Thread: [Android App] Beta version: Android app to connect as a device to calibre using wifi
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Old 08-13-2012, 05:30 PM   #17
chaley
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Originally Posted by g007 View Post
Hi,
device: Nexus 7; OS: Mac OS X 10.6; Calibre version: 0.8.64; Wireless device connection: on; book type (on server): Epub; book type selected in Calibre Companion preferences: Epub, Mobi
MacOS has a serious networking bug (well, failure to follow standards) that prevents calibre 0.8.64 and CC from "talking" together reliably. See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=187704, particularly starting at post 16. The workaround that I implemented in calibre seems to overcome the problem. You might want to try the beta release of calibre linked to in that thread.

If you want some technical info about the bug, google for "MacOS socket eagain blocking". FYI: calibre uses blocking sockets.
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In Calibre, the books are checked green in the "on device" column ("main"). Lastly, after I uninstalled and reinstalled CComp, and tested two different books, the book I first tested still appears in CComp's list of books on my device, although it is not in the CComp folder (or any other folder).
You are saying that after uninstalling and reinstalling CC, the books were still visible? This is strange, because uninstalling the app removes its database. After an uninstall/reinstall, no books will appear in the app. The only way that the books could reappear is if you resent them. Did you do that? Given the MacOS bug, resending them will likely not do anything useful until you are using the release of calibre that works around its networking bug.
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p.s. I thought CComp was going to make it possible to see (and manage) all the Calibre data associated with a title (tag, author, description, series, etc.) on my device, not simply sort and group — but I only seem to see the cover, author and title. Is there a way to highlight or select the book to see the rest of the data? (this may be an extraneous question when/if the errors listed above are resolved, but I wanted to make sure I understood the app properly)
I don't know where you got the impression that CC will "manage" the data. CC is not calibre and does not support modification of book's metadata. Regarding seeing the metadata, as mentioned in the https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...2&postcount=42 the ability to see all metadata has not yet been implemented.

My impression is that putting aside the MacOS bugs that I have worked around, you are expecting something from this app that it will never deliver. As we are still in the beta period, if that is the case please contact Steve Haley for a refund.
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