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Old 10-11-2014, 08:55 PM   #76
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Originally Posted by Glorfindel View Post
Especially with calibre for ARM devices seeming to be never coming.
Why do you need it?

Calibre is written in Python. You would need a working ARM port of Python to provide Calibre.

There's a Python for Android intended for SL4A (Scripting Layer for Android), but I don't know if it's up to Calibre. (The best way to get Calibre up on Android would likely be to rewrite in in Java, but I don't see Kovid doing so.)

Even if it is, I wouldn't want to try to run it on my Android 4.2 tablet. It would be painfully slow. I run Calibre 64 bit on a quad-core Win7 machine, and performance is splendid. I don't need Calibre on the tablet.

I would like a program that can parse the metadata Calibre sends to the tablet when I add books, so that I can look up what's on the tablet outside of my eBook viewer, but that's a different matter.
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