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Adoby · 08-06-2013, 05:01 PM

This should work:

(?P<author>.+)\s-\s\[(?P<series>.+)\s(?P<series_index>\d+)\]\s-\s(?P<title>.+)\s(\(.+\)\s)+

But I usually just add the whole filename to title, and afterwards use Edit metadata in bulk to do some search and replace to populate the other fields and trim unwanted stuff.. I find that to be much faster and safer than trying to adjust the regexp to read metadata from the filename, when it gets complicated. You can even squirrel away the whole original filename to a custom field for future use.

The author first and last name most likely does not switch due to this regexp. But there is a checkbox in the dialog, where you set the regexp, for switching firstname and lastname. Make sure it is unchecked. Otherwise you could have a tweak active that cause this. Try setting the defaults for all tweaks regarding author and author_sort to see if you can find what the problem is.

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/customize.html#tweaks

08-06-2013, 05:01 PM	#2
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,737 Karma: 26785684 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra	This should work: (?P<author>.+)\s-\s\[(?P<series>.+)\s(?P<series_index>\d+)\]\s-\s(?P<title>.+)\s(\(.+\)\s)+ But I usually just add the whole filename to title, and afterwards use Edit metadata in bulk to do some search and replace to populate the other fields and trim unwanted stuff.. I find that to be much faster and safer than trying to adjust the regexp to read metadata from the filename, when it gets complicated. You can even squirrel away the whole original filename to a custom field for future use. The author first and last name most likely does not switch due to this regexp. But there is a checkbox in the dialog, where you set the regexp, for switching firstname and lastname. Make sure it is unchecked. Otherwise you could have a tweak active that cause this. Try setting the defaults for all tweaks regarding author and author_sort to see if you can find what the problem is. http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/customize.html#tweaks Last edited by Adoby; 08-06-2013 at 05:08 PM.