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moltikon · 12-31-2022, 10:15 PM

I started receiving this error today when I connect the Kobo Elipsa to the computer. Calibre no longer shows which books are loaded on the device but it seems to be able to transfer books to the Elipsa.

Any idea how to resolve it?

calibre, version 6.10.0
ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device

'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x81 in position 0: invalid start byte

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\device.py", line 88, in run
File "calibre\gui2\device.py", line 540, in _books
File "calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2027, in books
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x81 in position 0: invalid start byte

12-31-2022, 10:15 PM	#1
moltikon Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2022 Device: Kobo Libra Color and Kobo Elipsa	Kobo Elipsa - Error communicating with device I started receiving this error today when I connect the Kobo Elipsa to the computer. Calibre no longer shows which books are loaded on the device but it seems to be able to transfer books to the Elipsa. Any idea how to resolve it? calibre, version 6.10.0 ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x81 in position 0: invalid start byte Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\gui2\device.py", line 88, in run File "calibre\gui2\device.py", line 540, in _books File "calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2027, in books UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x81 in position 0: invalid start byte