Any chance of mobi created files supporting K2 5-way controller? - Page 3

Hadrien · 04-07-2009, 12:31 PM

Here's an example of a Mobipocket file where the NCX isn't nested anymore: you'll get waypoints for part/sections very close from one another but I believe that it's better to have a waypoint on the part anyway.

twister · 04-07-2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hadrien

Could someone try the following file ?

I tried it and it works great. I'm not following why this is a prc file and not a mobi file. Could someone clarify this for me? When I go to to download a file at Feedbooks from "Mobopocket/Kindle" it is a mobi file. Where can a prc file be downloaded? Why can it not be a mobi file?

Is there no way to use the fix you came up with with Calibre? While it nice it can be in feedbooks books it would also be very nice if books and news created by Calbre had the feature.

Hadrien · 04-09-2009, 05:49 AM

All books on Feedbooks now use the 5-way controller navigation.

JSWolf · 04-09-2009, 09:04 AM

Does this 5-way controller navigation cause any trouble for Calibre or Mobipocket (non-Kindle)?

Hadrien · 04-09-2009, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Does this 5-way controller navigation cause any trouble for Calibre or Mobipocket (non-Kindle)?

What do you mean when you say trouble ? On non-Kindle devices, it won't change anything.

pilotbob · 04-09-2009, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by twister

I tried it and it works great. I'm not following why this is a prc file and not a mobi file. Could someone clarify this for me?

.prc is an common file extension for a mobipocket ebook file. Why do you think it is not a "mobi" file?

BOb

wallcraft · 04-09-2009, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Does this 5-way controller navigation cause any trouble for Calibre or Mobipocket (non-Kindle)?

MOBIs from FeedBooks still work in Windows MobiPocket Reader and FBReader and Calibre's viewer.

sirbruce · 04-09-2009, 07:21 PM

If I use Calibre to reconvert the PRC file to MOBI with updated metadata, will I lose the waypoints?

kovidgoyal · 04-09-2009, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sirbruce

If I use Calibre to reconvert the PRC file to MOBI with updated metadata, will I lose the waypoints?

probably

sirbruce · 04-09-2009, 08:44 PM

Bummer. So who is going to work on getting this supported in Calibre?

llasram · 04-09-2009, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by sirbruce

Bummer. So who is going to work on getting this supported in Calibre?

Well, it's been assigned to me in the Calibre trac....

I'm in the process of getting ramped back up after my absence from calibre and the e-book scene. A lot of bugs to chomp through, but this is actually interesting so I'll probably end up *ahem* "over-prioritizing" it.

sirbruce · 04-09-2009, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by llasram

Well, it's been assigned to me in the Calibre trac....

I'm in the process of getting ramped back up after my absence from calibre and the e-book scene. A lot of bugs to chomp through, but this is actually interesting so I'll probably end up *ahem* "over-prioritizing" it.

Well, welcome back! I'm glad to see you're otherwise well.

twister · 04-10-2009, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Hadrien

All books on Feedbooks now use the 5-way controller navigation.

Thanks Hadrien! It is great that this feature has been added to books at Feedbooks. The .mobi file I downloaded to test worked great.

I might be over simplifying this but if you know how to do this with an actual .mobi file instead of a .prc file can't this info be told to the Calibre team? While it is great that books on Feedbooks have this feature I'm looking very forward to it being a feature on books converted and news created with Calibre.

Thanks!

wallcraft · 04-10-2009, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by twister

I might be over simplifying this but if you know how to do this with an actual .mobi file instead of a .prc file can't this info be told to the Calibre team?

We know what to provide as input to MobiPocket's Creator or mobigen.exe to get them to create the waypoints. What we don't, exactly, know is what these programs put into the MOBI output for the Kindle to read as waypoints. Since Calibre and MobiPerl don't use MobiPocket code, we are missing one extra step. This will have to be worked out by reverse engineering the MOBI output of mobigen.exe.

Sonist · 04-17-2009, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Hadrien

Could someone try the following file ?

Kind of late here, but it does work great on my K2 :-)

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04-09-2009, 05:49 AM	#33
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	All books on Feedbooks now use the 5-way controller navigation.

04-09-2009, 09:04 AM	#34
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,746 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Does this 5-way controller navigation cause any trouble for Calibre or Mobipocket (non-Kindle)?

04-09-2009, 07:21 PM	#38
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	If I use Calibre to reconvert the PRC file to MOBI with updated metadata, will I lose the waypoints?

04-09-2009, 08:44 PM	#40
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	Bummer. So who is going to work on getting this supported in Calibre?