Elipsa and sideloading new books

franklekens · 06-28-2021, 09:49 AM

I have the new Ellipsa, to which I'd like to add most of what's in my Calibre library, since it's easier just to lump everything on the device (which has a huge memory anyway) than start picking what I want to transfer and what not.

I sideload these books with Calibre, there's hundreds of titles.
But It seems this won't run smoothly except if I only pick about thirty titles at a time. In fact, sometimes even fewer. Otherwise I get error messages.

At first I thought the process balked at some rather big books (2 Mb and upwards), but even that doesn't to be the problem.

What's the deal with this? Is it so hard for Calibre to mass import books onto the Kobo reader? Is there no other way?

(Yes, I could drag them on to the device via the Windows Explorer, but that doesn't carry over my shelving. And my shelving is rather a mess, but at least it gives collection *some* order, messy as it is. Besides, Calibre puts all the books in separate folders by author, I'm not sure dragging all those folders would even run that smoothly.)

Looks like I'll be hours at this, jeez.
Actually, I suspect this isn't an Ellipsa problem as much as a Calibre and/or Kobo (or Calibre/Kobo) problem. I've had it with previous devices as well; don't quite remember how I overcame the tedium/irritation.

ewphoenix123 · 06-28-2021, 10:38 AM

Thats not normal behaviour.

Looks like a problem on your end to me.

Initial import of 1000+ files (1.3 GB) took a bit over 2 Minutes for me.

Are you using an up to date calibre version?
Are you using an up to date kobo driver/Connector in cailbre?
Did you try different USB Ports?

Maybe you have some automatic conversion on file transfer set up in your configuration?
Should be visible in the jobs list once you start a transfer.

davidfor · 06-28-2021, 10:41 AM

Sorry, but, you haven't actually said when you are seeing a problem. Are you saying that calibre will not send more than 30 books? Or are you saying that the device won't import more than 30 books? The comment about explorer suggests it is the former, but, I'm not sure. Are you seeing an error?

What is actually actually doing? And what is actually happening?

For the record, calibre should be able to send thousands of books at a time and the device should be able to import them. At least, I have done this with older devices when setting them up, or just to experiment. I usually do much smaller batches, but, have sent more than 50 several times in the last few weeks. The Elipsa should have less issues with large batches of books (faster CPU, more RAM).

Mercador · 06-28-2021, 12:33 PM

Moved over 300mb over the weekend, zero issues on my side.

Mercador · 06-28-2021, 12:34 PM

Obvious but I had to ask, did you installed the last version of Calibre?

franklekens · 06-28-2021, 01:02 PM

Sorry, not very cleanly of me in terms of forum discipline, but I also posted this in the Calibre group, and it looks very much like installing the 64-bit instead of the 32-bit version of Calibre solved the problem. Someone said the 32-bit version might run low on memory uploading larger numbers of books at one time. And whether that was the problem or not: as soon as I installed that, I seemed able to upload more than a hundred with no problem. (By this time, I've uploaded the entire library.)

Sarmat89 · 06-28-2021, 01:05 PM

Calibre extracts ALL epub books being added into the temporary folder. That can cause slowdowns.

DNSB · 06-28-2021, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by franklekens

Sorry, not very cleanly of me in terms of forum discipline, but I also posted this in the Calibre group, and it looks very much like installing the 64-bit instead of the 32-bit version of Calibre solved the problem. Someone said the 32-bit version might run low on memory uploading larger numbers of books at one time. And whether that was the problem or not: as soon as I installed that, I seemed able to upload more than a hundred with no problem. (By this time, I've uploaded the entire library.)

The reason for suggesting the 64 bit version is that the KoboTouchExtended driver starts a new thread for each file in the book. You might want to check the KoboTouchExtended thread starting around message #2536 for some discussion.

CrewChief · 06-28-2021, 02:03 PM

I ran into something similar, and the solution was to restart the Elipsa. After that, the import resumed and all books were found.

06-28-2021, 09:49 AM	#1
franklekens Addict Posts: 398 Karma: 3421956 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: various Kobo's, Onyx Note2, Pocketbook 360, Kindle Keyboard	Elipsa and sideloading new books I have the new Ellipsa, to which I'd like to add most of what's in my Calibre library, since it's easier just to lump everything on the device (which has a huge memory anyway) than start picking what I want to transfer and what not. I sideload these books with Calibre, there's hundreds of titles. But It seems this won't run smoothly except if I only pick about thirty titles at a time. In fact, sometimes even fewer. Otherwise I get error messages. At first I thought the process balked at some rather big books (2 Mb and upwards), but even that doesn't to be the problem. What's the deal with this? Is it so hard for Calibre to mass import books onto the Kobo reader? Is there no other way? (Yes, I could drag them on to the device via the Windows Explorer, but that doesn't carry over my shelving. And my shelving is rather a mess, but at least it gives collection some order, messy as it is. Besides, Calibre puts all the books in separate folders by author, I'm not sure dragging all those folders would even run that smoothly.) Looks like I'll be hours at this, jeez. Actually, I suspect this isn't an Ellipsa problem as much as a Calibre and/or Kobo (or Calibre/Kobo) problem. I've had it with previous devices as well; don't quite remember how I overcame the tedium/irritation.

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06-28-2021, 10:38 AM	#2
ewphoenix123 Addict Posts: 201 Karma: 42238 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kobo: Glo, Aura , Aura H2O, Aura ONE, Forma, Elipsa	Thats not normal behaviour. Looks like a problem on your end to me. Initial import of 1000+ files (1.3 GB) took a bit over 2 Minutes for me. Are you using an up to date calibre version? Are you using an up to date kobo driver/Connector in cailbre? Did you try different USB Ports? Maybe you have some automatic conversion on file transfer set up in your configuration? Should be visible in the jobs list once you start a transfer.

06-28-2021, 10:41 AM	#3
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Sorry, but, you haven't actually said when you are seeing a problem. Are you saying that calibre will not send more than 30 books? Or are you saying that the device won't import more than 30 books? The comment about explorer suggests it is the former, but, I'm not sure. Are you seeing an error? What is actually actually doing? And what is actually happening? For the record, calibre should be able to send thousands of books at a time and the device should be able to import them. At least, I have done this with older devices when setting them up, or just to experiment. I usually do much smaller batches, but, have sent more than 50 several times in the last few weeks. The Elipsa should have less issues with large batches of books (faster CPU, more RAM).

06-28-2021, 12:33 PM	#4
Mercador I'm not a number! Posts: 244 Karma: 11496 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Quebec City Device: Kobo Elipsa	Moved over 300mb over the weekend, zero issues on my side.

06-28-2021, 12:34 PM	#5
Mercador I'm not a number! Posts: 244 Karma: 11496 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Quebec City Device: Kobo Elipsa	Obvious but I had to ask, did you installed the last version of Calibre?

06-28-2021, 01:02 PM	#6
franklekens Addict Posts: 398 Karma: 3421956 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: various Kobo's, Onyx Note2, Pocketbook 360, Kindle Keyboard	Sorry, not very cleanly of me in terms of forum discipline, but I also posted this in the Calibre group, and it looks very much like installing the 64-bit instead of the 32-bit version of Calibre solved the problem. Someone said the 32-bit version might run low on memory uploading larger numbers of books at one time. And whether that was the problem or not: as soon as I installed that, I seemed able to upload more than a hundred with no problem. (By this time, I've uploaded the entire library.)

06-28-2021, 01:05 PM	#7
Sarmat89 Fanatic Posts: 515 Karma: 2268308 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: none	Calibre extracts ALL epub books being added into the temporary folder. That can cause slowdowns.

06-28-2021, 02:03 PM	#9
CrewChief Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2021 Device: Kobo Aura One	I ran into something similar, and the solution was to restart the Elipsa. After that, the import resumed and all books were found.

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