Use Filename as Title in ANY Reader

tonyc46 · 02-21-2012, 05:56 AM

Apologies if this has been covered. I tried several searches and couldn't find this topic.

I am trying to find how to get a reader to use the filename as the title rather than the metadata. I have tried Mantano, Moon+, Aldiko, etc. They all import the title from the metadata (apparently).

For example, I have a book called thisbook.pdf that is showing a title of ISBN.pdf. The filename is thisbook.pdf so I'm assuming the ISBN as the title is coming from the metadata (as I remember, when I got these books they were titled using the ISBN).

This seems to be happening mostly in PDFs.

I think I have two choices:

1. Find a reader that will support listing the books by filename and not use the metadata.
2. Find a program that will rewrite the title metadata field with the filename. I'd need a program that would do this in batch since I have a lot of books that are having this problem. I would also prefer having it for Mac, although I could do it on a PC.

RE #2: I use Calibre and was hoping there was a script, plugin, etc. that would do this automatically in Calibre. However, I haven't been able to find anything like that.

Thanks for the help.

=X= · 02-21-2012, 03:17 PM

Are you sure your using Moon+, since Moon+ does not support PDF.

You can write a script and use PDFTK to update the metadata.

Personally I think Alkdio and Mantano are lacking PDF readers. For PDF I typically use ezPDF or RepliGo since they support most if not all PDF standards. Also they don't read the metadata--that can be viewed as a bad thing but in your case it's a good thing.

=X=

tonyc46 · 02-21-2012, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by =X=

Are you sure your using Moon+, since Moon+ does not support PDF.

You can write a script and use PDFTK to update the metadata.

Personally I think Alkdio and Mantano are lacking PDF readers. For PDF I typically use ezPDF or RepliGo since they support most if not all PDF standards. Also they don't read the metadata--that can be viewed as a bad thing but in your case it's a good thing.

=X=

When I wrote that, I just tossed out all the readers I was using. I'm not sure which I used for a particular format.

I'll try ezPDF and Repligo. It sounds like they may do what I am looking for.

Thanks for the info.

02-21-2012, 05:56 AM	#1
tonyc46 Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: iPad Gen 6	Use Filename as Title in ANY Reader Apologies if this has been covered. I tried several searches and couldn't find this topic. I am trying to find how to get a reader to use the filename as the title rather than the metadata. I have tried Mantano, Moon+, Aldiko, etc. They all import the title from the metadata (apparently). For example, I have a book called thisbook.pdf that is showing a title of ISBN.pdf. The filename is thisbook.pdf so I'm assuming the ISBN as the title is coming from the metadata (as I remember, when I got these books they were titled using the ISBN). This seems to be happening mostly in PDFs. I think I have two choices: 1. Find a reader that will support listing the books by filename and not use the metadata. 2. Find a program that will rewrite the title metadata field with the filename. I'd need a program that would do this in batch since I have a lot of books that are having this problem. I would also prefer having it for Mac, although I could do it on a PC. RE #2: I use Calibre and was hoping there was a script, plugin, etc. that would do this automatically in Calibre. However, I haven't been able to find anything like that. Thanks for the help.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
new exthupdt.py to update title in EXTH header to the filename	dilo_sec	Kindle Formats	3	07-24-2011 05:14 PM
using filename for title	pj123	Calibre	1	05-22-2011 06:18 PM
importing PDF with author, title in filename	autchirion	Library Management	3	02-22-2011 11:46 AM
Metadata in Title/filename	mezme	Calibre	0	08-18-2010 03:08 AM
Content PDF: Homescreen shows Filename instead of Title (Metadata)	bear4hunter	Amazon Kindle	1	08-02-2010 12:35 AM

02-21-2012, 03:17 PM	#2
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	Are you sure your using Moon+, since Moon+ does not support PDF. You can write a script and use PDFTK to update the metadata. Personally I think Alkdio and Mantano are lacking PDF readers. For PDF I typically use ezPDF or RepliGo since they support most if not all PDF standards. Also they don't read the metadata--that can be viewed as a bad thing but in your case it's a good thing. =X=

Advert