Gonna get difficult to contact me via NAEB - Page 2

Nate the great · 03-05-2008, 05:40 PM

It could do any number of screwy things. I tried it once. It triggered the copy protection on most of my computer games. It screwed up WMP and IE so bad that I stopped using them entirely.

Derek, if you try to repair the installation there is a chance that your Mobipocket PID might change. I would bet money on any DRMed PDFs you have will stop working.

JSWolf · 03-05-2008, 11:50 PM

Just use the script to remove the Mobipocket DRm and that will solve the PID change issue if there is one.

delphidb96 · 03-06-2008, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Just use the script to remove the Mobipocket DRm and that will solve the PID change issue if there is one.

You mean the version 0.3 script that was floating around here for a while? Been there, tried that, choked on the very first Mobi ebook. Doesn't work.

Derek

adelheid · 03-06-2008, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by delphidb96

You mean the version 0.3 script <...>Doesn't work.

It worked for me on most of my mobipockets. The only book that didn't work after the conversion was a large dictionary.

Did you get a specific error or did the converson process complete normally?

delphidb96 · 03-06-2008, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adelheid

It worked for me on most of my mobipockets. The only book that didn't work after the conversion was a large dictionary.

Did you get a specific error or did the converson process complete normally?

Kept dying half-way through. No meaningful error message, but it did complain of errors. I don't remember what the message was, but I can run through it again and find out.

delphidb96 · 03-06-2008, 03:16 AM

Just ran it and got the error message: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/aenea/mobipocket/MobiDecoder. If you can explain this, I'm a happy camper.

I suppose I should mention that under my WinXP system I have the whole kit-and-kaboodle sitting in the MobiExtractor folder off my root on the C: drive, iow, c:\MobiExtractor\

Derek

HarryT · 03-06-2008, 03:30 AM

It sounds as if you may perhaps be using the Java tool which was based on copyrighted MobiPocket code and hence withdrawn from circulation following a request by MobiPocket's legal representatives. That's NOT the tool which was being referred to earlier in this thread. See this thread.

JSWolf · 03-06-2008, 10:09 AM

Harry is 100% correct. I was not referring to the java tool that was based on code used with the iLiad. I was referring to the Python script.

delphidb96 · 03-06-2008, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Harry is 100% correct. I was not referring to the java tool that was based on code used with the iLiad. I was referring to the Python script.

Crap! NOW I've got to install a NEW app on my already-delicate machine! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap!

[Sigh]

Okay, I'll download the Python he suggests and then, after my return service call on Saturday, I'll install it.

Crap!

D'ya know... I've got a JVM, Perl, Pascal (Delphi) and so much other shit installed *JUST* to run and/or maintain 'occasional' apps. Crap!

[Yes, I *AM* going through a regressive stage back to my potty-language days.]

Derek

delphidb96 · 03-06-2008, 04:40 PM

DOWNLOADED ActiveState Python! Installed it! Ran MobiDeDRM against a DRM'd Mobipocket ebook! It *WORKS*!!!

Thank you, all!

Derek

P.S. Woo-Hoo!!! Just ran the eReader decompiler as well and it did a Bang-Up Job!!! Woo-Hoo!

03-06-2008, 03:16 AM	#21
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	Just ran it and got the error message: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/aenea/mobipocket/MobiDecoder. If you can explain this, I'm a happy camper. I suppose I should mention that under my WinXP system I have the whole kit-and-kaboodle sitting in the MobiExtractor folder off my root on the C: drive, iow, c:\MobiExtractor\ Derek Last edited by delphidb96; 03-06-2008 at 03:24 AM.

03-06-2008, 04:40 PM	#25
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	DOWNLOADED ActiveState Python! Installed it! Ran MobiDeDRM against a DRM'd Mobipocket ebook! It WORKS!!! Thank you, all! Derek P.S. Woo-Hoo!!! Just ran the eReader decompiler as well and it did a Bang-Up Job!!! Woo-Hoo! Last edited by delphidb96; 03-06-2008 at 05:47 PM. Reason: Wanted to mention the eReader decompiler.

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Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	It could do any number of screwy things. I tried it once. It triggered the copy protection on most of my computer games. It screwed up WMP and IE so bad that I stopped using them entirely. Derek, if you try to repair the installation there is a chance that your Mobipocket PID might change. I would bet money on any DRMed PDFs you have will stop working.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,120 Karma: 144284184 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Just use the script to remove the Mobipocket DRm and that will solve the PID change issue if there is one.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It sounds as if you may perhaps be using the Java tool which was based on copyrighted MobiPocket code and hence withdrawn from circulation following a request by MobiPocket's legal representatives. That's NOT the tool which was being referred to earlier in this thread. See this thread.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,120 Karma: 144284184 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Harry is 100% correct. I was not referring to the java tool that was based on code used with the iLiad. I was referring to the Python script.

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