[GUI Plugin] Kobo Utilities - Page 119

davidfor · 04-25-2020, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by zelo86

Greetings to all the Forum! Clara HD owner here..
This is my first post here..
Months ago, I used the automatic store on connection of Kobo Utilities plugin with my Clara HD with no problems.
Then it happened to me that the device database got corrupted (wouldn't boot, needed to hard reset). I didn't have a backup so I had to lose all bookmarks and annotations made so far. Also I lost the entire Calibre data, with all saved columns (infos)..

Those were independent weren't they? I can't think of a way that corrupting the database on the device would affect your calibre data.

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Today, after some time without reconfiguring all Calibre plugins, I decided to set up all again.
Kobo Utilities works as intended, the automatic device backup works fine, but I'm not able to find a way to do the automatic bookmarks save. I can only save the bookmarks manually, only for the selected books, and only if I set the work to be done not in background.

The configuration dialog has the options to automatically do the reading status fetch. And the help should explain what to do.

The manual method does only work on the selected books. But, there is no reason it shouldn't run in the background. Are you getting an error when you try that?

zelo86 · 04-25-2020, 11:29 AM

Thanks davidfor for the quick reply!

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Originally Posted by davidfor

Those were independent weren't they?

Yesss.... It was my fault! I deleted accidentally the exported data of my Calibre library and the library itself.. I should cut my fingers..

And I'm not a computer noob, it was really a shock!

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Originally Posted by davidfor

Are you getting an error when you try that?

Nope. No errors, I see that when the dialog result box appears, the plugin seem to get the infos correctly. It displays the correct percentage and last read date of the ebook from the e-reader. But in the current percentage and read date of Calibre's library there's no data, it's blank. It seems to me that the plugin in my PC can't get that info to read/write.

zelo86 · 04-25-2020, 11:53 AM

I found the culprit: in the settings, device tab of the plugin there was a duplicated Kobo Clara HD entry. After deleting the unwanted one all works normally.
Again, thanks for the support and time. :-)

davidfor · 04-26-2020, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelo86

I found the culprit: in the settings, device tab of the plugin there was a duplicated Kobo Clara HD entry. After deleting the unwanted one all works normally.
Again, thanks for the support and time. :-)

That's something I always forget about. The plugin uses an id that is in the "driveinfo.calibre" file that calibre creates the first time it sees the device. If you remove it or do a factory reset of the device, it will be seen as a different device. It isn't ideal, but, I haven't found a satisfactory alternative.

zelo86 · 04-26-2020, 04:47 AM

Thanks for the explanation and help.

JDesat · 04-27-2020, 12:46 AM

I'm sure this question has been asked and answered before, but I can't find it with the search and I don't want to slog through over 100 forum pages hoping it's here...

I recently added Kobo Utilities (my Glo HD micro-usb port wasn't working well, so I bought a Clara HD) I made the columns 'current reading location' and 'percent read' and saved the info into my calibre library (though I don't see anything in the 'current reading location' column for some reason). I added the books that were on my Glo to my new Clara and then updated the bookmarks/read info. Now the books show on my Clara as x% read, but when I open them they are all at the title page, not where they should be...

What did I do wrong, and how can I fix it?

EDIT: Ok... I don't know what happened the first time. I added the 'date' column and suddenly the 'reading location' column filled in when I next plugged my Glo in, so now I've transferred that to the Clara and it's working... even if all the books are out of order in general from the order I put them on the Glo, but I don't think there's a fix for that.

davidfor · 04-27-2020, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by JDesat

I'm sure this question has been asked and answered before, but I can't find it with the search and I don't want to slog through over 100 forum pages hoping it's here...

I recently added Kobo Utilities (my Glo HD micro-usb port wasn't working well, so I bought a Clara HD)

That's a much better excuse than any I have used to upgrade my ereaders

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I made the columns 'current reading location' and 'percent read' and saved the info into my calibre library (though I don't see anything in the 'current reading location' column for some reason). I added the books that were on my Glo to my new Clara and then updated the bookmarks/read info. Now the books show on my Clara as x% read, but when I open them they are all at the title page, not where they should be...

What did I do wrong, and how can I fix it?

EDIT: Ok... I don't know what happened the first time. I added the 'date' column and suddenly the 'reading location' column filled in when I next plugged my Glo in,

Did you mean that you only configure the reading location reading location configure and it didn't work? They should be independent. But, I won't be that surprised if there is a dependency. I'll check the code.

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so now I've transferred that to the Clara and it's working... even if all the books are out of order in general from the order I put them on the Glo, but I don't think there's a fix for that.

There isn't an exact fix. The plugin also has a function to update metadata in the database on the device. One of the things it can update is the "Date added" field. This is used for sorting on the device. The plugin can set this to one of the standard dates in calibre (Date, modified or published). That might get it close to the sorting you want. And, by a coincidence, I was working on the function on the weekend to allow sorting by any date custom columns and the file timestamp of the book on the device. Neither of those are probably going to help, but, they increase the options. '

JDesat · 04-27-2020, 11:19 AM

I'm not sure what you mean with 'configure reading location reading location configure', but I think I had it set up right since I didn't change anything when I added the Last Read/Date column. The only thing I can think of is that I had the Reading Location column hidden before then (the directions/FAQ epub said to hide it so I did, but it doesn't bother me where it is now so I'm leaving it unhidden for now).

As for the Date Added, I'm not quite sure what you mean... I've got the 'Last Read' column now but as far as I can tell the dates there didn't seem to do much when transferring to the Clara. Is this a function of a column, or a separate thing the plugin can do? And would changing them to 'Date modified' work then?

davidfor · 04-27-2020, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by JDesat

As for the Date Added, I'm not quite sure what you mean... I've got the 'Last Read' column now but as far as I can tell the dates there didn't seem to do much when transferring to the Clara. Is this a function of a column, or a separate thing the plugin can do? And would changing them to 'Date modified' work then?

You said the books weren't in the same order as on the old device. By that, you were probably referring to the "Recent" or "Date added" sort. The latter is basically when the books were added to the device and then imported. If you have sent all the books to the device at the same time they will all have the same "Date added". And if you sort by "Date added", they will be in reverse title order (roughly).

The "Recent" sort is a combination of the last read date and the date added. If there is a last read date, it will use the latter of this and the date added. Again the books won't be in the same order as on the old device.

If you want to change the "Date added" sort, and hence the "Recent" sort, the plugin can directly set the date in the database for the books. Using the "Date" column from calibre generally gives me a good order. That is the order I added the books to calibre and hence roughly the order that I would have sent them to the device.

JDesat · 04-27-2020, 11:51 AM

Ok... I think I understand what you mean. The only thing I'm having a problem with is finding where the plugin can change the date from when I originally added them to Calibre's 'date' column... putting them in that order WOULD be a lot better, I just don't know how to do it. I've looked through the options, but I can't see how.

EDIT: I think I found it... there's a drop down in the 'update metadata on device' options! I'll try that.

EDIT the Second: I tried that, sent the metadata to the device, but it didn't change the order they showed up in under Sort: Recent.

anacreon · 05-11-2020, 05:33 AM

I have this error message after connecting the Forma:

Spoiler:

I tried disconnecting the device and closing Calibre, but it repeated after trying again. Same thing with the Libra.

Same thing too when I clicked on the Kobo touch extended link in Calibre:

Spoiler:

Edit: by the way, it would be very useful to be able to return to a previous version of a plugin when there is a problem with the most recent one.

davidfor · 05-11-2020, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anacreon

I have this error message after connecting the Forma:

Spoiler:

I tried disconnecting the device and closing Calibre, but it repeated after trying again. Same thing with the Libra.

Same thing too when I clicked on the Kobo touch extended link in Calibre:

Spoiler:

Edit: by the way, it would be very useful to be able to return to a previous version of a plugin when there is a problem with the most recent one.

You first post for this was in the correct place. That is the KoboTouchExtended drvier.

jgoguen · 05-11-2020, 08:42 AM

Working on a fix for that now, but I may need a bit just because of life. Your original post was in the right place, I'll post an updated package there for testing before publishing an update. I forgot all about Python 2 being dumb with non-ASCII characters in Windows…

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it would be very useful to be able to return to a previous version of a plugin when there is a problem with the most recent one

It would be. That's a separate feature request for calibre itself though.

junior76 · 05-19-2020, 05:39 PM

Dear,

I use 4 devices (2 Kobo Glo HD v4.15.12920 and 2 Kobo Clara HD v4.20.14622) with the same unexpected behavior.

When I fill-in the "Authors" field in Calibre like this :

Name, FirstName (same that the field "AuthorSort", see below the picture with the example in Calibre)

in the Readers (Clara or Glo) one author become 2 authors.

I don't know how resolve this issue. It's perhaps a "bug" during the transfer or in the Kobo Firmware. Could you help me ?

Thanks in advance.

JSWolf · 05-19-2020, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by junior76

Dear,

I use 4 devices (2 Kobo Glo HD v4.15.12920 and 2 Kobo Clara HD v4.20.14622) with the same unexpected behavior.

When I fill-in the "Authors" field in Calibre like this :

Name, FirstName (same that the field "AuthorSort", see below the picture with the example in Calibre)

in the Readers (Clara or Glo) one author become 2 authors.

I don't know how resolve this issue. It's perhaps a "bug" during the transfer or in the Kobo Firmware. Could you help me ?

Thanks in advance.

The problem is the comma in the author field. It's taken as two authors. You want to put in the author as Christophe Mauri.

You can can select Authors and sort by last name or first name.

04-27-2020, 12:46 AM	#1776
JDesat Connoisseur Posts: 90 Karma: 32768 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Clara HD	I'm sure this question has been asked and answered before, but I can't find it with the search and I don't want to slog through over 100 forum pages hoping it's here... I recently added Kobo Utilities (my Glo HD micro-usb port wasn't working well, so I bought a Clara HD) I made the columns 'current reading location' and 'percent read' and saved the info into my calibre library (though I don't see anything in the 'current reading location' column for some reason). I added the books that were on my Glo to my new Clara and then updated the bookmarks/read info. Now the books show on my Clara as x% read, but when I open them they are all at the title page, not where they should be... What did I do wrong, and how can I fix it? EDIT: Ok... I don't know what happened the first time. I added the 'date' column and suddenly the 'reading location' column filled in when I next plugged my Glo in, so now I've transferred that to the Clara and it's working... even if all the books are out of order in general from the order I put them on the Glo, but I don't think there's a fix for that. Last edited by JDesat; 04-27-2020 at 01:45 AM. Reason: Solved the problem.

04-27-2020, 11:51 AM	#1780
JDesat Connoisseur Posts: 90 Karma: 32768 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Clara HD	Ok... I think I understand what you mean. The only thing I'm having a problem with is finding where the plugin can change the date from when I originally added them to Calibre's 'date' column... putting them in that order WOULD be a lot better, I just don't know how to do it. I've looked through the options, but I can't see how. EDIT: I think I found it... there's a drop down in the 'update metadata on device' options! I'll try that. EDIT the Second: I tried that, sent the metadata to the device, but it didn't change the order they showed up in under Sort: Recent. Last edited by JDesat; 04-27-2020 at 12:02 PM. Reason: Found an option.

05-11-2020, 05:33 AM	#1781
anacreon Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 3475832 Join Date: May 2012 Location: France Device: Elipsa, Sage	problem after updating Kobo Utilities and Touch extended I have this error message after connecting the Forma: Spoiler: calibre, version 4.15.0 ERREUR : Erreur: Erreur pendant la communication avec le périphérique 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 42: invalid start byte Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 90, in run File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 513, in _books File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 1599, in books File "calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended.device.driver" , line 113, in settings File "calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended.common", line 90, in print_formatted_log File "calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended.common", line 79, in _tag_args UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 42: invalid start byte I tried disconnecting the device and closing Calibre, but it repeated after trying again. Same thing with the Libra. Same thing too when I clicked on the Kobo touch extended link in Calibre: Spoiler: calibre, version 4.15.0 ERREUR : Exception non gérée: <b>UnicodeDecodeError</b>:'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 42: invalid start byte calibre 4.15 Portable embedded-python: True is64bit: False Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE') 32bit process running on 64bit windows ('Windows', '10', '10.0.18362') Python 2.7.16+ Windows: ('10', '10.0.18362', 'SP0', u'Multiprocessor Free') Interface language: fr Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (6, 5, 5) && Kindle and Mobipocket DeDRM (0, 4, 5) && EpubMerge (2, 9, 0) && Obok DeDRM (6, 5, 4) && EpubSplit (2, 9, 0) && KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0, 82, 1) && Reading List (1, 6, 7) && Quality Check (1, 9, 11) && Generate Cover (1, 5, 22) && KePub Output (3, 2, 2) && Fichier de sortie KePub (2, 3, 3) && Count Pages (1, 9, 0) && Kobo Utilities (2, 11, 0) && Open With (1, 5, 12) && Modify ePub (1, 4, 1) && KoboTouchExtended (3, 2, 2) Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\preferences\plugins.py", line 292, in double_clicked File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\preferences\plugins.py", line 373, in modify_plugin File "site-packages\calibre\customize\__init__.py", line 157, in do_user_config File "calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended.device.driver" , line 128, in config_widget File "site-packages\calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 3251, in config_widget File "calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended.device.driver" , line 113, in settings File "calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended.common", line 90, in print_formatted_log File "calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended.common", line 79, in _tag_args UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 42: invalid start byte Edit: by the way, it would be very useful to be able to return to a previous version of a plugin when there is a problem with the most recent one. Last edited by anacreon; 05-11-2020 at 05:37 AM.

05-19-2020, 05:39 PM	#1784
junior76 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kobo ClaraHD 2x and Kobo Glo Hd 2x	Authors with comma, unexpected behavior Dear, I use 4 devices (2 Kobo Glo HD v4.15.12920 and 2 Kobo Clara HD v4.20.14622) with the same unexpected behavior. When I fill-in the "Authors" field in Calibre like this : Name, FirstName (same that the field "AuthorSort", see below the picture with the example in Calibre) in the Readers (Clara or Glo) one author become 2 authors. I don't know how resolve this issue. It's perhaps a "bug" during the transfer or in the Kobo Firmware. Could you help me ? Thanks in advance. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by junior76; 05-19-2020 at 05:42 PM. Reason: Changing image size (reduce from 918 px to 600px)

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04-25-2020, 11:53 AM	#1773
zelo86 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Italy, Modena Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kobo Libra H2o	I found the culprit: in the settings, device tab of the plugin there was a duplicated Kobo Clara HD entry. After deleting the unwanted one all works normally. Again, thanks for the support and time. :-)

04-26-2020, 04:47 AM	#1775
zelo86 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Italy, Modena Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kobo Libra H2o	Thanks for the explanation and help.

04-27-2020, 11:19 AM	#1778
JDesat Connoisseur Posts: 90 Karma: 32768 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Clara HD	I'm not sure what you mean with 'configure reading location reading location configure', but I think I had it set up right since I didn't change anything when I added the Last Read/Date column. The only thing I can think of is that I had the Reading Location column hidden before then (the directions/FAQ epub said to hide it so I did, but it doesn't bother me where it is now so I'm leaving it unhidden for now). As for the Date Added, I'm not quite sure what you mean... I've got the 'Last Read' column now but as far as I can tell the dates there didn't seem to do much when transferring to the Clara. Is this a function of a column, or a separate thing the plugin can do? And would changing them to 'Date modified' work then?