Searching for [PDOC] tag in library

01_Boxer · 11-25-2011, 06:05 PM

I converted a bunch of books to .mobi using calibre and then side-loaded to my Kindle Fire. I have since found out the the default tag [PDOC] was added to these conversions. They now appear in Documents on my Fire instead of Books. I would like to reconvert these .mobi w/o that tag but the tag is not searchable. Any suggestions?

DoctorOhh · 11-25-2011, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 01_Boxer

I converted a bunch of books to .mobi using calibre and then side-loaded to my Kindle Fire. I have since found out the the default tag [PDOC] was added to these conversions. They now appear in Documents on my Fire instead of Books. I would like to reconvert these .mobi w/o that tag but the tag is not searchable. Any suggestions?

I believe you'll find this feature in Preferences - Output options - mobi output.

01_Boxer · 11-25-2011, 06:47 PM

thanks dwanthny for your reply

I know how to make all my future conversions to .mobi not have the [PDOC] tag. I already removed it from the output settings. I now need to be able to search the books that currently have that tag, and reconvert them. Not all my .mobi files have this problem, just a sub-group. I need to be able to search that tag so I can fix that sub-group.

itimpi · 11-26-2011, 02:34 AM

As far as I know there is no way to do that from within Calibre. That is not a TAG in the Calibre sense, but something stored internally in a particular field inside a .mobi file.

01_Boxer · 11-27-2011, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by itimpi

As far as I know there is no way to do that from within Calibre. That is not a TAG in the Calibre sense, but something stored internally in a particular field inside a .mobi file.

itimpi thanks......that is pretty much what i resigned myself to. Thanks for the reply. I will just gut it out and trudge away at comparing my Fire to the library and retagging those out of place books and then reconverting them. I have about 500 so if no one hears from me for a while that is why. LOL

PeterT · 11-27-2011, 04:58 AM

Any chance you could look at time / date stamps on the books to find a time range when the conversions were done?

01_Boxer · 11-30-2011, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by PeterT

Any chance you could look at time / date stamps on the books to find a time range when the conversions were done?

PeterT that is basically what I had to do in conjunction with comparing those books on my Fire that were in documents and then re-tagging them in Calibre. Thankfully this problem is solved. Thank you for taking the time to give a suggestion. Not sure how to kill this thread...but this problem has been solved. Thanks to all who helped

11-25-2011, 06:05 PM	#1
01_Boxer Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Dayton, OH USA Device: Kindle Fire	Searching for [PDOC] tag in library I converted a bunch of books to .mobi using calibre and then side-loaded to my Kindle Fire. I have since found out the the default tag [PDOC] was added to these conversions. They now appear in Documents on my Fire instead of Books. I would like to reconvert these .mobi w/o that tag but the tag is not searchable. Any suggestions?

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11-25-2011, 06:47 PM	#3
01_Boxer Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Dayton, OH USA Device: Kindle Fire	thanks dwanthny for your reply I know how to make all my future conversions to .mobi not have the [PDOC] tag. I already removed it from the output settings. I now need to be able to search the books that currently have that tag, and reconvert them. Not all my .mobi files have this problem, just a sub-group. I need to be able to search that tag so I can fix that sub-group.

11-26-2011, 02:34 AM	#4
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	As far as I know there is no way to do that from within Calibre. That is not a TAG in the Calibre sense, but something stored internally in a particular field inside a .mobi file.

11-27-2011, 04:58 AM	#6
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,155 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	Any chance you could look at time / date stamps on the books to find a time range when the conversions were done?

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