[The Older version] Calibre2opds V2 - Page 20

SirBC · 11-24-2010, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ldolse

Couple questions/requests:

Calibre now retrieves html comments from Amazon, but Calibre2OPDS converts the html tags to entities. Would rather see the tags stripped or not changed to entities.

I came to post this as I am seeing the same thing.

dpierron · 01-12-2011, 12:46 PM

A lot of circumstances have made development of calibre2opds slow recently, and because I don't want our users to think that we forgot them I decided to release a beta of the upcoming 2.4 version.
Head to the usual download page to get it, but remember that, while I use it everyday, it's still a beta version with all the unforeseen consequences that are associated with crude, not-very-much-tested software...
Happy new year to everybody, by the way

David.

ChristopherTD · 01-13-2011, 03:37 AM

David

Thanks for the update - will take a peek when I get home tonight. Is there a list of new features anywhere?

dpierron · 01-13-2011, 07:24 AM

Yes, here's a copy of the release notes ; I'm pretty sure we missed some of the fixes or small stuff, but it's all we have

- New: the All Books catalog can optionally be sorted by Series
- New: Epub Files metadata can be automatically updated to match Calibre database.
- New: First attempt at Italian and Spanish Localisation. Currently only partial.
- Fix: Bug #601190 Can't seem to ignore noise words in titles and series names
- Fix: Bug #632163: Behavior of "When browsing by cover, do not split by letter"
- Fix: Bug #655081 Not using Calibre sort value from Authors table
- Fix: Bug #631938 "This book on Goodreads" link is broken
- Fix: Bug #645306 series index should not be limited to integers
- Fix: Bug #615733 Wrong date in Recent Books
- Fix: Bug #640339 ank lines in the comments/description are omitted in the conversion to the OPDS catalogue.
- New: Bug #557276 Unordered Series support (Series Number of 0)
- New: Bug #577208 Add a max. cover size option
- New: Bug:#632438 Add librarything.com and amazon links
- New: Bug #652590 catalog can include cbr format

iandix · 01-13-2011, 08:54 AM

cool, something to play with .. have to be happy with that :-)

SirBC · 01-13-2011, 09:32 PM

No issues on my Win 7 x64 install. Thanks for the updates!

I am still seeing the tags in the book descriptions.

One suggestion for the External links would be to change the current listing of:

Code:

External links

    * This book on Goodreads
    * Review this book on Goodreads
    * John Marsden on Goodreads
    * This book on Wikipedia
    * John Marsden on Wikipedia
    * This book on LibraryThing
    * John Marsden on LibraryThing
    * This book on Amazon
    * John Marsden on Amazon
    * John Marsden on ISFDB

to

Code:

External links
This Book:
    * on Goodreads
    * Review on Goodreads
    * on Wikipedia
    * on LibraryThing
    * on Amazon

Author John Marsden:
    * on Goodreads
    * on Wikipedia
    * on LibraryThing
    * on Amazon

I think it makes it easier to read when split out like that.

jhempel24 · 01-19-2011, 05:00 AM

So I upgraded to Aldiko 2.0, and now unless I use the Aldiko setting in Calibre2ODPS I cannot download a book to my Droid X. Problem is, I have a Nook and use the Nook for that as well.

Am I able to use the Aldiko feed for my Nook?

dpierron · 01-19-2011, 05:02 AM

You should try it, but I don't think the Nook will work with the Aldiko setting...

jhempel24 · 01-19-2011, 05:05 AM

So far it's working, I pointed the trook to the "index.xml" file that the Aldiko setting used, and bookmarked that. I was able to get to the feed....downloading a book now

jhempel24 · 01-19-2011, 05:07 AM

Success!!! Got the book and refreshed it with my library just fine!

Just a note that when using the Trook setting all I had to do was change "Catalog.xml" to "index.xml" and bookmark that one.

itimpi · 01-19-2011, 05:07 AM

I am not sure - why not try it? I do not have that combination of devices (either one in fact) so cannot test it myself.

The problem is that the various reading programs seem to deviate slightly from the official OPDS standard. Originally calibre2opds was going to produce a fully OPDS compliant catalog. It was found that this meant some of the common reader software that was based on earlier versions of the OPDS standard no longer worked with the calibre2opds generated catalog. This means that one needs to tweak the catalog format for such programs and thus the introduction of the compatibility mode option into calibre2opds. The unfortunate by-product is that it is not always possible to produce a catalog that runs with all reading devices/software.

If at any time people point out any minor mods that can be made to the catibre2opds catalog formats that make them more portable between devices then the suggestions are always going to be considered, and if no issues are found they would be incorporated into the next calibre2opds release.

dpierron · 01-19-2011, 05:08 AM

Ah, you've got the newest Trook then ?

jhempel24 · 01-19-2011, 05:09 AM

Trook 1.4 .. is that the latest?

itimpi · 01-19-2011, 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhempel24

Just a note that when using the Trook setting all I had to do was change "Catalog.xml" to "index.xml" and bookmark that one.

Were you using the 2.4 beta version of calibre2opds? Starting with the 2.4 release the name of the top level file is now index.xml /index.html rather than catalog.xml/catalog.xml as used in earlier releases. This is because many web servers default to this form of name so it is a defacto standard that it seemed sensible to conform to.

jhempel24 · 01-19-2011, 05:11 AM

Yeah I'm using the 2.4 beta version.

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01-12-2011, 12:46 PM	#287
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	A lot of circumstances have made development of calibre2opds slow recently, and because I don't want our users to think that we forgot them I decided to release a beta of the upcoming 2.4 version. Head to the usual download page to get it, but remember that, while I use it everyday, it's still a beta version with all the unforeseen consequences that are associated with crude, not-very-much-tested software... Happy new year to everybody, by the way David.

01-13-2011, 03:37 AM	#288
ChristopherTD Addict Posts: 343 Karma: 1010002 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London. UK Device: Marvin Reader on iPad Air (via Calibre)	David Thanks for the update - will take a peek when I get home tonight. Is there a list of new features anywhere?

01-13-2011, 07:24 AM	#289
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	Yes, here's a copy of the release notes ; I'm pretty sure we missed some of the fixes or small stuff, but it's all we have - New: the All Books catalog can optionally be sorted by Series - New: Epub Files metadata can be automatically updated to match Calibre database. - New: First attempt at Italian and Spanish Localisation. Currently only partial. - Fix: Bug #601190 Can't seem to ignore noise words in titles and series names - Fix: Bug #632163: Behavior of "When browsing by cover, do not split by letter" - Fix: Bug #655081 Not using Calibre sort value from Authors table - Fix: Bug #631938 "This book on Goodreads" link is broken - Fix: Bug #645306 series index should not be limited to integers - Fix: Bug #615733 Wrong date in Recent Books - Fix: Bug #640339 ank lines in the comments/description are omitted in the conversion to the OPDS catalogue. - New: Bug #557276 Unordered Series support (Series Number of 0) - New: Bug #577208 Add a max. cover size option - New: Bug:#632438 Add librarything.com and amazon links - New: Bug #652590 catalog can include cbr format

01-13-2011, 08:54 AM	#290
iandix Addict Posts: 295 Karma: 109308 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NSW Australia Device: nook touch a Nook 3g (rooted) and a nookcolor (rooted)	cool, something to play with .. have to be happy with that :-)

01-19-2011, 05:00 AM	#292
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	So I upgraded to Aldiko 2.0, and now unless I use the Aldiko setting in Calibre2ODPS I cannot download a book to my Droid X. Problem is, I have a Nook and use the Nook for that as well. Am I able to use the Aldiko feed for my Nook?

01-19-2011, 05:02 AM	#293
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	You should try it, but I don't think the Nook will work with the Aldiko setting...

01-19-2011, 05:05 AM	#294
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	So far it's working, I pointed the trook to the "index.xml" file that the Aldiko setting used, and bookmarked that. I was able to get to the feed....downloading a book now

01-19-2011, 05:07 AM	#295
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Success!!! Got the book and refreshed it with my library just fine! Just a note that when using the Trook setting all I had to do was change "Catalog.xml" to "index.xml" and bookmark that one.

01-19-2011, 05:07 AM	#296
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I am not sure - why not try it? I do not have that combination of devices (either one in fact) so cannot test it myself. The problem is that the various reading programs seem to deviate slightly from the official OPDS standard. Originally calibre2opds was going to produce a fully OPDS compliant catalog. It was found that this meant some of the common reader software that was based on earlier versions of the OPDS standard no longer worked with the calibre2opds generated catalog. This means that one needs to tweak the catalog format for such programs and thus the introduction of the compatibility mode option into calibre2opds. The unfortunate by-product is that it is not always possible to produce a catalog that runs with all reading devices/software. If at any time people point out any minor mods that can be made to the catibre2opds catalog formats that make them more portable between devices then the suggestions are always going to be considered, and if no issues are found they would be incorporated into the next calibre2opds release.

01-19-2011, 05:08 AM	#297
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	Ah, you've got the newest Trook then ?

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01-19-2011, 05:09 AM	#298
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Trook 1.4 .. is that the latest?

01-19-2011, 05:11 AM	#300
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Yeah I'm using the 2.4 beta version.