calibre OPDS server

paul burgess · 04-11-2022, 05:14 PM

I have been lead to believe that one can configure Calibre to act as an OPDS server but cannot find any instructions how to do this.

My objective is to use marvin 3 ebook reader on my ipad to access my PC calibre library.

Marvin 3 suggests that it can read from Calibre but it just scans endlessly looking for calibre so I thought perhaps OPDS?

DNSB · 04-11-2022, 07:24 PM

Enable the calibre Content server. Take note of the IP address and port. Connect to:
http://ip address:port/opds If you have enabled authentication, enter the user name/password though at least one OPDS client I tried needed authentication disabled before it would work.

See the calibre Content server for more information.

Sphynce · 04-26-2025, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Enable the calibre Content server. Take note of the IP address and port. Connect to:
http://ip address

ort/opds If you have enabled authentication, enter the user name/password though at least one OPDS client I tried needed authentication disabled before it would work.

See the calibre Content server for more information.

I tried doing that. It works fine on my laptop, I can see the content server in my browser, but it doesnt work on koreader opds.

Uukrul · 04-26-2025, 05:18 AM

The authentication must be set to "basic"

I use calibre-server --enable-auth --auth-mode=basic

For the GUI you must enable it here:

04-11-2022, 05:14 PM	#1
paul burgess Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2022 Device: ipad	calibre OPDS server I have been lead to believe that one can configure Calibre to act as an OPDS server but cannot find any instructions how to do this. My objective is to use marvin 3 ebook reader on my ipad to access my PC calibre library. Marvin 3 suggests that it can read from Calibre but it just scans endlessly looking for calibre so I thought perhaps OPDS?

04-11-2022, 07:24 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,048 Karma: 168961900 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Enable the calibre Content server. Take note of the IP address and port. Connect to: http://ip address:port/opds If you have enabled authentication, enter the user name/password though at least one OPDS client I tried needed authentication disabled before it would work. See the calibre Content server for more information. Last edited by chaley; 04-12-2022 at 08:43 AM.

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04-26-2025, 05:18 AM	#4
Uukrul Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2025 Device: Kindle PW	The authentication must be set to "basic" I use calibre-server --enable-auth --auth-mode=basic For the GUI you must enable it here:

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