PRS-T1 Cropped Covers

DoctorM · 06-20-2019, 08:48 PM

Lately I've noticed something I don't remember seeing before.

The last few books I've read have had the cover art cropped. I'm seeing that when reading the book and when the reader goes into standby.

Is there a reader setting that might be causing this or something in Calibre (which I always use for adding books)?

...or has it always done this and I'm just noticing it for the first time. I thought images were resized to fit.

Barbara1955 · 06-21-2019, 12:32 AM

Try Re-boot. Sounds like it needs refreshed.

DoctorM · 06-21-2019, 06:41 PM

Yes, tried that with no luck. Examined the Output Options (under settings) and "Preserve cover aspect ratio" is unchecked. Of course if it WAS checked it should add borders, not crop. It should NEVER crop as far as I can tell.

I uninstalled Calibre back to v3.37 but my reader reacts the same way to larger covers on newly copied books. Older books I copied to the reader a few months back still stretch to fit.

Deleting and manually installing books without Calibre causes the same cropping.

Edit: Removed and recopied a book that stretched the cover... and it still stretches the cover.

Edit 2: Just got a new book from Overdrive today. Cover is 1475x2200 and white borders were added on the left/right to fit the screen.
There seems to be no pattern to this.

Edit 3: Digging deeper, it appears that the problem lies in the book itself. Moving some books into Calibre's editor, I see that the books that get cropped just have code for the image and not much else.

A book that resizes has <svg> code specifying the resolution and aspect ratio. There is also different code for the book that I just got that has white bars.

So it looks like how the cover is treated is dependent on the book, not the reader or Calibre. Calibre SHOULD have more options for managing this when transferring, but it doesn't.

Ghitulescu · 07-01-2019, 03:13 AM

I reuse the same code for the cover over and obver (changing only the parameters to fit the physical dimensions of the actual cover photo). The axctual cover is also marked as "cover" in calibre.
Never had any issue at all with any eReader.

06-20-2019, 08:48 PM	#1
DoctorM Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 43000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: none	Cropped Covers Lately I've noticed something I don't remember seeing before. The last few books I've read have had the cover art cropped. I'm seeing that when reading the book and when the reader goes into standby. Is there a reader setting that might be causing this or something in Calibre (which I always use for adding books)? ...or has it always done this and I'm just noticing it for the first time. I thought images were resized to fit.

06-21-2019, 06:41 PM	#3
DoctorM Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 43000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: none	Yes, tried that with no luck. Examined the Output Options (under settings) and "Preserve cover aspect ratio" is unchecked. Of course if it WAS checked it should add borders, not crop. It should NEVER crop as far as I can tell. I uninstalled Calibre back to v3.37 but my reader reacts the same way to larger covers on newly copied books. Older books I copied to the reader a few months back still stretch to fit. Deleting and manually installing books without Calibre causes the same cropping. Edit: Removed and recopied a book that stretched the cover... and it still stretches the cover. Edit 2: Just got a new book from Overdrive today. Cover is 1475x2200 and white borders were added on the left/right to fit the screen. There seems to be no pattern to this. Edit 3: Digging deeper, it appears that the problem lies in the book itself. Moving some books into Calibre's editor, I see that the books that get cropped just have code for the image and not much else. A book that resizes has <svg> code specifying the resolution and aspect ratio. There is also different code for the book that I just got that has white bars. So it looks like how the cover is treated is dependent on the book, not the reader or Calibre. Calibre SHOULD have more options for managing this when transferring, but it doesn't. Last edited by DoctorM; 06-22-2019 at 01:06 AM.

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06-21-2019, 12:32 AM	#2
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,454 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Try Re-boot. Sounds like it needs refreshed.

07-01-2019, 03:13 AM	#4
Ghitulescu Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 403106 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: PRS-T1	I reuse the same code for the cover over and obver (changing only the parameters to fit the physical dimensions of the actual cover photo). The axctual cover is also marked as "cover" in calibre. Never had any issue at all with any eReader.

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