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The file you downloaded are in compressed format. If you are not comfortable with the x-terminal and/or running commands off it; I would suggest you do the following:

1. copy your downloaded file to the PC(assuming you run Windows)
2. get 7-zip or similar to decompress the file at your PC
3. transfer the decompressed file sets back to the N900

good luck

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I did it....but it didnt work...again...I decompressed them, added back to mstardict but again the app said "no dictionaries"

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Same problem here...how did you solve it?

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same issue. i placed the '.xdxf' files in the /mstradict and nothing..hints plz ???

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I've downloaded a dictionary, but I can't untar the file - are there any step-by-step instructions? What I've been trying is:

tar -xv stardict-comn_sdict05_eng_eng_main-2.4.2.tar.bz2

but it never does anything.

Re: [Announce] MStarDict for N900
 

either do it on your PC or rename the file and remove stardict- and use

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Re: [Announce] MStarDict for N900
 

Just in case you missed that, you need to download the stardict format and not the XDXF.
On your other post, you seem to have downloaded the correct format.

Hope it's useful.

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FINALLY!!! I was getting frustrated...anyway my mistakes were that I downloaded them in .xdxf first...WRONG!! then I corrected and dowloaded the stardict but decompressed them with winzin or 7-zip...WRONG!!!
SO...you have to download them in stardict format and WINRAR them!! and there you go...now they work!! yay!!

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Hello,
thanks guys now it works.

The trick is as follows (implemented on PC)
1 - got to http://xdxf.revdanica.com/down2/
2- select your dictionary
3- slect download format Stardict
4- extract it with WinRAR.
5- some dictionaries have 2 links. e.g. stardict-comn_sdict05_eng_arabic-2.4.2.tar.bz2 and stardict-comn_sdict_axm05_eng_arabic-2.4.2.tar.bz2. in this case select the one with _sdict_axm05
6- copy the 3 files .dz, .idx and .ifo to your N900 mstardict directory

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You Are Wonderful Mate..;)
Worked 100%

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Thanks for the advice guys, it totally worked.

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I just noticed something weird when using this app. If MStarDict is running, the pulseaudio process is taking 20% CPU all the time (which drains the battery), even if I didn't use the "Speak" button even once. When I quit the app, the pulseaudio process goes to sleep immediately.

Why does a dictionary actively need the sound process? Am I the only one who've got the problem? Should I file a bug for this?

Re: [Announce] MStarDict for N900
 

Looks to be happening here as well (though I'd not noticed it before) - probably worth filing a bug anyway.

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Filed a bug:

[#5909] [N900] pulseaudio eats up CPU time
https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/ind...1357&atid=5024

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guys where do i find some good English Chinese dictionary i found only one but is xdxf and not working :-(

please give me some link

thanks

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I have tried these steps, but for some reason, when I go to select a dictionary nothing more then horizontal lines appear (like if it was dividing the different language options). I can select on these empty spaces and a check mark appears, but nothing gets loaded. Any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong?

Downloaded files from the same link the N900 app redirects you to. Made folders for each language, also tried putting the .tar files without extracting and also tried extracting them and putting them in the folder that winzip generates autamatically.

thanks.

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Hello,
it sounds awkward.
i dont have much idea. some guesses, is the N900 updated to PR1.2 ?
have you tried to uninstall the mastardict, restart and reinstall it ?
which dictionary are you trying to download, so i can test it?
also you are not supposed to create a folder for every dictionary, files go to mstardict dir.
cheers

Re: [Announce] MStarDict for N900
 

I am trying to install the eng-por and eng-ita dictionaries, i haven't tried uninstalling and re-installing. I don't have good reception here at work, I will try it again when I step outdoors. Also I do have PR1.2.

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Tried unistalling and reinstalling and no luck. Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

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how did you install mstardict initially ?
i just tried the Portuguese one and worked for me.
remove all dictionaries, and try any other one. also make sure when u uninstalled it that mstardict directory is deleted.

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I got it to work, i did nothing more then restart between every step (uninstall-restart-install-restart-add dictionaries-restart-run mstardirect

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am a bit confused...
its just a translation App or does it gives you the meanings of english words like normal dictionary?

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It'll do both - it just looks up whatever words you enter in the dictionaries you have loaded. These can be translation dictionaries, or single-language dictionaries.

EDIT: Oh, and you can put question marks in for missing letters to do crossword searches.

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Mstardict for the Nokia N900 is driving me mad. I have spent hours trying to make it work. I have finally got a dictionary via my PC and unzipped it using WinZip. Not that it was obvious that I had to do this.I have XDXF file and it still does not work. I have the file in Nokia N900/mstardict but is still does not work.

The reviews are good but I am thinking that this simply is not worth the effort.

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sorry but you have to UNRAR the files...it doesnt work if you unzip them.....download unrar and unrar them and then transfer to the folder in the phone...that would do it..

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FWIW I have both MStardict and QStardict installed and I like QStardict more. Here are 2 pros of QStardict:

In QStardict when typing in a word I can press enter to start the lookup process, with MStardict I have to select from the list.

In QStardict I can double-click to highlight a word in the definition then copy and paste into the word lookup box to do another search, with MStardict it's not possible - I would have to manually type in a new word.

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[QUOTE=Stamm;709419]Filed a bug:

[#5909] [N900] pulseaudio eats up CPU time
https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/ind...1357&atid=5024[/QUOTE

i would love to see this bug fixed, i like having mstardict open all the time for quick access, but it eats up battery life like crazy with pulseaudio taking up 10 percent of cpu at all times.

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[QUOTE=travik;809861]What version of espeak do you have? You can check it with xterm using command:I have version 1.44.03 and pulseaudio cpu usage is 0.1% with Mstardict. I had same problem also with GPXView and when I upgraded espeak from extras-testing pulseaudio cpu issue was fixed also there.

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[QUOTE=mve;810359]I previously didn't have any version of espeak installed; when I installed 1.44.03 the problem went away. Maybe espeak should be a dependency of Mstardict?

Thanks for the help. I'm glad to be able to keep it open at all times and still have good battery life.

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hi guys ...
after installing the MStarDict i noticed a bug in my phone. i guess the name is Admon bug... i will need your assistance here as its crippling some of my other apps..

thanks in advance

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Hy, can anyone tell me how can i load a dictionary ?
I have 2 dictionaries downloaded to the N900/mstardict folder. yet the program doesnt load anydictionaries.

The files are
stardict-comn_sdict05_german_english-2.4.2.tar.bz2
This is stardict format
and
comn_sdict05_ger_eng.tar.bz2
This is XDXF format.

I'm guessing i have to use the stardict format.
Do i have to unpack the archive or what ?

Re: [Announce] MStarDict for N900
 

Both XDXF and stardict format are supposed to work, but several people have reported issues with XDXF files. In either case, you'll need to extract them first:

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CC-CEDICT in UTF-8, with both traditional and simplified Chinese and Pinyin to English.

Here is my conversation of cedict ,has some problems but at least you are free to try it.
This dictionary is Chinese(Pinyin)-English Only. I made it to myself, because at the moment could be useful for me.
download here
1.Download it to a folder.
2.Unzip and copy to (
folder. (you need to have installed 7z from extra-dev), or download it on your PC/extract and copy to /mstardict folder in mass storage mode.
3.Choose it from dictionary list.

This dictionary work only with MStarDict! ( for unknown for me reason it does not work with QStarDict )
Date of creation 2010-09-24

Re: [Announce] MStarDict for N900
 

I am struggling with N900, I cannot install dictionary at all. I have extracted the files in the MyDocs/mstardic folder but nothing works.

Also the commonds u mentioned does not work either.
bunzip2 stardict-comn_sdict05_german_english-2.4.2.tar.bz2
tar xf stardict-comn_sdict05_german_english-2.4.2.tar

AM I missing some software.
Why Nokia/Maemo made it so hard for people to install a simple dictionary. I just bought this phone but if it goes like this I will sell it.

Re: [Announce] MStarDict for N900
 

You may be missing the bzip2 package - running "dpkg -l bzip2" will show a line starting with "ii" if it's installed. If not, install rootsh via App Manager, then run the following in X Terminal to install it:

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Thanks for MStarDict. The simple full screen size dialogue makes the text very easy to read. One wish, it would more user friendly to add the "Speak" button so that user does not have to tab on the "Translation" on top to call out the "Say" button.

TC

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Is there a way to display phonetic symbols correctly?

For now, they don't appear at all. I checked the DICT files and the correct HTML entities are present.

I guess the font used in this app doesn't know about those characters. Is there a way to change it? What fonts can display such characters?

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is it a free application if it is where to download it

Re: [Announce] MStarDict for N900
 

It's a free application, yes, and is available via App Manager, the same as most Maemo software. If you want the source code, that's also available from the repository.