Video : New Output Format

PoP · 12-08-2010, 04:58 PM

Just had an idea,

Wouldn't it be fun if calibre could convert a book to an .AVI (where each page would be a single frame) or perhaps .VOB (where each page would be single title) such that that one could read the book on his media center capable TV, pressing the "next frame"or "next title" on the remote control to turn pages.

Has this ever been considered?

kovidgoyal · 12-08-2010, 07:02 PM

why dont you just read it using the calibre viewer on your tv, plenty of people do that. The next page prev page keyboard shortcuts are configurable, so change them to whatever your remote generated.

PoP · 12-10-2010, 06:59 AM

Indeed, if the PC was attached to the TV.

Alas in my case, it is a Blu Ray player with DLNA capabilities that is attached to the TV; The player is networked with the PC via wifi and it can play music, photo, and video files being served but not text or ebooks.

andyh2000 · 12-10-2010, 08:34 AM

Can you step through a directory full of images easily with your player? If so, perhaps try converting an ebook to PDF, then use a PDF utility to export each page as an image (I'm sure there must be one somewhere that will do that) and view them as a slideshow. You might want to fiddle with the 'page' size of the PDF to get the right text size etc. on a TV screen.

Andrew

PoP · 12-10-2010, 03:21 PM

Excellent suggestion andyh2000. The player can slideshow .jpgs from a directory (via CIFS) or from a media server (via DLNA). Thanks.

Lady Fitzgerald · 12-10-2010, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

why dont you just read it using the calibre viewer on your tv, plenty of people do that. The next page prev page keyboard shortcuts are configurable, so change them to whatever your remote generated.

If the computer isn't too far from the computer, use a wireless mouse for a remote. That's what I do. It works for both calibre's viewer and Adobe Acrobat (for reading my PDFs).

Sadly, even that won't work for the OP since he doesn't have his TV directly connected to the computer.

12-08-2010, 04:58 PM	#1
PoP curly᷂͓̫̙᷊̥̮̾ͯͤͭͬͦͨ ʎʌɹnɔ Posts: 3,018 Karma: 50506927 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: ♁ ᴺ₄₅°₃₀' ᵂ₇₃°₃₇' ±₆₀" Device: K3₃.₄.₃ PW3&4₅.₁₃.₃	Video : New Output Format Just had an idea, Wouldn't it be fun if calibre could convert a book to an .AVI (where each page would be a single frame) or perhaps .VOB (where each page would be single title) such that that one could read the book on his media center capable TV, pressing the "next frame"or "next title" on the remote control to turn pages. Has this ever been considered?

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12-08-2010, 07:02 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	why dont you just read it using the calibre viewer on your tv, plenty of people do that. The next page prev page keyboard shortcuts are configurable, so change them to whatever your remote generated.

12-10-2010, 06:59 AM	#3
PoP curly᷂͓̫̙᷊̥̮̾ͯͤͭͬͦͨ ʎʌɹnɔ Posts: 3,018 Karma: 50506927 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: ♁ ᴺ₄₅°₃₀' ᵂ₇₃°₃₇' ±₆₀" Device: K3₃.₄.₃ PW3&4₅.₁₃.₃	Indeed, if the PC was attached to the TV. Alas in my case, it is a Blu Ray player with DLNA capabilities that is attached to the TV; The player is networked with the PC via wifi and it can play music, photo, and video files being served but not text or ebooks.

12-10-2010, 08:34 AM	#4
andyh2000 Avid reader Posts: 882 Karma: 6399168 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: UK Device: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 / Kindle Paperwhite / TCL Nxtpaper 14	Can you step through a directory full of images easily with your player? If so, perhaps try converting an ebook to PDF, then use a PDF utility to export each page as an image (I'm sure there must be one somewhere that will do that) and view them as a slideshow. You might want to fiddle with the 'page' size of the PDF to get the right text size etc. on a TV screen. Andrew

12-10-2010, 03:21 PM	#5
PoP curly᷂͓̫̙᷊̥̮̾ͯͤͭͬͦͨ ʎʌɹnɔ Posts: 3,018 Karma: 50506927 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: ♁ ᴺ₄₅°₃₀' ᵂ₇₃°₃₇' ±₆₀" Device: K3₃.₄.₃ PW3&4₅.₁₃.₃	Excellent suggestion andyh2000. The player can slideshow .jpgs from a directory (via CIFS) or from a media server (via DLNA). Thanks.

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