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Originally Posted by hsawires
Hi
this is my first time here in calibre forum, I was really impressed what that software can do.
I have some problems using Calibre, I have a very huge collection of PDF's almost 100 GB of Files about 12,000 books and the most of them have a file name written in Arabic character (left to right) .
my problems is:
Calibre takes very long time importing this huge list into another location where Calibre library are stored.
when Calibre make its library it did not recognize the Arabic letters of the files and folders where I grab the list. and make another copy of the files and folder with nonsense Latin characters, while when I save a book from Calibre to another location it save it correctly. the same problem occurred when I generate a cover.
the extracted covers from the pdfs are so huge it extracted it with the same size saved in the PDF which is cost me extra space and make my collection huger.
my question is, how can I import my PDF's into Calibre database without letting Calibre make another collection on my disk to store the files again, and if there is a method dose it make Calibre faster collecting data?
and how can I configure Calibre to recognize Arabic (RTL) letters? and have can I reduce the size of the extracted cover pages?
Thank you.
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hsawires
To reduce the size of covers install the Resize Cover plugin -->> Read about it here
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=150982, simplest way to install plugins is via Preferences->Plugins->Get New Plugins
The default mode of operation is for Calibre to store your books in its library folders, which are organised in a Library/Author/Book hierarchy. That's not going to change in the foreseeable future - there are numerous discussions in this sub-forum on the issue.
I believe some people keep the 'books' (PDF's, MOBI, EPUB etc) in their own folder hierarchy and use Calibre as a conversion tool and a searchable catalogue. However my understanding is that if you want the integration with devices like e-readers, phones, tablets etc then you have to allow Calibre to retain the book files.
Its probably a silly question, but have you selected Arabic in
Preferences->Look & Feel->Main Interface->Choose language
Regarding the time required to Add the Books - I can't think of anything obvious to make it significantly faster apart from hi speed disks. I recently added a USB 3 adapter, and a USB 3.0 disk dock with two WD Caviar Blacks - they're faster than my internal Seagates on SATA.
BR