MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Need to confirm that sideloaded books can't sync

DiapDealer · 02-28-2011, 12:42 PM

The only functionality that has been lost with Mobi2Mobi is the ability to modify the TTS Flag and the Clipping Limit on DRM'ed Kindle files. Both of those metadata records are now tied into the DRM. If you change those values WITHOUT removing the DRM, they will be unreadable on your Kindle (or Kindle app).

The ASIN record and the CDEType record can still be modified to sync the "Furthest Read Page" for non-Amazon purchases. Nothing has changed with regards to that.
(occasionally, Amazon is neglecting to include a PALM database name... which renders Mobi2Mobi Gui pretty much useless. You can use the commandline version of mobi2mobi to give it a database name in this case, which will restore Mobi2Mobi-gui's functionality.)

If you want to enable TTS or change the Clipping Limit on Amazon purchases, you are basically being forced to remove the DRM first.

02-28-2011, 12:42 PM	#6
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,694 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	The only functionality that has been lost with Mobi2Mobi is the ability to modify the TTS Flag and the Clipping Limit on DRM'ed Kindle files. Both of those metadata records are now tied into the DRM. If you change those values WITHOUT removing the DRM, they will be unreadable on your Kindle (or Kindle app). The ASIN record and the CDEType record can still be modified to sync the "Furthest Read Page" for non-Amazon purchases. Nothing has changed with regards to that. (occasionally, Amazon is neglecting to include a PALM database name... which renders Mobi2Mobi Gui pretty much useless. You can use the commandline version of mobi2mobi to give it a database name in this case, which will restore Mobi2Mobi-gui's functionality.) If you want to enable TTS or change the Clipping Limit on Amazon purchases, you are basically being forced to remove the DRM first. Last edited by DiapDealer; 02-28-2011 at 12:54 PM.