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toomanybarts:
I use Media Center 12 as a great d'Base management tool for my ebooks - the problem is, it wont import lrf files : you have to drag and drop them.

Anyone know how I could add .lrf to the list of filename extensions Media Center would recognise?

(I'm trying to tidy up my stray ebooks scattered across network drives and hard drives etc and Media Center is a great way to do this and then to use 'rename and move' commands to consolidate).

edbro:
Sorry, don't know how to implement this in MC. But, have you given Calibre a try? It is an all in one solution for managing, converting, and transferring reader files. Highly recommended over Sony's provided software.

toomanybarts:
yes I have that installed, it shows promise, but its a little clunky.
I wanted to use MC12 to review all my ebook files - I have dupes all over the place - get rid of the dupes and then maybe put them into Calibre.

edbro:
Throw them all into Calibre and it will show you the dupes before they get imported.

Calibre clunky? How so? I find it to be an excellent piece of software and it is getting a lot of positive press on the web lately. Not bad at all for freeware.

I use Calibre to organize my ebooks but I still use the Sony software to transfer because the Sony sw can paginate while it transfers. Calibre can not do this so the first time you open a book on the reader it takes a couple of minutes for the reader to paginate it.

toomanybarts:
Dont get me wrong, Calibre is an AWESOME program, the newsfeeds, conversion etc are fantastic as is the support Kovid gives : he replies to every query...I remember when J River was like that?!

Calibre seems more 'mac-like' in its operation : it seems to do stuff behind the scenes to 'make it user-friendly' - I like to know whats going on and dealing with raw data lists etc...I should however, based on your recommendation, try the dupe detection feature and see how I get on...

Its a real shame J River seem to focussing on video interfaces etc when really, pretty soon everyone will be doing it via a web browser anyway...it would seem to me, their opportunity lies in helping you better organise ALL your data : Music, Videos, Pictures and Documents and then help you synchronise with your portable devices...I love the fact the Kovid has added internet access to your ebooks to Calibre!

(I just got an offer to upgrade to MC13, if they added lrf support i'd do it...seems like an easy way to get $15 to me...!)

Thanks for the replies...

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