Noboru Vita

Noboru
File:Noboruvita.jpg
General
Author	Creckeryop
Type	Other Apps
Version	0.91
License	GPL-3.0
Last Updated	2022/02/28
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Noboru is an application for PlayStation Vita to read manga or comics.

Features

• Browsing dozens of different manga / comics sites
• Build-in self-updater, so you don't need to download new version at VitaDB or GitHub
• Manga / Comics reader
• Manga / Comics downloading
• Vertical orientation in Reader
• Full-Touch support (MultiTouch, Swipes, Double-Tap, etc.)
• Manga / Comics tracking
• Support of longpages without downscaling (downscales only if no enough vram)
• Support of formats such as: .ZIP .CBZ
• Multi-language (English, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Italian, French, Turkish, Portuguese (Brazil), Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Romanian, Polish, German, Japanese)
• Offline mode (if you forgot to track manga / comics you downloaded, check history tab, and don't clear cache)
• Advanced search (Filters, Tags, etc.)
• Custom settings for manga / comics (Orientation, Read Direction, Zoom mode)
• A large number of settings that will help you customize the application for yourself

All issues related to catalogs should be in this repo

Requirements

• 50 - 60 MB memory for online reading
• More than 100 MB memory for offline reading (please make sure you have enough memory)

Data structure

Path	Description
ux0:data/noboru/cache/	folder containing cached manga info (also history)
(ux0/uma0):data/noboru/chapters/	folder containing saved chapters
(ux0/uma0):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 catalogs
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 .bmp or .gif (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)

Screenshots

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
• Catalog is empty / All manga has no chapters / All chapters has no images
  • First of all check if your catalog version isn't outdated. To make sure if it's last version refresh all catalogs sometimes. If new version of catalog was installed, app will notify you with 'Updated' message on catalog. If that doesn't work, you can write on my email: [email protected] (please tell me every detail you can, what's catalog, what's manga, what's chapter, what's page). Also you can create issue here
• How to open 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 catalogs
  • Go to Catalog tab -> Press Triangle. This will update catalogs list.
• 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 is lagging 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 app loads only Latin and Cryllic symbols.

TODO

• More languages

Changelogs

0.91:

• Fixed crash related to unavailable connection to GitHub services

0.9:

• Fixed auto-update feature
• Added Japanese translation (Thanks to @kuragehimekurara1)

0.891:

• Fixed a bug for downloading page when mount is uma0
• Updated polish translation. Thanks to @tof4

0.89:

• Added German language. Big thanks to @lukrynka
• Updated vietnamese translation. Thanks to @nguyenmao2101
• Minor changes

0.87:

• Added Polish language. Big thanks to @tof4
• Improved translation into other languages. Thanks to all translators.
• Minor changes

0.86:

• Added Romanian language. Thanks to @tmihai20
• Added GIF image support (animation is experimental, so it's disabled by default)
• Added download page image feature (saves in noboru/pictures folder)
• Added Supporters list
• Minor changes

0.82:

• Fixed bug, where manga doesn't load chapters offline

0.81: New features:

• Change manga cover
• Manga description
• Some catalogs can update cover to high quality ones
• Saved chapters now can be deleted from settings

Changes:

• Button to change chapters sorting in details menu
• Updated icons (including app icon)
• Added short description to settings options
• Added messages if no manga in history or library or in catalog
• Improved stability

Full list of changes can be found here.

Credits

Rinnegatamante - LuaPlayerPlus_Vita
VitaSDK - vitaSDK
xerpi - libvita2d
theFloW - VitaShell for some functions
SamuEDL - Spanish translation
nguyenmao2101 - Vietnamese translation
theheroGAC - Italian translation
Cimmerian-Iter - French translation
Kemal Sanlı - Turkish translation
rutantan - Portuguese (Brazil) translation
Qingyu510 - Simplified Chinese & Traditional Chinese translation
tmihai20 - Romanian translation
tof4 - Polish translation
lukrynka - German translation
kuragehime - Japanese translation

External links

• Official Website -https://github.com/Creckeryop/NOBORU
• Github - https://github.com/Creckeryop/NOBORU
• VitaDB - https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/534