Sony PRS-T1 in Calibre - Page 16

DoctorOhh · 10-15-2011, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trevgriff

Sorry for quoting such a large post.... but where in calibre do you find that configuration window?

Preferences - Plugins - Device interface plugins - Sony prst1 - customize.

Kolenka · 10-15-2011, 01:23 PM

I've submitted another patch with some changes:

- Auto-populate some of the periodical fields when sending news feeds. This will speed up scanning when adding periodicals a little bit, and make behavior more consistent.

- Can toggle between normal and 'T1-style' authors when populating books.db. The default will be normal (showing all authors). 'T1-style' is showing only the first author.

- Driver will now attempt to calculate and use the UTC offset from the device, instead of assuming local time. This should reduce/eliminate the long rescans some people are seeing.

I wonder if it should assume local time or UTC when there are no books on the device at all though... I might have to play with the reader software and see what it does to the database (if anything). It'd be easier to test that situation if I had a second reader I could just factory reset without losing all my current reading progress.

trevgriff · 10-15-2011, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by dwanthny

Preferences - Plugins - Device interface plugins - Sony prst1 - customize.

thank you

Robert22 · 10-15-2011, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kolenka

I've submitted another patch with some changes:

- Driver will now attempt to calculate and use the UTC offset from the device, instead of assuming local time. This should reduce/eliminate the long rescans some people are seeing.

I wonder if it should assume local time or UTC when there are no books on the device at all though... I might have to play with the reader software and see what it does to the database (if anything). It'd be easier to test that situation if I had a second reader I could just factory reset without losing all my current reading progress.

Target has a great 90 day return policy... since you are doing some work that benefits the whole Sony Reader community.

Would it be useful to create/store the timezone offset in Preferences > Tweak so that you can easily manipulate it?

azxswq · 10-15-2011, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by azxswq

However, as I explore Calibre's myriad of features, I am wondering if anybody else were able to use the T1's browser to log in and download a epub with the Http server built-in by Calibre? My downloads have failed on both SD and Internal Memory on all books. But under the same http set up initialized by Calibre, using Stanza and my Iphone 4, the downloads worked flawlessly.

So I am wondering if I am missing a step..?!? [Not critical of course.] I plan to open up my port externally so that when I am travelling, I can easily download my own books (and news) on demand. (32GB being a fleeting fantasy at this point, trying to maximize access.)

Can anybody else download from calibre using T1's web browser going into Calibre's http server?

Preference -> Sharing over the net

Kolenka · 10-15-2011, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azxswq

Can anybody else download from calibre using T1's web browser going into Calibre's http server?

Preference -> Sharing over the net

I haven't tried, but I suspect it is an issue with the server perhaps not exposing the right mime type to the T1 so it can identify it as an ePub easily.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert22

Target has a great 90 day return policy... since you are doing some work that benefits the whole Sony Reader community.

Would it be useful to create/store the timezone offset in Preferences > Tweak so that you can easily manipulate it?

The T1 doesn't expose that in a way Calibre can see it without rooting. Requiring rooting is not a reasonable requirement. And the DB has come back with both local time and UTC, so it isn't reliable. Right now my T1 wants UTC. The Sony app seems to set UTC on my T1 as well.

And I am not about to abuse a return policy to make my work easier. Not when such abuse sends bad signals to Sony and Target that makes them change their policies.

azxswq · 10-15-2011, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kolenka

I haven't tried, but I suspect it is an issue with the server perhaps not exposing the right mime type to the T1 so it can identify it as an ePub easily.

Hmm... I can use stanza (a apple ios reader app) with iphone 4 and calibre without any problems. Oh well, maybe this is a known issue, I may just be missing something trivial here or it just doesn't work. (Could it be the new Android os browser?)

I don't think it is that important and just wondering if anybody else tried. Certainly not high priority... The driver in my mind is 100% done... thank you again Kolenka... maybe you should start a chip-in account for that second T1 for any additional features...

Kolenka · 10-15-2011, 06:40 PM

The T1 is certainly picky about how it recognizes epubs more than others like Stanza. I'd need to do some checking of the HTTP headers themselves to know for sure.

kovidgoyal · 10-15-2011, 08:11 PM

The content server most definitely sends the correct mimetype header when serving ebook files.

@Yamuswife: According to that debug output your device is not being recognized as a disk by the operating system. You need to contact SONY for support.

Kolenka · 10-15-2011, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The content server most definitely sends the correct mimetype header when serving ebook files.

I'll happily stand corrected on this one.

I just tried this myself, and downloaded an ePub just fine from my Calibre library. So if it doesn't work, it might be something network related.

azxswq · 10-16-2011, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Kolenka

I'll happily stand corrected on this one.

I just tried this myself, and downloaded an ePub just fine from my Calibre library. So if it doesn't work, it might be something network related.

Aha! Thanks for confirming that it DOES work, I might have found a bug here.. I don't think authentication via the post and forms works with T1 browsers.

Could be an Android problem, but I am not sure. Without any username and password, it works just fine.

It works with stanza, chrome and all other browsers that I tried. [With authentication enabled!] But not T1's browser with authentication enabled.

The reason for authentication was to open up a port forward while I travel... But maybe I might need to shut it down for now.

kovidgoyal · 10-16-2011, 02:32 AM

IIRC Android does not support digest auth, dont ask me why, given that Google is ostensibly an internet company.

Scott Nielsen · 10-16-2011, 05:55 AM

I'm struggling a bit with plugboards and, I believe, the device interface plug-in.

In the plugboard (Format: device_db and Device PRST1) I use:
'{author_sort}' to 'author'
'{series:|| }{series_index:0>2s|[|] - }{title}' to 'title'

In the device interface plugin I have ticked 'User author sort for author'.

First time I try this, it all seems to work fine. But as soon I go into a book and then out again into the UI, author names have reverted to FN LN and titles no longer show the series information.

I have tried this in many different combinations (removing the author stuff from the plugboard, using 'title_sort' instead of 'title' etc.) but the end result always end up the same; authors not being author sort and titles not having series info. Restarting the reader has had no positive effect either.

Any ideas as to what goes wrong for me?

jackie_w · 10-16-2011, 06:16 AM

@Scott

The unexplained 'disappearing plugboard' is a known problem.

Firstly, though, if you are mapping author_sort to author in the plugboard you should also UNTICK 'Use author sort for author' in the device interface plugin for the PRST1.

This may not solve the problem on its own. Did you try the action sequence I listed in post #223 above? This worked for me but cannot be described as a definitive solution.

Scott Nielsen · 10-16-2011, 06:30 AM

Thanks, jackie_w.

I figured it was a bit of overkill to set author to author sort both in plugboard and plugin but frustration got the better of me!

Your steps in #223 did not work for me; all books on my device were removed. I have set Metadata management to automatic - should I change that?

10-15-2011, 01:23 PM	#227
Kolenka <Insert Wit Here> Posts: 1,017 Karma: 1275899 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Puget Sound Device: Kindle Oasis, Kobo Forma	I've submitted another patch with some changes: - Auto-populate some of the periodical fields when sending news feeds. This will speed up scanning when adding periodicals a little bit, and make behavior more consistent. - Can toggle between normal and 'T1-style' authors when populating books.db. The default will be normal (showing all authors). 'T1-style' is showing only the first author. - Driver will now attempt to calculate and use the UTC offset from the device, instead of assuming local time. This should reduce/eliminate the long rescans some people are seeing. I wonder if it should assume local time or UTC when there are no books on the device at all though... I might have to play with the reader software and see what it does to the database (if anything). It'd be easier to test that situation if I had a second reader I could just factory reset without losing all my current reading progress. Last edited by Kolenka; 10-15-2011 at 01:45 PM.

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10-15-2011, 06:40 PM	#233
Kolenka <Insert Wit Here> Posts: 1,017 Karma: 1275899 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Puget Sound Device: Kindle Oasis, Kobo Forma	The T1 is certainly picky about how it recognizes epubs more than others like Stanza. I'd need to do some checking of the HTTP headers themselves to know for sure.

10-15-2011, 08:11 PM	#234
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,376 Karma: 27230406 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The content server most definitely sends the correct mimetype header when serving ebook files. @Yamuswife: According to that debug output your device is not being recognized as a disk by the operating system. You need to contact SONY for support.

10-16-2011, 02:32 AM	#237
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,376 Karma: 27230406 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	IIRC Android does not support digest auth, dont ask me why, given that Google is ostensibly an internet company.

10-16-2011, 05:55 AM	#238
Scott Nielsen Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 112134 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kuala Lumpur Device: iPad, K3, K4, T1	I'm struggling a bit with plugboards and, I believe, the device interface plug-in. In the plugboard (Format: device_db and Device PRST1) I use: '{author_sort}' to 'author' '{series:\|\| }{series_index:0>2s\|[\|] - }{title}' to 'title' In the device interface plugin I have ticked 'User author sort for author'. First time I try this, it all seems to work fine. But as soon I go into a book and then out again into the UI, author names have reverted to FN LN and titles no longer show the series information. I have tried this in many different combinations (removing the author stuff from the plugboard, using 'title_sort' instead of 'title' etc.) but the end result always end up the same; authors not being author sort and titles not having series info. Restarting the reader has had no positive effect either. Any ideas as to what goes wrong for me?

10-16-2011, 06:16 AM	#239
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,252 Karma: 16544692 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	@Scott The unexplained 'disappearing plugboard' is a known problem. Firstly, though, if you are mapping author_sort to author in the plugboard you should also UNTICK 'Use author sort for author' in the device interface plugin for the PRST1. This may not solve the problem on its own. Did you try the action sequence I listed in post #223 above? This worked for me but cannot be described as a definitive solution.

10-16-2011, 06:30 AM	#240
Scott Nielsen Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 112134 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kuala Lumpur Device: iPad, K3, K4, T1	Thanks, jackie_w. I figured it was a bit of overkill to set author to author sort both in plugboard and plugin but frustration got the better of me! Your steps in #223 did not work for me; all books on my device were removed. I have set Metadata management to automatic - should I change that?