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[Xoom Themes and Apps] martenw:
Convert tool for CBR to CBZ

I've written a batch script you can run on your computer (Windows XP and upwards).

Just make sure that the path to WinRAR is correct.

@echo off
@echo Renaming all cbr files to rar
pause
for /r %%x in (*.cbr) do ren "%%x" *.rar
@echo Done
@echo Next step will convert all rar files into zip
pause
for /r %%x in (*.rar) do "c:\program files\winrar\winrar" cv -y "%%x"
@echo Done
@echo Renaming all zip files to cbz
pause
for /r %%x in (*.zip) do ren "%%x" *.cbz
echo Done
@echo NEXT COMMAND REMOVES ALL RAR's
@echo Press CTRL-C if you don't wan't your RAR's removed!
pause
for /r %%x in (*.rar) do del "%%x" *.rar

Put the file in the root folder of where you have the comics that you want to convert. It doesn't care about your directory structure, it's going to go through them all recursively. So if you have folders you don't want to convert move them elsewhere.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Itaintrite:
I don't really think that's a good idea. Lets keep this a simple viewer. You can always download with other apps and use this to read.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jrezin:
resuming to the page

one bug that is already mentioned on this thread, is the not resuming in the last read page of the comic.

I had already encountered this bug many times in cbr files, but didn't know if it only happened in this situation. Now that I'm currently reading some folders with file sequences, I can confirm that it happens in this situation to.

to reproduce it, a little time outside the app or into another larger app is needed.

by exiting an issue and going back to the issue listing, Komik saves were you let off, and resumes properly.

but if you stay in an issue's page, and left Komik instead, and, after a while, return to Komik (or just lock the screen for a long time...), it will resume to the beginning of the issue, instead of the page you left off.

it maybe be related to android's task manager killing Komik, or maybe the way the app saves its current "state" (that the android's technical term, IIRC...).

no biggie, just a little confusing.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jopherr:
half hte time while im reading teh comics, komik will freeze and when i try swiping left or right to change pages, it would be stuck with a "loading" popup.

this happens constantly. other than that this is a great comic reader

once or twice, komik froze my transformer and the only thing i could do about it was to hold the powerbutton until it shut off.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Oh that is excellent. How many files actually have that sort of data do you imagine? I was unaware of such a file in the cbzs. I have never run across it. How do they get generated? I will definitely look into it. Thanks! Why are the comic thumbnails not generating? If you scroll around do you see the thumbnails pop up eventually? Folders that do not have at least 3 files will not be generated thumbnails. However, you can still add a cover.jpg file to it and that image will be used.

jopherr - that is definitely very serious. Are you running version 1.21? Any more details you can provide on it? Sorry that is happening to you. I will look into it.

jrezin - yeah. I am aware of this bug as well. Its pretty annoying. Working on a fix. Thanks for the bug report!

martenw - excellent script! I use something similar on my linux box. Having it as a cron job makes it even better.

mjm128 - definitely an idea! I think I might make that an extension or something. So that people who dont need it wont have to deal with a cluttered UI.

palombasso - yep. The file browser keeps track of where you are in comic. You can mark folders and comics as read.

solidunit - unfortunately I am using a lot of APIs that are only available in Honeycomb. Once Icecream sandwich come around it could be possible to port. However, that might take a while...

mightydr - I am glad you like it! Feedback is always appreciated :)

thdj - excellent. Its definitely on the list of things to do.

Thanks all for the excellent feedback!

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] codye09:
One issue I've noticed is the numerical order of my issues. While alphabetical order may dictate that issues should go 1, 10, 100 its not how I would like my comics sorted. I choose your app in pretty much all other aspects. This is one thing that perfect viewer's bookshelf does better as of one of its latest updates.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jopherr:
yes im using v1.21. ummm more details? the problem persisted while i was on the official 3.1 rom and persisted to after I moved to a 3.1 custom rom.

i think this happens to me when my transformer goes to sleep with komik running. (not always but occasionally)

also, it seems to me like komik either has a memory leak or something because with komik running in the foreground for large periods of time, it slows down everything, making the back buttton the home button react really slowly, taking absurds amounts of time to switchbetween programs

if i notice anymore iill post it here
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Yeah I definitely noticed that too. In the process of fixing it. Sorry about that. A fix should be coming pretty soon. Thanks for the bug report!

codye09 - Yeah, that definitely is an annoyance. I am in the process of fixing this as well. Thanks for the suggestion.

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] musashiken:
This cool app has replaced Perfect Viewer on my Xoom. Thumbs up for this. Especially the dual page mode where it automatically turns a dual page image to landscape. This made me decide that the Xoom's screen is large enough for dual page view. Not to mention the smooth page transitions and quick load times.

I have some requests though. I have some comics/manga with low resolution images and Komik will just view them centered on the screen. Any way of adding options to auto fit images by width or height? Or I think the best way is to auto fit the images according to aspect ratio since images in the same folder may not have the same length to width ratio. In this case having just one type of auto fitting may not work for all images. It's just a thought, I don't mind zooming each page myself since zoom is pretty fast too.

Edit: I think I better explain my situation. For example I have a zip file containing some images that are roughly 700x1024 and images that are roughly 1280x1600. Komik will auto fit the larger images to the edge of the screen but for the smaller images, they will be centered with black borders.

Besides some bugs of pages getting stuck on the first swipe, I think this app is the best honeycomb one out there.

Also can someone tell me what is the difference between cbr/cbz and rar/zip? Although the market doesn't indicate rar/zip support but Komik obviously can read my rar and zip files properly.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
I can add that in as an option for the advanced settings. I made it default to the original size if it is smaller than the screen because some very small images were getting stretched quite badly.

Is the app getting stuck completely on the first swipe? If you wait a little bit does it work? When you first open a comic the app needs to buffer the next page. It takes a bit of time (especially if its a CBR or if the files are enormous). The app will always buffer the next and previous page as you are reading.

There are almost no differences between cbr/rar and cbz/zip. The file extension change is really just a way to denote that the file is for comic book readers. Typically cbr and cbz consist of a single directory that has images in it.

Thanks for the suggestions and glad you are enjoying the app!

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] musashiken:
Cool. Thanks. Ah I understand the issue with resizing of really small images. I suppose there's not really a one size fits all solution so I guess it's up to the user to decide what kind of compromise he can accept.

As for the loading of pages, yeah sometimes the page doesn't move on first try. But after I wait for a second or 2, I can swipe to the next page. This doesn't happen a lot of times so I guess it's ok. Sometimes the loading pop up appears, sometime it doesn't but it doesn't really bother me.

Btw I'm using a 3.1 Wifi Xoom, I don't see much performance issues like some others here, so I'm quite satisfied. Also I only have 3 comic/manga folders, one with 17 zips, one with 7 zips and the last with 63 zip files. Each zip file average 60 mb.

Oh and there's some problem with the magnifying box. Sometimes it appears but most of the times it doesn't. I don't really use it so it doesn't bother me.

Finally I just want to ask about the rotation performance from portrait to landscape and vice versa. Is it slow because of Honeycomb? Or you can actually make the rotation go faster like Ipad fast?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] martenw:
I don't think you'll find these cbz with this kind of image lying around on piratebay. All serious users of ComicRack will have this information, they scrape it from Comicvine using a script called "Comic-Vine-Scraper" (Python), you can find it on their website or you can contact me and I'll PM you a link.

I'd like a button to press that force Komik to scan my whole library and create these images. That way I know it's working on creating the covers, it should provide a log of what was a success and not too.

My folder structure looks like this (where /ebooks/comics/ is Komiks default folder)

/ebooks/Comics/X-Men/Series/Issue.cbz

/ebooks/Comics/Conan/Series/Issue.cbz

If I don't visit any of the series folders Komik doesn't seem to generate any covers. I've had Komik running as the primary app for hours without anything happening. (Asus EEE Transformer)

Oh, I'm also having trouble EXITING a Comic since my taps are treated as drags... maybe it's just me.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Thibor69:
Kaycha - Is there any chance you could back port this to Android 2.3.3 ?? You would get a

ton

of Nook Color people using your awesome app !! Currently NookColor custom ROMS are at 2.3.3 - Although there is a HoneyComb ROM for Nook Color, but it is not bug free by any means.

Thanks for your consideration ! We are in desprate need of a good comic reader for Android (Gingerbread) ;)

Cheers
[Xoom Themes and Apps] justin.8:
Hey Kaycha,

The only thing holding me back from buying this currently is alot of the comics i have are slightly under 1280x800, so it has the black borders; as you said there may be issues with really small ones being zoomed in, but if you get the option of scale to height, width and screen that'd be fantastic
[Xoom Themes and Apps] martenw:
I'm waiting for the next version (or two) before commiting to this app.

It needs to remember what page it was on when I turn off the display for a long while for instance.

I should be able to select a folder cover for folders with less than 3 files in from the app.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gbmitchell:
I have no problem with it remembering where I am for days on end. I think maybe even after rebooting...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] madsquabbles:
seem to have lost use of my app. its asking me to auth again but connect to the server. I obviously have an internet connection.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] madsquabbles:
its working now.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gts24:
This is a great app and thank you for writing it. I'm here to offer some constructive criticism because I wish to help you make it better.

Recently on 2 separate occasions on 2 different xooms, I have had this application lockup, and literally force a shutdown of the android OS. To the point where we thought our Xooms had died because normal methods of turning them on were NOT working.

We had to do the turn on methods discussed here:

ht tp://tinyurl.com/6g533ww

and here

ht tp://tinyurl.com/6gvd5m4

again, this happened quite separately on 2 different xooms, while using Komik to view comics.

I will say I can pinpoint a common "issue" of a comic that it seems to have happened on. We were both reading through Y: The Last man when it happened, around issue 39-44 somewhere. (I can upload these specific issues somewhere so you can test to see if you get the same error)

This may help you pinpoint the issue; additionally help write better error condition handling into Komik.

***additional information here. The aforementioned comics that seem to crash the Xoom through Komik , view fine on a PC through the various cbr/cbz comic book readers available (Comic Rack is what I primarily use).
[Xoom Themes and Apps] GokuH12:
just to let you know that I finally was able to buy ur app! Keep the excellent work
[Xoom Themes and Apps] piperp:
I had a similar issue but reading your previous posts on the differences between cbr and cbz, I converted to cbz and no longer see this. I'll go back through and convert all my comics to cbz to make it perform better. Thanks!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] xManMythLegend:
Is hardware acceleration applied in this app?

Any chance if getting page turn animation?

Lastly I'm experiencing same thumbnail issues as others. They only seem to appear once a comic has been opened.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] piperp:
Did anybody else try this? I tried it on Windows 7 and the script seems to have a bug in the step where it converts to zip. It ran and just created new .rar with the same name then deleted them. I backed up my directory first so I didn't lose anything but I wanted to see if anyone else noticed that.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] piperp:
Nevermind, I figured it out. Please be advised if you decide to use this script that your default compression setting in Winrar must be set to ZIP for the conversion to work correctly. I'm already seeing better performance with the app.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Sorry it has been a while since I responded last. My sister has come home from college, and I am catching her up so she can help. We are releasing a bug fix update later this week. Thanks for the support everyone!

There is some hardware acceleration applied, but some of the animations are not as smooth as I would like. I am working on better page turn animations as well. The comic thumbnails dont generate until you enter the folder. They dont appear until you scroll a little bit in the list. I am working on a fix for this as well. Thanks for the suggestions.

madsquabbles - The authentication servers are run by Google. When it says you cant connect, it typically means there is a problem connecting to the internet or to Google servers are down. There systems are a little bit flaky right now. I recommend just trying again later (couple minutes?). Thanks for the support though!

piperp - Sweet glad you got the script running. Thanks for posting your solutions.

martenw - You can provide a cover image by putting a cover.jpg image into the folder. Thanks for pointing out this concern. I got a solution in the works. As far as your other issue, I am working on a fix for that too. A bug that cause the page to sometimes be forgotten when switching apps, is fixed for the next release.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Version 1.22 Released

Hi All,

I have just pushed out another small update that fixed some of the issues that you guys have helped identify. Nothing really new here, but I hope it solves some of the sticking points that some of you have run into. Here are the release notes:

* Added prompt to resume where you left off on application restart. When the application gets closed completely (either with a reset of the device, by the operating system, or by a task manager) while you were reading, a dialog will prompt you if you want to continue from where you left off.

* Fixed issue where some directory comics were not being detected. I dropped the requisite number of image files required for a comic to be detected to 5 from 10.

* Fixed issue where the last page is not saved. This was an intermittent issue where sometimes the comic would restart from the first page when switching between Komik and another application on the tablet.

* Fixed problems with page and file sorting when names are all numbers. This is a response to issues some of you have faced with the sorting of pages and files. The application will convert the filename into a number (only if the entire filename is a number) if possible and sort by the number instead of by the text. This means filenames like: 1,2,3...10,11 etc. will be sorted properly.

* Pages smaller than the screen will now fit to the size of the screen.

* Fixed some spelling and grammar errors. Self explanatory.

Thank you all for your patience and support. As always suggestions and feedback is much appreciated.

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Thibor69:
Still thinking about Android NookColor version ? I am running 2.3.3 (gingerbread) of a custom CM7 ROM (Phiremod)

Pretty Please :O)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Still working on it :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] iliketrains:
First things first: I came from the iPad on which I used ComicZeal to the a500. ComicZeal is leaps and bounds ahead of every comic viewer on android thus far except for KOMIK. WOW. Really great job making an awesome app specifically for comics specifically on a tablet. Comic read mobi costs 15 dollars and pales in comparison to your app...definitely going to donate. Very much appreciate all the work you have put into this.

I just had a couple of suggestions to make an awesome app even better imo.

1. Page turn animations. I know, it's only esthetics and all that but it really bolsters the enjoyability of the experience when the "page" "turns" on my tablet. I love that feature in ereaders and would really love it if it were implemented into Komik

2. Implement some sort of grouping for series. I know that this could probably take a lot of work but it, too, would add to the overall enjoyability, at least for me. I am one of those guys that keeps books on my device even after I have read them. Not sure why. Anyways, being able to group them into series would be sick!

Again, love the app, keep up the good work. Omw to donate. :)
[Droid X General] noskoviak:
Looking to just one click and install a stable rom(cm7?) on my buddies droid x.. any of u guys know of a one click for droid x and the best available rom for droid x.. I'm not looking for fanboy roms here just want the best all around average user experience.

sent from my cm7speedy /or/ miuispeedy
[Droid X General] jirotokio:
http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Motorola_Droid_X.png

Check out that sticky. Has all the information you need. Hard to give an opinion without being a fanboy, so just read on up and decide for yourself. BTW, cm7 is not very stable for the droid x, so you might want to look at alternatives.
[Droid X General] skennelly:
Z4root in the link. I don't think you can install cm7 on the DX due to the locked bootloader.

http://www.DroidXForums.com/forum/droid-x-hacks/13259-z4root-download-links-get-your-root-here.html

Sent from my DROIDX
[Droid X General] marculous:
I would recommend liberty or apex rom, had them both before and really liked them. Currently running the team black hat .595 rooted and deodexed. I froze all the bloat, changed the boot logo and animation too. Probably just depends on what level of customization you are happy with.

DX 2.3.3
[Droid X General] JagoX:
CM7 isn't available on the DX so you're SOL on that one.

The easiest way to root is (as previously mentioned) z4root which is all done on t he phone itself, you just need to grab the .apk from the XDA forums here.

Personally I would recommend Fission over Liberty but that is only because my DX doesn't seem to always play nice with some of the Liberty tweaks. Fission 2.6.1 (Froyo 2.2.1) hasn't been updated in a while but it is very solid, very fast & has excellent battery life (when paired with SetCPU.)

If you want to go the *leaked* (meaning it isn't done yet) Gingerbread route, there is the TBH (TeamBlackHat) stock releases or you can also check out Liberty Gingerbread (which I've been running for the past couple of days). So far so good with Liberty GB but battery wise I think its better on something like Fission.
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
Did u ever get root permisions to work on titanium backup and how?... Root is workin for things like root explorer addfree amd bootstrap but I cant get root permisions on titaniumbackup?
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
Nevermind I figured it out apparently .595 is missing busybox... Just had to dl it from market
[Droid X General] blueis300:
Gingerbreak 1.20 also roots unroots which is what I thought was needed for the .595?
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
Nope the deodexed .595 was rooted but was missing busybox
[Droid X General] Jubakuba:
I've taken a quick dip into GummyJar...

Apex...

And have stuck with Liberty ever since switching to it.

Currently running liberty gingerbread 0.5 actually...and even as a beta it seems to be running flawlessly.

2.01 is on froyo, and is a stable version if you'd prefer that.
[Droid X General] eyepopper:
LB 2.0.1

Liberty 2.0.1 is the best user experience. Plus they have a supported and free toolbox. Z4 root works.
[Droid X General] Tiffany84:
Ok, so I have a question for u guys if u don’t mind. My buddy has a droid x that he is wanting to flash custom roms on. I have a htc evo and I have quite a bit of experience when it comes to that phone but im completely clue less when it comes to the droid x. He has ran z 4 root and is fully rooted and has a custom recovery but he was saying something about he needed to deodex the files on his phone before he can flash a custom rom which sounds weird to me. If any one could help me help him I and he would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
[Droid X General] JagoX:
That is wrong actually...you'd only need to do that if he wanted to keep the stock ROM & just theme it. If he wants to flash a different ROM then all you'd have to do is drop the ZIP file onto the root location of the SD card & wipe cache, wipe data, wipe Dalvik and then install the ROM (like you would on any other ROM via CWM.)
[Droid X General] Tiffany84:
Exactly. That's what I was thinking. I tried telling him that the stock rom would have to be deodexed in order to flash a theme but since he was fully rooted and he had a custom recovery he should be able to flash a rom but he wasn't listening. So thank u so much for responding. I really appreciate it. I guess since im a chick he thinks I don't know what im talking about. Thanks again.
[Droid X General] JagoX:
Maybe you should keep him at stock and unrooted for punishment lol
[Droid X General] noskoviak:
Ditto.

sent from my cm7speedy /or/ miuispeedy
[Droid X General] noskoviak:
Thanks for all the responses guys and girl... very impressed with the support....so

cm7/miui is a no = bummer....

Fission = most stable (its at 2.2 still right?)

Liberty = most promising GB rom?

Does CWM work for the DX my buddy kept telling me he read somewhere it doesn't. Also does that fission rom flash its own recovery?

sent from my cm7speedy /or/ miuispeedy
[Droid X General] JagoX:
Fission is indeed 2.2 (2.2.1 to be exact) and (on my phone) it works fantastic...Liberty and a few others aren't as friendly some apparent reason.

Liberty is the most active I would say but b/c they do a lot of tweaks, some phones (like mine) are finicky with those tweaks. Their Froyo release (2.0.1) is solid & their (leaked) GB mod isn't half bad either.

CWM does work, you just have to apply the Droid X Bootstrap Recovery installed & run the bootstrap in the app then reboot in order to get to the CWM interface.
[Droid X General] noskoviak:
So that cwm business sounds annoying do I have to do that everytime? Is there a working recovery for this phone such as amon ra? As I mentioned before fission includes one correct? Can the fission recovery be used to flash other roms? Also is there a 2.3 update coming for fission?

sent from my cm7speedy /or/ miuispeedy