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Marx · 12-25-2013, 05:05 AM

Hello
If anybody uses XBMC, it should easily understand what I need.
XBMC has clearly defined field in database, which says if movie was seen, and also when. It also automatically set this fields after seeing 60% of movie, and I can also easily mark movie as seen with 2 clicks.
Calibre doesn't have such a predefined field, but I can easily add one myself as a label. Then I can see column with labels in browser.
It's all I can. No possibility to automatically mark a book read when I finish reading it on my Android phone. No fast way to switch label from unread to read state.
There are three missing pieces to do what I want
1) make a button which switch label from unread to read - it seems like quite easy Calibre plugin.
2) share method to switch label via web service or some other communication method - seems like another Calibre plugin. Maybe something like this already exists?
3) Android book reader which will call above method when book is finished. It could be also done by Calibre Companion or similar software.

I'm a programmer, and Python seems to be easy to learn, so I could do all of this pieces. Bout I would like to ask you if what I've written is a good way to do it what I want. Maybe it could be done easier?

12-25-2013, 05:05 AM	#1
Marx Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: Android phone	Label setting question Hello If anybody uses XBMC, it should easily understand what I need. XBMC has clearly defined field in database, which says if movie was seen, and also when. It also automatically set this fields after seeing 60% of movie, and I can also easily mark movie as seen with 2 clicks. Calibre doesn't have such a predefined field, but I can easily add one myself as a label. Then I can see column with labels in browser. It's all I can. No possibility to automatically mark a book read when I finish reading it on my Android phone. No fast way to switch label from unread to read state. There are three missing pieces to do what I want 1) make a button which switch label from unread to read - it seems like quite easy Calibre plugin. 2) share method to switch label via web service or some other communication method - seems like another Calibre plugin. Maybe something like this already exists? 3) Android book reader which will call above method when book is finished. It could be also done by Calibre Companion or similar software. I'm a programmer, and Python seems to be easy to learn, so I could do all of this pieces. Bout I would like to ask you if what I've written is a good way to do it what I want. Maybe it could be done easier?