Kindle DX and djvu format

darkstar · 06-15-2009, 12:27 AM

I have alot of djvu format books, using the STDU converter ( with autocrop enabled) I have converted many of them to PDF and viewed them on my DX. I am quite pleased the the results, the text and equations look quite sharp ( as good as the djvu document viewed on my computer). The only downsides are the STDU converter is $30, and the resulting PDF file seems to be 2 to 4 times larger then the djvu file.

sirbruce · 06-15-2009, 12:43 AM

One of the reasons the project is using DJVU is because DJVU files generally ARE smaller than the same files in PDF.

ddavtian · 06-15-2009, 12:47 AM

I use free PDF printer drivers, they do good job. But PDF size can be 5-10 times larger.

tklaus · 06-15-2009, 03:05 PM

I downloaded the trial version of the STDU converter (thanks for the pointer!), and I like the auto-cropping feature in principle for viewing on the DX, but it seems to be a bit too aggressive. In many cases it trimmed off part of the actual text. Is there any way to make it keep a bit of a margin? I tried playing with the 'threshold' value, but that just made it crop more, not less. There's also no documentation that I could find.

darkstar · 06-15-2009, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tklaus

I downloaded the trial version of the STDU converter (thanks for the pointer!), and I like the auto-cropping feature in principle for viewing on the DX, but it seems to be a bit too aggressive. In many cases it trimmed off part of the actual text. Is there any way to make it keep a bit of a margin? I tried playing with the 'threshold' value, but that just made it crop more, not less. There's also no documentation that I could find.

The cropping feature does seem aggressive, but I never lost any text. The main pain with the cropping for me is that any smudge,trash markings on the sides of the page keep the auto-crop from zooming in on actual text.

I have not seen any documentation, alas. I thought there was a way to do manual cropping on a page and use that for the whole document, but I forgot how(if it ever existed). I am going to keep fiddling with it, I do need a good djvu to pdf converter, I doubt the kindle DX will ever directly support djvu.

power100 · 06-24-2009, 03:42 AM

is it possible to have any kind of linux djvu viewer installed/added to kindle?
anyway it is linux.

06-15-2009, 12:27 AM	#1
darkstar Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: sony 500 505, kindleDX	Kindle DX and djvu format I have alot of djvu format books, using the STDU converter ( with autocrop enabled) I have converted many of them to PDF and viewed them on my DX. I am quite pleased the the results, the text and equations look quite sharp ( as good as the djvu document viewed on my computer). The only downsides are the STDU converter is $30, and the resulting PDF file seems to be 2 to 4 times larger then the djvu file.

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06-15-2009, 12:43 AM	#2
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 5727 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Jose, CA Device: Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	One of the reasons the project is using DJVU is because DJVU files generally ARE smaller than the same files in PDF.

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tklaus Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 131 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Jose, CA Device: Kindle 1 & DX	I downloaded the trial version of the STDU converter (thanks for the pointer!), and I like the auto-cropping feature in principle for viewing on the DX, but it seems to be a bit too aggressive. In many cases it trimmed off part of the actual text. Is there any way to make it keep a bit of a margin? I tried playing with the 'threshold' value, but that just made it crop more, not less. There's also no documentation that I could find.

06-24-2009, 03:42 AM	#6
power100 Member Posts: 15 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: no	is it possible to have any kind of linux djvu viewer installed/added to kindle? anyway it is linux.