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Originally Posted by taosaur
FYI, the stock reader does handle CBZ just fine. They'll show up under My Files until you open them, after which they'll be shelved with Magazines.
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It doesn't look like this is correct. I've been doing some side by side testing of Comic Rack, Perfect Viewer, and the HD+ stock reader. Here are my observations (lifted from a
thread on XDA):
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...there is a noticeable pause between touch and pageturn in Comic Rack, whereas in Perfect Viewer it's basically instantaneous. From fresh installs on a (currently) CM7 Nook Color, Comic Rack did have my library loaded pretty much instantly and automatically whereas PV had to be pointed to the folder and then did a lengthy scan. From then on, though, PV just beats the pants off CR for loading times and page turns.
It's all moot if you're planning to use the stock reader, but I figured I'd do the side-by-side since both devices were handy.
I just played around with the HD+ stock reader some more, and it's a little weird; the first CBZ I tried last week originally appeared under My Files in the Library app, but ended up shelved under Magazines after I'd opened it. I just tried loading several issues from a series to see if they'd be listed as a series under Magazines, but they didn't get added to the Magazine shelf. They show up in the Recent carousel, but to get at them via the Library I'd still have to go through My Files. The only change I've made was to change the folder name from /ext_sdcard/Books to /ext_sdcard/Comics. I'll mess around some more and report back.
ETA: Somehow the comic I opened last week ended up in /sdcard/My Files/Magazines, and as such shows up under Magazines in the Library. Some CBZs do have some odd artifacting at the bottom of the page, like the bottom few pixels were smeared down the page.
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The pause may not be present in CR's native CBP format. I did try disabling the page turn animation which helped some, but there's still that pause on almost every page turn. PV would occasionally take a beat and display the "page is loading" message, but only when paging quickly through a book or loading a high res two-page splash panel.