Best way to pull and sync highlights and notes across different koreader devices - Page 2

nuovodna · 03-29-2023, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by nuovodna

how can i set an rclone script? I have ebook library (Calibre) on a Nextcloud installation, i'd like to sync the folder on my ebook reader (Kobo) with two-ways mode (e.g. upload sdr file created by koreader). How can i run rclone command inside koreader? Thanks!

found this post, very useful

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...9&postcount=11

NiLuJe · 03-30-2023, 12:46 PM

Yup, agreed, I was going to dig for that one for you

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nuovodna · 05-05-2023, 05:38 PM

In the end, i bought a KVM VPS (12$/year), copied my calibre bookshelf on it, installed a syncthing server and configured syncthing on koreader using this guide

https://anarc.at/hardware/tablet/kob...tall-syncthing

It works really well!

vurt · 05-06-2023, 10:43 AM

That sounds nice, I find using calibre's OPDS to add books kinda clunky too.

Wonder if syncthing can be installed on a kindle oasis?

NiLuJe · 05-06-2023, 12:20 PM

As long as it's jailbroken, yes.

vurt · 05-06-2023, 12:26 PM

Awesome, thanks for confirming, will have to do some research.

h_nara · 07-31-2023, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by nuovodna

In the end, i bought a KVM VPS (12$/year), copied my calibre bookshelf on it, installed a syncthing server and configured syncthing on koreader using this guide

https://anarc.at/hardware/tablet/kob...tall-syncthing

It works really well!

I have two Android devices(Hisense Hi Reader pro and Boox page) and I use KOReader on both. I used Syncthing first to sync the folder where my KOReader library resides but the annoying thing is that both devices need to be online at the same time for the sync process to start. I guess running Syncthing on the VPS solve this issue, right? I might try this if I don't find a solution where I don't need to run a central server.

pazos · 08-01-2023, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by h_nara

I have two Android devices(Hisense Hi Reader pro and Boox page) and I use KOReader on both. I used Syncthing first to sync the folder where my KOReader library resides but the annoying thing is that both devices need to be online at the same time for the sync process to start. I guess running Syncthing on the VPS solve this issue, right? I might try this if I don't find a solution where I don't need to run a central server.

Right.

If you get a cheap (2-4€) vps that you can use for other stuff too it is a good idea. Otherwise you can go with a low power "pi-like" computer running from home.

Syncthing, without further configuration, uses public relays to sync outside lan, so don't expect a faster sync time just because the vps has good bandwidth.

Also, because public relays, you can setup syncthing on any computer on your home and sync remotely without messing with your router ports or even enable uPnP.

Syncthing is awesome

Sonofrobot · 11-16-2023, 08:16 AM

Sorry to revive this somewhat old thread but my issue is directly related and I was hoping someone here might be able to offer some guidance.

I have Koreader on a Boox Nova Air 2 and my Android phone. Progress sync via the Koreader plugin works great but I am also wanting to sync my highlights as I use them to save my place when I am unable to finish a chapter. This way I can see the highlight on my other device and continue exactly where I left off.

To accomplish this, I setup Syncthing on my Boox, my phone, and my PC (this to act as a sort of always on syncing location). It's working fine but the problem I am running into is thus:

I keep Koreader open on my Boox device at all times, when I am done reading on it, I simply lock the device and Koreader stays up in the background. Because of that any changes that get made to the book's sidecar files do not carry over to the Boox before it is rewritten to have the data that's most recent on the Boox itself and not on whatever device I read on last.

I believe if I were to exit out of Koreader when I am done reading on the Boox so that the next time I open it, it will open with fully refreshed files, it would probably work. However, I am trying to keep from doing that.

I'm hoping there's a setting or a method that I am missing and that someone can point me in the right direction? What I would like is for whatever highlights I have made to be merged between my devices. TIA!

hius07 · 11-16-2023, 08:57 AM

Some information about saving book metadata (including highlights) can be found in this thread:
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/11111

Sonofrobot · 11-16-2023, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by hius07

Some information about saving book metadata (including highlights) can be found in this thread:
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/11111

Saving the metadata doesn't seem to be the issue. However, just to test I tried manually saving the metadata on my phone and then checking my Boox but the metadata isn't changed. The only way I can get it to update is to first exit out of Koreader on the Boox, make a highlight on my phone, then open Koreader on Boox. At that point I can open the book and my new highlight is there.

Thank you for the info though. Defionitely interested in anything like that.

NiLuJe · 11-16-2023, 02:51 PM

Highlight *is* metadata (as far as the event in question is concerned)... unless you're talking about baked in highlights in a PDF.

You *will* need to re-open the book to pick-up updated metadata, though.

(i.e., device A flushes metadata, A <-> B (or A -> B?) sync, device B re-opens book).

Sonofrobot · 11-16-2023, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Highlight *is* metadata (as far as the event in question is concerned)... unless you're talking about baked in highlights in a PDF.

You *will* need to re-open the book to pick-up updated metadata, though.

(i.e., device A flushes metadata, A <-> B (or A -> B?) sync, device B re-opens book).

This is what I was afraid of. It's odd because my Android phone reopens the book (takes me back to the history screen) if it's been more than a few minutes since Koreader was used but my Boox does not do this.

Is there maybe a way in Koreader to force a book to reopen on a wake event?

NiLuJe · 11-16-2023, 05:52 PM

That would imply that Android killed the app during suspend/standby or something. In any case, that's entirely out of our hand.

There *might* be a "reload document" event (in fact, there's *probably* one because that's part of the CRe partial rendering workflow), but I'm not familiar with it, and am not sure it's either exposed and/or actually viable outside of said workflow.

hius07 · 11-17-2023, 08:06 AM

You cannot overwrite a book metadata (sdr) file outside of KOReader while the book is opened.
On closing (reloading) the book its sdr file would be overwritten by KOReader.

11-16-2023, 08:16 AM	#24
Sonofrobot Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 91098 Join Date: Aug 2018 Device: Kobo Forma	Syncthing on reader with Koreader always open Sorry to revive this somewhat old thread but my issue is directly related and I was hoping someone here might be able to offer some guidance. I have Koreader on a Boox Nova Air 2 and my Android phone. Progress sync via the Koreader plugin works great but I am also wanting to sync my highlights as I use them to save my place when I am unable to finish a chapter. This way I can see the highlight on my other device and continue exactly where I left off. To accomplish this, I setup Syncthing on my Boox, my phone, and my PC (this to act as a sort of always on syncing location). It's working fine but the problem I am running into is thus: I keep Koreader open on my Boox device at all times, when I am done reading on it, I simply lock the device and Koreader stays up in the background. Because of that any changes that get made to the book's sidecar files do not carry over to the Boox before it is rewritten to have the data that's most recent on the Boox itself and not on whatever device I read on last. I believe if I were to exit out of Koreader when I am done reading on the Boox so that the next time I open it, it will open with fully refreshed files, it would probably work. However, I am trying to keep from doing that. I'm hoping there's a setting or a method that I am missing and that someone can point me in the right direction? What I would like is for whatever highlights I have made to be merged between my devices. TIA!

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03-30-2023, 12:46 PM	#17
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,492 Karma: 26047188 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Yup, agreed, I was going to dig for that one for you .

05-05-2023, 05:38 PM	#18
nuovodna Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2023 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	In the end, i bought a KVM VPS (12$/year), copied my calibre bookshelf on it, installed a syncthing server and configured syncthing on koreader using this guide https://anarc.at/hardware/tablet/kob...tall-syncthing It works really well!

05-06-2023, 10:43 AM	#19
vurt Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 28 Join Date: Apr 2016 Device: KV	That sounds nice, I find using calibre's OPDS to add books kinda clunky too. Wonder if syncthing can be installed on a kindle oasis?

05-06-2023, 12:20 PM	#20
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,492 Karma: 26047188 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	As long as it's jailbroken, yes.

05-06-2023, 12:26 PM	#21
vurt Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 28 Join Date: Apr 2016 Device: KV	Awesome, thanks for confirming, will have to do some research.

11-16-2023, 08:57 AM	#25
hius07 Wizard Posts: 1,075 Karma: 3581333 Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ukraine Device: Kindle PW2, PW3, PW4, Voyage	Some information about saving book metadata (including highlights) can be found in this thread: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/11111

11-16-2023, 02:51 PM	#27
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,492 Karma: 26047188 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Highlight is metadata (as far as the event in question is concerned)... unless you're talking about baked in highlights in a PDF. You will need to re-open the book to pick-up updated metadata, though. (i.e., device A flushes metadata, A <-> B (or A -> B?) sync, device B re-opens book).

11-16-2023, 05:52 PM	#29
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,492 Karma: 26047188 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	That would imply that Android killed the app during suspend/standby or something. In any case, that's entirely out of our hand. There might be a "reload document" event (in fact, there's probably one because that's part of the CRe partial rendering workflow), but I'm not familiar with it, and am not sure it's either exposed and/or actually viable outside of said workflow.

11-17-2023, 08:06 AM	#30
hius07 Wizard Posts: 1,075 Karma: 3581333 Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ukraine Device: Kindle PW2, PW3, PW4, Voyage	You cannot overwrite a book metadata (sdr) file outside of KOReader while the book is opened. On closing (reloading) the book its sdr file would be overwritten by KOReader.