[APP] Picture Manager - Rename pictures with a timestamp and organize to folders - Xperia Z3 Compact Themes and Apps

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What is Picture Manager?
Some manufactures like HTC and Sony (probably some more) save pictures taken with an incremented number in the filename, instead with a timestamp like other manufactures do.
When you factory reset your device, buy a new device or clean flash a custom rom, the camera picture counter gets reset and starts with e.g. IMAG_00001 again.
This can be an issue once you backup your files to a harddrive on your PC, because you will have duplicate filenames, although the pictures are actually different.
Picture Manager solves this problem by renaming your taken pictures with a timestamp format that you can select or even define yourself.
You can either start a batch process before you backup your pictures to your HDD, or automatically let Picture Manager rename your files in the background.
Another nice feature Picture Manager offers is that you can let it organize your taken pictures into folders that are named by the year, month and even day.
That will help you to quickly find your pictures again and brings some organization into you pictures.
Requirements
You have to be on at least Android 5.0 Lollipop
How does it work
Picture Manager relies on the EXIF Metadata that is stored into each picture. The EXIF Metadata contains a lot of information, the one Picture Manager needs is the date the picture was taken.
With that information Picture Manager can reliably rename and organize your pictures.
Tasker Plugin
Picture Manager comes with a Tasker Action Plugin. That means that you can start a batch process on different events, like time, when usb gets connected etc.
Premium features
If you want to use the custom format, background service or the Tasker plugin you need to upgrade to the premium version.
To upgrade you can use an in app purchase. Or you paypal me and I mail you a premium code. That way google doesn't get 30% of the income.

Downloads
Picture Manager is available in the playstore:
FAQ
Q: What about videos?
A: Picture Manager can also handle mp4 recorded videos.
Q: What about other manufactures than HTC and Sony?
A: I just know about those two that use an incremented number in their filename. If you know more, let me know. If your files are already timestamped you can still use the organizer to move your files into timestamped folders.
Q: After using the organizer I have sometimes missing files in my gallery?
A: Use the media scanner built in Picture Manager to make those files visible.
Q: Will the background service drain a lot of battery?
A: Picture Manager makes use of Androids JobSheduler, like Google Photos and Amazon Photos instant upload and is very battery friendly. When checking GSAM stats, it is nearly at the very bottom of the list.

This is intriguing. I've been using Sony phones since I first came to Android and I have a LOT of photos. (I'm not bragging, it's just the downside of being able to take them so easily.)
This app could be really useful..:highfive:

Ticklefish said:
This is intriguing. I've been using Sony phones since I first came to Android and I have a LOT of photos. (I'm not bragging, it's just the downside of being able to take them so easily.)
This app could be really useful..:highfive:
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Hehe thanks,
let me know when you tried and leave a feeback here.
Feature suggestions are welcomed too.
Cheers, Jan

j to the 4n said:
Hehe thanks,
let me know when you tried and leave a feeback here.
Feature suggestions are welcomed too.
Cheers, Jan
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So far, so good. I've renamed the files in my main 100ANDRO folder, now I'm just renaming the ones in the other folders and arranging them into date folders.
I like the app, it's proving very useful. I have hundreds of thousands of photos from various different devices all stored on a NAS. This is going to be very helpful in getting it all organised. :good:
It would be handy to have information on the notification about which file the app's working on at that moment (2/300, 3/300, etc). I know we have a progress bar but, if there are a lot of files, that bar doesn't fill in very quickly. Numbers would help show that something's happening.
And it would be really helpful if this could access folders on a NAS, but I appreciate that's probably a lot more work to implement!

Ticklefish said:
So far, so good. I've renamed the files in my main 100ANDRO folder, now I'm just renaming the ones in the other folders and arranging them into date folders.
I like the app, it's proving very useful. I have hundreds of thousands of photos from various different devices all stored on a NAS. This is going to be very helpful in getting it all organised. :good:
It would be handy to have information on the notification about which file the app's working on at that moment (2/300, 3/300, etc). I know we have a progress bar but, if there are a lot of files, that bar doesn't fill in very quickly. Numbers would help show that something's happening.
And it would be really helpful if this could access folders on a NAS, but I appreciate that's probably a lot more work to implement!
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Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.
Will implement the counter for the next update.
About the NAS thing, that'll be a bit more complex to implement, I'll check that out on the weekend.
Edit: I got it working getting files from a NAS.
With hardcoded values so far though.
One issue I see is the performance. I need to copy every file to phone, read the exif data, rename it on the device, then copy it back to the NAS.
Then verfiy that it is there and then delete the old file.
I'll check when I have more time, how long it takes to perform 100 images.
If it is in a appropriate time I'll implement the feature. Otherwise I think I would suggest to find a windows app that does the same as my app (shouldnt be hard to find)
Copy app files to your HDD, perform the batch and copy back to NAS.

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[APP][WM6] alpha v2 - Tube8 viewer --- uses XBMC plugins with PythonCE!

WARNING! THIS IS STILL IN ALPHA STAGES... (v0.2.1a)
And that's because I don't mean it to be a Tube8/porn viewer. It's going to be a video viewer for all types of websites. So until I get to that stage, alpha!
However, it's fully-functioning in the sense that you should be able to get to any movie on Tube8. There are some bugs... I'll list the ones I know below. You MUST follow the steps below to get this working.
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(wow, took a while before I found a kind-of-work-safe image... but you saw Tube8 in the header, you should know better)
STEP 1
This uses PYTHON! You must have PythonCE installed for this to work. I'll explain why in a second, but the link for pythonCE is here..
Get PythonCE
STEP 2
Install the CAB file below. (I'm crossing my fingers that it works ok.)
STEP 3
Copy the THREE .pyw files in the attached zip file to the /Program Files/Python25/Lib folder. (Unzip them!) These are crucial! (Some unzip programs will capitalize the file names. CHANGE THEM BACK to all lowercase if this happens. Python is case-sensitive and it's looking for these files with lower-case names.)
STEP 4
Have a video player set to open M3U files by default. I KNOW this works with CorePlayer. I'm not certain it works with TCPMP (maybe mine sucks ) For CorePlayer, it's not enough to just install it. You need to go into Tools->Settings... then select the page for Associations and check M3U.
One thing you WILL notice is that not all videos will play in CorePlayer. I can't figure out the reason, but some of the videos are encoded in VP6 (FLV4) and Coreplayer can't read them. However, a good two thirds of the videos do work... just keep trying.
OK, maybe you noticed that these python files are named XBMC. Well, my intention is to get most (or all) of the plugins that work for XBMC to work for my app which I think I'm going to name 2Kinetic - Mobile Video Viewer. So far, it should work with the Tube8 plugin. I did not write this plugin, and I would not normally package it with this app, but I'm still in testing mode so... hopefully I haven't stepped on anyone's toes.
You'll notice that PythonCE is a little slow... well, it is not super fast, but I think you'll be able to live with it if we can get everything else that XBMC does working on Windows Mobile. Besides, if PythonCE turns out to be incredibly useful on the WM platform, maybe someone will take it up again and put out a better (newer version).
Known bugs:
-Back button doesn't do what it should always
-If net connection is down, the program will crash
-Images don't show up on the initial screen unless you scroll down, then back up... or you wait until it finishes loading.
-Many more i'm sure...
To Do:
-Write a new class for displaying images and text... i'm currently using listview (small icons). This will let me display more data (vid length) and fix the image loading behavior.
-Speed everything up
-See if TCPMP will open HTTP addresses as streams from an *.M3U file (how 2Kinetic currently works)
-Make a nicer search page (the default one is ugly and not convenient at all)
Future:
-Get more plugins from XBMC to work
-Get a better overall video player to work flawlessly (maybe TCPMP)
-Get RTMP support worked into the program (on the way )
Good idea, thanks.
I've seen your post on WVD's thread. Maybe you're app could enable to the user to fix some html or others to make the app reworking when video-websites have changed. No?
I hope your app will be a "better and working" wvd soon.
If you need help, but only for a translation in french, i can help you.
zinconnu said:
Good idea, thanks.
I've seen your post on WVD's thread. Maybe you're app could enable to the user to fix some html or others to make the app reworking when video-websites have changed. No?
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I've got some ideas for that... like using an XML file containing regex expressions that will auto-update via web (or by hand). I really wanted to mimic how XBMC does it, but XBMC uses python and pythonCE is not perfect yet. I'm still thinking about it.
I hope your app will be a "better and working" wvd soon.
If you need help, but only for a translation in french, i can help you.
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I speak French... but I don't know any technical French so maybe I'll ask for help
Ok, good idea. Do you think that in future your app may enable some "plugins" ? For exemple a dev' create a plugin (xml file) for a website like youtube, we put it in a folder, and it works. It's a good idea, to my mind.
(you speak french? Wow. )
dommage il crash sur diamond bsb 6.5.3
mancukya said:
dommage il crash sur diamond bsb 6.5.3
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In english please.
How does it crash? Do you have an error message/log?
Just so everyone knows... it will crash if there's no internet connection. It will also crash if tube8.com is unreachable. There is absolutely no error-handling in the program at all. There is no log file either.
I was hoping that someone would say, "Yes it works for me on GPRS."
I'll keep working on it anyways.
If you are having trouble saying what you want to say inEnglish, french is ok since I can understand you, but we all prefer english normally so that everyone can understand
BTW - YOU MUST HAVE NET CF 3.5 INSTALLED FOR IT TO WORK. I think most new roms come with it, so this shouldn't be a big issue, but just in case.
It worked great for me,I have the Sprint Touch Pro2 using stock ROM,no problem at all,thanks for your great work.
Were you using WiFi at the time or were you using the Sprint Network?
makku12 said:
Were you using WiFi at the time or were you using the Sprint Network?
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Both worked great.
DIAM500
Telus
It crashes for me, I believe its because its trying to save the file to "storage card" but as you may or may not no the DIAM500 only has internal memory no SD slot. Other wise it loaded fine and showed all the previews.
I've forgotten to say it, but it works for me too.
I use an acer tempo x960, with wifi.
For me it crashes when I press flv... If this app tries to save to the storage card that may be the issue in my case (maybe it's a regional or unicode issue... since in my localization the storage card folder is named "Cartão de memória".
PS: If you're going to add more sites I leave the same suggestion as I did for WVD: make your app scriptable in a similar way to PSP Tube (and its mods... here and here are some scripts that may help making the addition of some sites faster). In the long run this would require less (official) updates.
frmariam said:
For me it crashes when I press flv... If this app tries to save to the storage card that may be the issue in my case (maybe it's a regional or unicode issue... since in my localization the storage card folder is named "Cartão de memória".
PS: If you're going to add more sites I leave the same suggestion as I did for WVD: make your app scriptable in a similar way to PSP Tube (and its mods... here and here are some scripts that may help making the addition of some sites faster). In the long run this would require less (official) updates.
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Yeah, it's hardcoded to go to "/storage card/" so it will crash if it's in another language or not there. Well, this was just a test to make sure those sites aren't doing anything other than checking the HTTP Headers for mobile devices.
As for scripting... I did not know that PSP Tube existed. I'll look into those... I was definitely going for a scripted version that others can contribute to since I don't want to be the one to fix it each time a site changes their format.
I'm still working on it...
And thanks for all the responses so far.
makku12 said:
I was definitely going for a scripted version that others can contribute to since I don't want to be the one to fix it each time a site changes their format.
I'm still working on it...
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Good luck, i can't wait to test new version.
Good to know. Will keep an eye on development.
hey buddy, nice to see this.
i'm working on a similar app for android and started with tube8 too, cause it has easy accecable videos. Maybe we can share information how to extract the video infos.
I try to make my app pluginbased so that it is easy in the future to add new sites. I'm a android beginner (without my own device) so it takes some time.. but tube 8 works quit good at the moment.
P.S.: For android devices its important that the site has mp4 support so the sitesupport is very limited on android at the moment.
sxe: PM'd you...
Failed on GPRS when I clicked FLV...
WebException - Could not establish connection to network
I think I have everything working except for the Search function and the back button...
But the behavior so far:
1. You're presented with a series of menus
2. If you select Categories, it will show you a series of categories.
3. Otherwise, it will show you a list of videos with name and thumbnail.
4. Doubletap the video and it will open CorePlayer automatically and stream it. I had no slowdowns at all like I used to get with WVD and TCPMP (although I think that was TCPMP's fault and not WVD).
Ok, now all I have to do is fix the Search and Back buttons... then learn how to package this whole thing into a CAB file and I'll upload it for testing
Edit: Oh, and I need to put in a lot of error handling so that you guys can tell me what it says when there's an error

CloudFiles - with Dropbox, a DP Client for Windows Mobile - first beta available!

Hello
We (independend from Dropbox) are developing a Windows Mobile Application for Dropbox. Like their iPhone-Application, it will not sync all files to your device, but you will get access to your files, you can download/upload any file you want, you can edit files, move, copy, delete files/folders, create new folders, get properties of files and you account informations.
==================>BETA TEST <===================
WE JUST RELEASE THE FIRST PUBLIC BETA OF CLOUDFILES!
visit www.ruttensoft.com to download it
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=> Browse through your Dropbox Files and Folders
=> Thumbnail support
=> Create/Delete/Move/Copy Folders
=> Delete/Move/Copy Files
=> See properties of a file (Name, Folder, Size & Last modified)
=> Upload a new file
=> Upload a whole folder (!)
=> Download a file
=> Download a whole folder (!)
=> Create a new Text note using the builtin text editor
=> Edit text-files within the application, it will directly be saved to your Dropbox account
=> Edit all other file types in your favorite Windows Mobile App, afterwards reupload it to your Dropbox account with one click!
=> Share your files by sending a link per Email
==> All files using a 30-day-expiration link
==> Move/Copy a file to the public folder and then share it with one click
=> Share your files by sending the file as Email Attachment (Downloading it to the device first)
=> Create folder favorites to quickly browse to them
=> See your Dropbox Account informations (Username, ID, Space used/Free)
=> Lots of file type's are skinned in the list
=> Autorotation of the app (if supported)
=> Landscape & Portrait-Support
=> All Touch Screen Devices supported from WM 6.0+, might work on WM 5.0 too.
=> Shoot & Upload pictures with one click (!). It will be stored with continuous numbers (SomeName001, SomeName002) directly in your gallery!
=> Bit.ly support for short share links (using your own Bit.ly-Account)
=> And lots more
The app itself will cost some few $, and will be supported and developed over time.
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http://www.ruttensoft.com
DROPBOX is the best file-syncing tool from Mac & Windows. It's free for 2GB,
Sven
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=600226
Thanks Sven, keep us posted as to when this Beta will be, looking forward to it and am willing to donate a few $$ to the cause and dev of it.
love to be part of the beta testers for this, I use dropbox on a daily basis (mobile website version is just well... lacking) and this would be awesome
Hi
It will be a public beta and I hope to start next week.
I've already created a first beta, but I think I will replace the Treeview with a cool animated control.
Sounds like your on the case, I'll be patiently waiting
Keep on watching - www.ruttensoft.com.
We hope to release the first public beta next week
So how is drop box different from Windows Live Mesh??? (Or is that still in closed beta? I've had it for so long I'm not sure lol)
I've been running the first beta for about a week now and its excellent. Sven has spent a LOT of time getting this application to work perfectly and I'll admit its pretty damn close.
Lovin the fact I can now easily upload .torrents and photos from my phone in a matter of seconds rather than going though the website.
lopuk said:
I've been running the first beta for about a week now and its excellent. Sven has spent a LOT of time getting this application to work perfectly and I'll admit its pretty damn close.
Lovin the fact I can now easily upload .torrents and photos from my phone in a matter of seconds rather than going though the website.
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Sounds like a winner to me, really can't wait for this - I use dropbox on a daily basis for file sharing and being able to have the access via my phone is gonna be sweet.
Might be a bit cheeky, but could we have some sneaky screenshots?
Hi Matt
Actually I am redoing the whole GUI at the moment. I was using a standard TreeView, which did great, but I decided to go more fingerfriendly. This will take some few days, then I have to get the final "Ok" from Dropbox (they want to test it as I got a special permission to access all files/folders, not just a sandbox-folder which normal API users can)
I'll put up some Screenshot soon
Sven
Dumdidum said:
Hi Matt
Actually I am redoing the whole GUI at the moment. I was using a standard TreeView, which did great, but I decided to go more fingerfriendly. This will take some few days, then I have to get the final "Ok" from Dropbox (they want to test it as I got a special permission to access all files/folders, not just a sandbox-folder which normal API users can)
I'll put up some Screenshot soon
Sven
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Okie dokie, Finger friendly is good - Seems all reasonable, I'll be waiting patiently for the release... I suppose you have all the beta testers you need? If you would like one more send me a PM
Actually we just had some very few testers for the very first release. But now a lot is changing in the GUI. So we decided to stop private beta testing and go live with a public beta...
But... it's ready when it's ready, we hope next week.
That seems fair - I'll be waiting patiently for release
I seccond that, i'll keep looking every two hours on a daily basis
ToddeSwe said:
I seccond that, i'll keep looking every two hours on a daily basis
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seen the poll - who wouldn't be looking forward to it.
Hi all
We had an other project who we had to finish, that's why the beta is a little bit late. We are working hard to be able to release a first beta this week or this weekend. Though we cannot promise it. Maybe we will release an Alpha first, with not yet all functions available, so you can start to test it.
Remember: The client will not automatically sync everything to dropbox like live mesh (though live mesh WM client is not really working great, just using a lot of power). But it will give you access to all your files on the Dropbox server. you can download/upload any file you want, you can edit files, move, copy, delete files/folders, create new folders, get properties of files and you account informations.
And, everytime you shoot a picture with your cam using our app, the photo that you shot gets uploaded to a predefined folder on dropbox!
So you can set "Date + Barcelona" as folder and "Barcelona" as filename. Now if you shoot the first photo, the album "\photos\2010-04-06 Barcelona" gets created and the file "Barcelona 001.jpg" gets saved. The next photo will automatically be saved as "Barcelona 002.jpg".
Compared to the iPhone Dropbox application, you have more freedom in downloading/uploading files.
The beta's will give you a chance to test it extensivly and furthermore you are free to suggest useful features which we will try to implement before the final app will be released. Of course there will also be a Trial (15 days) of the final application.
So, going back to work. About to implement a "Favourite"-feature, so you can quickly go to a subfolder with 2 clicks.
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I am i am Just exaggerate a bit before to make a point on how much i want this app!
Dumdidum said:
Hi all
We had an other project who we had to finish, that's why the beta is a little bit late. We are working hard to be able to release a first beta this week or this weekend. Though we cannot promise it. Maybe we will release an Alpha first, with not yet all functions available, so you can start to test it.
Remember: The client will not automatically sync everything to dropbox like live mesh (though live mesh WM client is not really working great, just using a lot of power). But it will give you access to all your files on the Dropbox server. you can download/upload any file you want, you can edit files, move, copy, delete files/folders, create new folders, get properties of files and you account informations.
And, everytime you shoot a picture with your cam using our app, the photo that you shot gets uploaded to a predefined folder on dropbox!
So you can set "Date + Barcelona" as folder and "Barcelona" as filename. Now if you shoot the first photo, the album "\photos\2010-04-06 Barcelona" gets created and the file "Barcelona 001.jpg" gets saved. The next photo will automatically be saved as "Barcelona 002.jpg".
Compared to the iPhone Dropbox application, you have more freedom in downloading/uploading files.
The beta's will give you a chance to test it extensivly and furthermore you are free to suggest useful features which we will try to implement before the final app will be released. Of course there will also be a Trial (15 days) of the final application.
So, going back to work. About to implement a "Favourite"-feature, so you can quickly go to a subfolder with 2 clicks.
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This sound GREAT! How much is it when it is done?

Calibre - A free and open source e-book library management application

Last night I learned about Calibre and I am amazed. It is basically iTunes but for ebooks. I have a large collection of ebooks that were in mobi format. When first opening up Calibre it asks what kind of device you would like it setup for. Obviously I chose the B&N NookColor option. After Calibre added my collection to my library, I then connected my nook. Highlighted all the books and then right clicked > Send to device. You get the option of sending it to internal storage or the SD card. It then asks if you would like to convert all the books to a compatible format for the device. I left it syncing over night, woke up and only 2 of 568 books did not convert properly. Now on my NC I have a huge library of books to choose from. The "Books" section within your "Library" does take some time to load though so I took some time and added the more prevalent books I want to read to "My Shelves" and now I have a good amount of quickly accessible reading material.
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Don't degrade the good name of Calibre by comparing it to crappy iTunes.
rajendra82 said:
Don't degrade the good name of Calibre by comparing it to crappy iTunes.
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YEAH!!!!!! I hate iTunes.
I also hate it when people describe my espresso catering business as "it's like Starbucks, but better".
Cheers,
kev
Been using Calibre since I got my NC, and love it. I just wish it (or the NC) handled cover art a lot better. Calibre seems to create a jpg file in the same directory as the ebook for the cover, instead of using the on on page 1 of the ebook, most of the time. I get a lot of blank covers that do have cover art on page 1 on my NC.
I've tried to find solutions (save "epub as epub", and convert in Sigil -then in Calibre), but none have been successful.
Good call letting people know about Calibre though. It is very good.
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Been using Calibre since I got my NC, and love it. I just wish it (or the NC) handled cover art a lot better. Calibre seems to create a jpg file in the same directory as the ebook for the cover, instead of using the on on page 1 of the ebook, most of the time. I get a lot of blank covers that do have cover art on page 1 on my NC.
I've tried to find solutions (save "epub as epub", and convert in Sigil -then in Calibre), but none have been successful.
Good call letting people know about Calibre though. It is very good.
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I solved that problem by rooting and using another reader, specifically Aldiko, which IMHO is a much better app than the stock Nook reader.
Nice share, never heard of this before. Thanks!!!
Calibre is great not only for organizing my ebooks but also to convert them to ePub. I had a ton of PDFs and calibre converted them to ePub in under an hour. It also makes it easy to organize books by author on the nook because it automatically formats to (Last, First name).
I'd heard of Calibre before. Never thought to use it though as I've never really had a use for it til now.
Is this strictly PC side, or is there a reader/library app on the market as well?
If not, what reader/library app should I be using? I dont like the BN stock software at all, (clunky and slow mostly) so I want to avoid using it.
Can I use Calibre to resize my comics for my new NC but NOT change what format there in? I plan on using ACV to actually read them
ACV can fit the image to the screen, ypu don't need to resize them.
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ACV can fit the image to the screen, ypu don't need to resize them.
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So I just drag and drop my comic files, as is into NC? Any suggestions of where to put them?
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Been using Calibre since I got my NC, and love it. I just wish it (or the NC) handled cover art a lot better. Calibre seems to create a jpg file in the same directory as the ebook for the cover, instead of using the on on page 1 of the ebook, most of the time. I get a lot of blank covers that do have cover art on page 1 on my NC.
I've tried to find solutions (save "epub as epub", and convert in Sigil -then in Calibre), but none have been successful.
Good call letting people know about Calibre though. It is very good.
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Follow leday's post here step by step. It seems a little complicated the first time but it's really very simple and works every single time.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110001
Actually it's much easier....
Using Calibre to get your covers to show up in your library is actually a very easy thing to do. Man that last post was way way to complicated. 90% of the time the following method works.
Load your book into Calibre.
Right click on the title and choose Edit metadata, then edit metadata individually.
Now the metadata page will open. You will see on the left side of the metadata page a empty box with no ISBN number.
Go to Barnes and Nobles website pull up the book and copy the ISBN number from the site to the ISBN box in Calibre.
Now click the Fetch Metadata.
A new box will open up and Calibre will search the correct metadata.
Normally it will within seconds it will find the title (usually only one will come up).
Make sure the all three text boxes in the bottom left are checked (Overwrite author..., download ..., and download cover art)
Hit ok it will fill in the missing data and download the correct (in 98% of the cases) cover art.
Now simply convert epub to epub.
The cover art should now correctly populate to your Nook Color when you move the modified book to your device.
I believe that the problem with cover art not showing correctly on the Nook Color might in fact be linked to missing or incorrect ISBN numbers. Regardless this whole process is mostly painless and quick so definitely easier then changing file names etc.
Hope that helps people.
Adan
I have been using calibre for covers titles and authors. Only question i had is how do you sent the books to your nook in an organized manner? For example when i move books over all the books get moved to the root of my SD card. I would like to have the books go to my files than ebooks folder but there is no option to set that...am i missing something?
I have been using calibre to fetch news feeds from blogs and websites that I read daily. When you choose a source it asks when you would like it downloaded , which I have set at 1 x per day, and then to delete anything older than 1 day.
Everything downloads fine and transfers over but it does not seem to be deleting anything old. Especially from the nook itself. I still have numerous old entries with no apparent way to get rid of them.
Anyone have any experience with this?
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I have been using calibre for covers titles and authors. Only question i had is how do you sent the books to your nook in an organized manner? For example when i move books over all the books get moved to the root of my SD card. I would like to have the books go to my files than ebooks folder but there is no option to set that...am i missing something?
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When I right click the book in Calibre, I see a choice to send to main memory or send to storage card A.
Edit: Oh, you want to select the folder on the SD card. I see.......... good question.
Cheers,
kev
myv6mustang said:
I have been using calibre for covers titles and authors. Only question i had is how do you sent the books to your nook in an organized manner? For example when i move books over all the books get moved to the root of my SD card. I would like to have the books go to my files than ebooks folder but there is no option to set that...am i missing something?
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There is an option in Preferences to choose your folder path when sending to the device.
1. Open Preferences
2. Under Import/Export heading, choose "Sending books to devices"
3. Under "Save Template" enter "My Files/ebooks/" at the beginning. You can also change the folder structure there.
Hope that helps!
Now while I'm at it, does anyone know how to tell Calibre not to send over the JPG covers. The Nook Color doesn't need the cover art as a separate jpg the way the Nook did. Adding a .nomedia to my Books folder suppresses all of the eBooks in Library as well. I've been manually deleting all of the JPGs in my Books folder, but I'd prefer to skip that step if possible.
Hello to the community, first time poster.
Is there a way to use calibre without it moving and organizing the e-books in it's own system. I have my own folder-based classification method and I'd like to keep using it - if that's possible (kinda like the i-tunes method of mp3's organization).
In calibre instead of saving to device you click the arrow next to save to disk and choose save to disk in a single directory. If you nc is hooked up, you can choose any folder on your sd card. I don't mess with how it wants to save the files for its functionality, just make my own save folder...,or you single folder save on your pc hdd and simply drag and drop the files onto your nc.
Sent from my rooted nook color using XDA App

[Q] TVersity android app?

I was looking for a way to stream my media on the go. I tried VLC, but that was too buggy, orb was too slow and then I came across TVersity which works great.
You can access it with the webinterface when you are on the road. It works very good on the A101, but it is lacking some features. So I wondered if there is an apk available with some more features. If there isn't I think I am going to write one or adjust the webinterface.
Maurice
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"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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I had some time this weekend and am almost done with writing my own app and webinterface for android to access the Tversity webserver.
If there is interest in this, I will develop it further, so that it is end user ready. If not I just fit it to my needs and I am done with it.
The program is a small apk that needs to be installed on the archos and some webfiles that needs to be copied to the server where Tversity is installed.
Maurice
I'm definitely interested!
me too on archos 10.1 and 7.0
love to get this app too
Nice work divx118!
Shame TVersity don't have a linux alternative. I do believe there is one in the works though, so I'll be keeping an eye on your project... if you undertake it that is.
d31b0y said:
Nice work divx118!
Shame TVersity don't have a linux alternative. I do believe there is one in the works though, so I'll be keeping an eye on your project... if you undertake it that is.
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Unfortunately there is indeed no linux or mac version available. For now it is windows only.
If I find some time next weekend I will see if I get a beta version ready no promisses though. For serving videos I have it almost ready. There are however some issues with streaming audio when you are not on the local network. With some files the music player on my 101 will crash. I think it is the long url that is the problem I had no time to investigate if this is indeed true. I myself will not use music streaming, but I see if it is possible to solve this.
For video files I have thumbnail support, with a work a round. It needs the thumbnail with the same name as your videofile in a folder where also my webcontrol will be.
If you however have XBMC installed it is just a few minutes work todo this. I am also looking if I can get it to work for the parent folders, now it is only working for the video files itself.
Maurice
very interested, i already use tversity for 360 streaming.
I'm interested also!
I'm interested as well...
I am still working on it. My free time is however limited. That is why it is taken so long. Atleast this weekend I have some time available.
A little update on what still needs to be done and what is ready before a first release:
1) creating the APK to install on your archos. This is ready and is working for videofiles streaming. TODO for the APK is cleaning up the code and put in some error catching. Also I still have to decide if I use a new intent to play audio files or integrate the mediaplayer in the apk. For videos I use a new intent, this means it will start the default videoplayer for playing your videofiles. For audio this didn't work so well in my testing.
For handling the pictures I decided to do that entirely in the webcontrol, which is much easier.
2) The webcontrol is also almost ready. TODO is integration of pictures viewing like a slideshow etc.
The features are pretty simple. You can add two urls in the apk one for if your are on your local network and on for when you are on the road. Further you can adjust the number of items that will be displayed in one view. I tested with 100 items and it was very fast.
You can choose between thumbnail view and listview for pictures and a seperate item view setting when in thumbnail view.
If you have anymore features that should be added you can just post a reply with your suggestions.
Maurice
thanks for this.
the default video player isn't cutting it for me.
Can't wait to test this out when it's released
ditto, can't wait to test it out!
Hi,
Try Qloud Video, it is same as 'AirVideo' on iPhone,
search it in market and you will surprise.
Leo
Any chance we can get a look at your current app? I am dying to get my hands on it. If not such is the way of life.
Interested, this would be awesome to have.
Just a little update:
Playing audio in the apk is ready. Audioplayer is pretty simple start, pause, next song, previous song and shuffle the playlist. You can also click on a song in the playlist. Only playing mp3 gives sometimes a scrambled output. It seems to be an archos issue.
You can use a horizontal swipe to switch between audioplayer and the webview.
I also want the same implementation for images, because displaying them in the webview is a bit slow. That is what I am working on right now.
Another feature I added is when rotating the archos the GUI rotates too.
However it still needs some work before a first release, it is the first time I code in java and on android. So I need todo some research to see how things are done. Also I don't want to release a version that only half works and then putting my time in answering questions "when do we get an update?", "Why doesn't the app work?" and so on.
Please be patient
The release will be in the near future, I guess I need a few more free weekends, maybe less to finish it.
Thanks to all for your interest.
Maurice
divx118 said:
I guess I need a few more free weekends
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You could quit your job...
Seriously, I can't wait to take it for a spin.
Thanks for the update, can't wait!
strongergravity said:
You could quit your job...
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If you pay me the loss of income I have no problem doing that
BTW I am going to add a new feature, downloading files.
Maurice

[APP] People's Note - Evernote client

People's Note
http://www.peoplesnote.org
People's Note is a polished Windows Mobile note taking application with full-featured Evernote integration.
The app is completely free and open-source. New versions come out every week or few. Let me know what you think.
You can also add and vote up feature requests at the site.
Download version 0.41 here (last updated: 2012-05-24)
Features
Rich text note creation and editing
TODO list creation and editing
Ink and photo note creation
Optional synchronization with your Evernote account
Offline note storage
High performance and small memory footprint
Requirements
Windows Mobile 5 or 6
Resolution 240x240 or higher
Touchscreen
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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This app works great man. Is there any setting to make it autosync anything you make?
I tried evernote long ago but didn't find it much use since there was no winmo app. Any tips or tricks?
wow, great app, works great on the hd2. waiting for the voice notes to be functional. some suggestions: feature to send notes through bluetooth and more color schemes
ninjabortion said:
This app works great man. Is there any setting to make it autosync anything you make?
I tried evernote long ago but didn't find it much use since there was no winmo app. Any tips or tricks?
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There are 3 votes for autosync so far, which does not quite bring it to the top of my to-do pile, but you can help to change that.
http://peoplesnote.codeplex.com/workitem/416
Evernote has a WinMo app, but it is pretty bare-bones and has not been supported for a long time.
joshzzz2001 said:
wow, great app, works great on the hd2. waiting for the voice notes to be functional. some suggestions: feature to send notes through bluetooth and more color schemes
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I'm not sure what you mean by sending notes through bluetooth. Would you elaborate?
Adding more colour schemes is unlikely. The app currently includes two versions of the interface, one for high-resolution displays and one for the low. With more variants of each, it could quickly become unmaintainable. I can't change the background colour programmatically either, because it is baked into the graphics. They are all dithered for 16-bit colour, and dithering is incompatible with transparency.
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I'm not sure what you mean by sending notes through bluetooth. Would you elaborate?
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It's simply you can send the notes you have to another device, say to another phone or pc, using bluetooth.
joshzzz2001 said:
It's simply you can send the notes you have to another device, say to another phone or pc, using bluetooth.
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The thing I wonder about is what to do with the note on the receiving end. Official Evernote clients cannot properly transfer notes outside of synchronization. Exporting to HTML is possible, but would raise the question of what to do with file attachments.
Of course, if you can connect to internet through Bluetooth, then you can simply sync.
Don Reba said:
There are 3 votes for autosync so far, which does not quite bring it to the top of my to-do pile, but you can help to change that.
http://peoplesnote.codeplex.com/workitem/416
Evernote has a WinMo app, but it is pretty bare-bones and has not been supported for a long time.
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Yeah i remember trying it out specifically because they had one, but it was terrible. Yours works great on my htc touch pro 2 though, so thanks
Perfect timing: I just started trying out Evernote this week and wasn't really keen on Evernote's own application because it's useless offline. And here comes your app and looks great.
I got one problem, though: It refuses to connect via wifi. No problem at all via 3G, but on WiFi it steadily shows "connecting".
Oh, and being able to create new tags would be a good addition.
Rjinswand said:
Perfect timing: I just started trying out Evernote this week and wasn't really keen on Evernote's own application because there it's useless offline. And here comes your app and looks great.
I got one problem, though: It refuses to connect via wifi. No problem at all via 3G, but on WiFi it steadily shows "connecting".
Oh, and being able to create new tag would be a good addition.
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Thanks for complimenting the app. I have not used WiFi in a while, but will try to reproduce your problem.
Started a new work item for tag creation: http://peoplesnote.codeplex.com/workitem/1005.
Voting on feature requests gets them implemented sooner.
Since restarting my phone a few times, the app doesn't hang up while trying to connect via WiFi anymore - it just takes way longer than via 3G for some reason, but it's usable.
Edit: Forget about the described problem. I'm sure it was a generally lagging WiFi connectivity that day. It works like a charm in other WiFi networks and now at the same one, too.
I apologize for taking so long to release a new version — just did not have much time to spare. Version 0.38 implements one of the most-requested features, letting you choose "All Notebooks" to browse, search, and sync all your notebooks together.
http://peoplesnote.codeplex.com/releases/view/83479
Great App!
Great App! Working on my old Axim X51V!
I see on your website that you have Notes popping up with a timed alarm reminder as low priority. Let me put in a vote for higher priority.
I would use it as a timed "sticky note" to myself to do something.
Keep up the good work!
Just released version 0.39, making it possible to delete notes from the main note list screen via a tap-and-hold menu.
http://peoplesnote.codeplex.com/releases/view/84127
Version 0.40 adds an option to compact the database from the profile screen. Compacting a database can make it smaller and faster by removing empty spaces left over by editing, moving, and deleting notes.
http://peoplesnote.codeplex.com/releases/view/84688
cant log in
It must be just me; since nobody else has mentionned it; but I cannot log in to evernote at all on my HD2. On 3G it immediately comes back with network error (never even tries to open a data connection). On wifi it seems to be trying to do something in the background but after a few minutes to just goes back to the login screen.
Any ideas??
SR
sydneyrodgers said:
It must be just me; since nobody else has mentionned it; but I cannot log in to evernote at all on my HD2. On 3G it immediately comes back with network error (never even tries to open a data connection). On wifi it seems to be trying to do something in the background but after a few minutes to just goes back to the login screen.
Any ideas??
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It sounds like the WiFi connection is slow and times out. With 3G, try to establish a data connection first, such as by opening a web browser. I just created a work item for this: workitem:1055.
0.41 release
After a temporary break, development continues. Version 0.41 adds some more polish to the user interface, as well as a new in-app player for WAV file attachments.
http://peoplesnote.codeplex.com/releases/view/88314
Don Reba said:
After a temporary break, development continues. Version 0.41 adds some more polish to the user interface, as well as a new in-app player for WAV file attachments.
http://peoplesnote.codeplex.com/releases/view/88314
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thanks for update man....
This application is very usefull for me... Thanks for continue the great works
I use your apllication from the first time and it always works great for me..
Thanks again.
Regrads,
squallvai
This program is making all the right steps in all the right directions, it has great prospects.
There are some features that Evernote has that I hope would arrive in this software in the not-too-distant future. I make more handwritten notes that any other form of note taking, and what I find with 'PeoplesNote' is that the 'Ink Note' feature is just a one page scribble pad without any option to scroll or add a page. It would be fantastic if the Ink Note feature of PeoplesNote could automatically scroll as the old Windows Note does as you approach the bottom of the page. Evernote's Ink Note recognises that you are reaching the bottom of the page and facilitates extra space to scroll into. Additionally, it would be very helpful to have an erase feature with Ink Note.
Please don't take this as criticism, I can see this app being extremely useful for as long as Evernote allow you to develop it.

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