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Old 03-11-2013, 11:35 PM   #5
davidfor
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Originally Posted by GeoffR View Post
I have set the template to {author_sort[0]}/{author_sort:list_item(0,\,)}, {title} to save a bit of space, only the surname of the first author is used. I think this would let me have about 3000-3500 books.

I am thinking about using {author_sort[0]}/{id} so each filename is just the Calibre library ID, which would allow about 5400 books.
Both are a good idea and would help. Personally, I don't think I'd like to lose the title from the filename, but, I also don't tend to keep that many books on my devices.
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Something along those lines would be nice as an option. Do you think using shorter names would help reduce the database size, or are the fields padded out to fill a fixed size?
The columns were the names are stored are not fixed length, so it should mean an overall smaller database. But, I don't know if it will be noticeable.

As to the changes, I'll add it to my list to look at, but it won't be near the top.
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