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Old 12-09-2009, 03:27 AM   #1
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I'm using Calibre to convert a file and edit the metadata, but when I transfer the file to my 360 either through Calibre or manually from the Calibre library the file information displayed on the device is not as typed in the program. Am I doing something wrong?
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Old 12-09-2009, 03:32 AM   #2
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I'm using Calibre to convert a file and edit the metadata, but when I transfer the file to my 360 either through Calibre or manually from the Calibre library the file information displayed on the device is not as typed in the program. Am I doing something wrong?
It sounds like you convert first and edit the metadata second. You need to first edit the metadata to what you want, then convert.
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Old 12-09-2009, 07:17 AM   #4
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It sounds like you convert first and edit the metadata second. You need to first edit the metadata to what you want, then convert.
Not true. Send to Device and Save to Disk will write the metadata to the file as part of their functioning. Converting will also write the current metadata to the file.

*Edit: Spoke to soon without thinking about it. Manichean is partly right. Some formats, I believe FB2 and RB, do not have a metadata writer component. It will have to be converted to have the metadata changed. It is only written when the file is created, it cannot be updated afterwards at this time.

It sounds like you are using a format that does not support the metadata you want to see. Not all formats support metadata and each format only supports certain metadata attributes.

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PDF or lit to FB2. And I edit the metadata before converting and the error isn't consistent in that some files will show correctly.
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