Calibre now includes MS LIT converter: lit2lrf - Page 21

=X= · 04-03-2008, 12:59 PM

Hi kovidgoyal,
I'm having trouble with the conversion of a LIT book I bought. Note for the most part I have not had any issues with conversions in the past. However this book as a lot of formating and it seems to cause the LIT tool some grief.

I

JSWolf · 04-03-2008, 01:02 PM

Can you post the error(s) for get if you get any?

=X= · 04-03-2008, 01:32 PM

I'm not getting errors the conversion works. What happens however is the fonts are and formatting are all over the place. Font sizes tend to be about 14 points which is huge on the reader. Also some images in the do not scale correctly and are blown up to about 300% their original size.

Typically one can change the default font size when converting a LIT book to LRF but the font sizes are getting ignored.

I can post a screen shot of if this will help

Also the lit conversion increase the file size to 18MB. When I convert the LIT to an html then convert the HTML2LRF the size is only 4MB and the formatting commands did work correctly

JSWolf · 04-03-2008, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by =X=

I'm not getting errors the conversion works. What happens however is the fonts are and formatting are all over the place. Font sizes tend to be about 14 points which is huge on the reader. Also some images in the do not scale correctly and are blown up to about 300% their original size.

Typically one can change the default font size when converting a LIT book to LRF but the font sizes are getting ignored.

I can post a screen shot of if this will help

Also the lit conversion increase the file size to 18MB. When I convert the LIT to an html then convert the HTML2LRF the size is only 4MB and the formatting commands did work correctly

Suggestion, go to the libprs500 site and post a ticket and attach the LIT file for it can be looked at and if it is a lit2lrf issue it can be fixed.

Pendergast · 04-24-2008, 06:31 AM

Hello.

Has anyone been able to install it on Mandriva?. I'm not good enought to compile yet.
thanks

astra · 05-02-2008, 04:59 AM

Hi. I am new to this thread

It looks like libprs500 has improved tremendously! I tried it about 1 year ago and hardly recognised it today.

I am trying to learn how to use libprs500 for converting lit files.
I am using GUI version.
Is it possible to add footers that shows what chapter I am currently reading? In the settings I have found a box where I can add/remove a tick for having headers but didn't find anything for footers.
Is it possible to have both eBook Library and libprs500 to be installed on the same PC and use eBook Library for preview lrf files and uploading them to the readers and at the same time to use libprs500 for converting files?

Thanks, Astra.

kovidgoyal · 05-02-2008, 06:56 AM

No footers are not supported. Yes you can use both. Just dont use both to transfer files to the reader.

astra · 05-02-2008, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Yes you can use both. Just dont use both to transfer files to the reader.

So, if I install prs500 on my PC it will notconflict with eBook Library? or is there a specific order in which one should be installed first?

kovidgoyal · 05-02-2008, 07:01 AM

When you install libprs500, just dont install the drivers (they are not installed by default).

astra · 05-02-2008, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

When you install libprs500, just dont install the drivers (they are not installed by default).

Ah, OK. I have seen the option.
Thanks a lot!

I am not sure I can live without footers but I am pretty sure my wife doesn't notice them

So, I believe I will use libprs500 to convert purchased lit files formy wife. The automatic process is a lot better than BD if I don't want to edit anything manually.

MonRoe · 05-18-2008, 09:56 AM

We bought a Sony500, but we found out today that it is not possible for us to buy books at the sony store.
Within 4 days we are going on a holiday for 5 weeks and we want some books.

We read a lot here and saw this topic. We installed everything, downloaded a cheap book at ebooks.com to try it out with .lit extension. Everything went well, we have now an nice .lrf book.

BUT, we bought two other books and we cannot do LitConverter anymore, we get the message after open the .lit file ; it is not possible to make a directory or the directory already excist. We tried several different way's also restarted the computer etc, but nothing helps.

We already spent 50 dollar for books we can't use at this moment.

Who can help us?????????

MonRoe · 05-18-2008, 11:02 AM

after trying out a lot of things, installing clit.exe again, we managed to get the html files on our harddisk.

For one book we have more then 40 html drives, how can we get that into one .lrf file?

pilotbob · 05-18-2008, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonRoe

after trying out a lot of things, installing clit.exe again, we managed to get the html files on our harddisk.

For one book we have more then 40 html drives, how can we get that into one .lrf file?

Rather than exploding the lit files into html files... you should downconvert it. This way it remains in .lit package and then calibre can convert it to an .lrf.

Run convertlit at the command line with no parameters and it will give you help on this stuff. This of course assumes that you have created your keys file.

BOb

JSWolf · 05-18-2008, 12:53 PM

Since they can explode the LIT, then they have it configured correctly. They just need to learn to just remove the DRM and leave a DRM free LIT.

If you need any help with lit2lrf, just ask and we'll be happy to help.

MonRoe · 05-20-2008, 02:24 PM

Thanks for your help sofar. Within 2 days we are going on a holiday for 5 weeks to Greece. After our holiday we will look into the problem how to convert the files on the right way.

04-03-2008, 12:59 PM	#301
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	Are you still looking into LIT conversion issues Hi kovidgoyal, I'm having trouble with the conversion of a LIT book I bought. Note for the most part I have not had any issues with conversions in the past. However this book as a lot of formating and it seems to cause the LIT tool some grief. I

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=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	I'm not getting errors the conversion works. What happens however is the fonts are and formatting are all over the place. Font sizes tend to be about 14 points which is huge on the reader. Also some images in the do not scale correctly and are blown up to about 300% their original size. Typically one can change the default font size when converting a LIT book to LRF but the font sizes are getting ignored. I can post a screen shot of if this will help Also the lit conversion increase the file size to 18MB. When I convert the LIT to an html then convert the HTML2LRF the size is only 4MB and the formatting commands did work correctly

04-24-2008, 06:31 AM	#305
Pendergast Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony prs505	Hello. Has anyone been able to install it on Mandriva?. I'm not good enought to compile yet. thanks

05-02-2008, 04:59 AM	#306
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Hi. I am new to this thread It looks like libprs500 has improved tremendously! I tried it about 1 year ago and hardly recognised it today. I am trying to learn how to use libprs500 for converting lit files. I am using GUI version. Is it possible to add footers that shows what chapter I am currently reading? In the settings I have found a box where I can add/remove a tick for having headers but didn't find anything for footers. Is it possible to have both eBook Library and libprs500 to be installed on the same PC and use eBook Library for preview lrf files and uploading them to the readers and at the same time to use libprs500 for converting files? Thanks, Astra.

05-02-2008, 06:56 AM	#307
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,170 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No footers are not supported. Yes you can use both. Just dont use both to transfer files to the reader.

05-02-2008, 07:01 AM	#309
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,170 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	When you install libprs500, just dont install the drivers (they are not installed by default).

05-18-2008, 09:56 AM	#311
MonRoe Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Netherlands Device: Sony 500	We bought a Sony500, but we found out today that it is not possible for us to buy books at the sony store. Within 4 days we are going on a holiday for 5 weeks and we want some books. We read a lot here and saw this topic. We installed everything, downloaded a cheap book at ebooks.com to try it out with .lit extension. Everything went well, we have now an nice .lrf book. BUT, we bought two other books and we cannot do LitConverter anymore, we get the message after open the .lit file ; it is not possible to make a directory or the directory already excist. We tried several different way's also restarted the computer etc, but nothing helps. We already spent 50 dollar for books we can't use at this moment. Who can help us?????????

05-18-2008, 11:02 AM	#312
MonRoe Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Netherlands Device: Sony 500	after trying out a lot of things, installing clit.exe again, we managed to get the html files on our harddisk. For one book we have more then 40 html drives, how can we get that into one .lrf file?

05-18-2008, 12:53 PM	#314
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,029 Karma: 144284074 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Since they can explode the LIT, then they have it configured correctly. They just need to learn to just remove the DRM and leave a DRM free LIT. If you need any help with lit2lrf, just ask and we'll be happy to help.

05-20-2008, 02:24 PM	#315
MonRoe Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Location: The Netherlands Device: Sony 500	Thanks for your help sofar. Within 2 days we are going on a holiday for 5 weeks to Greece. After our holiday we will look into the problem how to convert the files on the right way.

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