08-05-2010, 10:11 AM | #1 |
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CBZ containing folder
Hi,
I tried to use Calibre to import a bunch of CBZ files I have, but I found an issue: each CBZ file is a manga volume, and it contains a subfolder for each chapter. In each folder, the pages for the chapter are numbered starting from 1. For example: Volume1.zip[LIST] -Chapter 1 -File1.jpg -File2.jpg -File3.jpg -Chapter 2 -File1.jpg -File2.jpg -File3.jpg And so on. Calibre imports the file, but, when I try to see it, the files are ordered by simple file name instead of path + file name. This means that files are shown in this (incorrect) order: 1- File1.jpg 2- File1.jpg 3- File2.jpg 4- File2.jpg 5- File3.jpg 6- File3.jpg I looked in the configuration, but I couldn't find out how to tell Calibre to order them by PATH + File Name. Is it possible to do it? Thanks. |
08-05-2010, 11:30 AM | #2 |
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No, it isn't. You should consider converting your CBZ files to CBC files, that way you can have a proper table of contents with links to each chapter when converting them in calibre. Instructions on creating CBC files are in the user manual.
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08-05-2010, 01:01 PM | #3 |
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Thank you for your help. I have one further question, out of curiosity. Earlier I try to import a CBZ which contained other CBZ files (like a CBC, but without comics.txt), and Calibre apparently imported it. However, when I opened it into the interface, it was empty.
Based on what I read, a simple comics.txt with a list of the CBZ files would allow to import it correctly, so I was wondering why not implementing a simple recursion which looks for the CBZ files by itself, without relying on a txt list? I was tempted to do it as a proof of concept (just to see if it would work), but I don't know how to write a plugin. If it works, the same logic could be applied to CBZ containing folders. What do you think? |
08-05-2010, 01:05 PM | #4 |
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Because a large number of cbz files in the wild have random folders that should be ignored. There's no way to know when a given cbz file has folders that should be respected and when not.
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08-05-2010, 03:17 PM | #5 |
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Oh, I didn't think about that. I actually make all the CBZ myself, that's why I was thinking of making it automatic. Now I understand, it makes sense.
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