Keep Original and Cropped (PDF) Versions - Page 2

kovidgoyal · 07-26-2010, 02:08 PM

I think it can convert ebooks inside archives, but I'm not 100% sure. Try it and see.

jackie_w · 07-26-2010, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itimpi

...it could be a button on the Metadata Editor where one highlighted a particular format and then hit the "Convert to RAR" button?

Is there a free convert to RAR program?

johnpdoe · 07-27-2010, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackie_w

Is there a free convert to RAR program?

I do not think so. There's a library for extraction, but not for compression.

itimpi · 07-27-2010, 12:23 PM

I know that rarlabs (developers of winrar) provide a simple command line convert to rar progam for Windows - I do not know about other platforms.

kovidgoyal · 07-27-2010, 12:52 PM

RAR is a poorly supported format. If I implement this it will be using either ZIP or LZX

itimpi · 07-27-2010, 01:38 PM

I avoided suggesting using ZIP as that would tend to collide with Calibre's use of ZIP to store HTML books. However I do not think the format matters other than it should not be one already widely used inside Calibre. You mentioned LZX which I suspect is fine, but I guess ones like TGZ would also be OK if they were easier.

johnpdoe · 07-28-2010, 08:34 PM

That's right, I just had to transform my book attachments to rar, cause zip conflicts with html books, and I wanted to differentiate them.

Any open compression format will be fine, make it bzip, tar, or whatever, and libraries to handle those files are easy to get and open source.

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07-26-2010, 02:08 PM	#16
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,349 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I think it can convert ebooks inside archives, but I'm not 100% sure. Try it and see.

07-27-2010, 12:23 PM	#19
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I know that rarlabs (developers of winrar) provide a simple command line convert to rar progam for Windows - I do not know about other platforms.

07-27-2010, 12:52 PM	#20
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,349 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	RAR is a poorly supported format. If I implement this it will be using either ZIP or LZX

07-27-2010, 01:38 PM	#21
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I avoided suggesting using ZIP as that would tend to collide with Calibre's use of ZIP to store HTML books. However I do not think the format matters other than it should not be one already widely used inside Calibre. You mentioned LZX which I suspect is fine, but I guess ones like TGZ would also be OK if they were easier.

07-28-2010, 08:34 PM	#22
johnpdoe Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	That's right, I just had to transform my book attachments to rar, cause zip conflicts with html books, and I wanted to differentiate them. Any open compression format will be fine, make it bzip, tar, or whatever, and libraries to handle those files are easy to get and open source.

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