[Alpha] Kobo-UNCaGED - Calibre wireless connection

[sherman]

Originally Posted by Carmelocotonto

My try:

Dec 17 15:55:26 [Kobo-UNCaGED] Enabled loopback interface
Dec 17 15:55:26 [Kobo-UNCaGED] Starting Kobo UNCaGED
[Kobo-UNCaGED] 2020/12/17 15:55:27 Started Kobo-UNCaGED
[Kobo-UNCaGED] 2020/12/17 15:55:27 Reading options
[Kobo-UNCaGED] 2020/12/17 15:55:27 Creating KU object
[Kobo-UNCaGED] 2020/12/17 15:55:27 Getting Kobo Info
[Kobo-UNCaGED] 2020/12/17 15:55:33 Getting Device Info
[Kobo-UNCaGED] 2020/12/17 15:55:33 Reading Metadata
[Kobo-UNCaGED] 2020/12/17 15:55:33 Reading metadata.calibre
[Kobo-UNCaGED] 2020/12/17 15:55:34 Gathering metadata
[Kobo-UNCaGED] 2020/12/17 15:55:34 New: failed to read metadata file: readMDfile: bkRows error: database disk image is malformed
[Kobo-UNCaGED] 2020/12/17 15:55:34 New: failed to read metadata file: readMDfile: bkRows error: database disk image is malformed
Dec 17 15:55:34 [Kobo-UNCaGED] Running precautionary library rescan
Dec 17 15:55:45 [Kobo-UNCaGED] Disabled loopback interface


It is possible that my kobo database is malformed or my calibre.metadata file?

Yeah, that looks like a malformed database to me.

[uli]

Is it possible for option "Prefer KEPUB" not include EPUB as a fallback?
Currently, it won't trigger Calibre auto-conversion if an EPUB is present.

Thanks for this amazing program, never imagined wireless sync would get this easy.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by uli

Is it possible for option "Prefer KEPUB" not include EPUB as a fallback?
Currently, it won't trigger Calibre auto-conversion if an EPUB is present.

Thanks for this amazing program, never imagined wireless sync would get this easy.

As this is accessing calibre using a device driver, you should configure the supported formats. This is in the driver configuration. In the list of supported format, uncheck any that you do not want sent to the device. Calibre will then attempt to convert these to the first selected format in the list.

[sherman]

Originally Posted by davidfor

As this is accessing calibre using a device driver, you should configure the supported formats. This is in the driver configuration. In the list of supported format, uncheck any that you do not want sent to the device. Calibre will then attempt to convert these to the first selected format in the list.

I was thinking of implementing something, but this is a much better idea. Thanks for the reminder that this option exists!

I've attached a new version which drastically relaxes the TCP deadline from 15 seconds to 60 seconds. Hopefully this should solve most, if not all remaining timeout issues.

If this version works for everyone, it will become KU v0.5.2

EDIT: Test release deleted.

[uli]

Originally Posted by davidfor

As this is accessing calibre using a device driver, you should configure the supported formats. This is in the driver configuration. In the list of supported format, uncheck any that you do not want sent to the device. Calibre will then attempt to convert these to the first selected format in the list.

Huh, I tried everything on the Calibre side and asked the forum, nothing worked. The recommendation was for the "uncheck" EPUB from client side.

If I send a file format (like azw) not listed in device.go it attempt to auto-convert otherwise no ...

ext = []string{"kepub", "epub", "mobi", "pdf", "cbz", "cbr", "txt", "html", "rtf"}

[sherman]

Originally Posted by uli

Huh, I tried everything on the Calibre side and asked the forum, nothing worked. The recommendation was for the "uncheck" EPUB from client side.

If I send a file format (like azw) not listed in device.go it attempt to auto-convert otherwise no ...

ext = []string{"kepub", "epub", "mobi", "pdf", "cbz", "cbr", "txt", "html", "rtf"}

Hmm, just had a look myself. The wireless driver indeed doesn't seem to let you de-select a format, so it looks like I will need to support it in KU.

I'll probably add an extra config entry, something like 'exclude formats' to let the user exclude unwanted formats, unless davidfor has an idea on how to do it in Calibre.

[uli]

Originally Posted by sherman

Hmm, just had a look myself. The wireless driver indeed doesn't seem to let you de-select a format, so it looks like I will need to support it in KU.

I'll probably add an extra config entry, something like 'exclude formats' to let the user exclude unwanted formats, unless davidfor has an idea on how to do it in Calibre.

It looks like Calibre checks every accepted format before attempting auto-convert.

I think simply excluding EPUB when KEPUB is checked is what most expect.

[sherman]

I called the option prefer kepub for a reason. It's for people (like me) who mostly use epub, but have the occasional book they wish to use kepub for, and have both kepub and epub in their library.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by sherman

Hmm, just had a look myself. The wireless driver indeed doesn't seem to let you de-select a format, so it looks like I will need to support it in KU.

I'll probably add an extra config entry, something like 'exclude formats' to let the user exclude unwanted formats, unless davidfor has an idea on how to do it in Calibre.

I was thinking this was using the MTP driver. But, it is the SmartDevice App interface created for CalibreCompanion. In that case, I think doing it in the client is correct. That lets the app decide on the format that it will use and pass on to whatever the actual reader is.

[uli]

Originally Posted by sherman

I called the option prefer kepub for a reason. It's for people (like me) who mostly use epub, but have the occasional book they wish to use kepub for, and have both kepub and epub in their library.

Ah that makes sense, I'm thinking like the Kobo Extended driver where kepubs are an ephemeral thing that vanish after reading.

[sherman]

Originally Posted by uli

Ah that makes sense, I'm thinking like the Kobo Extended driver where kepubs are an ephemeral thing that vanish after reading.

Good news, just testing my new 'Exclude Formats' option, and at first blush it seems to work rather well.

Basically, it allows entering a comma separated list of formats that you don't want Calibre to treat as supported formats. Example, you could enter 'epub' if you always want to convert to another format, like kepub.

[sherman]

Here's a new test version of KU with the new 'Exclude Formats' configuration option.

To use it, at the config screen, simply type in a comma separated list of formats that you do NOT want calibre to see as a 'supported' format.

Eg: Enter epub to force Calibre to convert epub files to kepub during sending.

If for some strange reason you want kepub/epub files to be converted to mobi before sending, you could enter epub,kepub

EDIT: Test release deleted.

[uli]

Originally Posted by sherman

Here's a new test version of KU with the new 'Exclude Formats' configuration option.

Exclude format/auto-conversion works here, thanks for the update!

[sherman]

A Pull Request that hopefully fixes the issues has been opened here.

I should hopefully release a new version within the next day or so.

[Carmelocotonto]

Good!!
I have solved my problem:

New: failed to read metadata file: readMDfile: bkRows error: database disk image is malformed

Now All is OK except one question: books are downloaded on mnt/onboard. How can I send them to another dir?