01-23-2009, 07:08 PM | #1 |
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Manual copy through USB card reader
Since I am running 64-bit OSes (I dual-boot Linux and windows Vista), I can't use my PRS-500 unless someone comes out with a working driver (and that doesn't look like it will happen soon). My desperate idea for a workaround is to get a USB card reader and just copy the relevant files to the SD card. My questions:
1. Will Calibre detect the card through the USB reader in the normal way, that is, will it show up in the main interface, or will I have to manually drag & drop files as if it were a hard drive? 2. Is there a way to transfer metadata such as tags and collections without having to connect the PRS-500 itself? Thanks |
01-23-2009, 07:19 PM | #2 |
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1. You can use the save to disk function
2. No |
01-23-2009, 07:39 PM | #3 |
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Has anyone tried VMware (say) running 32-bit Linux, e.g. from Chrysaor.info? Essentially, this would be a Calibre "virtual appliance" on top on one of your 64-bit OSes. I don't know if the USB support is good enough in VMware to make this work, but it might be worth trying.
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02-04-2009, 08:40 AM | #4 | |
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It would be handy (and probably faster ... I haven't got round to benchmarking it yet) to be able to write to an SD/MS card directly, and have the tags & metadata. Iain |
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02-04-2009, 09:12 AM | #5 |
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Your best bet is virtualizing, and you are probably having more problems with other programs, not only Calibre, so it would really pay off.
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02-04-2009, 02:20 PM | #6 |
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The 500 doesn't support colelctions for books on the SD card. THe 505 will work just fine with calibre in a 64 bit OS
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02-04-2009, 07:43 PM | #8 | |
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02-04-2009, 09:19 PM | #9 |
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You could use WinUSB on x64.
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02-04-2009, 09:30 PM | #10 |
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Yeah but since I dont have an x64 machine and since the PRS500 is the only device silly enough to not use the Mass storage drivers...
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