calibre auto conversion for Kindle

dande · 01-08-2013, 09:49 PM

When sending a group of books to the Kindle where some are not in mobi format, calibre knows the device is a Kindle and older calibre versions auto converted those files to mobi. Newer calibre versions convert to azw3 which older Kindles can't handle. Is there a way to tell newer versions of calibre to convert to only mobi?

Under Output - Options/MOBIOutput there is a Kindle options selection box where one can select old/both/new for mobi output file type. But I can't find how to tell calibre not to auto convert to azw3.

I know, I know - I can examine the file types before I Send to Device and convert them myself with calibre - but just looking for the easy way out.

TIA -- dande

kovidgoyal · 01-08-2013, 10:48 PM

When the device is connected right click on its icon in calibre select configure this device and move mobi to the top of the list.

dande · 01-11-2013, 11:42 AM

Thank you for your quick reply - have been using calibre from its inception and figured (knew) there would be a quick and easy way to solve my problem -- Don

01-08-2013, 09:49 PM	#1
dande Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: TX Device: 505	calibre auto conversion for Kindle When sending a group of books to the Kindle where some are not in mobi format, calibre knows the device is a Kindle and older calibre versions auto converted those files to mobi. Newer calibre versions convert to azw3 which older Kindles can't handle. Is there a way to tell newer versions of calibre to convert to only mobi? Under Output - Options/MOBIOutput there is a Kindle options selection box where one can select old/both/new for mobi output file type. But I can't find how to tell calibre not to auto convert to azw3. I know, I know - I can examine the file types before I Send to Device and convert them myself with calibre - but just looking for the easy way out. TIA -- dande

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01-08-2013, 10:48 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	When the device is connected right click on its icon in calibre select configure this device and move mobi to the top of the list.

01-11-2013, 11:42 AM	#3
dande Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: TX Device: 505	Thank you for your quick reply - have been using calibre from its inception and figured (knew) there would be a quick and easy way to solve my problem -- Don