Missing formats

Motomaggot · 02-18-2014, 04:42 PM

Something weird is happening when I copy books to my main library. I will have two libraries that check out just fine no missing formats or anything and when I copy one library into the other, I get all kinds of errors with missing formats when I check the library quality.

Could I have a setting wrong that is causing this?

Regards,

Matthew

BetterRed · 02-18-2014, 06:27 PM

@Motomaggot - some of the Preferences for Add Books settings relate to Copy to Library - a couple of them specifically so.

Have a look and see if anything there 'makes sense' apropos this problem, otherwise post a screen shot of it here.

That said - I'm not sure if any of them would cause this sort of problem

FWIW : I do what you're doing quite often, never had this problem - but... SFW

BR

DoctorOhh · 02-19-2014, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motomaggot

Something weird is happening when I copy books to my main library. I will have two libraries that check out just fine no missing formats or anything and when I copy one library into the other, I get all kinds of errors with missing formats when I check the library quality.

Exactly how do you "copy one library into the other?"

Adoby · 02-19-2014, 03:43 AM

(What DoctorOhh said...)

Calibre has no function to copy a library into another, only to copy books from one library to another. Possibly deleting the original copy afterwards.

Exactly what is it you do, and how do you do it? Are all libraries and books on local filesystems, without any networking or cloud software involved that can update the contents of the libraries?

Are you actually copying books, using the calibre GUI, from the current library to another? That is something I often do, without any problems. Or are you doing something else?

If we can confirm the problem by doing exactly what you do, then any problem with calibre can most likely be fixed quickly. If it really is a problem with calibre then this is very urgent, before others have similar problems.

Motomaggot · 02-21-2014, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adoby

(What DoctorOhh said...)

Calibre has no function to copy a library into another, only to copy books from one library to another. Possibly deleting the original copy afterwards.

Exactly what is it you do, and how do you do it? Are all libraries and books on local filesystems, without any networking or cloud software involved that can update the contents of the libraries?

Are you actually copying books, using the calibre GUI, from the current library to another? That is something I often do, without any problems. Or are you doing something else?

If we can confirm the problem by doing exactly what you do, then any problem with calibre can most likely be fixed quickly. If it really is a problem with calibre then this is very urgent, before others have similar problems.

I'm moving books from one library to another library in that I'm using the Calibre GUI to copy then delete the books. I could not resolve the issue so I deleted Calibre, both libraries, and I'm starting from scratch now.

Adoby · 02-21-2014, 09:31 PM

I have just done a lot of copying back and forth between libraries, and I experienced no problems.

Perhaps you should run some diagnostics on the computer and on your filesystems? But if there is any problem you should have noticed it in other ways. I don't know what the problem is. Try to see if you can repeat it if it happens again. Then it can be investigated better.

kovidgoyal · 02-21-2014, 09:33 PM

If your problem is repeatable then running calibre in debug mode will get you more helpful output, but this problem is almost certainly related to having your calibre library on some kind of non-native filesystem, like a network disk or an external disk running a filesystem that is not well supported by the OS.

02-18-2014, 04:42 PM	#1
Motomaggot I'll always be a newb Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite & Touch	Missing formats Something weird is happening when I copy books to my main library. I will have two libraries that check out just fine no missing formats or anything and when I copy one library into the other, I get all kinds of errors with missing formats when I check the library quality. Could I have a setting wrong that is causing this? Regards, Matthew

02-18-2014, 06:27 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,564 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Motomaggot - some of the Preferences for Add Books settings relate to Copy to Library - a couple of them specifically so. Have a look and see if anything there 'makes sense' apropos this problem, otherwise post a screen shot of it here. That said - I'm not sure if any of them would cause this sort of problem FWIW : I do what you're doing quite often, never had this problem - but... SFW BR Last edited by BetterRed; 02-19-2014 at 02:35 AM.

02-19-2014, 03:43 AM	#4
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,736 Karma: 26785668 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Thinkpad E595, Ubuntu Mate, Huawei Mediapad 5, Bouye Likebook Plus	(What DoctorOhh said...) Calibre has no function to copy a library into another, only to copy books from one library to another. Possibly deleting the original copy afterwards. Exactly what is it you do, and how do you do it? Are all libraries and books on local filesystems, without any networking or cloud software involved that can update the contents of the libraries? Are you actually copying books, using the calibre GUI, from the current library to another? That is something I often do, without any problems. Or are you doing something else? If we can confirm the problem by doing exactly what you do, then any problem with calibre can most likely be fixed quickly. If it really is a problem with calibre then this is very urgent, before others have similar problems. Last edited by Adoby; 02-19-2014 at 03:51 AM.

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02-21-2014, 09:31 PM	#6
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,736 Karma: 26785668 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Thinkpad E595, Ubuntu Mate, Huawei Mediapad 5, Bouye Likebook Plus	I have just done a lot of copying back and forth between libraries, and I experienced no problems. Perhaps you should run some diagnostics on the computer and on your filesystems? But if there is any problem you should have noticed it in other ways. I don't know what the problem is. Try to see if you can repeat it if it happens again. Then it can be investigated better.

02-21-2014, 09:33 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,849 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If your problem is repeatable then running calibre in debug mode will get you more helpful output, but this problem is almost certainly related to having your calibre library on some kind of non-native filesystem, like a network disk or an external disk running a filesystem that is not well supported by the OS.