Sony PRS-T1 in Calibre - Page 18

Orthonormal · 10-19-2011, 12:06 PM

Thanks! That worked for me. Magic.

mreo · 10-21-2011, 07:55 PM

I see there is a new release, 8.23. Can we use that or do we still have to use the 8.21 beta with the PRS-T1?

thanks

DoctorOhh · 10-21-2011, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mreo

I see there is a new release, 8.23. Can we use that or do we still have to use the 8.21 beta with the PRS-T1?

thanks

Use the current version, if in doubt check the What's New area.

adonishi · 10-21-2011, 11:49 PM

I just get Japanese version of T1 reader, and is connected with calibre without any problem. thanks for everyone here.

but I found calibre do not detect Japanese ebook files in T1. because they are Japan only ebook format like Voyager dotbook (extension .book), or Sharp XMDF (extension .zbf) which is not supported by calibre. other format like EPub files can transfer or detected by calibre.

so my question is, is it possible to support above 2 format in calibre?

both format are closed format, so we can not have specification for them. that means it is difficult to convert to/from other format or use metadata in them. but I guess it is nice if calibre can recognize them and can transfer those format to/from T1 device.

thanks

kovidgoyal · 10-22-2011, 12:16 AM

@adonishi: Someone would have to reverse engineer the formats. Personally, I'm not interested, but patches are always welcome.

itimpi · 10-22-2011, 01:42 AM

I thought that what was being asked for was simply the ability to transfer them to the PRS-T1 and recognise their presence, not to be able to actual understand the format.

I guess the ability to add user defined file extensions to a driver might be a generic way to allow calibre to provide some basic capability in transferring such eBook files to/from devices?

adonishi · 10-22-2011, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itimpi

I thought that what was being asked for was simply the ability to transfer them to the PRS-T1 and recognise their presence, not to be able to actual understand the format.

Yes, that's what i mean. off cause, I will be happier if calibre can read inside of ebooks. but reverse engineering is a long ways to go. it is good to have simple transfer ability as a start.

kovidgoyal · 10-22-2011, 08:33 AM

Ah, well that's simple enough. Will be in next release.

adonishi · 10-23-2011, 12:49 AM

Thank you, Kovid!

Scott Nielsen · 10-25-2011, 09:54 AM

Still being new to the Sony I'm probably missing something obvious, but how do I sort the collections properly?

What I mean by that is that in Books it sorts nicely by author and title (ideally, I'd like it to sort by author, pubdate and then title) but in my collections, though the author sort works OK, it does not seem to sort by title. Or at least not consistently.

chaley · 10-25-2011, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Nielsen

Still being new to the Sony I'm probably missing something obvious, but how do I sort the collections properly?

What I mean by that is that in Books it sorts nicely by author and title (ideally, I'd like it to sort by author, pubdate and then title) but in my collections, though the author sort works OK, it does not seem to sort by title. Or at least not consistently.

Collections made from series fields are sorted in series number order. The "all by author" special collection is sorted in the first found in plugboard author sort, then author sort. All other collections are sorted using the first found in plugboard title sort, book title sort, then title. All sort ordering rules can be overridden using the tweak "Specify how SONY collections are sorted".

You might find this section of the manual useful, as well as this thread.

Of course, I have no idea if the T1 may be ignoring all of this and showing you the books in some order it prefers.

Kolenka · 10-25-2011, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaley

Of course, I have no idea if the T1 may be ignoring all of this and showing you the books in some order it prefers.

The T1 will let you sort collections by order added, or by metadata like author or title.

That sorting is fine for the field you pick, but it is unclear how things are sorted beyond that first field.

chaley · 10-25-2011, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kolenka

That sorting is fine for the field you pick, but it is unclear how things are sorted beyond that first field.

IIRC, the older sony readers use "added date" as the secondary sort field.

Scott Nielsen · 10-25-2011, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaley

IIRC, the older sony readers use "added date" as the secondary sort field.

That's what it does on my T1, yes.

I'll check out the links above, thank you.

TrendyIceTea · 10-27-2011, 08:09 AM

I get an error, when I try to download books from the calibre content server. (PRS-T1) Anybody know how to fix this?

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10-19-2011, 12:06 PM	#256
Orthonormal Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Thanks! That worked for me. Magic.

10-21-2011, 07:55 PM	#257
mreo Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Sony PRS-T1	I see there is a new release, 8.23. Can we use that or do we still have to use the 8.21 beta with the PRS-T1? thanks

10-21-2011, 11:49 PM	#259
adonishi Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kindle, SONY T1	I just get Japanese version of T1 reader, and is connected with calibre without any problem. thanks for everyone here. but I found calibre do not detect Japanese ebook files in T1. because they are Japan only ebook format like Voyager dotbook (extension .book), or Sharp XMDF (extension .zbf) which is not supported by calibre. other format like EPub files can transfer or detected by calibre. so my question is, is it possible to support above 2 format in calibre? both format are closed format, so we can not have specification for them. that means it is difficult to convert to/from other format or use metadata in them. but I guess it is nice if calibre can recognize them and can transfer those format to/from T1 device. thanks

10-22-2011, 12:16 AM	#260
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,402 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	@adonishi: Someone would have to reverse engineer the formats. Personally, I'm not interested, but patches are always welcome.

10-22-2011, 01:42 AM	#261
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I thought that what was being asked for was simply the ability to transfer them to the PRS-T1 and recognise their presence, not to be able to actual understand the format. I guess the ability to add user defined file extensions to a driver might be a generic way to allow calibre to provide some basic capability in transferring such eBook files to/from devices?

10-22-2011, 08:33 AM	#263
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,402 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Ah, well that's simple enough. Will be in next release.

10-23-2011, 12:49 AM	#264
adonishi Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kindle, SONY T1	Thank you, Kovid!

10-25-2011, 09:54 AM	#265
Scott Nielsen Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 112134 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kuala Lumpur Device: iPad, K3, K4, T1	Still being new to the Sony I'm probably missing something obvious, but how do I sort the collections properly? What I mean by that is that in Books it sorts nicely by author and title (ideally, I'd like it to sort by author, pubdate and then title) but in my collections, though the author sort works OK, it does not seem to sort by title. Or at least not consistently.

10-27-2011, 08:09 AM	#270
TrendyIceTea Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 550 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: PRS 650	I get an error, when I try to download books from the calibre content server. (PRS-T1) Anybody know how to fix this?