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Old 03-17-2023, 03:06 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives View Post
I've found the WebKit renderer used with KEPUB to be a bit faster and more stable than the EPUB renderer, which is based on ADE. When reading long novels, I've had worse performance (very long page turns between chapters) and a couple freezes when using EPUB. The ability to hold the page turn button and rapidly flip through pages is also very handy with KEPUB, so I convert all my EPUBs before loading them on my Libra 2.
I find RMSDK to be more stable. As for the speed, there is no noticeable difference. I have KePub set to render with Kerning, ligatures, and hyphenation. But the issue with the first line of the next page and sometimes odd letter spacing is why I read ePub.

I've not had RMSDK freeze. I did have some issues with Access (KePub renderer) in a previous firmware where if I plugged the Libra 2 into the USB while displaying a KePub eBook, sometime it would look and I'd have to hold the power button to get it to reboot. The solution that worked is to go to the home screen and then plug into the USB port of the computer.

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