Bug? Automatic book conversion broken in Calibre 1.18

HarryT · 01-04-2014, 08:49 AM

Calibre 1.18 seems to have broken automatic conversion of books when doing a "Send to Device".

I'm sending books to my iPad Mini via the "iOS Reader Applications" plug-in, which only supports Mobi books. If I do a "Send to Device" for a book in a different format, I get the usual warning:

Quote:

Could not upload the following books to the device, as no suitable formats were found. Convert the book(s) to a format supported by your device first.

I click "OK", which in previous versions of Calibre would automatically start a conversion job for the books, but nothing happens.

Manually converting a book to Mobi format and then sending it to the device works absolutely fine.

Is this a bug, or a deliberate change in Calibre's behaviour?

Thanks!

kovidgoyal · 01-04-2014, 08:54 AM

There have been no changes to that part of the code in 1.18, and testing with connect to folder still has working auto conversion for me. Likely a bug in the iOS plugin.

HarryT · 01-04-2014, 09:04 AM

Thanks, Kovid - I'll report it to to the plug-in developer.

HarryT · 01-04-2014, 09:20 AM

I've verified that it still works correctly with my Kindle PW, so it does indeed look like a plug-in issue. I've reported it. Thanks for the help, as always, Kovid.

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01-04-2014, 08:54 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,668 Karma: 28549304 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There have been no changes to that part of the code in 1.18, and testing with connect to folder still has working auto conversion for me. Likely a bug in the iOS plugin.

01-04-2014, 09:04 AM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Thanks, Kovid - I'll report it to to the plug-in developer.

01-04-2014, 09:20 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I've verified that it still works correctly with my Kindle PW, so it does indeed look like a plug-in issue. I've reported it. Thanks for the help, as always, Kovid.

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