Kindle Fire not detected by Calibre

[schambers]

Hi! My new Kindle Fire isn't detected by Calibre. It is the only device connected to my computer. My computer does see it, it is listed as "Portable Media" and I can open it and look at files. Here is the debug log:

calibre 0.9.10 isfrozen: True is64bit: False
Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', 'XP', '5.1.2600')
Python 2.7.3
Windows: ('XP', '5.1.2600', 'SP3', 'Uniprocessor Free')
USB devices on system:
[u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2658&rev0003',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2659&rev0003',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid265b&rev0003',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid265a&rev0003',
u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid265c&rev0003',
u'usb\\vid_0483&pid_2016&rev_0001',
u'usb\\vid_07d1&pid_3303&rev_0200',
u'usb\\vid_1058&pid_0748&rev_1010',
u'usb\\vid_1949&pid_000a&rev_0216']
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\devices\scanner.py", line 85, in __call__
DriveError: No removable drives found
Drives detected:

No disabled plugins
Looking for devices of type: MTP_DEVICE
Cannot detect MTP devices
MTP devices are not supported on Windows XP

Looking for devices...

Devices possibly connected: None


Thanks!

[itimpi]

Calibre does not work with MTP devices on XP. You need Vista or later for MTP support to work with Calibre

[schambers]

I was afraid you were going to say that. I like XP. Do you have any recommendations for the best alternative? I already have my library in Dropbox, I use it to get books onto my iPod Touch.

[schambers]

If I download the .mobi file from Dropbox and then move it to the books folder it shows up in Books. Not pretty, but it works wirelessly.