Mobiperl Mobiperl - Perl tools for handling MobiPocket files - Page 11

tompe · 01-14-2008, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexxxm

have you ever thought about implementing a convertion to the Sony LRF format in your suite? I'd really like to write it myself, but that format is not well documented, and/or relies on some Windows DLL...

That is already done by kovidgoyal in his libprs500. This is documented in threads in the Content sub-section in the Sony Portable Reader forum here.
I started writing Mobiperl inspired by libprs500.

tompe · 01-14-2008, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaapjan

What kind of testbatch of files do you use Tompe? Can you provide me with URL's to them? I am affraid you were right about the images too. Maybe anyway. I discovered that there are many more images in the file then I thought (also JPG's, not only GIF's).

I use for example files found here (the Dickens books with many images are good test books) and I also generated some files with mobigen and I used the Alice in Wonderland example from MobiPockets web page. I have also got some files from people like awz files but these are probably not OK to put up on a web site.

JeffElkins · 01-15-2008, 08:22 AM

Tompe, once a .lit is converted to .mobi is there a way to break the .mobi into its component parts? A mobi2html or something?

DMcCunney · 01-15-2008, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

Tompe, once a .lit is converted to .mobi is there a way to break the .mobi into its component parts? A mobi2html or something?

Yes.

http://www.ida.liu.se/~tompe/mobiperl/mobi2html.html
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Dennis

JeffElkins · 01-15-2008, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Yes.

http://www.ida.liu.se/~tompe/mobiperl/mobi2html.html
______
Dennis

Duh. Missed that, thanks.

tompe · 01-15-2008, 11:29 AM

And you now that lit2mobi uses clit internally and the clit exploded files are saved in ctmp in the current dir. When you do the next conversion the ctmp directory is reused. I did it that way because I like to have temporary files left after a conversion because if something went wrong it is easier to debug. Especially it is easier to debug via email...

TallMomof2 · 01-15-2008, 10:11 PM

I just spent the afternoon and evening converting many, many .lit and .mobi files so that they work nicely on my Kindle. I really like the --prefixtitle for series. Very nice addition. Only problem I found was with files that had spaces in the name. All I had to do was edit the file name and remove the spaces and the files worked just fine.

Many thanks!

Now I want to learn how to add a GUI to your program.....

HarryT · 01-16-2008, 02:39 AM

Filenames with spaces should work fine if you put double quotes around the entire filename.

tompe · 01-16-2008, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Filenames with spaces should work fine if you put double quotes around the entire filename.

Yes, that should work. Or you can escape space with \ at least in a Unix system. Please let me know if this do not work and how it fails.

TallMomof2 · 01-16-2008, 09:40 PM

I only had a handful of files with spaces and already edited them to no spaces so I can't try the double quotes.

I have found many .prc and I think .mobi (not sure) files that do not accept the new titles and authors or at least they don't display on the Kindle. However, if I convert the same book from .lit I don't have that problem. In the future I will only buy .lit whenever possible.

JeffElkins · 01-18-2008, 04:03 PM

Hello,

I'm trying to add a coverimage to an existing .mobi file:

mobi2mobi mymobi.mobi --coverimage image.jpg mymobi.mobi

Have I got the syntax wrong?

wallcraft · 01-18-2008, 04:16 PM

Try:

mobi2mobi --coverimage image.jpg --outfile newmobi.mobi mymobi.mobi

tompe · 01-18-2008, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

Hello,

I'm trying to add a coverimage to an existing .mobi file:

mobi2mobi mymobi.mobi --coverimage image.jpg mymobi.mobi

Have I got the syntax wrong?

Yes.

mobi2mobi mymobi.mobi --coverimage image.jpg --outfile newmymobi.mobi

is more correct. If you run non-binary versions you can do "perldoc mobi2mobi" to see the documentation. Otherwise you have to look at the web page.

JeffElkins · 01-18-2008, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

Try:

mobi2mobi --coverimage image.jpg --outfile newmobi.mobi mymobi.mobi

Nope, didn't work.

JeffElkins · 01-18-2008, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tompe

Yes.

mobi2mobi mymobi.mobi --coverimage image.jpg --outfile newmymobi.mobi

is more correct. If you run non-binary versions you can do "perldoc mobi2mobi" to see the documentation. Otherwise you have to look at the web page.

Nor did this...

01-18-2008, 04:03 PM	#161
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01-15-2008, 08:22 AM	#153
JeffElkins Guru Posts: 780 Karma: 1416 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Kobo Clara 2E/HD, Kindle PW	Tompe, once a .lit is converted to .mobi is there a way to break the .mobi into its component parts? A mobi2html or something?

01-15-2008, 11:29 AM	#156
tompe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,452 Karma: 7185064 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Linköpng, Sweden Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW	And you now that lit2mobi uses clit internally and the clit exploded files are saved in ctmp in the current dir. When you do the next conversion the ctmp directory is reused. I did it that way because I like to have temporary files left after a conversion because if something went wrong it is easier to debug. Especially it is easier to debug via email...

01-15-2008, 10:11 PM	#157
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	I just spent the afternoon and evening converting many, many .lit and .mobi files so that they work nicely on my Kindle. I really like the --prefixtitle for series. Very nice addition. Only problem I found was with files that had spaces in the name. All I had to do was edit the file name and remove the spaces and the files worked just fine. Many thanks! Now I want to learn how to add a GUI to your program.....

01-16-2008, 02:39 AM	#158
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Filenames with spaces should work fine if you put double quotes around the entire filename.

01-16-2008, 09:40 PM	#160
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	I only had a handful of files with spaces and already edited them to no spaces so I can't try the double quotes. I have found many .prc and I think .mobi (not sure) files that do not accept the new titles and authors or at least they don't display on the Kindle. However, if I convert the same book from .lit I don't have that problem. In the future I will only buy .lit whenever possible.

01-18-2008, 04:16 PM	#162
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Try: mobi2mobi --coverimage image.jpg --outfile newmobi.mobi mymobi.mobi