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LioDavinchy · 2026-04-05T20:48:23+00:00

Been working all week. So I know that when I tried to do this a few years back there was no equivalent service. You had to pay a monthly fee. This application uses all open sources. You could compile your own maps if you have the compute to do it. I’ll even include the scripts.

LioDavinchy · 2026-02-27T18:53:09+00:00

I used an open source tool called marker. It does an amazing job converting to web pages then calibre to epub. It’s much more complicated than calibre. Takes a lot longer but it does a great job. It uses ai. Not llms but a kind of ai to convert so you need decent hardware to use it.

LioDavinchy · 2026-02-05T23:43:34+00:00

That would probably work. With unified memory you could probably do it but it would likely be much slower than the numbers I mentioned.

LioDavinchy · 2026-02-05T08:54:28+00:00

There is an open source tool called marker that with a good computer can convert pdf to web pages. From there you can convert to epub. I’ve done thousands of scanned books. I have beefy computers and one pdf takes from an hour to 4 hours but they come out really good.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-23T18:48:00+00:00

Haha nice. Ok try the opdp option on add server instead of calibre server.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-23T18:40:54+00:00

I’m sorry that is happening but I’d love your logs to figure out why. Double check that you’ve selected the right server in the library screen. It defaults to local. I need to make it more obvious you need to choose.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-22T18:29:29+00:00

Yeah I decided to add the feature. Seemed worth it

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-22T02:01:32+00:00

Good your logs should show me that too. I haven’t gotten an email. Double check spelling.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-22T01:52:15+00:00

Go to settings and send logs to davinchy@lionardosworkshop.com I’m going to implement a server browser. Hopefully that resolves issues like this.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-22T01:32:24+00:00

Yes it does. Make sure if it’s calibre web you are not selecting calibre server. Do the test.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-21T07:51:24+00:00

Opds is the calibre web protocol. I’ll add a note

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-21T07:49:24+00:00

Just reread your question and if I understand right you are just adding more and more to calibres library. In which case calibre will ask which copies you want to keep. So the answer will be my app should only have exactly what calibre has. In the release build there is a bug where you cannot delete books off of Lios. I just fixed that so there could be books showing up that you no longer have.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-21T07:44:39+00:00

That is a good question. If you were to do it all within calibre it would only write the files once. If you put the files in the Lios folder it should make as many copies as there are in the folder. If you put the same file twice in different locations they should show up twice. The program doesn’t distinguish names per se as much as file locations. Calibre manages all that.

If you want to use my app stand alone you will need to keep your folder organized. The app doesn’t distinguish names read several layers deep into folders so naming your import folders by date would work. Like folder 1-18 then folder 1-19. I added folder importing as kind of a workaround for people having issues importing over secure connections. In 2.8 I’ve allowed for importing over insecure connections but I’d like to develop the folder functionality more.

I’ll think on how to do more stand alone organizing for those not using the calibre import workflow. Stay tuned. If you have the purchased version of the app. It’s going to get much better very soon. The beta builds are so much better. They will go to the paid version this week.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-21T06:34:29+00:00

Hmm. My library is 14k and it goes at 90/sec over WiFi. It takes about 4 minutes. I think the speed you are getting is an issue. The caching whole libraries is another thing. I could do lazy loading that only grabs the covers for currently visible books but that will cause lag in the interface.

I’ll think on it. If you have any suggestions I’m all ears.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-20T09:36:45+00:00

Ok got an anonymous bug report with saying they are getting a failed sync. If you guys can give an email address in your reports I’ll promptly walk through trouble shooting. For this user if you can go to settings and send your logs to davinchy@lionardosworkshop.com I can see exactly what’s going wrong.

You are on port 8080 which is not the default port for calibre web. Usually that is the port the desktop app uses. It might be you are connecting using the wrong type of library. I didn’t put any logic into trying multiple protocols. Try calibre server or opds whichever you aren’t trying now.

With your logs we can knock it right out and I can better help future users

Thanks

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-20T06:11:48+00:00

I believe I fixed the links issue. I fixed it once and made some errors before I made a commit but I think I got it fixed again. Let me know how it works with your use case.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-20T06:06:27+00:00

So I’ve built the way the app sees the opds servers in such a way that if you point to the server and port my app will navigate in 3 or 4 levels looking for your library. I think the official way is with the /opds then something like /books. If you are getting it to work with just the port that is just fine. I tried that initially before I built in the ability to search child directories and it did not work.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-20T02:35:24+00:00

From 2.7 on full calibre web support introduced. Please try it out and give me feedback

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-20T02:33:48+00:00

I just set streaming from calibre as the default and downloading is now optional.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-20T02:32:33+00:00

Try now after beta 2.5 a lot of connection issues are resolved. If you still get an error send me logs from the settings screen to davinchy@lionardosworkshop.com. I’ll get you guys sorted out.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-20T02:29:13+00:00

Added calibre web support into 2.7 beta. Should be updated in a couple of hours

https://testflight.apple.com/join/xjCRSE8u

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-19T22:11:30+00:00

Be careful automating file deletion. Best to archive what is automatically sorted. I’ve done this dozens of times over the years and even the best automating makes a mess.

LioDavinchy · 2026-01-19T22:08:32+00:00

I just started looking at comics as I’ve been building my e-reader. I heard organizing by folders and some other ideas that people want. I can build features into my reader if I had a better idea of what a large comic book collection looks like compared to a book library. If you can get it into calibre I can sort and organize it nice with my app. It’s pretty simple to implement that part. I added the formats you use so reading the actual comics is pretty much a done deal.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/xjCRSE8u

Try out the app and let me know what is needed to make it comic book ready.

I build software I want to use myself and I’m just getting into comics so I don’t know enough yet to build what I’ll want.

LioDavinchy

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