"No Suitable Format Found"?

Robotech_Master · 05-27-2009, 12:56 PM

I've gotten my 2-week-trial Sony 700 reader.

I've downloaded all my Baen titles in zipped Sony Reader format. Noticed that Sony's library can't see the books inside the zips, but Calibre can. Calibre even detects my attached reader.

So I select all the Baen titles, select "send to device"...and it tells me "no suitable format found." Even when I specifically tell it to send LRF to the device, no suitable format found.

What's up with that?

kovidgoyal · 05-27-2009, 01:44 PM

You have to convert the book to epub (or lrf) first

Robotech_Master · 05-27-2009, 01:53 PM

But it already is in LRF, inside of a zip file. If the thing can read the metadata off of it without unzipping, why can't it install it without unzipping?

Xenophon · 05-27-2009, 02:24 PM

That's a good question. But note that there's not really any reason to keep an LRF inside a zip file anyway -- the LRF is already compressed, so zipping it doesn't really gain you anything.

And, on second thought, ISTR that Calibre assumes that zip files are zipped up HTML, not zipped up LRF. Or something.

Xenophon

Lemurion · 05-27-2009, 04:01 PM

Calibre can handle zipped files - but when it goes to send to the Sony it checks if the file it's sending (ie the zip) is one of the file types the Sony handles (lrf/epub) and since zip isn't on that list it comes back with the error.

05-27-2009, 12:56 PM	#1
Robotech_Master Addict Posts: 359 Karma: 1321 Join Date: May 2006	"No Suitable Format Found"? I've gotten my 2-week-trial Sony 700 reader. I've downloaded all my Baen titles in zipped Sony Reader format. Noticed that Sony's library can't see the books inside the zips, but Calibre can. Calibre even detects my attached reader. So I select all the Baen titles, select "send to device"...and it tells me "no suitable format found." Even when I specifically tell it to send LRF to the device, no suitable format found. What's up with that?

05-27-2009, 01:44 PM	#2
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre, Ph.D. Posts: 10,084 Karma: 41079 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Device: PRS-500/505/700, K2, BeBook	You have to convert the book to epub (or lrf) first __________________ Get calibre

05-27-2009, 04:01 PM	#5
Lemurion eReader Posts: 1,061 Karma: 4714 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505 (Blue), Palm T\|X, iPaq 3950, Nokia 6126	Calibre can handle zipped files - but when it goes to send to the Sony it checks if the file it's sending (ie the zip) is one of the file types the Sony handles (lrf/epub) and since zip isn't on that list it comes back with the error. __________________ DRM is like saying if you want to read our book, you have to wear our glasses. If you want non-DRM content vote with your dollars and buy it. No one will offer it if there's no market. Buy Macmillan: Amazon is the bully.

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05-27-2009, 01:53 PM	#3
Robotech_Master Addict Posts: 359 Karma: 1321 Join Date: May 2006	But it already is in LRF, inside of a zip file. If the thing can read the metadata off of it without unzipping, why can't it install it without unzipping?

05-27-2009, 02:24 PM	#4
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,167 Karma: 11857 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA Device: PRS-700, PRS-500	That's a good question. But note that there's not really any reason to keep an LRF inside a zip file anyway -- the LRF is already compressed, so zipping it doesn't really gain you anything. And, on second thought, ISTR that Calibre assumes that zip files are zipped up HTML, not zipped up LRF. Or something. Xenophon