02-21-2009, 09:28 PM | #1 |
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iLiad Device Support
I apologize in advance if this has already been discussed but I couldn't find anything either in these forums or in the list of Calibre tickets. I understand that the iRex iLiad is not supported natively by Calibre. However, the user manual states that with the 'Save to Disk' option, Calibre can be used to send files to devices that show up as USB mass storage devices. I have a couple of questions:
(1) If I just say 'Save to Disk' and select the directory on which iLiad is mounted, then I guess it would create the Author -> Title -> Bookfile hierarchy in that directory as well? So, may be I should do 'Save to Disk in Single Directory'? Also, I would like to know why there are parenthesized roman numerals attached to each file name that Calibre imports, e.g., '(28)'. I ask because I don't want these numbers to show up when I send the file to my iLiad. I don't see any option to strip off such numbers in the preferences. (2) Is native support for the iLiad planned for Calibre? Thanks in advance! I love Calibre (especially the 'fetch metadata' and 'fetch cover image' features) and really want to use it for managing my iLiad! |
02-21-2009, 09:39 PM | #2 |
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Use the save single format to disk (after setting your single format to MOBI or PRC in the config dialog.
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02-21-2009, 09:46 PM | #3 |
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Hmm, but that won't work for PDF files, right? Unless, of course, I convert them to MOBI first? And I don't want to do that because it's a whole lot nicer to read PDFs on the iLiad than it is MOBI/PRC files.
I guess I have to manually edit the name to remove the parenthesized numerals after I send the files to the iLiad. |
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02-23-2009, 05:36 AM | #6 |
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I released in the iLiad forum here a python script to create a manifest xml file for the Iliad.
If you run it, your book will show on the Content Lister with the cover as icon, the book title as name, and the author as description, whatever the filename is. I think you can easily integrate it into calibre, if you want. |
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03-15-2009, 01:19 PM | #8 |
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Is there any fundamental reason for leaving iLiad direct support out of the calibre development plans? My question is obviously directes to Kovid, who made a really extraordinary work with calibre, IMHO one the best open source projects around at the moment. I sincerely don't understand why iLiad has not been included so far in the list of supported e-reader devices - I suspect the motivation could be technical, I can't see any other reasons.
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07-04-2009, 02:01 AM | #11 |
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I've attached the listing from my run of calibre-debug -d with my Irex DR1000S plugged into my Windows machine. I'll get the same for Linux and my Iliad 2nd Ed. in Windows and Linux when I get the chance. Someone else will have to do Mac as I don't yet have access to one.
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08-06-2009, 01:58 AM | #12 |
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Yay! The new versions have Iliad and DR1000 support!
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