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AcidWeb · 11-03-2013, 03:01 AM

Hi,

I'm author of tool that prepare special KF8 MOBI comic type files. And I have small QA issue. Files produced by my software should not be touched or reconverted by any means during uploading it to Kindle through Calibre. It simply corrupt my files. Calibre don't parse comic type MOBI correctly. (Not a bug - more like missing feature.)

Obviously that completely depend on end user Calibre settings and I highly doubt there is some proper solution - but I have to ask:

There is any way to mark MOBI file on header level that will tell Calibre to don't touch it in any way during sideloading?

Some technical stuff about my conversion process:

Program create EPUB file with embedded Amazon code - Panel View support.
EPUB file is converted with KindleGen. I hate that program but it is only software on planet that create comic type MOBI correctly.
Ready MOBI is handled by modified KindleUnpack that extract KF8 part and set header 501 to EBOK. ASIN is intentionally left empty.
File is ready. And it is working perfectly on Kindle (And only there. Even Calibre build-in reader parse it wrong.) - if no other converter touched it before uploading.

Thank you in advance.

11-03-2013, 03:01 AM	#1
AcidWeb KCC Co-Author Posts: 845 Karma: 765434 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Poland Device: Kindle Oasis 2	Special MOBI files and sideloading Hi, I'm author of tool that prepare special KF8 MOBI comic type files. And I have small QA issue. Files produced by my software should not be touched or reconverted by any means during uploading it to Kindle through Calibre. It simply corrupt my files. Calibre don't parse comic type MOBI correctly. (Not a bug - more like missing feature.) Obviously that completely depend on end user Calibre settings and I highly doubt there is some proper solution - but I have to ask: There is any way to mark MOBI file on header level that will tell Calibre to don't touch it in any way during sideloading? Some technical stuff about my conversion process: Program create EPUB file with embedded Amazon code - Panel View support. EPUB file is converted with KindleGen. I hate that program but it is only software on planet that create comic type MOBI correctly. Ready MOBI is handled by modified KindleUnpack that extract KF8 part and set header 501 to EBOK. ASIN is intentionally left empty. File is ready. And it is working perfectly on Kindle (And only there. Even Calibre build-in reader parse it wrong.) - if no other converter touched it before uploading. Thank you in advance. Last edited by AcidWeb; 11-03-2013 at 03:12 AM.