Comics RSS feeds to lrf?

blueskiesokie · 09-23-2008, 01:18 PM

I am wondering if it would be possible to do comics rss feeds to ebook format, like in the fetch news.

From feeds like on http://www.tapestrycomics.com/

an example feed being http://www.gocomics.com/bc/rss.pxml

This would be awesome.

Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 09-23-2008, 01:54 PM

It's certainly possible. There used to be a dilbert recipe until the dilbert site became subscription based.

BlackEel · 09-24-2008, 10:50 AM

Dilbert site might be subscription based but you can still get the comic strip here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DilbertDailyStrip

kovidgoyal · 09-24-2008, 02:14 PM

yeah but that feed links to a flash based website. feeds2lrf doesn't extract content from flash.

czyzczyz · 11-18-2008, 09:38 PM

Would such a feed recipe somehow call on comicLRF?

I'm interested in attempting to get the "Questionable Content" comic feed on my reader:
feed://www.questionablecontent.net/QCRSS.xml

kovidgoyal · 11-18-2008, 10:01 PM

No it would use html2lrf to create the LRF file. Shouldn't be a problem as long as the images in the feed are not too big.

czyzczyz · 11-18-2008, 10:49 PM

I already tried it with a basic recipe, the images in the feed are too big for the captions to be legible. It sounds as though comicLRF can split the image, maybe I'm misinterpreting it.

kovidgoyal · 11-18-2008, 11:06 PM

yeah comic2lrf will do a generally better job of rescaling the images, but to use it, feeds2disk will have to have special support for comic feeds (it will have to generate a bunch of image file instead of a bunch of html files.

09-23-2008, 01:18 PM	#1
blueskiesokie Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma Device: PRS-505	Comics RSS feeds to lrf? I am wondering if it would be possible to do comics rss feeds to ebook format, like in the fetch news. From feeds like on http://www.tapestrycomics.com/ an example feed being http://www.gocomics.com/bc/rss.pxml This would be awesome. Thanks.

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09-23-2008, 01:54 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It's certainly possible. There used to be a dilbert recipe until the dilbert site became subscription based.

09-24-2008, 10:50 AM	#3
BlackEel Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: PRS-505	Dilbert site might be subscription based but you can still get the comic strip here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DilbertDailyStrip

09-24-2008, 02:14 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yeah but that feed links to a flash based website. feeds2lrf doesn't extract content from flash.

11-18-2008, 09:38 PM	#5
czyzczyz Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: PRS-505	Would such a feed recipe somehow call on comicLRF? I'm interested in attempting to get the "Questionable Content" comic feed on my reader: feed://www.questionablecontent.net/QCRSS.xml

11-18-2008, 10:01 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No it would use html2lrf to create the LRF file. Shouldn't be a problem as long as the images in the feed are not too big.

11-18-2008, 10:49 PM	#7
czyzczyz Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: PRS-505	I already tried it with a basic recipe, the images in the feed are too big for the captions to be legible. It sounds as though comicLRF can split the image, maybe I'm misinterpreting it.

11-18-2008, 11:06 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yeah comic2lrf will do a generally better job of rescaling the images, but to use it, feeds2disk will have to have special support for comic feeds (it will have to generate a bunch of image file instead of a bunch of html files.