Clara HD Some perplexities about Clara HD

Zeo Player 22 · 10-01-2018, 03:54 PM

Good evening, everyone.

I'm new to the forum, and I browsed some fo your threads, so I hope you can help me.
Today I bought a Kobo Clara HD, thinking of it ass my primary comic reader.
First, a friend loaded on it some .cbz he had, and I was able to see covers in the preview.
Later, after a connection to Kobo desktop, the deviced updated to firmware 4.10.xxx (I don't remember the version) and since then, I can't view the covers of any cbz. It just uses the blank cover with title. Plus, I am unable to read any cbr/cbz self made (I have scans of my old comics, just compressed the folder and made the file, in rar and zip), answering there's a problem and the book can't be open... I don't know ho to handle this, can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.

ReaLx3m · 10-01-2018, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeo Player 22

Good evening, everyone.

I'm new to the forum, and I browsed some fo your threads, so I hope you can help me.
Today I bought a Kobo Clara HD, thinking of it ass my primary comic reader.
First, a friend loaded on it some .cbz he had, and I was able to see covers in the preview.
Later, after a connection to Kobo desktop, the deviced updated to firmware 4.10.xxx (I don't remember the version) and since then, I can't view the covers of any cbz. It just uses the blank cover with title. Plus, I am unable to read any cbr/cbz self made (I have scans of my old comics, just compressed the folder and made the file, in rar and zip), answering there's a problem and the book can't be open... I don't know ho to handle this, can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.

On my Original H20 comic files dont open when the images are inside a folder in the archive.As far as i understood your images are in a folder.
So try putting the images in the root of the archive, this works for me.

Zeo Player 22 · 10-02-2018, 01:55 AM

That's really a good hint!

I'll try and I'll post the result!

By any chance, is there a way to add the author's name to the cbz/cbr? I'd like to see the author below the comic name

Many thanks again, I know I'm a total newbie... ^^"

davidfor · 10-02-2018, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeo Player 22

That's really a good hint!

I'll try and I'll post the result!

I checked the very few comics I have with me, and they are all working. And none had sub-folders. But, I remember some discussion about subfolders in comics.I thought it was a problem that had been solved some time ago.

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By any chance, is there a way to add the author's name to the cbz/cbr? I'd like to see the author below the comic name

If you are also a calibre user, then my Kobo Utilities plugin has a function to update the metadata on the device for any type of book.

Zeo Player 22 · 10-02-2018, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by davidfor

If you are also a calibre user, then my Kobo Utilities plugin has a function to update the metadata on the device for any type of book.

Yep, I use Calibre to keep my ebooks in order, I didn't know it worked for cbz/cbr too!

Zeo Player 22 · 10-02-2018, 11:19 PM

Guys, it worked! The problem was in the presence of a subfolder, as you said!

I'll now proceed to verify if Calibre allows me to edit metadata in order to add the author!
Thanks, you did great! ^_^

ReaLx3m · 10-03-2018, 06:36 AM

As an alternative to the metadata editing(never got it tried) im naming the cbz/cbr files with the number of the issue in front(so theyre ordered correctly) and then just assigning them to a shelf with the name of the comic book series.Something like this:
001 - Безимена жртва.cbz

Cool that you got comics working for you

, glad to help.

stiivo · 10-03-2018, 06:49 AM

Dont know if this helps, but if you are going to use your Clara for reading comics and/or manga (cbr/cbz formats) give this a try https://kcc.iosphe.re/

You can convert the cbz to use up the whole device page (Use Glo hd preset as they have the same screen size)

stiivo · 10-03-2018, 06:49 AM

@Zeo Player 22 ll try upload a picture of the result later if you want...

Zeo Player 22 · 10-05-2018, 08:59 AM

@ReaLx3m: thanks, you really gave me a hand! ;D

@stiivo: it seems quite interesting! I'll give it a try for sure!

Zeo Player 22 · 10-19-2018, 12:56 PM

sorry for the late answer, I've been quite busy with my job... that KCC is surely amazing, I tried it converting something for my Cybook Opus and the result is really something nice! It reminds me of the PDFs (with all these limits, but nice)!

10-01-2018, 03:54 PM	#1
Zeo Player 22 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Some perplexities about Clara HD Good evening, everyone. I'm new to the forum, and I browsed some fo your threads, so I hope you can help me. Today I bought a Kobo Clara HD, thinking of it ass my primary comic reader. First, a friend loaded on it some .cbz he had, and I was able to see covers in the preview. Later, after a connection to Kobo desktop, the deviced updated to firmware 4.10.xxx (I don't remember the version) and since then, I can't view the covers of any cbz. It just uses the blank cover with title. Plus, I am unable to read any cbr/cbz self made (I have scans of my old comics, just compressed the folder and made the file, in rar and zip), answering there's a problem and the book can't be open... I don't know ho to handle this, can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.

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10-02-2018, 01:55 AM	#3
Zeo Player 22 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: Kobo Clara HD	That's really a good hint! I'll try and I'll post the result! By any chance, is there a way to add the author's name to the cbz/cbr? I'd like to see the author below the comic name Many thanks again, I know I'm a total newbie... ^^"

10-02-2018, 11:19 PM	#6
Zeo Player 22 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Guys, it worked! The problem was in the presence of a subfolder, as you said! I'll now proceed to verify if Calibre allows me to edit metadata in order to add the author! Thanks, you did great! ^_^

10-03-2018, 06:36 AM	#7
ReaLx3m Groupie Posts: 154 Karma: 32060 Join Date: Aug 2017 Device: Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Aura One, Pocketbook Inkpad 3 Pro	As an alternative to the metadata editing(never got it tried) im naming the cbz/cbr files with the number of the issue in front(so theyre ordered correctly) and then just assigning them to a shelf with the name of the comic book series.Something like this: 001 - Безимена жртва.cbz Cool that you got comics working for you , glad to help.

10-03-2018, 06:49 AM	#8
stiivo Enthusiast Posts: 44 Karma: 19020 Join Date: Sep 2018 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Dont know if this helps, but if you are going to use your Clara for reading comics and/or manga (cbr/cbz formats) give this a try https://kcc.iosphe.re/ You can convert the cbz to use up the whole device page (Use Glo hd preset as they have the same screen size)

10-05-2018, 08:59 AM	#10
Zeo Player 22 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: Kobo Clara HD	@ReaLx3m: thanks, you really gave me a hand! ;D @stiivo: it seems quite interesting! I'll give it a try for sure!

10-19-2018, 12:56 PM	#11
Zeo Player 22 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: Kobo Clara HD	sorry for the late answer, I've been quite busy with my job... that KCC is surely amazing, I tried it converting something for my Cybook Opus and the result is really something nice! It reminds me of the PDFs (with all these limits, but nice)!