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Author Topic: CBR/CBZ download format  (Read 18774 times)
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« on: August 19, 2015, 10:03:16 am »

As well as PDF could ComicBook Archive files (CBR, CBZ) be done?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book_archive
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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2015, 10:10:15 am »

It wouldn't be hard to add this to our production workflow, at least for .cbz files. It's a shame that the standard for metadata isn't better baked.
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« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2015, 10:48:50 am »

Well the meta-data structure is half-baked at the moment :-)
but its only part supported by the readers as not all of them actually support meta data as either zip comments or an xml file.
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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2015, 10:57:43 am »

Yeah, it would be kind of useful for something to specify where this CoMet XML file should actually go, and what it should be named. Details, details. Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2015, 11:41:27 am »

I'll have a rummage
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« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2015, 12:20:33 pm »



ComicInfo stored in ComicInfo.xml - http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/CBR_and_CBZ  and https://comicinfoeditor.codeplex.com/

CoMet stored in CoMet.xml spec http://www.denvog.com/comet/comet-specification/ 

ComicBookInfo stored as JSON in the ZIP Header/Comment field. https://code.google.com/p/comicbookinfo/  (doesn;t work in CBR files)

You can actually use all three formats if you want.

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« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2015, 12:25:47 pm »

Ah, here's a more elaborate spec for ComicBookInfo.

The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.
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« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2015, 12:44:12 pm »

Support all of them, or none of them. A lot of the 'mainstream' comic archives don't contain any meta data. None of the Sandman Overture have any (which are the only ones I have on this laptop).
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« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2015, 01:22:21 pm »

I'd really like to see this.

I prefer the individual JPGs over the PDF versions for download--it's probably just a prejudice, but I have to blow them up pretty big to enjoy reading the dialog, and the JPGs seem to handle that better. I have a similar experience to the JPGs with CBZs I've had (a limited set, but still); a far better user experience than reading PDFs of comics, IMO.
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« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2015, 11:13:33 pm »

Ah, here's a more elaborate spec for ComicBookInfo.

The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.
Partial to C++11 and C99 myself. And of course RFC 1097. Pity that never came to fruition.
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« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2015, 12:55:30 am »

We've  4 more years before its the RFC1087 30th anniversary - there is still time :-)

After all they got a working implementation of RFC 2549
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« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2015, 01:14:10 am »

So many nerds.
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« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2015, 02:32:57 am »

So many nerds.

Matty 5:5 "Blessed are the geek: for they shall inherit the earth"
And if they don't inherit it, they'll design and build a better one.


Yes, I know geeks and nerds are different but most people don't know this and lump them all together.
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« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2015, 09:03:29 am »

So many nerds.
From the lost collection
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« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2015, 11:14:40 am »

So many nerds.

we prefer "enthusiasts".
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