03-18-2010, 01:32 AM | #1 |
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Saving metadata to file?
I might be missing something trivial here, but I can't find any way to save the manually edited metadata to file. Is there any way to update the metadata in the actual ebook file, not only in the database? Thanks.
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03-18-2010, 02:53 AM | #2 | |
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1. You convert the file, file in Calibre library is updated. 2. You transfer file to device, file on device is updated. 3. You save file to disk, file on disk is updated. |
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03-18-2010, 09:45 AM | #3 |
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Is metadata stored in the files (books)? I thought all that was stored in the database file. If metadata was in the files then you should be able to recreate a lost library from the files themselves, which I don't think you can do.
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03-18-2010, 12:34 PM | #4 | |
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So, if you only have the ebook files and you loose the database then the edited metadata is gone. Of course, if you have converted the files to another format that new metadata will be in it... but not all of it. If you do a save to disk it can save out a file that contains all your metadata... so doing a "save to disk" is like doing a backup of your library. If you do an import from your "save to disk" folder then it will recover all your metadata also. BOb |
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03-18-2010, 03:48 PM | #6 |
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Does the metadata become embedded if I convert from say, ePub to ePub? I often do that to change covers or make other small changes. It seemed to me that the metadata was written to the file.
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Title Author Language ISBN Tags Book Producer Comments (not labeled, but summary I included was there every time.) Publisher Items not present Series Rating Published Date Last edited by DoctorOhh; 03-18-2010 at 04:57 PM. |
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03-18-2010, 05:54 PM | #9 |
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Just a reminder for others: For this to work, there are two options in the Preferences|Save that have to be on. They are the two that start with "Save," namely the "Save metadata in OPF file" and the Save cover separately." Otherwise, you may lose the cover or metadata. Fortunately, they are on by default.
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07-20-2010, 10:44 AM | #11 |
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I'm new to Calibre and I am liking it more and more. My heart-felt thanks to Kovid!
On this topic, however, I must say I disagree and I wish there was a simple way to save the metadata to the file, even if it wasn't by default. Having to export the files is not a simple way to do it. |
07-20-2010, 11:12 AM | #12 | |
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Do you want to update the ebook internal metadata for a copy of your ebook on your ereader device or on your disk? (Calibre does this automatically with Save to Disk and Send to Device). Do you want to update the metadata of an ebook inside Calibre's database? (I don't know why you would want to do this, since it changes your master imported book and it's automatically updated during Send, Save and Convert operations anyway, but if you want to do it, just do a convert to the same format.) What more do you want? Last edited by Starson17; 07-20-2010 at 11:16 AM. |
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07-21-2010, 11:03 PM | #14 | |
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I would really like to have the option to do #3, to save the metadata to the ebook inside Calibre's database. I understood from the previous messages that this wasn't possible (at least without exporting and reimporting the file). Now I just learned from your message that it can be easily done inside the database by converting it to the same format. Thanks. Still, I think this option to update the metadata inside the database should be more conspicuous and less roundabout (not necessarily the default). But that's just my opinion. |
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