01-11-2009, 06:47 AM | #1 |
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Searching for a way to batch-update PDFs metadata
I have a bunch of PDF-files sorted into folders like this:
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Christie, Agatha/Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary.pdf Christie, Agatha/Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Styles.pdf etc. What I would need is a piece of software that can go through all my PDFs and update the meta-data using information from the filenames and directories. Is there anything out there that can do that? |
01-13-2009, 01:13 AM | #2 | |
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I use the same convention as you and actually parse out the name/title then pass those values into soPDF (so they will show up correctlin in calibre/Sony PRS505. Let me know if you'ld like the Perl script. Also the soPDF tool does only works on Windows and does not modify secure PDF. =X= |
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01-13-2009, 06:40 AM | #3 |
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I already made a python-script that generates meta-files for pdftk and runs it on every file, but the problem is that pdftk does not seem to support special characters so it's useless for german books ("äöü").
If there is a simple commandline tool that can update the meta-information i can do the "batch-work" myself now. PS: I like soPdf, though for other purposes, I'll give it a try to prepare pdfs for reading them directly on my Cybook, thanks! Update: found a way to include the special characters, now I only have to finish my script Last edited by Pulp; 01-13-2009 at 07:08 AM. |
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