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Old 10-24-2010, 12:13 PM   #9
Starson17
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Originally Posted by Manichean View Post
Okay, that would permit another scripting approach: Get list of all cover filenames, extract author and title from the filenames, figure out the corresponding folder in the library, copy image to cover.jpg.
That's why I mentioned it, but Calibre library folders aren't named with obvious names (length control and book id issues), so it needs some more work. What is really needed is more comprehensive metadata import control during Add Books.

A table (like a plugboard) that says get the author and title from the filename, the series from the directory name, the book cover from the jpg image that matches the file title, and all other metadata (publisher, etc) from internal metadata would be nice. It's on Kovid's ToDo, which gets longer each day. (One of the few things with a length that grows faster than the speed of light - it's a good thing Kovid has a Physics background).
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