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From: Chris Ridd on 3 Jun 2010 03:37
On 2010-06-03 08:28:49 +0100, Jim said:

> On 2010-06-02, Phil Taylor <nothere(a)all.invalid> wrote:
>> In article
>> <c80ca227-6b0c-4e97-87a5-2c90f9e66728(a)c11g2000vbe.googlegroups.com>,
>> Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2 June, 17:56, pe...(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote:
>>>> Sak Wathanasin <s...(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> Another take on the iPad:
>>>>
>>>> He seems to think the battery life is inadequate. Is it?
>>>
>>> Probably is for "War and Peace", but that isn't available in the
>>> iBookstore anyway.
>>
>> It's there in Project Gutenberg. Only 3.3 MB of plain ascii.
>
> Which you can convert into ePub format using Stanza.

Does Stanza do that any better nowadays? When I tried a year ago it
made an absolute hash of things, perhaps not helped by Stanza on the
Mac drawing things significantly different to Stanza on the iPod.

> In other news, my iBooks app on my iPad is now quite well stcoked at zero
> charge to me. Nice.

I'm looking forward to iBooks on the iPod. It is coming as part of
iPhone OS 4 isn't it?

--
Chris

From: Jim on 3 Jun 2010 03:42
On 2010-06-03, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It's there in Project Gutenberg. Only 3.3 MB of plain ascii.
>>
>> Which you can convert into ePub format using Stanza.
>
> Does Stanza do that any better nowadays? When I tried a year ago it
> made an absolute hash of things, perhaps not helped by Stanza on the
> Mac drawing things significantly different to Stanza on the iPod.

I wouldn't want to make any definite judgement, but it looks fine to me.

>> In other news, my iBooks app on my iPad is now quite well stcoked at zero
>> charge to me. Nice.
>
> I'm looking forward to iBooks on the iPod. It is coming as part of
> iPhone OS 4 isn't it?

No idea, sorry.

Jim
--
Twitter:@GreyAreaUK

"If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you."
Terry Pratchett
From: Graeme on 3 Jun 2010 04:08
In message <slrni0emdh.nf9.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> On 2010-06-02, Phil Taylor <nothere(a)all.invalid> wrote:
> > In article
> ><c80ca227-6b0c-4e97-87a5-2c90f9e66728(a)c11g2000vbe.googlegroups.com>,
> > Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2 June, 17:56, pe...(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote:
> >> > Sak Wathanasin <s...(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
> >> > > Another take on the iPad:
> >> >
> >> > He seems to think the battery life is inadequate. Is it?
> >>
> >> Probably is for "War and Peace", but that isn't available in the
> >> iBookstore anyway.
> >
> > It's there in Project Gutenberg. Only 3.3 MB of plain ascii.
>
> Which you can convert into ePub format using Stanza.
>
> In other news, my iBooks app on my iPad is now quite well stcoked at zero
> charge to me. Nice.
>

Sounds just what I need. Thanks for the hint.

--
Graeme Wall

My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: Sak Wathanasin on 3 Jun 2010 04:40
On 3 June, 08:28, Jim <j...(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> > It's there in Project Gutenberg.  Only 3.3 MB of plain ascii.
>
> Which you can convert into ePub format using Stanza.

Excellent!

Is there a way to convert a DVD to iPad format? I have some home
movies it'd be good to get on there. Have the original iMovie projects
somewhere, and I guess I could export from them if need be.
From: Jim on 3 Jun 2010 04:51
On 2010-06-03, Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
> On 3 June, 08:28, Jim <j...(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> > It's there in Project Gutenberg. �Only 3.3 MB of plain ascii.
>>
>> Which you can convert into ePub format using Stanza.
>
> Excellent!

There's also a programme called 'Calibre' that allows you to set cover
artwork and other associated metedata, but frankly it's a bit of a mess.

>
> Is there a way to convert a DVD to iPad format? I have some home
> movies it'd be good to get on there. Have the original iMovie projects
> somewhere, and I guess I could export from them if need be.

Handbrake.

If you use it for commercial DVDs then you'll also need VLC to get around
the DRM, although I personally use RipIt to create an un-DRM'd disk image
from a DVD. RipIt really is worth the money, in my opinion. 'FairMount' will
do the same (but also relies on VLC being present).


When using Handbrake I use the AppleTV preset, as the 'Normal' preset
doesn't seem to work with the iPad (at least on two that I tried).

Jim
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"If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you."
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