Content Server running on Android box?

bthoven · 08-04-2011, 03:42 AM

I'm running Calibre with content server enabled on my netbook for quite some time; and it's great that I can get my ebooks from anywhere outside my home.

Just recently, I see a number of Android TV box which run Froyo and connect to LCD via hdmi cable. It is actually an Android device designed to sit near a TV. Here is some of the product I'm looking at:

http://www.aliexpress.com/product-gs...olesalers.html

Apart from using this box to make my LCD TV become a SmartTV, I intend to use it as a 24-hr torrent machine, and if possible, also run Calibre content server on it. Off course, I need to plug an external HDD for keeping all my ebooks (in thousands now). I believe it is more energy efficient than my netbook.

Any idea how to run Calibre content server on Android OS?

itimpi · 08-04-2011, 04:00 AM

To get the Calibre Content server running you would need to have ported Calibre and all its dependencies to Android on ARM architecture which is a none-trivial task (although theoretically possible).

You might be better off using calibre2opds to deliver the content in such a scenario as all it needs running is a web server (which I would guess is already available?).

chaley · 08-04-2011, 04:16 AM

If you have a web server that supports PHP and SQLite, then you could use the calibre/php content server described in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=104188

Edit: itimpi's suggestion will be easier to set up. Both solutions require that you deal with the sync problem.

bthoven · 08-07-2011, 03:31 AM

Thanks a lot for all your replies, let me try with calibre2opds route because my content are rather fixed and less movement.

08-04-2011, 03:42 AM	#1
bthoven Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 590 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Content Server running on Android box? I'm running Calibre with content server enabled on my netbook for quite some time; and it's great that I can get my ebooks from anywhere outside my home. Just recently, I see a number of Android TV box which run Froyo and connect to LCD via hdmi cable. It is actually an Android device designed to sit near a TV. Here is some of the product I'm looking at: http://www.aliexpress.com/product-gs...olesalers.html Apart from using this box to make my LCD TV become a SmartTV, I intend to use it as a 24-hr torrent machine, and if possible, also run Calibre content server on it. Off course, I need to plug an external HDD for keeping all my ebooks (in thousands now). I believe it is more energy efficient than my netbook. Any idea how to run Calibre content server on Android OS?

08-04-2011, 04:16 AM	#3
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,733 Karma: 6690881 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	If you have a web server that supports PHP and SQLite, then you could use the calibre/php content server described in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=104188 Edit: itimpi's suggestion will be easier to set up. Both solutions require that you deal with the sync problem. Last edited by chaley; 08-04-2011 at 04:19 AM.

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itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	To get the Calibre Content server running you would need to have ported Calibre and all its dependencies to Android on ARM architecture which is a none-trivial task (although theoretically possible). You might be better off using calibre2opds to deliver the content in such a scenario as all it needs running is a web server (which I would guess is already available?).

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bthoven Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 590 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thanks a lot for all your replies, let me try with calibre2opds route because my content are rather fixed and less movement.

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