ok. Looking forward to the next release!

09-18-2010, 09:35 PM	#1
radon Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Nook/iPad	Calibre content server and Stanza I have been experimenting with the calibre content server recently. It seems to work fine for me in most respects. I can view the library in a browser and download ebook files. I can even run the server at startup (on a Windows Home Server) by adding the content-server executable to a scheduled task, which works well. However, I have some issues accessing the books from my iPad using Stanza. Stanza automatically discovers the server and opening it prompts for user credentials, which it accepts. I then get a list of catagories, including By Newest, By Title, By Authors, etc. Selecting "By Newest" provides a list of books and I can download them as expected. Opening "By Title" shows the message "Catalog is Empty". Opening "By Authors" shows a list of all the authors in the library, but selecting an author gives the same "catalog is empty" message. Is this expected behavior? Has anyone else experienced this? Is their an obvious configuration option somewhere that I am missing? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Calibre: 0.7.19 Stanza: 3.0.3 iPad: 3.2.2

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09-18-2010, 09:35 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	this is a bug in the by title and by authors feeds in 0.7.19 will be fixed in the next release

09-18-2010, 09:44 PM	#3
radon Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Nook/iPad	Thanks for the quick response! Just a little further info. There are six catagories listed by Stanza: By Newest By Title By Authors By Publishers By Ratings By Tags All of these categories show the same behavior, ie. they display correct subcategories (for example By Publishers displays a list of all publishers) but selecting that subcategory brings up the Catalog is Empty message. Is this behavior part of the bug you mentioned as well? BTW: Thanks for all the work you've done on this project. It's an amazing software package!

09-18-2010, 09:47 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Does by newest work?

09-18-2010, 09:52 PM	#5
radon Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Nook/iPad	Yes. By Newest works fine. That displays a list of the books (not sure if it's all books or just recent additions, I don't have many files imported right now) and allows you to download them.

09-18-2010, 10:00 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	then it's the same problem.

09-18-2010, 10:10 PM	#7
radon Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Nook/iPad	Ok. Looking forward to the next release!

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