NOBORU

Application for PlayStation Vita to read manga or comics

Features

Browsing manga sites
Searching
Build-in updater
Reading manga (with Vertical or Horizontal mode!)
MultiTouch, Swipes and other touch things
Adding manga to library
Loading longpages (webmanga) without downscaling (thanks to my piclib)
Supports CBZ format
Multilanguage
Reading without network (Offline mode !!Don't forget to add manga to library!! (you can also check History tab))
Advanced search
Custom settings for mangas

All issues with parsers should be in this repo

Requirements
Data structure
Importing
Backup
Known issues
FAQ
Compiling
ToDo List
Credits

Requirements

At least 50-60 MB memory (for online reading) or more (for offline reading)

Data structure

ux0:data/noboru/cache/ - folder that holds cached manga info (also history)
ux0:data/noboru/chapters/ - folder that holds chapters saved
ux0:data/noboru/import/ - folder where you can store files you want to read locally or import to Library (0.35+)
ux0:data/noboru/parsers/ - folder for parsers
ux0:data/noboru/cusettings/ - folder for manga's custom settings
ux0:data/noboru/save.dat - library savefile
ux0:data/noboru/c.c - saved chapters info
ux0:data/noboru/settings.ini - application settings

You can just delete noboru folder to reset all settings

Importing

So if you want to add your manga to library, you have four ways:

You can import folder with images
You can import folder with folders with images
You can import folder with (.cbz, .zip) files
You can import one (.cbz, .zip) file

Also if you want to read .cbz file directly you can just open file in import section

Requirements to .cbz or .zip file:

Names of images should end with .jpg .jpeg .png or .bmp (webp not supported yet)

Requirements to folders:

No extra (non-image) files

CBR not supported (I'm working to find the way to support RAR archives, some images brakes and I just can't add that on this moment)

Backup

If you want to backup, here's what you can backup

Files	What saves
save.dat	Library list
settings.ini	Settings
history.dat + info.txt	History list
info.txt + cache folders (as many you want)	Bookmarks + Covers
c.c + chapters folders (as many you want)	Chapters
cusettings/*.ini	Custom settings for manga

Be careful, if you want to save chapters and don't search this chapter on internet you should backup History list

Known issues

Issue After importing archive file, manga/comic shows "Unknown error (Parser's)"
Advice Make sure that archive file you have imported is supported.

FAQ

I've found a bug that ...
- You can create issue here, give a screenshot with error or error file
How to view debug console?
- DPAD_LEFT + START
How to download chapters in background?
- There is only one way to download in background, don't press power button! Screen will shut by itself
Image is loading at the same speed as when downloading from network, is it broken?
- It is not broken, if you download chapters at the same time with reading. Image loading and downloading working in the one-thread mode. And your page that you are reading putted in queue, but if first task in queue is active, app can't cancel it not to corrupt data. That's why it is happening. If i will find a way to make it faster, i will make it faster.
Reader doesn't load some images
- Please create Issue and describe how you have come to this (Parser you used, Manga, Chapter and page). This app supports only JPEG, BMP and PNG formats. Make sure that image that you load isn't a gif or else. You can check network address through debug console.
I downloaded app and can't see any parsers
- Press Triangle to update parser list, so if that won't help, create issue here
How to setup proxy?
- You can write ip address like '192.169.0.1' or you can specify your proxy kind like 'socks5h://192.168.0.1' or "http", "https", "socks4a", "socks5", "socks5h"
Application slows down sometimes, when new manga is appearing
- That's a print function problem, all new characters that appear should be cached. In the first launch, app can't load all glyphs because it's a longtime process, so I load only Latin and Cryllic symbols.

Compiling

Execute build.bat to create working .vpk

TODO

More languages

Credits

Rinnegatamante - LuaPlayerPlus_Vita
VitaSDK - vitaSDK
xerpi - libvita2d
theFloW - VitaShell for some functions
SamuEDL98 - Spanish translation
nguyenmao2101 - Vietnamese translation
theheroGAC - Italian translation
Cimmerian-Iter - French translation
Kemal Sanlı - Turkish translation
rutantan - Portuagal (Brazil) translation

luislasonbra / NOBORU