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Originally Posted by log
Nice work Kolenka, looks like you also are updating the books database when just adding/removing books also. I guess this means that calibre will do the heavy lifting, and the T1 will not need to rescan the books metadata like the file system approach. Because of this, will the Sony firmware will still automatically scan the epub for the cover image and automatically generate it, or will it require the full thumbnail support implemented in new driver?
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The Sony will notice there is no thumbnail and generate it, like with earlier models. The filesystem scanner only adds the book to the database, and the software will load/generate the thumbnail as-needed. It's cleaner that way.
The T1 will perform a scan anyhow, but it won't find anything to do, and your collections/etc will be available immediately while the scan happens in the background.
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Originally Posted by log
I also see that you are now using Sony_Reader/media/books as the main file system path on the device instead of calibre. Do you think this will pose any issues for those who use built in features on device? Only reason I ask is I did notice current beta T1 driver is not using this directory and thought maybe there could be a potential conflict if that directory will be shared with Sony desktop clients or the built in Reader Store/Public Library/Google Books features on the device.
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The T1 always downloads to the download folder, so the Store/Library/Web downloads won't conflict (plus I'd assume they'd figure out name conflicts on download anyhow). It hasn't been an issue with my device so far.
Actually, that brings up a bug in the initial patch: It doesn't actually put files into sub-folders based on the configuration like it should be. I just took a look and there is a typo: 'SUPPORT_SUB_DIR' instead of 'SUPPORTS_SUB_DIR'. D'oh.
Also, looks like detection of books being in your library isn't great when plugging in a device, due to the Sony only storing the first author in the database. Not sure of a good way to tackle that.