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davidfor · 10-20-2012, 05:12 AM

That doesn't sound right for a Kobo WiFi. I could think of a reason for a Kobo Touch, but over 40 minutes would still be to long.

Some questions:

- What version of calibre?

- When the device is connected, what driver is being used? Right click on the device button in the toolbar, select "Configure this device" and tell me what the titlebar says.

- On the configuration for the driver, what do you have for the collections field? This is the one after the text "The Kobo supports several...". What are the other options set to.

- When the device is connected, could you have a look in the ".kobo" directory and tell me the size of the file "KoboReader.sqlite"?

- Is Windows mounting the device as USB2? If it is mounting it as USB1.2, it would be a lot slower.

- You say you created a new library but didn't

For your other comments:

- If the device is processing each time you disconnect from the PC, it means there are books on the device it hasn't processed. This might mean there is a book that it tries to process each time but fails. Then next time you disconnect it the device will try again. If this is the case you might be missing other books from the library on the device. To check this, you would have to compare a file listing on the device against the device library list to see what was missing.

- "Auto management" does add more time. But, it shouldn't add that much. With auto management and a column specified in the collections field, it will be changing the reading status and shortlist each time you connect. This will account for some of the time. 1300 is a reasonable amount of books, but I was talking to someone who had 5000 on a Kobo Touch, and the sync time was about 15 minutes.

- Letting Windows fix the filesystem on the device was the correct thing to do. This could have contributed to the slowness.

- I suspect there might be an issue that will need a factory reset. If you do this, if all the books are in calibre, you will able to send the books from calibre to the device. If you have any kepubs downloaded from Kobo, they will be put on when you do a sync with Kobo. That should happen automatically after the latest firmware is loaded.

I'm not sure how much this will help. But the info will help we think about what is going on in the driver.

10-20-2012, 05:12 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	That doesn't sound right for a Kobo WiFi. I could think of a reason for a Kobo Touch, but over 40 minutes would still be to long. Some questions: - What version of calibre? - When the device is connected, what driver is being used? Right click on the device button in the toolbar, select "Configure this device" and tell me what the titlebar says. - On the configuration for the driver, what do you have for the collections field? This is the one after the text "The Kobo supports several...". What are the other options set to. - When the device is connected, could you have a look in the ".kobo" directory and tell me the size of the file "KoboReader.sqlite"? - Is Windows mounting the device as USB2? If it is mounting it as USB1.2, it would be a lot slower. - You say you created a new library but didn't For your other comments: - If the device is processing each time you disconnect from the PC, it means there are books on the device it hasn't processed. This might mean there is a book that it tries to process each time but fails. Then next time you disconnect it the device will try again. If this is the case you might be missing other books from the library on the device. To check this, you would have to compare a file listing on the device against the device library list to see what was missing. - "Auto management" does add more time. But, it shouldn't add that much. With auto management and a column specified in the collections field, it will be changing the reading status and shortlist each time you connect. This will account for some of the time. 1300 is a reasonable amount of books, but I was talking to someone who had 5000 on a Kobo Touch, and the sync time was about 15 minutes. - Letting Windows fix the filesystem on the device was the correct thing to do. This could have contributed to the slowness. - I suspect there might be an issue that will need a factory reset. If you do this, if all the books are in calibre, you will able to send the books from calibre to the device. If you have any kepubs downloaded from Kobo, they will be put on when you do a sync with Kobo. That should happen automatically after the latest firmware is loaded. I'm not sure how much this will help. But the info will help we think about what is going on in the driver.