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zin · 09-21-2010, 12:48 PM

Of course this happened to me before it got backed up. In fact, I was doing some cleanup, fixing some tags, adding some new books, before I moved the whole database to where my auto backup would pick it up. I had originally loaded the software on a crappy laptop just to give it try, and before I knew it, it had 1000 books and everyone in the house was accessing it via wifi. I thought the new network server would be better than a 6 year old laptop where the battery wouldn't hold a charge. I just didn't move quick enough!

I tried setting "Read metadata from file contents" and it made a bigger mess.

So, am I correct in assuming:
1. All secondary author info is only stored in metadata.db
2. The full (not truncated) book name is only stored in metadata.db
3. All book covers are stored as "cover.jpg" and whether the book has a "cover.jpg" is stored in metadata.db

It turns out I never deleted the source book files (thank you, overly large disk drives), so if I add all of them again from there into a clean library, I'll at least get the books and authors back. The pain will be the covers. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

09-21-2010, 12:48 PM	#16
zin Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: android	Of course this happened to me before it got backed up. In fact, I was doing some cleanup, fixing some tags, adding some new books, before I moved the whole database to where my auto backup would pick it up. I had originally loaded the software on a crappy laptop just to give it try, and before I knew it, it had 1000 books and everyone in the house was accessing it via wifi. I thought the new network server would be better than a 6 year old laptop where the battery wouldn't hold a charge. I just didn't move quick enough! I tried setting "Read metadata from file contents" and it made a bigger mess. So, am I correct in assuming: 1. All secondary author info is only stored in metadata.db 2. The full (not truncated) book name is only stored in metadata.db 3. All book covers are stored as "cover.jpg" and whether the book has a "cover.jpg" is stored in metadata.db It turns out I never deleted the source book files (thank you, overly large disk drives), so if I add all of them again from there into a clean library, I'll at least get the books and authors back. The pain will be the covers. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.