[GUI Plugin] Kobo Utilities - Page 54

13xforever · 12-25-2014, 01:16 PM

Hi.
I have a couple of authors that Kobo Utilities fail to update book covers for. I think it's because of the filename length and/or use of apostrophes:

Spoiler:

All of the authors in question are local (in Russian/Cyrillic) and the generated filenames are being automatically transliterated by Calibre, if it helps.

Calibre and all of the plugins are up to date. And this error was always there since I started using this plugin (since 1.8.0, IIRC).

PeterT · 12-26-2014, 08:04 AM

David; you might be interested in this thread over in the CC forum. Set Library Information / JSON serializable error

davidfor · 12-28-2014, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 13xforever

Hi.
I have a couple of authors that Kobo Utilities fail to update book covers for. I think it's because of the filename length and/or use of apostrophes:

Spoiler:

All of the authors in question are local (in Russian/Cyrillic) and the generated filenames are being automatically transliterated by Calibre, if it helps.

Calibre and all of the plugins are up to date. And this error was always there since I started using this plugin (since 1.8.0, IIRC).

It might be the locale, but, I think it's a path length problem. The partition FAT32, and that name is right on the edge of the lengths. I need to check the maximum length I have set in the driver. I think I worked it out before Kobo added the "AndroidBookLoadTablet_Aspect" cover format. That is probably making the path to long.

davidfor · 12-28-2014, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

David; you might be interested in this thread over in the CC forum. Set Library Information / JSON serializable error

I've had a very quick look and I can't see code that might do what Chaley suggests. And so far I haven't seen the problem in my files. But, I don't use CC. Can you send me a copy of the file with the error so I can look at it?

I also made a lot of changes over the last week. I don't remember going near this, but, I did refactor some code. And add a couple of new functions. And even updated the help! I'll probably put up a beta with this tonight.

davidfor · 12-29-2014, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

It might be the locale, but, I think it's a path length problem. The partition FAT32, and that name is right on the edge of the lengths. I need to check the maximum length I have set in the driver. I think I worked it out before Kobo added the "AndroidBookLoadTablet_Aspect" cover format. That is probably making the path to long.

OK, I have done some testing and it is the length of the path. I hadn't taken into account longer cover image name. But, this isn't used anymore, so I will remove it.

davidfor · 12-29-2014, 07:53 AM

Here is another beta with two new functions:

Remove Annotation files
This is to remove the annotations files created when reading ePubs on the main memory. This is useful because of the bug when reopening epubs and the annotations list gets messed up. Also, the device doesn't delete the files, so if you send a book again, it can reopen with the old annotations. Of course, that can be handy.

There are several options for which files to remove. Personally, I just remove them all.
Set Related Books
He details screen for books has a tab for "Related books". For books from Kobo, this is populated with books that Kobo think are related. This can be books in the same series, by the same author, genre or something else. For sideloaded books, the tab is there, but it is empty.

This function sets the related books for sideloaded books. They can be set to either series or authors. When the function is selected, it displays a dialog with these options. Select which is desired and press "Get list". This displays the list of series or authors with a count of books. The list can be edited. When "OK" is pressed, all books in author or series in the list have all the other books added as a related book entry.

The dialog also has a "Delete All" button. Pressing this will remove all the related book entries for all sideloaded books.

This is an alternative to creating a shelf for the series. But, I'm not sure how useful it is. Getting to the related books takes a bit and it only shows a small cover image.

I also did some work on the help. It still needs a lot of work, but it is better than it was. I also created an ePub from it, but mainly because I was using the calibre editor to write it.

As usual, I am interested in any reports on the new or existing function. Bugs with details of what went wrong will help me fix it. And any suggestions for improvements are welcome. But, I don't promise to implement them.

PeterT · 12-29-2014, 08:47 AM

David; attached find two debug log files. Both are from the same sequence of operations

Start Calibre in Debug mode
Attach Nexus 7 via Calibre Companion as Wireless Device
Disconnect Calibre Companion (using menu option within Calibre Companion)
Attach Kobo Glo
Disconnect Kobo Glo
Attach Nexus 7 via Calibre Companion as Wireless Device
Disconnect Calibre Companion (using menu option within Calibre Companion)

In one case, Kobo Utilities was configured NOT to backup reading location; in the other case, Kobo Utilities was configured to backup reading location.

With the reading location being stored, the second attach of the Nexus 7 via Calibre Companion fails.

Not sure how to proceed from here.

Would you like me to try with a cleaner calibre environment (ie, calibre portable and possibly the production version of Kobo Utilities as opposed to the beta version)?

PeterT · 12-29-2014, 09:33 AM

OK.. I retried with a simplified calibre portable installation and the production version of the utilities. Exact same error.

JSWolf · 12-29-2014, 10:00 AM

Ok, I've installed the 1.8.11 beta and I've managed to get it to blow up good.

Code:

calibre, version 2.14.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:can't compare datetime.datetime to NoneType

calibre 2.14  isfrozen: True is64bit: False
Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '7', '6.1.7601')
Python 2.7.8
Windows: ('7', '6.1.7601', 'SP1', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM && Hyphenate This! && Favourites Menu && KindleUnpack - The Plugin && Count Pages && Manage Series && Kobo Utilities && Obok DeDRM && Find Duplicates && EpubSplit && Quality Check && Modify ePub
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 786, in handle_bookmarks
  File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 1001, in store_current_bookmark
  File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 3612, in _store_current_bookmark
TypeError: can't compare datetime.datetime to NoneType

I did a store or restore bookmarke and had store, clear if unread, Only if more recent, and Not if Finished in library all checked.

I also selected ondevice:true and then selected the entire list to update the custom fields. Only one book had any values in the custom fields.

JSWolf · 12-29-2014, 10:14 AM

In Store or Restore Bookmark, there should be options to clear the custom fields for any selected books and for any books no on the Reader.

Without this, we get a mess of in the custom fields that we might not want to keep.

Terisa de morgan · 12-29-2014, 04:37 PM

I've tested "Remove Annotation Files => Empty" and I've got a fail: "Fail: Cleaning image directory" and the following log:

Spoiler:

Note: The failure text is "similar" as I'm using the Spanish version.

PeterT · 12-29-2014, 05:58 PM

David; chaley has a change committed that he thought might fix the json error. I tried running from source but it didn't seem to work. https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/pull/351

davidfor · 12-29-2014, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

David; attached find two debug log files. Both are from the same sequence of operations

Start Calibre in Debug mode
Attach Nexus 7 via Calibre Companion as Wireless Device
Disconnect Calibre Companion (using menu option within Calibre Companion)
Attach Kobo Glo
Disconnect Kobo Glo
Attach Nexus 7 via Calibre Companion as Wireless Device
Disconnect Calibre Companion (using menu option within Calibre Companion)

In one case, Kobo Utilities was configured NOT to backup reading location; in the other case, Kobo Utilities was configured to backup reading location.

With the reading location being stored, the second attach of the Nexus 7 via Calibre Companion fails.

Not sure how to proceed from here.

Would you like me to try with a cleaner calibre environment (ie, calibre portable and possibly the production version of Kobo Utilities as opposed to the beta version)?

OK, I can see the error in the log. Is the timestamp the last read time of a book or the current time? In one file it is "2014, 12, 29, 13, 32, 26" and the other "2014, 12, 29, 14, 28, 23".

Could you try the manual, non-background store? I think it will have the same error, but it does use a different code path, so maybe it won't.

I just got an Android phone, so hopefully I can reproduce it with that. But, it might be the weekend before I can try.

davidfor · 12-29-2014, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

In Store or Restore Bookmark, there should be options to clear the custom fields for any selected books and for any books no on the Reader.

Without this, we get a mess of in the custom fields that we might not want to keep.

What "mess"? The columns show the state of the books. If the books are no longer on the device, the status is valid. You can send the books to the device again and then send the status to restart where you were before. Or to mark the books as read. The latter I use when I get a new book in a series. If I have removed the earlier books from the device, I resend all books in the series in case I want to check something. But, I restore the device has them as read.

But, yes, I have considered adding this. I haven't bothered to because I can clear all the fields easily enough using the metadata editor. And so far the only reasons I have needed to do this has been to reset the status while testing the plugin. That makes it a very low priority for me. If I get a few people clamouring for it, maybe that will change.

PeterT · 12-29-2014, 07:01 PM

OK... Issue is related to the background store option.

Time stamp shown is the last read time.

If I do a non-background store, no issue.
If I do a background store, failure.

(Both runs in the same attached log; calibre restarted between runs)

12-25-2014, 01:16 PM	#796
13xforever Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 1852838 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Russia Device: Kobo Aura H₂O & iPad Pro 2020 12.9"	Hi. I have a couple of authors that Kobo Utilities fail to update book covers for. I think it's because of the filename length and/or use of apostrophes: Spoiler: calibre, version 2.13.0 ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>IOError</b>:[Errno 2] No such file or directory: u"D:\\.kobo-images\\50\\167\\file____mnt_onboard_Piekhov,_Alie ksiei_Iur'ievich_&_Bychkova,vna_&_Turchaninova,_Na tal'ia_Vladimirovna_Mastier_snov_-_Alieksiei_Iur'ievich_Piekhov_&__Bychkova_&_Natal' ia_Vladimirovna_Turchaninova_epub - AndroidBookLoadTablet_Aspect.parsed" calibre 2.13 [64bit] isfrozen: True is64bit: True Windows-8-6.2.9200 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE') ('Windows', '8', '6.2.9200') Python 2.7.8 Windows: ('8', '6.2.9200', '', 'Multiprocessor Free') Successfully initialized third party plugins: Goodreads && Goodreads Sync && Kobo Utilities && Quality Check Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 1512, in upload_covers File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 2319, in _upload_covers File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2460, in _upload_cover IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u"D:\\.kobo-images\\50\\167\\file____mnt_onboard_Piekhov,_Alie ksiei_Iur'ievich_&_Bychkova,vna_&_Turchaninova,_Na tal'ia_Vladimirovna_Mastier_snov_-_Alieksiei_Iur'ievich_Piekhov_&__Bychkova_&_Natal' ia_Vladimirovna_Turchaninova_epub - AndroidBookLoadTablet_Aspect.parsed" All of the authors in question are local (in Russian/Cyrillic) and the generated filenames are being automatically transliterated by Calibre, if it helps. Calibre and all of the plugins are up to date. And this error was always there since I started using this plugin (since 1.8.0, IIRC).

12-29-2014, 04:37 PM	#806
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,638 Karma: 12595249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	I've tested "Remove Annotation Files => Empty" and I've got a fail: "Fail: Cleaning image directory" and the following log: Spoiler: calibre, version 2.14.0 (win32, isfrozen: True) Se produjo un fallo al comprobar el directorio de portadas en el dispositivo: Fallo: Limpiando el directorio de imágenes Limpiando el directorio de imágenes DeDRM v6.1.0: In __init__ DeDRM v6.1.0: In load_resources DeDRM v6.1.0: verdir C:\Users\Marisa\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\De DRM\6.1.0 DeDRM v6.1.0: In initialize Python function terminated unexpectedly bad character range (Error Code: 1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "site.py", line 132, in main File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 193, in main File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 133, in arbitrary_n File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.jobs", line 656, in do_remove_annotations File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.jobs", line 567, in _remove_extra_files File "glob.py", line 27, in glob File "glob.py", line 59, in iglob File "glob.py", line 78, in glob1 File "fnmatch.py", line 54, in filter File "re.py", line 190, in compile File "re.py", line 244, in _compile sre_constants.error: bad character range Note: The failure text is "similar" as I'm using the Spanish version.

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12-26-2014, 08:04 AM	#797
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,562 Karma: 79436716 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	David; you might be interested in this thread over in the CC forum. Set Library Information / JSON serializable error

12-29-2014, 10:14 AM	#805
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,887 Karma: 146918083 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	In Store or Restore Bookmark, there should be options to clear the custom fields for any selected books and for any books no on the Reader. Without this, we get a mess of in the custom fields that we might not want to keep.

12-29-2014, 05:58 PM	#807
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,562 Karma: 79436716 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	David; chaley has a change committed that he thought might fix the json error. I tried running from source but it didn't seem to work. https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/pull/351

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