[GUI Plugin] Kobo Utilities - Page 118

davidfor · 02-29-2020, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yaqwa

4.11.2 has the same problem

The change will be in the next release. That should be 4.12.0 and should be out next Friday.

Quoth · 02-29-2020, 06:56 AM

I'd just like to say how wonderful this plug in is to quickly read back the annotations for one book and copy/paste into my tabbed text editor (used to be Notepad++, but now is KATE).
It's been working fine now through several upgrades of Calibre and the Plug-in for Original H2O and now Libra.
It's not been causing any issues here on Linux Mint 18.3 with Mate Desktop.
Thanks for all the work David.

Macmat · 03-02-2020, 10:53 AM

Hello,

First, thanks for you're work on KoboUtilities, it's a useful plugin!

My problem: KoboUtilities doesn't appear no more on Calibre.
I did update the extension, suppress and install it again, no change.
I process update again on the Kobo (.tgz), same.

What happen before: I've just bought a new Clara HD, before I had a Aura ed.2. I was able to install everything on the Clara, with no problem related to KoboUtilites. - Another thing I did is to put on "devmode" on the Kobo (for inverted text, but I tried widget option and then deactivate "devmode".

System: OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) - max system on my computer - so with Calibre 3.48

Thanks in advance for your help.

Bests

Macmat · 03-02-2020, 11:06 AM

Could it be a version problem with Calibre 3.48? If yes, where could I find an older version of KoboUtilities?

davidfor · 03-02-2020, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Macmat

Hello,

First, thanks for you're work on KoboUtilities, it's a useful plugin!

My problem: KoboUtilities doesn't appear no more on Calibre.
I did update the extension, suppress and install it again, no change.
I process update again on the Kobo (.tgz), same.

What happen before: I've just bought a new Clara HD, before I had a Aura ed.2. I was able to install everything on the Clara, with no problem related to KoboUtilites. - Another thing I did is to put on "devmode" on the Kobo (for inverted text, but I tried widget option and then deactivate "devmode".

System: OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) - max system on my computer - so with Calibre 3.48

You seem to be mixing two things up. One is the Kobo Utilities plugin in calibre, and the other is things done on the Kobo device.

The mention of a ".tgz" is probably referring to the "KoboRoot.tgz" used to update the firmware. This happens on the device and has no direct impact to calibre or the Kobo Utilities plugin. The same with using the developers mode on the device. Nothing about that will affect how calibre or the Kobo Utilities plugin will interact with the device.

There should be no reason the Kobo Utilities plugin will not run with calibre 3.48. I have not changed the minimum supported calibre version for a very long time. In fact, it should work with 1.48, but, I don't think I have tested this recently.

I have been updating the plugin to support Python 3. It should be backwardly compatible. But, I might have an error. I have been testing the changes with 3.x, but, no were near as thoroughly as with the current release version. It could be a Mac thing as I don't have one to test with.

But, what does "doesn't appear no more on Calibre" mean? Does it mean that the plugin is not listed in the Plugins page of the preferences? And that installing the plugin appears to work, but, isn't in the list when you restart calibre? If so, please run calibre in debug mode and post the log. That should show the error when calibre is initialising the plugin.

Another possibility is that the toolbar button isn't showing. If so, you need to check that it is still on a toolbar using the preferences. When install the plugin, it defaults to being on "The main toolbar when a device is connected". But, you can add it to other toolbars yourself. If it not on the toolbar, but is in the "Available actions" list, you can add it to the desired toolbar.

If you mean something else, then can you explain in detail what is happening. Then I can look at what is wrong.

davidfor · 03-03-2020, 06:39 AM

I have just released an update to the plugin. This adds support for the Series Tab in the Kobo firmware version 4.10.14601 that was released today.

The change log is:

New: Set SeriesID and SeriesNumberFloat for Series Tab support in 4.20.x.

There are no visible changes. When using the "Update metadata in device database" function, if the series option is set, the database on the device is updated so that sideloaded books are shown in the Series Tab. The plugin should work with older versions of calibre and all versions of the Kobo firmware.

This function will also be implemented in the KoboTouch driver. That update should be in the next calibre release.

As usual, calibre will announce the update in the next hour or so. And if there are any problems please report them here.

Macmat · 03-03-2020, 09:25 AM

Hello, thanks a lot for your quick reply.
You gave me te solution: I thought that after installation KoboUtilities would directly appear on the toolbar, but I had to go to Prefs/Toolbar and add it...... It’s done and everything works, great! (Why it disappeared before, no idea).

(I was not mixing things up but giving you details about my Kobo Device as I supposed that perhaps it was not recognized as a Kobo by calibre and therefore not opening KoboUtilities).

Thanks a lot,

Bests

jackie_w · 03-03-2020, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

This function will also be implemented in the KoboTouch driver. That update should be in the next calibre release.

Slightly off-topic for this thread but I thought you might like to know that I refreshed my calibre run-from-source to get access to your updated KoboTouch driver. The auto-population of Series metadata on USB-connection worked without a hitch on all 3 devices I tried (H2O, Forma, ClaraHD). So thanks for letting me get an early look at the new Kobo Series feature.

JSWolf · 03-03-2020, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

I have just released an update to the plugin. This adds support for the Series Tab in the Kobo firmware version 4.10.14601 that was released today.

The change log is:

New: Set SeriesID and SeriesNumberFloat for Series Tab support in 4.20.x.

I've just tested this and it works. Thank you.

cine1952 · 04-05-2020, 02:52 PM

Using Reading Status with 2 Aura One.

Hi davidfor,

Both my wife and I have an Aura One reader. We share the same calibre library.
I have set up the Kobo Utilities to store My Rating, Percent Read, Current Reading Location and Last Time Read on calibre. This is great as it would allow me to
1) re-install the content of the Aura One (and reading status) should it become lost
2) install the content (and reading status) on a new reader when I purchase one.

So far so good.
Now I would like to do the same for my wife's Aura One. (If she had a reader other than the Aura One, it would be easy.)

QUESTION: How can I use the Reading Status of the Kobo Utilities on 2 different Aura One sharing the same calibre database?

Thank you for any suggestions you might have regarding this question.

davidfor · 04-06-2020, 04:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cine1952

Using Reading Status with 2 Aura One.

Hi davidfor,

Both my wife and I have an Aura One reader. We share the same calibre library.
I have set up the Kobo Utilities to store My Rating, Percent Read, Current Reading Location and Last Time Read on calibre. This is great as it would allow me to
1) re-install the content of the Aura One (and reading status) should it become lost
2) install the content (and reading status) on a new reader when I purchase one.

So far so good.
Now I would like to do the same for my wife's Aura One. (If she had a reader other than the Aura One, it would be easy.)

QUESTION: How can I use the Reading Status of the Kobo Utilities on 2 different Aura One sharing the same calibre database?

Thank you for any suggestions you might have regarding this question.

The plugin supports profiles. Basically you create a set of columns for each profile. Then in the configuration dialog, create a profile for each set of columns. This can also be associated with a device. On the second tab of the configuration dialog, is the list of known devices. You add the device by having it connected and pressing the "Add connected device" button. Then you can name it. Back on the first tab, select the profile, and then the device and save the changes.

If you do the reading status fetch manually, or when doing a restore, you can select the profile to use.

The help does have this. It should cover most of this setup. Though, I don't think it covers the device part fully.

Leonatus · 04-18-2020, 06:13 AM

Windows 10, 32 bit, Calibre 4.13, KU v. 2.11.0, Kobo Touch A.
I recently get this message at plugging the device in:

Code:

calibre, version 4.13.0 (win32, embedded-python: True)
Failed to backup device database: Fehlgeschlagen: Backing up Kobo device database


wrong # of entries in index content_bookid_index
wrong # of entries in index sqlite_autoindex_content_1

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 90, in run
  File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.jobs", line 197, in do_device_database_backup
Exception: 
wrong # of entries in index content_bookid_index
wrong # of entries in index sqlite_autoindex_content_1

In fact, I yesterday added a book to Calibre and then to the device (SD card). But the book itself seems to be o. k. EpubCheck etc. and Calibre Check show no issues.
And on my other computer (Windows 10, 46 bit), there was no problem. I just can't test it once more, because the other computer is at a different place.

Can somebody help, please?

davidfor · 04-18-2020, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leonatus

Windows 10, 32 bit, Calibre 4.13, KU v. 2.11.0, Kobo Touch A.
I recently get this message at plugging the device in:

Code:

calibre, version 4.13.0 (win32, embedded-python: True)
Failed to backup device database: Fehlgeschlagen: Backing up Kobo device database


wrong # of entries in index content_bookid_index
wrong # of entries in index sqlite_autoindex_content_1

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 90, in run
  File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.jobs", line 197, in do_device_database_backup
Exception: 
wrong # of entries in index content_bookid_index
wrong # of entries in index sqlite_autoindex_content_1

In fact, I yesterday added a book to Calibre and then to the device (SD card). But the book itself seems to be o. k. EpubCheck etc. and Calibre Check show no issues.
And on my other computer (Windows 10, 46 bit), there was no problem. I just can't test it once more, because the other computer is at a different place.

Can somebody help, please?

The error message means that something has happened to the database to corrupt it. How that happened, I don't known. A common reason is not ejecting the device properly. But, it has nothing to do with a particular books or any error a book.

If you are swapping between two computers, the error should happen on both. But, if it happened on one yesterday, and the other today, it just means that the corruption happened in between. Possibly when you were disconnecting from the first.

My usual advice for fixing a corrupt database is to restore a backup, or do a signout and back in on the device. But, the errors show are in the some indexes. These can be fixed. Doing a compress will rebuild the indexes. And I think the firmware will do this at some point, but, I'm not sure when. The plugin has a compress function. Try that, disconnect and reconnect and see if it fixes it.

Leonatus · 04-18-2020, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

My usual advice for fixing a corrupt database is to restore a backup, ...

I looked for the stored SQLITE file from last week and replaced the one in my Kobo. Now everything seems to be o.k. Thank you, David, once more, and stay healthy!

zelo86 · 04-25-2020, 10:20 AM

Greetings to all the Forum! Clara HD owner here..
This is my first post here..
Months ago, I used the automatic store on connection of Kobo Utilities plugin with my Clara HD with no problems.
Then it happened to me that the device database got corrupted (wouldn't boot, needed to hard reset). I didn't have a backup so I had to lose all bookmarks and annotations made so far. Also I lost the entire Calibre data, with all saved columns (infos)..

Today, after some time without reconfiguring all Calibre plugins, I decided to set up all again.
Kobo Utilities works as intended, the automatic device backup works fine, but I'm not able to find a way to do the automatic bookmarks save. I can only save the bookmarks manually, only for the selected books, and only if I set the work to be done not in background.

What am I doing wrong?
Calibre 4.14 - Kobo Utilities 2.11.0 - Win 10 Pro x64

P.S.: Thanks very much for all your effort with this tool!

03-03-2020, 06:39 AM	#1761
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Update to version 2.11.0 I have just released an update to the plugin. This adds support for the Series Tab in the Kobo firmware version 4.10.14601 that was released today. The change log is: New: Set SeriesID and SeriesNumberFloat for Series Tab support in 4.20.x. There are no visible changes. When using the "Update metadata in device database" function, if the series option is set, the database on the device is updated so that sideloaded books are shown in the Series Tab. The plugin should work with older versions of calibre and all versions of the Kobo firmware. This function will also be implemented in the KoboTouch driver. That update should be in the next calibre release. As usual, calibre will announce the update in the next hour or so. And if there are any problems please report them here.

04-18-2020, 06:13 AM	#1767
Leonatus Wizard Posts: 1,055 Karma: 11391181 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Guben, Brandenburg, Germany Device: Kobo Clara 2E, Tolino Shine 3	Windows 10, 32 bit, Calibre 4.13, KU v. 2.11.0, Kobo Touch A. I recently get this message at plugging the device in: Code: calibre, version 4.13.0 (win32, embedded-python: True) Failed to backup device database: Fehlgeschlagen: Backing up Kobo device database wrong # of entries in index content_bookid_index wrong # of entries in index sqlite_autoindex_content_1 Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 90, in run File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.jobs", line 197, in do_device_database_backup Exception: wrong # of entries in index content_bookid_index wrong # of entries in index sqlite_autoindex_content_1 In fact, I yesterday added a book to Calibre and then to the device (SD card). But the book itself seems to be o. k. EpubCheck etc. and Calibre Check show no issues. And on my other computer (Windows 10, 46 bit), there was no problem. I just can't test it once more, because the other computer is at a different place. Can somebody help, please? Last edited by Leonatus; 04-18-2020 at 06:24 AM. Reason: Typo

04-25-2020, 10:20 AM	#1770
zelo86 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Italy, Modena Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kobo Libra H2o	Can't Store Bookmarks Automatically, only manual with specific setting Greetings to all the Forum! Clara HD owner here.. This is my first post here.. Months ago, I used the automatic store on connection of Kobo Utilities plugin with my Clara HD with no problems. Then it happened to me that the device database got corrupted (wouldn't boot, needed to hard reset). I didn't have a backup so I had to lose all bookmarks and annotations made so far. Also I lost the entire Calibre data, with all saved columns (infos).. Today, after some time without reconfiguring all Calibre plugins, I decided to set up all again. Kobo Utilities works as intended, the automatic device backup works fine, but I'm not able to find a way to do the automatic bookmarks save. I can only save the bookmarks manually, only for the selected books, and only if I set the work to be done not in background. What am I doing wrong? Calibre 4.14 - Kobo Utilities 2.11.0 - Win 10 Pro x64 P.S.: Thanks very much for all your effort with this tool!

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02-29-2020, 06:56 AM	#1757
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,061 Karma: 105092227 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	I'd just like to say how wonderful this plug in is to quickly read back the annotations for one book and copy/paste into my tabbed text editor (used to be Notepad++, but now is KATE). It's been working fine now through several upgrades of Calibre and the Plug-in for Original H2O and now Libra. It's not been causing any issues here on Linux Mint 18.3 with Mate Desktop. Thanks for all the work David.

03-02-2020, 10:53 AM	#1758
Macmat Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2020 Device: Kobo Clara HD / Aura ed-2	Hello, First, thanks for you're work on KoboUtilities, it's a useful plugin! My problem: KoboUtilities doesn't appear no more on Calibre. I did update the extension, suppress and install it again, no change. I process update again on the Kobo (.tgz), same. What happen before: I've just bought a new Clara HD, before I had a Aura ed.2. I was able to install everything on the Clara, with no problem related to KoboUtilites. - Another thing I did is to put on "devmode" on the Kobo (for inverted text, but I tried widget option and then deactivate "devmode". System: OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) - max system on my computer - so with Calibre 3.48 Thanks in advance for your help. Bests

03-02-2020, 11:06 AM	#1759
Macmat Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2020 Device: Kobo Clara HD / Aura ed-2	Could it be a version problem with Calibre 3.48? If yes, where could I find an older version of KoboUtilities?

03-03-2020, 09:25 AM	#1762
Macmat Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2020 Device: Kobo Clara HD / Aura ed-2	Hello, thanks a lot for your quick reply. You gave me te solution: I thought that after installation KoboUtilities would directly appear on the toolbar, but I had to go to Prefs/Toolbar and add it...... It’s done and everything works, great! (Why it disappeared before, no idea). (I was not mixing things up but giving you details about my Kobo Device as I supposed that perhaps it was not recognized as a Kobo by calibre and therefore not opening KoboUtilities). Thanks a lot, Bests

04-05-2020, 02:52 PM	#1765
cine1952 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Montreal, Canada Device: iPad 2, Kobo Aura HD, Nexus 7 (2013), Kobo Aura One	Using Reading Status with 2 Aura One. Hi davidfor, Both my wife and I have an Aura One reader. We share the same calibre library. I have set up the Kobo Utilities to store My Rating, Percent Read, Current Reading Location and Last Time Read on calibre. This is great as it would allow me to 1) re-install the content of the Aura One (and reading status) should it become lost 2) install the content (and reading status) on a new reader when I purchase one. So far so good. Now I would like to do the same for my wife's Aura One. (If she had a reader other than the Aura One, it would be easy.) QUESTION: How can I use the Reading Status of the Kobo Utilities on 2 different Aura One sharing the same calibre database? Thank you for any suggestions you might have regarding this question.