KOReader Highlight Syncing, maybe this is the problem?

[mrwhites]

Hi everybody,
I’ve been trying to sync my highlights in KOReader between a Boox Air and a Boox Palma, using Syncthing to synchronize the .sdr files.
I even tried copying and pasting the same file and books manually, but I couldn’t find a way to sync them between the two devices.

Could it be due to different display formats, which cause the page count to differ between devices?
If you look at the .lua file containing all the metadata, you’ll notice that every highlight is associated with a page number that is relative to the specific device.

The same problem arises when exporting, since every device will count pages differently. This makes it troublesome to edit all the highlights and unify them later.

I’d love to understand this topic better since I find KOReader amazing, and I’d really like to have all my books synced.
(Reading position is already synced with no issues.)

[hius07]

No, highlight positions (pos0, pos1) do not depend on the device characteristics.
Page numbers for exporting (pageno) do.

[mrwhites]

Originally Posted by hius07

No, highlight positions (pos0, pos1) do not depend on the device characteristics.
Page numbers for exporting (pageno) do.

Thank you for the info, I'd like to understand why it is not woirking then.
I have the same books on the same folders, if I sync the .sdr forlder I don't see the highlights but the book layout changes, which means it is looking at the metadata folder.

[mrwhites]

I tried again with Syncthing and it is working! I can sync highlights.
I don't understand what is different from all my previous attempts, maybe I have to exit KOReader and Push manually the syncing.
I'll do more tests.

Thanks