Yet another PDF to LRF converter - Page 6

cacapee · 08-31-2007, 01:55 PM

Preview is in the plans. One suggestion is to limit the number of pages to two, so you can see the effect of pretrimming. Use the View button. That makes the turnaround much faster. Also you only need to get results that trim off non-whitespace borders, lines etc. pdflrf's whitespace cropping will take care of the rest.

Multithreading is also in the plans.

starship · 08-31-2007, 02:38 PM

Buddy, it's a great job! I've been following your progress since 0.1. You've changed the history of Sony Reader!

niuniuniu · 08-31-2007, 09:35 PM

I have some books that have two columns and read from RIGHT to LEFT. If I use two the column option. the page number will 2, 1, 4, 3, 6, 5, .... Could you help correct this?

JSWolf · 08-31-2007, 09:57 PM

Very nice improvement. I'm trying portrait mode now with this Wowio book. Seems to look good enough in Connect's preview to be possible to read comfortably that way.

mudkiller · 09-01-2007, 12:53 AM

I registered just to say thanks! Great Job cacapee!

Fallen angel · 09-01-2007, 06:38 AM

The latest version doesn't work for me. It says "Failed to create LRF file" ...

thinredline · 09-01-2007, 04:00 PM

Yeah, the same error message for me.

cacapee · 09-01-2007, 04:33 PM

Does it happen with the commandline too? Can you post the settings and/or the file?

thinredline · 09-01-2007, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cacapee

Does it happen with the commandline too? Can you post the settings and/or the file?

It looks like relating to the file name in version 0.5. I am trying to convert a PDF file with file name other than English and error happens. If I change the file name into English, there is no error. The strange thing is that in 0.4 there is no such an error.

cacapee · 09-01-2007, 09:03 PM

What I need is a list of steps to reproduce this bug here. That will make it much easier.

Thanks

Edit: Are you sure you could open non-ascii filenames in 0.4? As far as I know Unicode support is only for metadata. filenames are tricky cause the libraries only take in ascii filenames.

coredog64 · 09-02-2007, 12:22 AM

I'm seeing a bug with very large PDF files (1000+ pages): I'll get a run of "blank" pages.

I tried the "first/last" page arguments and it still happens, although in a different location.

Quote:

C:\Downloads\stage>pdflrf -t "MOSS 2007 Part 1" -a "Bill English" -c 4 -f 42 -l 185 -rs -i 622821eBook.pdf -o moss2007_1
.lrf
Processing page: 42, image: 1, Progress: 0
Processing page: 42, image: 1, Progress: 0
Processing page: 43, image: 2, Progress: 1
Processing page: 43, image: 3, Progress: 1
Processing page: 43, image: 4, Progress: 1
Processing page: 43, image: 5, Progress: 1
...
Processing page: 43, image: 34, Progress: 1
Processing page: 43, image: 35, Progress: 1
Processing page: 43, image: 36, Progress: 1
Processing page: 43, image: 36, Progress: 1
Processing page: 44, image: 37, Progress: 2

Still, this is an outstanding tool. I was using Acrobat Pro to crop the books but this does a much better job.

cacapee · 09-02-2007, 04:17 AM

Heh, There's a tiny vertical gray rectangle on one of the pages. This rectangle is being drawn across multiple images. I'll fix this by adding a minimum crop width which I've been meaning to do anyway. In the meantime get rid of pages like page 43

Fallen angel · 09-02-2007, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cacapee

Can you post the settings and/or the file?

I'm using the comic-landscape mode, without changing anything in the settings, not even the crop option (maybe that's the problem?). Also I would like to ask if .cbr support is going to be added.

As far the file, it happens with every file I' ve tried.

cacapee · 09-02-2007, 12:01 PM

Weird, It works here. Can you post/pm me a link to the relevant file.

balok · 09-02-2007, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mosteo

Wow, just discovered this and it's amazing. It actually allows reading scientific two-column papers in the e-reader! And, incidentally, it works in linux using wine.

I'm looking forward to a native linux version. A tool this good should be multiplatform. Maybe the author would consider releasing the source for porting?

08-31-2007, 01:55 PM	#76
cacapee Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 1393 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Santa Monica Device: prs-500	Preview is in the plans. One suggestion is to limit the number of pages to two, so you can see the effect of pretrimming. Use the View button. That makes the turnaround much faster. Also you only need to get results that trim off non-whitespace borders, lines etc. pdflrf's whitespace cropping will take care of the rest. Multithreading is also in the plans. Last edited by cacapee; 08-31-2007 at 02:26 PM.

09-01-2007, 09:03 PM	#85
cacapee Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 1393 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Santa Monica Device: prs-500	What I need is a list of steps to reproduce this bug here. That will make it much easier. Thanks Edit: Are you sure you could open non-ascii filenames in 0.4? As far as I know Unicode support is only for metadata. filenames are tricky cause the libraries only take in ascii filenames. Last edited by cacapee; 09-01-2007 at 11:59 PM.

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08-31-2007, 02:38 PM	#77
starship Member Posts: 12 Karma: 13 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington,DC Device: Treo 680/Sony PRS 500/Apple iPhone	Buddy, it's a great job! I've been following your progress since 0.1. You've changed the history of Sony Reader!

08-31-2007, 09:35 PM	#78
niuniuniu Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: sony ereader	I have some books that have two columns and read from RIGHT to LEFT. If I use two the column option. the page number will 2, 1, 4, 3, 6, 5, .... Could you help correct this?

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,727 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Very nice improvement. I'm trying portrait mode now with this Wowio book. Seems to look good enough in Connect's preview to be possible to read comfortably that way.

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mudkiller Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 30 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	I registered just to say thanks! Great Job cacapee!

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Fallen angel Time Vortex Manipulator Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Greece Device: Sony Reader	The latest version doesn't work for me. It says "Failed to create LRF file" ...

09-01-2007, 04:00 PM	#82
thinredline Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 165 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Kindle Keyboard, Pocket Edge, Nookd Simple Touch Glowlight, NGP	Yeah, the same error message for me.

09-01-2007, 04:33 PM	#83
cacapee Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 1393 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Santa Monica Device: prs-500	Does it happen with the commandline too? Can you post the settings and/or the file?

09-02-2007, 04:17 AM	#87
cacapee Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 1393 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Santa Monica Device: prs-500	Heh, There's a tiny vertical gray rectangle on one of the pages. This rectangle is being drawn across multiple images. I'll fix this by adding a minimum crop width which I've been meaning to do anyway. In the meantime get rid of pages like page 43

09-02-2007, 12:01 PM	#89
cacapee Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 1393 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Santa Monica Device: prs-500	Weird, It works here. Can you post/pm me a link to the relevant file.