Suddenly Calibre reading ENTIRE Tablet Drive

RBraverman · 10-14-2013, 07:17 PM

All has been well for a long time, until today. When I loaded Calibre and attached my ASUS Tablet to add a book, the program first identified the device and the proceeding to try and list what was on it (book-wise). 20 minutes later (32 gig's gonna take a while) I realized that it was reading the WHOLE drive, not just the Kindle Folder.

FWIW my old Kindle 3G was read quickly and correctly.

Any ideas out there?

chaley · 10-15-2013, 01:36 AM

You must let it run to completion once. Then, before disconnecting the device, right-click on the device icon and choose "configure". Choose the folders you want calibre to scan.

RBraverman · 10-15-2013, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaley

You must let it run to completion once. Then, before disconnecting the device, right-click on the device icon and choose "configure". Choose the folders you want calibre to scan.

All of a sudden?

chaley · 10-15-2013, 10:01 AM

IIRC, calibre's MTP support has done that since it was added last year. The ability to restrict which folders are scanned is newer.

Your kindle 3G is not an MTP device.

RBraverman · 10-15-2013, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by chaley

IIRC, calibre's MTP support has done that since it was added last year. The ability to restrict which folders are scanned is newer.

Your kindle 3G is not an MTP device.

Last week I added a few books to this device and didn't have to go through this. What happened in the meantime - nothing has changed.

Anyway, it doesn't seem to work. I removed the Ext. Card and it took a few minutes to read the internal card, I set the folder to /kindle/ which is where the books are kept.

It wanted to restart, so I did and before it did, I reinserted the Ext card back in. It is now reading THAT whole drive. It doesn't seem to have restricted it to the /kindle/ folder on the internal card. Looks like it'll take another hour or so. I've another TF300, and 2 Phones - do I have to go through this everytime?

DoctorOhh · 10-15-2013, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by RBraverman

Last week I added a few books to this device and didn't have to go through this. What happened in the meantime - nothing has changed.

Since today is Tuesday and this anomaly isn't being reported by the masses you tell us what's changed?

Quote:

Originally Posted by RBraverman

Anyway, it doesn't seem to work. I removed the Ext. Card and it took a few minutes to read the internal card, I set the folder to /kindle/ which is where the books are kept.

It wanted to restart, so I did and before it did, I reinserted the Ext card back in.

What wanted to restart?

Quote:

Originally Posted by RBraverman

It is now reading THAT whole drive. It doesn't seem to have restricted it to the /kindle/ folder on the internal card.

Reboot your device and restart calibre. Go through the whole process one more time and tell us what happens.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RBraverman

I've another TF300, and 2 Phones - do I have to go through this everytime?

I believe for everyone else the answer is no. But since you are the one experiencing issues you'll have to tell us.

RBraverman · 10-15-2013, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DoctorOhh

Since today is Tuesday and this anomaly isn't being reported by the masses you tell us what's changed?

I can see this and me are beginning to annoy you, so I'll answer these but do not expect a reply, just in case others run into this.

What wanted to restart?

Calibre.

Reboot your device and restart calibre. Go through the whole process one more time and tell us what happens.

It starts re-reading the whole drive, gets about 10% into it, and crashes.

I believe for everyone else the answer is no. But since you are the one experiencing issues you'll have to tell us.

Nothing, OH, I got a new pair of shorts.

At_Libitum · 10-15-2013, 02:32 PM

sounds like the change in storage (i.e. re-inserting the external card) changes a flag to trigger the rescan.

jersysman · 10-15-2013, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by At_Libitum

sounds like the change in storage (i.e. re-inserting the external card) changes a flag to trigger the rescan.

^This

It probably sees the card as another storage device.

kovidgoyal · 10-15-2013, 10:34 PM

Indeed, inserting a card will cause it to be scanned once, after which you can tell calibre to ignore whatever you like on the card.

RBraverman · 10-17-2013, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by At_Libitum

sounds like the change in storage (i.e. re-inserting the external card) changes a flag to trigger the rescan.

Thank you for the reply; My question is that in the 2-3 years that I've been using this it's NEVER done this.

The card didn't change, but it's reading the entire 'internal' card, which it has never done on anything I've thrown at it. What puzzles me is that only last week on the same tablet, I ul'd a book to it and it acted normally.

Now that everything is working again, and having to run one particular tablet through this 3 times before it "took" and wrote to the file, I still wouldlike to know what has changed or what file got corrupted.

Anyway, doesn't this info get written to the drive? Then read back?

10-14-2013, 07:17 PM	#1
RBraverman Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Kindle	Suddenly Calibre reading ENTIRE Tablet Drive All has been well for a long time, until today. When I loaded Calibre and attached my ASUS Tablet to add a book, the program first identified the device and the proceeding to try and list what was on it (book-wise). 20 minutes later (32 gig's gonna take a while) I realized that it was reading the WHOLE drive, not just the Kindle Folder. FWIW my old Kindle 3G was read quickly and correctly. Any ideas out there?

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10-15-2013, 01:36 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,742 Karma: 6997045 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	You must let it run to completion once. Then, before disconnecting the device, right-click on the device icon and choose "configure". Choose the folders you want calibre to scan.

10-15-2013, 10:01 AM	#4
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,742 Karma: 6997045 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	IIRC, calibre's MTP support has done that since it was added last year. The ability to restrict which folders are scanned is newer. Your kindle 3G is not an MTP device.

10-15-2013, 02:32 PM	#8
At_Libitum Addict Posts: 265 Karma: 724240 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: KyBook	sounds like the change in storage (i.e. re-inserting the external card) changes a flag to trigger the rescan.

10-15-2013, 10:34 PM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,859 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Indeed, inserting a card will cause it to be scanned once, after which you can tell calibre to ignore whatever you like on the card.

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