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Adds thumbnail preview to Windows Explorer for EPUB, FB2, DJVU and Kindle ebooks; 7Z, CB7, CBZ, CBR, RAR and ZIP archives.
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Generate Thumbnails for .lit files (enhancement) #60

Open Alyndiar opened 2 years ago

Alyndiar commented 2 years ago

I have some really old ebooks in the discontinued .lit format. Is it possible to generate thumbnails from such files and display them in Windows Explorer (I'm on Windows 10 21H2)

fire-eggs commented 2 years ago

Are these books DRM-free? If not, there is no solution possible from DarkThumbs or any other application.

Calibre is a good tool to read/manage/convert .LIT files. There are online converters as well. This is a good article.

I'll add this as an enhancement request, pending my refreshing my memory on the .LIT file format. Coincidentally, I consulted with Microsoft to add Ink support to Microsoft's Reader application back in the early 00's, so I'm a good person to ask ... :-)

Alyndiar commented 2 years ago

Yes, all books are DRM free.

Most of them were converted to .lit with the MS Word plugin when the format was popular. Imagine my luck asking one of the few people who actually knows something about the .lit format.

I intend to eventually convert them to ePub with calibre. I'm just sorting and cleaning them out before importing them since calibre can sometimes take very long when importing. Having thumbnails would be great for that.

Alyndiar commented 2 years ago

Since I don't know how to reach you otherwise, could you tell me if the last modification date is stored inside the .LIT file itself, like ePub files, being archives, have the modified date of the files stores in the ePub itself? And if so, would there be a way to get the date from the file itself, not from the OS metadata?

fire-eggs commented 2 years ago

I've not had a chance to dig in my archives for my .LIT docs.

Each "chunk" / "file" inside a .LIT has a timestamp. This applies to the "book" as well. Off-hand, I'm not sure what this timestamp is, possibly the creation time of the "book". Frankly, I would not count on the timestamp being useful for individual "files".

There is a fast .LIT unpacker available here - has a command line version as well as a GUI.

Alyndiar commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the link. That's exactly what I was trying to find. I'll tell you if it got me the results I needed.Envoyé depuis mon appareil Galaxy -------- Message d'origine --------De : Kevin Routley @.> Date : 2022-10-04 14 h 18 (GMT-05:00) À : fire-eggs/DarkThumbs @.> Cc : Alyndiar @.>, Author @.> Objet : Re: [fire-eggs/DarkThumbs] Generate Thumbnails for .lit files (enhancement) (Issue #60) I've not had a chance to dig in my archives for my .LIT docs. Each "chunk" / "file" inside a .LIT has a timestamp. This applies to the "book" as well. Off-hand, I'm not sure what this timestamp is, possibly the creation time of the "book". Frankly, I would not count on the timestamp being useful for individual "files". There is a fast .LIT unpacker available here - has a command line version as well as a GUI.

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