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Originally Posted by Iskariot
That was the conclusion I reached after just having studied calibre's plugboard. I never used it. I hardly know what it can do to be honest. I never felt I needed it.
I supposed what I needed to do is duplicating the information I found in the "Configure this device" window when the Aura HD is attached to my new Folder based device, but I do not have the same options.
I cannot set needed kepub related special options (KoboTouchExtended Plugin) and Aura HD related options like bookshelves as I can for the Aura HD itself. I only have these options if the SD card is accessed via the card slot on the Aura HD.
Is there a solution?
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As theducks said, not really as the drivers need access to the database on the device. This is where it gets the list of books on the device plus does the shelf management.
A lot of what you want can be achieved using the theduck's folder-as-driver suggestion plus the Kepub Output plugin to convert the epubs to kepubs. The latter will do the conversion separately and you can send the books to the SD card.
The other options depend on when the problem occurs. If it only happens when you are sending books, then you could put them on the card and then put the card into the device and let them be processed. Then you could connect the device and let the driver do the other things such as shelf management. Just make sure you don't send any books at the at point.
Of course, the real question is why is this happening in the first place. So, some questions that might help:
- What sort of computer are you using? Windows or Mac? Which version of Windows?
- What firmware on the device?
- Have you tried a different cable? Different USB sockets?
- Have you tried a different computer?
- How many books on the device?
- When does it happen? During the initial connection or only when sending a lot of books? If the latter, how many is a "large batch"? And have you tried sending in smaller batches in the same session?
- Have you done check of the database on the device? How big is it? How much space is available on the drive?
Problems like this have been reported before, but not much recently and not quite what I think you are reporting. The most common report was for AMD based PCs running Windows XP. I don't know why these had problems, but they did.