Need help with Calibre and my new ($159) Kindle Fire

[alansplace]

Odd behavior just occurred on my Fire. 24 of the 30 books I just transferred from My Calibre Library disappeared (the Fire didn't see them anywhere) and it took a reboot to restore them.

[kovidgoyal]

I dont see what calibre can do about that. All calibre does is transfer the file to the Fire, after that, it's up to the Fire.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Odd behavior just occurred on my Fire. 24 of the 30 books I just transferred from My Calibre Library disappeared (the Fire didn't see them anywhere) and it took a reboot to restore them.

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I dont see what calibre can do about that. All calibre does is transfer the file to the Fire, after that, it's up to the Fire.

Sorry about that, actually I wasn't asking for help or implying it might be Calibre's fault, just reporting the occurrence and sharing what appeared to have fixed it.

[kovidgoyal]

I am making some changes to the MTP driver to prevent it from trying to connect to unsuitable devices, like cameras, iPhones, etc. (these devices just generate errors after the initial connect). I want to make sure that my test does not exclude the Kindle Fire HD, so could you do the following:

1) Plugin your Fire HD
2) Open a command prompt
3) Type in calibre-debug -d and post the output

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I am making some changes to the MTP driver to prevent it from trying to connect to unsuitable devices, like cameras, iPhones, etc. (these devices just generate errors after the initial connect). I want to make sure that my test does not exclude the Kindle Fire HD, so could you do the following:

1) Plugin your Fire HD
2) Open a command prompt
3) Type in calibre-debug -d and post the output

Mine is not the new Kindle Fire HD but instead is the new ($159) Kindle Fire 2nd Gen that also runs on Amazon's modified Ice Cream Sandwich.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\alan>calibre-debug -d
calibre 0.8.70
Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 Windows
('Windows', '7', '6.1.7601')
Python 2.7.3
Windows: ('7', '6.1.7601', 'SP1', 'Multiprocessor Free')
USB devices on system:
[u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2937&rev0003',
 u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2934&rev0003',
 u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2938&rev0003',
 u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2936&rev0003',
 u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2939&rev0003',
 u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2935&rev0003',
 u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid293a&rev0003',
 u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid293c&rev0003',
 u'usb\\vid_041e&pid_4080&rev_0023',
 u'usb\\vid_041e&pid_4080&rev_0023&mi_00',
 u'usb\\vid_041e&pid_4080&rev_0023&mi_02',
 u'usb\\vid_046d&pid_c52b&rev_1201',
 u'usb\\vid_046d&pid_c52b&rev_1201&mi_00',
 u'usb\\vid_046d&pid_c52b&rev_1201&mi_01',
 u'usb\\vid_046d&pid_c52b&rev_1201&mi_02',
 u'usb\\vid_0bda&pid_0159&rev_5889',
 u'usb\\vid_0bda&pid_8198&rev_0200',
 u'usb\\vid_1949&pid_000a&rev_0216']
Getting ancestors
device id: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2929&SUBSYS_FF001179&REV_03\3&11583659&0&FA
device id: ACPI\PNP0A08\0
device id: ACPI_HAL\PNP0C08\0
device id: ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000
device id: HTREE\ROOT\0
Device path: \\?\ide#cdromhl-dt-st_dvdram_gt20n___________________ct11____#4&2f0
449cb&0&0.1.0#{53f5630d-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}\
Volume: \\?\Volume{7ae65796-3733-11df-8cfb-806e6f6e6963}\
Getting ancestors
device id: ROOT\VOLMGR\0000
device id: HTREE\ROOT\0
Device path: \\?\storage#volume#_??_usbstor#disk&ven_generic-&prod_multi-card&re
v_1.00#00000#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}#{53f5630d-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a
0c91efb8b}\
Volume: \\?\Volume{d964e280-71a8-11df-9d37-705ab683c793}\
Found drive: E
Getting ancestors
device id: ROOT\VOLMGR\0000
device id: HTREE\ROOT\0
Device path: \\?\storage#volume#{7ae6578a-3733-11df-8cfb-806e6f6e6963}#000000000
0100000#{53f5630d-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}\
Volume: \\?\Volume{3c1f6312-3730-11df-b311-806e6f6e6963}\
Getting ancestors
device id: ROOT\VOLMGR\0000
device id: HTREE\ROOT\0
Device path: \\?\storage#volume#{7ae6578a-3733-11df-8cfb-806e6f6e6963}#000000005
dd00000#{53f5630d-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}\
Volume: \\?\Volume{3c1f6313-3730-11df-b311-806e6f6e6963}\
Drives detected:
        (0) E:\ ~ \\?\STORAGE#VOLUME#_??_USBSTOR#DISK&VEN_GENERIC-&PROD_MULTI-CA
RD&REV_1.00#00000#{53F56307-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}#{53F5630D-B6BF-11D0-94F
2-00A0C91EFB8B}
Available plugins: ADAM ALEX ALURATEK_COLOR ANDROID ARCHOS7O AVANT AZBOOKA BAMBO
OK
BLACKBERRY BOEYE_BDX BOEYE_BEX BOOQ BOOX COBY COOL_ER CYBOOK DBOOK E52
E71X EB511 EB600 EBK52 ECLICTO EDGE EEEREADER ELONEX ESLICK EX124G
FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG GEMEI GER2 HANLINV3 HANLINV5 ILIAD INVESBOOK
IPAPYRUS IREXDR1000 IREXDR800 IRIVER_STORY ITALICA ITUNES JETBOOK
JETBOOK_COLOR JETBOOK_MINI KINDLE KINDLE2 KINDLE_DX KINDLE_FIRE KOBO
LIBREAIR LUMIREAD MENTOR MIBUK MOOVYBOOK MTP_DEVICE N516 N770 N810
NEWSMY NEXTBOOK NOOK NOOK_COLOR NUUT2 ODYSSEY ORIZON PALMPRE PDNOVEL
PDNOVEL_KOBO PI2 PICO PLAYBOOK POCKETBOOK301 POCKETBOOK360
POCKETBOOK360P POCKETBOOK602 POCKETBOOK622 POCKETBOOK701 PRS505 PRST1
README S60 SHINEBOOK SMART_DEVICE_APP SNE SOVOS SPECTRA STASH
SUNSTECH_EB700 SWEEX TECLAST_K3 THEBOOK TREKSTOR USER_DEFINED
VELOCITYMICRO WEBOS WEXLER

Looking for devices of type: MTP_DEVICE
List of WPD PNP ids:
[u'\\\\?\\usb#vid_1949&pid_000a#d026a0a0235513lv#{6ac27878-a6fa-4155-ba85-f98f49
1d4f33}',
 u'\\\\?\\wpdbusenumroot#umb#2&37c186b&0&storage#volume#_??_usbstor#disk&ven_gen
eric-&prod_multi-card&rev_1.00#00000##{6ac27878-a6fa-4155-ba85-f98f491d4f33}']
MTP device: \\?\usb#vid_1949&pid_000a#d026a0a0235513lv#{6ac27878-a6fa-4155-ba85-
f98f491d4f33}
{'device_version': u'1.0',
 'friendly_name': u'',
 'has_bulk_properties': True,
 'has_storage': True,
 'manufacturer_name': u'Amazon',
 'model_name': u'Kindle',
 'protocol': u'MTP: 1.00',
 'serial_number': u'REMOVEDFROMPOST',
 'storage': [{'capacity': 5917487104L,
              'capacity_objects': 0L,
              'description': u'Internal storage',
              'filesystem': u'Generic hierarchical',
              'free_objects': 1073741824L,
              'free_space': 5420740608L,
              'id': u's10001',
              'name': u'Internal storage',
              'rw': True}],
 'type': 'media player'}

Trying to open: \\?\usb#vid_1949&pid_000a#d026a0a0235513lv#{6ac27878-a6fa-4155-b
a85-f98f491d4f33}
Opened Kindle successfully
Device info:
{'device_version': u'1.0',
 'friendly_name': u'',
 'has_bulk_properties': True,
 'has_storage': True,
 'manufacturer_name': u'Amazon',
 'model_name': u'Kindle',
 'protocol': u'MTP: 1.00',
 'serial_number': u'REMOVEDFROMPOST',
 'storage': [{'capacity': 5917487104L,
              'capacity_objects': 0L,
              'description': u'Internal storage',
              'filesystem': u'Generic hierarchical',
              'free_objects': 1073741824L,
              'free_space': 5420740608L,
              'id': u's10001',
              'name': u'Internal storage',
              'rw': True}],
 'type': 'media player'}
Press Enter to continue...

[kovidgoyal]

Thanks, that tells me what I needed to know.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Thanks, that tells me what I needed to know.

You're welcome, glad I could help.

[alansplace]

I installed the FBreader app and it sees books when they are in the Books directory, whereas the normal destination for 'send to device' is Documents.

I tried 'save to disk'. but it can't find the device when I try and set where to send the book(s).

I tried setting a rule for epubs in 'configure device'. But it set all types to go there, not just epubs.

I can drag & drop them one at a time. Yuk!

Any suggestions?

[kovidgoyal]

Configure the device, in the list of folders box enter, Documents, then create a rule for epub that sends epub to Books. It is critical that you change the list of folders setting as well as creating the rule.

Then epub files will go to Books, everything else will go to Documents.

Or just change the send to setting to be Books, then all files will go to Books. Your Kindle should still see the files, as will fbreader.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Configure the device, in the list of folders box enter, Documents, then create a rule for epub that sends epub to Books. It is critical that you change the list of folders setting as well as creating the rule.

Then epub files will go to Books, everything else will go to Documents.

Or just change the send to setting to be Books, then all files will go to Books. Your Kindle should still see the files, as will fbreader.

, that works just great! I didn't think of it because of the text above the 'list of folders box' which appears to imply (to me, anyway) that the 3 default entries will default to the first entry if there is no rule for that format. I guess I misinterpreted the implication.