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djvu files?
« on: March 06, 2009, 05:39 AM »
Anyone know of a good app that reads djvu files? I tried installing DJVuLibre, but all of the downloads were rogue files (in my opinion), so I don't want anything to do with that app. I don't need anything with lots of bells and whistles, just a simple app to read the djvu files.

As usual, your input is very much appreciated!
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Re: djvu files?
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2009, 05:48 AM »
Try this one

DjVu Solo 3.1 (exe, 2.1 Mb)
http://djvu.org/file...VuSolo3.1-noncom.exe

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Re: djvu files?
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2009, 05:49 AM »
Take a look here also: http://djvu.org/resources/

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Re: djvu files?
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2009, 07:29 AM »
STDU Viewer (free for non-commercial uses)

STDU Viewer is a document viewer for multiple file formats. The goal of this software is to replace the multiple document viewers with a single simple application. STDU Viewer supports TXT, TIFF, PDF and DjVu documents format. This is most popular formats for scientific and technical documentation.

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Re: djvu files?
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2009, 07:33 AM »
I have been using WinDjView. It's quite nice. Kind of feels like a PDF reader.

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Re: djvu files?
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2009, 09:21 AM »
Thanks a million, folks. I'm trying out WinDJView first...
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Re: djvu files?
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2009, 09:38 AM »
djvu files can also be viewed in IrfanView but you have to install an additional plugin.

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Re: djvu files?
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2010, 04:06 AM »
I tried viewing djvu files with IrfanView and that's worked in my limited testing -- but I find myself pressing the space bar to try to view the next page (some how the brain hasn't rewired to work with Control + PageUp / PageDown just yet).  This, understandably, leads to the "display next file in the current directory" behavior, which makes sense, but... :(  The last viewed page doesn't appear to be remembered (at least not AFAICT) either...

I've reverted to trying WinDjView and djview -- not quite sure which I prefer just yet.

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Re: djvu files?
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2010, 05:23 PM »
Why are you starting with the alternatives? I would have thought the natural thing was to start with any official thingy???

Lizardtech Official DjVu Browser Plug-in (Free - Win/Mac)

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Re: djvu files?
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2010, 06:16 PM »
Thanks for the suggestion.  I downloaded the plug-in and tried it out a bit.  I didn't realize that the package comes w/ DjVuViewer.exe, an executable that can be used without a web browser -- I had the opposite impression when looking at the name "Lizardtech Official DjVu Browser Plug-in" and the system requirements (IE 5 or later, Mozilla 1.0 or later-based browser).

Unfortunately, the plug-in doesn't appear to be as portable as I like (e.g. it appears to modify file associations w/o asking) and I didn't succeed in getting DjVuViewer.exe to view a djvu file when I passed the name of a djvu file to it on the command line, so ATM I think I'll be continuing to evaluate other options.

(FWIW, I didn't start w/ IrfanView -- my initial testing was w/ WinDjView and djview (in DjVuLibre).  Being able to comfortably use IrfanView might have been nice as that'd be one less thing to look after ("system administration"-wise).  Perhaps this will be some additional incentive for my brain to rewire ;) )