Broken "Download Metadata and Covers"
 

Sorry I'm on 1.48 and asking if there's a compatible update to the plugin that downloads mobi metadata from Amazon. Mine quit working on both bulk and single downloads.

I have the same problem, the Amazon metadata plugin has stopped working...

You need to be at version >=2.6 :( (site changes)
From the change log

They might be using XP, if so out of luck.

bernie

Yeah I'm on an old second hand XP using mostly apps from the early 2000's. I don't fault anybody, even Microsoft and especially not Kovid Goyal. He is most generous and an excellent developer. I'll still be using it everyday and just cut and paste from Amazon. Thanks for the info.

Linux will probably run on that box.

If it has a P4 or newer processor with SSE2 capability (not in Athelons), you can run the current Linux versions of Calibre and Sigil.

It all depends on which apps you use (and love) on XP and if there is an equivelent one for Linux.
eg.
Office = Open/Libre Office
IE = Firefox
Paintshop Pro = Gimp (:blink: IMHO More powerful, but also more difficult)

(my total Linux show stoppers)
Forte Agent == Pan :(
Eudora :(

So will vmware.

If there is a sufficient disk space on that Win XP box, 10-15 GB virtual machine, running Ubuntu or other Linux distro, will provide access to the latest version of Calibre without inflicting pain of switching to the new operating system.

Or you can follow the directions here: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/develop.html to run a development environment for calibre, using the latest binaries and source code. From there you have two options.

1. Either change this line here: from "if isxp" to "if False", to disable the check, and see if it runs alright (sometimes yes, sometimes no). Depends on various things: sse2, Phase of the Moon generator status, etc...
2. Or run the command "git checkout v1.48.0" to use the code matching the current calibre 1.48 install, then update selected bits of code with critical stuff, in this case the Amazon metadata code here: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...rces/amazon.py
   Just download the new copy of the file, and replace the old version.

I suggested the same thing to someone who was missing the Kobo device driver compatibility with the H2O (which needs a new USB ID).

Actually, you can just use to update the needed file(s). :smack:

I just made a source code branch WinXP-backports to fix a few problems like this. So, when following the directions above, you can simply clone and checkout my changes branch: