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stanmarsh · 07-31-2012, 06:47 AM

hi dwanthny,

thanks for the reply, i'm aware that calibre uses the author for the main folder name, i don't need the names of the author that's why i'm going to use the subjects on my "tags" as the author so it will show up as the main folder.

i would then merge my files with the same subject in calibre library.

e.g.

hard disk 1
2 books in calibre with tags "blender"

hard disk 2
a folder with subject "blender", inside we find folder "blenderart magazine" , "blender tutorial vidoes"

hard disk 1 ( with calibre library, swap author with tag "blender" thus author is now "blender")

calibre library

-blender
-- book 1 folder
-- book 1
-- opf
-- book 2 folder
-- book 2
-- opf

hard disk 2

-blender
-- blender magazine
-- magazine 1
-- magazine 2
-- blender tutorial videos
-- introduction.flv
-- how to create a ball.flv

-------

------

harddisk 1 + hard disk 2 =

calibre library

-blender
-- book 1 folder
-- book 1
-- opf
-- book 2 folder
-- book 2
-- opf
-- blender magazine
-- magazine 1
-- magazine 2
-- blender tutorial videos
-- introduction.flv
-- how to create a ball.flv

i don't want calibre to handle the other files, just the books. i will handle the other files manually.

i checked the links you gave and it seems that it might work because calibre is very careful in deleting anything.

hope i'm clearer.

thanks !

07-31-2012, 06:47 AM	#3
stanmarsh Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: galaxy tab	hi dwanthny, thanks for the reply, i'm aware that calibre uses the author for the main folder name, i don't need the names of the author that's why i'm going to use the subjects on my "tags" as the author so it will show up as the main folder. i would then merge my files with the same subject in calibre library. e.g. hard disk 1 2 books in calibre with tags "blender" hard disk 2 a folder with subject "blender", inside we find folder "blenderart magazine" , "blender tutorial vidoes" hard disk 1 ( with calibre library, swap author with tag "blender" thus author is now "blender") calibre library -blender -- book 1 folder -- book 1 -- opf -- book 2 folder -- book 2 -- opf hard disk 2 -blender -- blender magazine -- magazine 1 -- magazine 2 -- blender tutorial videos -- introduction.flv -- how to create a ball.flv ------- ------ harddisk 1 + hard disk 2 = calibre library -blender -- book 1 folder -- book 1 -- opf -- book 2 folder -- book 2 -- opf -- blender magazine -- magazine 1 -- magazine 2 -- blender tutorial videos -- introduction.flv -- how to create a ball.flv i don't want calibre to handle the other files, just the books. i will handle the other files manually. i checked the links you gave and it seems that it might work because calibre is very careful in deleting anything. hope i'm clearer. thanks ! Last edited by stanmarsh; 07-31-2012 at 06:52 AM.