DRM and lrx

The Old Man · 03-11-2008, 09:28 AM

Is there a tool to remove the DRM protection from the lrx books bought from the Sony Connect Store? If so, could you point me to it?
Thanks

igorsk · 03-11-2008, 09:41 AM

Nope.

The Old Man · 03-11-2008, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by igorsk

Nope.

I kind'a thought that was the answer but the only way to be sure was to ask.
Thanks.

JSWolf · 03-11-2008, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Old Man

I kind'a thought that was the answer but the only way to be sure was to ask.
Thanks.

If you really want DRM free eBooks, purchase your eBooks in a format that can have the DRM removed and then convert.

The Old Man · 03-11-2008, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

If you really want DRM free eBooks, purchase your eBooks in a format that can have the DRM removed and then convert.

That's exactly what went through my mind after igorsk answered my question.
I was about to buy a Brad Thor thriller so I went to Powell's and bought the LIT version. Convert Lit seemed to work fine. libprs500 made it a lrf book and sent it to the 505. Started to read and it looks fine. I lost the Table of Contents (was in a separate html file) but the cover was there.

I'm leaning.
Thank you all

JSWolf · 03-11-2008, 04:26 PM

What you can do with lit2lrf is use the OPF file as the source file with the --use-spine option and then you will also have the ToC.

The Old Man · 03-11-2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

What you can do with lit2lrf is use the OPF file as the source file with the --use-spine option and then you will also have the ToC.

lit2lrf ???
Is that in libprs500? If not, where?
I don't see a "use-spine" option in libprs500.

I have included all the files from ConvertLit into a ZIP and loaded the zip into libprs500.

I have seen lit2lrf mentioned and searched (turned up lots of results) but I never found an exe file.

gwynevans · 03-11-2008, 06:02 PM

It's a command-line part of libprs500 - have a look in C:\"Program Files"\libprs500\

The Old Man · 03-11-2008, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by gwynevans

It's a command-line part of libprs500 - have a look in C:\"Program Files"\libprs500\

Thanks, found it, now all I have to do is track down the command line options. I'm sure they're buried in here somewhere.

The Old Man · 03-11-2008, 07:13 PM

I've come to the conclusion that if I keep fooling around, not really knowing what I'm doing, eventually I'll stumble on something.

I double clicked on the opf file. It opened up Mobipocket Creator. There were the two html files (the one with the TOC). I created the prc file and ran that through libprs500 and out came by Sony book with the TOC. Looks OK on a quick glimpse.

JSWolf · 03-11-2008, 09:58 PM

Code:

html2lrf --top-margin=0 --bottom-margin=0 --left-margin=0 --right-margin=0 --wordspace=1.5 --base-font-size=10 --use-spine filename.opf

That's all you need to do and it'll work.

gwynevans · 03-12-2008, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by The Old Man

Thanks, found it, now all I have to do is track down the command line options.

While Jon's given his preferred settings, just run it without any arguments to see the list of the possible args & their descriptions, so you can see what they mean.

The Old Man · 03-12-2008, 07:13 AM

Thank you Jon & Gwyn, I'm giving it a try.

Well, I tried it. Keep getting the error "this does not appear to be a LIT file".

Something I'm doing wrong, I'm sure - but, anyway, using the Mobipocket Creator seemed to be a bit easier (yes, an extra step) and worked fine now on two lit conversions so I'll stay with that for a while.

llasram · 03-12-2008, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by The Old Man

Thank you Jon & Gwyn, I'm giving it a try.

Well, I tried it. Keep getting the error "this does not appear to be a LIT file".

You should be running:

Code:

lit2lrf book.lit

That is, run it directly on the LIT file.

lit2lrf currently uses ConvertLIT to extract the contents of a LIT file[1]. If you don't have ConvertLIT somewhere lit2lrf can find it, then you can run it yourself first, then run html2lrf with the --use-spine option:

Code:

clit book.lit book/
html2lrf --use-spine book/book.opf

Hope this helps!

[1] Yes, yes -- I agreed to fix that... Easily distracted. :-)

The Old Man · 03-12-2008, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by llasram

Hope this helps!

Yes, helps, didn't work all the way through it but I'll stay with Mobicreator. It's very easy that way and I don't have to drop into DOS and play with cd, dir or move files around. I know, I'm lazy.

03-11-2008, 09:28 AM	#1
The Old Man Fanatic Posts: 546 Karma: 1337413 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Keene, New Hampshire Device: iPad Mini	DRM and lrx Is there a tool to remove the DRM protection from the lrx books bought from the Sony Connect Store? If so, could you point me to it? Thanks

03-11-2008, 09:58 PM	#11
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,442 Karma: 145491800 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Code: html2lrf --top-margin=0 --bottom-margin=0 --left-margin=0 --right-margin=0 --wordspace=1.5 --base-font-size=10 --use-spine filename.opf That's all you need to do and it'll work. Last edited by JSWolf; 03-12-2008 at 10:05 AM. Reason: wrong command

03-12-2008, 07:13 AM	#13
The Old Man Fanatic Posts: 546 Karma: 1337413 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Keene, New Hampshire Device: iPad Mini	Thank you Jon & Gwyn, I'm giving it a try. Well, I tried it. Keep getting the error "this does not appear to be a LIT file". Something I'm doing wrong, I'm sure - but, anyway, using the Mobipocket Creator seemed to be a bit easier (yes, an extra step) and worked fine now on two lit conversions so I'll stay with that for a while. Last edited by The Old Man; 03-12-2008 at 07:46 AM.

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03-11-2008, 09:41 AM	#2
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Nope.

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The Old Man Fanatic Posts: 546 Karma: 1337413 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Keene, New Hampshire Device: iPad Mini	I've come to the conclusion that if I keep fooling around, not really knowing what I'm doing, eventually I'll stumble on something. I double clicked on the opf file. It opened up Mobipocket Creator. There were the two html files (the one with the TOC). I created the prc file and ran that through libprs500 and out came by Sony book with the TOC. Looks OK on a quick glimpse.

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