Frequently Asked Questions - Page 11

Sydney's Mom · 07-31-2009, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Not directly. You have to use the save to disk button to save the books from the kindle to your hard disk and them import them from your hard disk to calibre

Ok, thanks!

bergholz · 08-01-2009, 12:43 AM

Hello!

I installed Calibre on my laptop and Stanza on my iPhone. I start the Server (in Calibre), I connect the iPhone with my laptop - but calibre does not detect my iPhone. And when I try to send something to the Reader, it says "no device connected" ...

What's my fault?

ilovejedd · 08-01-2009, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bergholz

I installed Calibre on my laptop and Stanza on my iPhone. I start the Server (in Calibre), I connect the iPhone with my laptop - but calibre does not detect my iPhone. And when I try to send something to the Reader, it says "no device connected" ...

You access the Calibre content server from Stanza iPhone and not the other way around. First, add a firewall exception for Calibre in case you have one running. Then, on the iPhone, start Stanza and go to Shared Books. Your laptop should show up. Note only files in ePUB format will be shown in the library.

bergholz · 08-01-2009, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

You access the Calibre content server from Stanza iPhone and not the other way around. First, add a firewall exception for Calibre in case you have one running. Then, on the iPhone, start Stanza and go to Shared Books. Your laptop should show up. Note only files in ePUB format will be shown in the library.

I know that. I tried it. It does not work. In Stanza (on the iPhone), the message is: network unreachable - ALTHOUGH the network to my PC shows up as connected in the Wi-Fi settings of my iPhone

So, this seems not to be a problem of calibre/stanzw, but one of connecting my iPhone to my PC ... but as I said: the PC-WiFi-network shows up in the WiFi-settings list of the iPhone. I select it. But then I can neither share my books nor, e.g., open a webpage in safari ...

anyone got an idea?!?

doreenjoy · 08-01-2009, 07:14 AM

Wild guess: Firewall problem?

bergholz · 08-01-2009, 08:13 AM

lol - no. But I found out, that connecting iPhones to home-networks seems to be a common problem

http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum...hub-50924.html

http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum...-it-11857.html

http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum...eads-6641.html

....

toshiro · 08-02-2009, 10:08 PM

why old versions of calibre are not available? the current version (0.6.4) is broken (it does not recognize my PRS-505) and I don't have any previous versions to download

gargoyle67 · 08-03-2009, 03:46 PM

Ok looks like a good programme, But when I connect my Bebook Calibre just sits there and doesn't detect my Bebook, I've selected Endless Ideas on the wizard and windows detects my device when I press ok to connect on it and brings up my ebook readers directory within windows but nothing on Calibre

I've running Vista 64, Is Calibre compatible with Vista 64 ? Or I'm I doing something wrong ?
Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 08-03-2009, 03:58 PM

With you BeBook connected post the output of runnnig

calibre-debug -g

in a command prompt

gargoyle67 · 08-03-2009, 05:54 PM

Thanks for the reply kovidgoyal, I've just installed 6.5 and it's detected my bebook, I'm off to play about with Calibre

Sirba · 08-03-2009, 06:27 PM

I use Calibre on my Mac together with the Sony PRS-505 and it works great, thank you Kovid.

The only problem for me is that I can not convert .doc-files (Word documents) to LRF. I have tried to save the .doc file to .rtf within Word and then convert the rtf-file to LRF but that does not work either. Is Calibre going to be able to convert doc-files in the future?

kovidgoyal · 08-03-2009, 06:45 PM

The best way to convert doc files is to save them as HTML

gargoyle67 · 08-04-2009, 10:37 AM

So I've had a play about with Calibre and it doesn't seem to be doing what I ask it to do

, I'll explain, When I select my book or books to upload into my bebook, Calibre asks me if I can to auto convert my books before uploading to my device, I choose no because they are already in the format that I want .RTF, When I click no Calibre has popup of uploading to device but does nothing i.e no upload

If however I click yes and select say Mobi or other output in the prefs I get multiple auto convert box popups for one book

The hour class has multiple jobs on it with progress bars that don't err progress

Or do so very very slowly:

The other thing I've noticed is when I add my books to Calibre then go into my HD book folder where I told Calibre my books location is, There are two copies of each book one in a folder with the calibre library number in brackets and my original file ? Is there an option to stop this ?

Metadata, I've noticed that if the book is a trilogy and starts with the series name (The Voyage Of The Jerle Shannara Ilse Witch) I get no matches found message, Yet if I go to the isbndb.com site and paste the book name in a get multiple book options to pick from.
Thank you in advance.

pilotbob · 08-04-2009, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gargoyle67

When I select my book or books to upload into my bebook, Calibre asks me if I can to auto convert my books before uploading to my device, I choose no because they are already in the format that I want .RTF, When I click no Calibre has popup of uploading to device but does nothing i.e no upload

Apparently .rtf is not one of the formats that the BeBook driver supports adding. So, calibre thinks you have no valid format to put on the device. I think in the .6.0 version there is a way to specify what formats you want to put on the device and the priority order. Take a look at the config section.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gargoyle67

The other thing I've noticed is when I add my books to Calibre then go into my HD book folder where I told Calibre my books location is, There are two copies of each book one in a folder with the calibre library number in brackets and my original file ? Is there an option to stop this ?

No.. when you "add" a book to calibre it is imported into the calibre database (file system). Your original book is not touched at all. There is currently no way to tell it to "link" to the file rather than manage it. Unless this is a new feature in .6 that I am not aware of. I have to admit I haven't been following the new versions as much since the version I have does what I need it to. I do plan to upgrade eventually though.

BOb

gargoyle67 · 08-04-2009, 11:03 AM

Thanks for the reply bob, But what do you mean Bebook doesn't support .rtf adding all my current ebooks are .rtf as they seem the most stable on the bebook fw, And that shouldn't matter if I'm using Calibre to convert them prior to copying to my bebook surly.
So every time I want to add a book to Calibre I'm going to get a copy ? That's going to fill up the hard drive quickly !

08-01-2009, 12:43 AM	#152
bergholz Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPhone	iPhone, Calibra and Stanza Hello! I installed Calibre on my laptop and Stanza on my iPhone. I start the Server (in Calibre), I connect the iPhone with my laptop - but calibre does not detect my iPhone. And when I try to send something to the Reader, it says "no device connected" ... What's my fault?

08-04-2009, 11:03 AM	#165
gargoyle67 Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 180249 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kobo Aura	Thanks for the reply bob, But what do you mean Bebook doesn't support .rtf adding all my current ebooks are .rtf as they seem the most stable on the bebook fw, And that shouldn't matter if I'm using Calibre to convert them prior to copying to my bebook surly. So every time I want to add a book to Calibre I'm going to get a copy ? That's going to fill up the hard drive quickly ! Last edited by gargoyle67; 08-04-2009 at 11:14 AM.

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08-01-2009, 07:14 AM	#155
doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,889 Karma: 2400000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	Wild guess: Firewall problem?

08-01-2009, 08:13 AM	#156
bergholz Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPhone	lol - no. But I found out, that connecting iPhones to home-networks seems to be a common problem http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum...hub-50924.html http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum...-it-11857.html http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum...eads-6641.html ....

08-02-2009, 10:08 PM	#157
toshiro Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: sony	why old versions of calibre are not available? the current version (0.6.4) is broken (it does not recognize my PRS-505) and I don't have any previous versions to download

08-03-2009, 03:46 PM	#158
gargoyle67 Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 180249 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kobo Aura	Ok looks like a good programme, But when I connect my Bebook Calibre just sits there and doesn't detect my Bebook, I've selected Endless Ideas on the wizard and windows detects my device when I press ok to connect on it and brings up my ebook readers directory within windows but nothing on Calibre I've running Vista 64, Is Calibre compatible with Vista 64 ? Or I'm I doing something wrong ? Thanks.

08-03-2009, 03:58 PM	#159
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,382 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	With you BeBook connected post the output of runnnig calibre-debug -g in a command prompt

08-03-2009, 05:54 PM	#160
gargoyle67 Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 180249 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kobo Aura	Thanks for the reply kovidgoyal, I've just installed 6.5 and it's detected my bebook, I'm off to play about with Calibre

08-03-2009, 06:27 PM	#161
Sirba Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sweden Device: Sony PRS-505	I use Calibre on my Mac together with the Sony PRS-505 and it works great, thank you Kovid. The only problem for me is that I can not convert .doc-files (Word documents) to LRF. I have tried to save the .doc file to .rtf within Word and then convert the rtf-file to LRF but that does not work either. Is Calibre going to be able to convert doc-files in the future?

08-03-2009, 06:45 PM	#162
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,382 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The best way to convert doc files is to save them as HTML

08-04-2009, 10:37 AM	#163
gargoyle67 Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 180249 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kobo Aura	So I've had a play about with Calibre and it doesn't seem to be doing what I ask it to do , I'll explain, When I select my book or books to upload into my bebook, Calibre asks me if I can to auto convert my books before uploading to my device, I choose no because they are already in the format that I want .RTF, When I click no Calibre has popup of uploading to device but does nothing i.e no upload If however I click yes and select say Mobi or other output in the prefs I get multiple auto convert box popups for one book The hour class has multiple jobs on it with progress bars that don't err progress Or do so very very slowly: The other thing I've noticed is when I add my books to Calibre then go into my HD book folder where I told Calibre my books location is, There are two copies of each book one in a folder with the calibre library number in brackets and my original file ? Is there an option to stop this ? Metadata, I've noticed that if the book is a trilogy and starts with the series name (The Voyage Of The Jerle Shannara Ilse Witch) I get no matches found message, Yet if I go to the isbndb.com site and paste the book name in a get multiple book options to pick from. Thank you in advance.