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Originally Posted by alansplace
Nice, a cool enhancement to the windows version would be a windows interface for inputting the values needed (a .pyw I think?).
Also, I never knew that a mobi had an imbedded thumbnail. What do you get if you don't give it a new thumbhail. My test mobi looked perfectly normal in Kindlepreviewer and I just omitted the -t switch from the command line when I tested it? What size should the thumbnail be?
Will this be included in future tools updates?
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Alf is welcome to include it in the tools, but since it doesn't affect DRM (& isn't affected by DRM*) it can be hosted here at mobileread.
I suspect that most modern Mobipocket readers ignore the thumbnail image. It 'ought' to have a maximum dimension of 240 pixels.
Yes, it would be possible to add a tk interface to the script, but I don't have much incentive, since I much prefer using my Mac. But if someone else wants to have ago, that would be great. [EDIT: I added one in version 1.0.2]
I suppose it would be possible to add in (some of) the
Python Imaging Library and have the thumbnail generation done by the python script, making it easier to use cross-platform.
And for that manner, some sanity-checking of the cover image dimensions and file size would be beneficial.
Perhaps others will be inspired to contribute.
*That is, it's possible to replace the cover on a DRMed Kindle/Mobipocket file without first stripping the DRM, and the DRMed file will work fine afterwards with the device it's intended for.