BeBook and large mobi files

spaze · 08-10-2009, 12:16 PM

I am about to purchase BeBook and have already built a library with Mobipocket Reader and it has already converted all my PDF files to mobi type.

Just thinking what is the max file size of mobi file that would work with BeBook reader or is it so that the size doesn't really matter?

HarryT · 08-10-2009, 12:23 PM

File size is pretty much irrelevent in a Mobi file; it only holds in memory the page that's currently being displayed.

wallcraft · 08-12-2009, 12:15 PM

The latest BeBook firmware has dropped DRM-ed (encrypted) MOBI support in favour of DRM-ed Adobe ePub/PDF support. The DRM-free MOBI reader in the new firmware acts like the old one, and you still have the option of using the old MOBI firmware anyway. With the new firmware, converting to ePub is also a possibility. This also should have no problems with large files, providing you convert them to ePub using Calibre, because Adobe's reader only processes one "chapter" at a time (and Calibre adds in fake chapters if needed to keep the processed file sizes withing Adobe's limits).

HarryT · 08-12-2009, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by wallcraft

The latest BeBook firmware has dropped DRM-ed (encrypted) MOBI support in favour of DRM-ed Adobe ePub/PDF support. The DRM-free MOBI reader in the new firmware acts like the old one, and you still have the option of using the old MOBI firmware anyway. With the new firmware, converting to ePub is also a possibility. This also should have no problems with large files, providing you convert them to ePub using Calibre, because Adobe's reader only processes one "chapter" at a time (and Calibre adds in fake chapters if needed to keep the processed file sizes withing Adobe's limits).

The ADE viewer that's now being released on all the current devices (BeBook, Opus, etc) appears no longer to have the 260k "flow limit" that the old viewer on the Sony had.

JSWolf · 08-12-2009, 12:20 PM

Actually, that's a 300k limit.

HarryT · 08-12-2009, 12:22 PM

Whatever

. The point is that it seems to have gone.

spaze · 08-12-2009, 12:52 PM

What is this ADE viewer? I know Adobe Digital Editions as in Windows application, but it is included in the latest BeBook system as Linux PDF reader, or am I totally lost here?

HarryT · 08-12-2009, 01:01 PM

Yes - the latest BeBook firmware has the ADE viewer, licenced from Adobe. So does the Cool-ER, CyBook Opus, etc.

spaze · 08-12-2009, 01:05 PM

what advance does the ADE viewer bring to BeBook?

wallcraft · 08-12-2009, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by spaze

what advance does the ADE viewer bring to BeBook?

It replaces the old PDF and ePub viewers with the ADE version. The new PDF viewer does "reflow" as well as portrait and landscape "full screen" modes.

HarryT · 08-12-2009, 01:14 PM

And pretty much all eBook stores (other than Amazon) are switching to ePub as their "preferred" format.

spaze · 08-12-2009, 01:32 PM

No wonder the documents I requested to be checked looked so good

Thanks for the clarification, can't wait to get money collected to purchase my BeBook.

Anyone do portrait photography with green screen? I have ebook about green screen extraction for sale *wink wink*

tompe · 08-19-2009, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

The latest BeBook firmware has dropped DRM-ed (encrypted) MOBI support in favour of DRM-ed Adobe ePub/PDF support. The DRM-free MOBI reader in the new firmware acts like the old one,

Is this Mobi reader based on MobiPocket code?

Slite · 08-19-2009, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by tompe

Is this Mobi reader based on MobiPocket code?

It's the MobiPocket Java-based one if I remember correctly. Havent read all that many mobi books on my bebook due to the fact that it tends to crash more frequently than for instance RTF does. Even though there are some crashes with RTF as well.

so I've mostly used RTF, FB2 and just starting on epub on my bebook.

tompe · 08-19-2009, 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slite

It's the MobiPocket Java-based one if I remember correctly. Havent read all that many mobi books on my bebook due to the fact that it tends to crash more frequently than for instance RTF does. Even though there are some crashes with RTF as well.

So this would imply that it is possible to use MobiPocket code without DRM support. Then you can wonder why Bookeen does not do that?

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	File size is pretty much irrelevent in a Mobi file; it only holds in memory the page that's currently being displayed.

08-12-2009, 12:15 PM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The latest BeBook firmware has dropped DRM-ed (encrypted) MOBI support in favour of DRM-ed Adobe ePub/PDF support. The DRM-free MOBI reader in the new firmware acts like the old one, and you still have the option of using the old MOBI firmware anyway. With the new firmware, converting to ePub is also a possibility. This also should have no problems with large files, providing you convert them to ePub using Calibre, because Adobe's reader only processes one "chapter" at a time (and Calibre adds in fake chapters if needed to keep the processed file sizes withing Adobe's limits).

08-12-2009, 12:20 PM	#5
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08-12-2009, 12:22 PM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Whatever . The point is that it seems to have gone.

08-12-2009, 12:52 PM	#7
spaze Addict Posts: 265 Karma: 512072 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Helsinki, Finland Device: Writing my first short story: Guardian Angel	What is this ADE viewer? I know Adobe Digital Editions as in Windows application, but it is included in the latest BeBook system as Linux PDF reader, or am I totally lost here?

08-12-2009, 01:01 PM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Yes - the latest BeBook firmware has the ADE viewer, licenced from Adobe. So does the Cool-ER, CyBook Opus, etc.

08-12-2009, 01:05 PM	#9
spaze Addict Posts: 265 Karma: 512072 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Helsinki, Finland Device: Writing my first short story: Guardian Angel	what advance does the ADE viewer bring to BeBook?

08-12-2009, 01:14 PM	#11
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	And pretty much all eBook stores (other than Amazon) are switching to ePub as their "preferred" format.

08-12-2009, 01:32 PM	#12
spaze Addict Posts: 265 Karma: 512072 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Helsinki, Finland Device: Writing my first short story: Guardian Angel	No wonder the documents I requested to be checked looked so good Thanks for the clarification, can't wait to get money collected to purchase my BeBook. Anyone do portrait photography with green screen? I have ebook about green screen extraction for sale wink wink