Organize images in folders???

Pshylocke · 08-14-2009, 06:48 AM

Hello everyone,

I'm a pretty new user of a Sony Reader PRS-505, and I have a newbie question:

Is there any way to organize the images into folders??? If I have several books/comics in a, let's say, 20 .jpg files each of them, and I put them in the \media\images\comic01, \media\images\comic02, etc folders, all images are shown in the Reader as if they were in the top level \media\images folder, and mixing with each other...

Is there any way to have folders when speaking about images???

Thank you very much!!!

WillAdams · 08-14-2009, 07:58 AM

I'd use a utility to assign a prefix to the filenames --- FileWrangler on the Mac is quite good (and free).

William

Pshylocke · 08-24-2009, 05:55 AM

Thanks Will for your idea, but I'm afraid that would not be a good thing in my situation, as I was planning to carry more than 10.000 images (about 20-25 per each comic book)...

I will continue searching for a solution

acidzebra · 08-24-2009, 06:12 AM

If you are trying to read comics, put them all in a big zip file (ex: comic.zip) and rename the extension to .cbz (so comic.cbz). Alternatively you can RAR them (comic.rar) and rename the archive to .cbr (comic.cbr) for slightly better compression.

This not only allows you to read your comics with dedicated comic software like the free CDisplay for windows (or comix for linux, I'm sure there are other versions), but you can use Calibre to convert these files to epub or lrf into coherent, easy to manage files.

Trust me, as someone who goes through gigabytes of manga, you are much better off this way than messing around with loose jpg files.

Pshylocke · 08-24-2009, 06:20 AM

Thanks Acid, I didn't know Calibre was capable of that kind of conversion

I use .cbz and .cbr files on Windows, I will try your solution as soon as I can!

acidzebra · 08-24-2009, 06:26 AM

No problem

Note that there are some limitations / settings to optimise. Most manga can be converted as-is without any changes. Some bigger western comics (like Storm or other A4 or near A4-materials) you will have to fiddle with as the screen size of the Sony will make the lettering difficult to read; for these I rotate the comics and put them in landscape mode. Calibre can take care of all of that for you, it is seriously excellent software

08-14-2009, 06:48 AM	#1
Pshylocke Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	Organize images in folders??? Hello everyone, I'm a pretty new user of a Sony Reader PRS-505, and I have a newbie question: Is there any way to organize the images into folders??? If I have several books/comics in a, let's say, 20 .jpg files each of them, and I put them in the \media\images\comic01, \media\images\comic02, etc folders, all images are shown in the Reader as if they were in the top level \media\images folder, and mixing with each other... Is there any way to have folders when speaking about images??? Thank you very much!!!

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08-14-2009, 07:58 AM	#2
WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,258 Karma: 3439432 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12	I'd use a utility to assign a prefix to the filenames --- FileWrangler on the Mac is quite good (and free). William

08-24-2009, 05:55 AM	#3
Pshylocke Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	Thanks Will for your idea, but I'm afraid that would not be a good thing in my situation, as I was planning to carry more than 10.000 images (about 20-25 per each comic book)... I will continue searching for a solution

08-24-2009, 06:12 AM	#4
acidzebra Liseuse Lover Posts: 869 Karma: 1035404 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Netherlands Device: PRS-505	If you are trying to read comics, put them all in a big zip file (ex: comic.zip) and rename the extension to .cbz (so comic.cbz). Alternatively you can RAR them (comic.rar) and rename the archive to .cbr (comic.cbr) for slightly better compression. This not only allows you to read your comics with dedicated comic software like the free CDisplay for windows (or comix for linux, I'm sure there are other versions), but you can use Calibre to convert these files to epub or lrf into coherent, easy to manage files. Trust me, as someone who goes through gigabytes of manga, you are much better off this way than messing around with loose jpg files.

08-24-2009, 06:20 AM	#5
Pshylocke Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	Thanks Acid, I didn't know Calibre was capable of that kind of conversion I use .cbz and .cbr files on Windows, I will try your solution as soon as I can!

08-24-2009, 06:26 AM	#6
acidzebra Liseuse Lover Posts: 869 Karma: 1035404 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Netherlands Device: PRS-505	No problem Note that there are some limitations / settings to optimise. Most manga can be converted as-is without any changes. Some bigger western comics (like Storm or other A4 or near A4-materials) you will have to fiddle with as the screen size of the Sony will make the lettering difficult to read; for these I rotate the comics and put them in landscape mode. Calibre can take care of all of that for you, it is seriously excellent software

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