08-04-2011, 03:42 AM | #1 |
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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, 04:00 AM | #2 |
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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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08-04-2011, 04:16 AM | #3 |
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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. |
08-07-2011, 03:31 AM | #4 |
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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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