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Adoby, thanks for a reply. However -
1) The option "read metadata from file contents rather than file name" is checked. AND, the 'invalid/old' metadata being propogated is NOT in the filename. If I were extracting from filename then that small part would be correct ;-) Which does nothing for all of the other metadata and cover, etc.......
1.1) Since there is no explicit option for metadata.opf - Presumably, this "read metadata from file contents" option actually means "if a metadata.opf exists, use it; otherwise use metadata from file contents."
2) I stated the problem has resurfaced. The problem was (and is AGAIN) that adding "Multiples" does NOT process metadata.opf files where as adding "singles" does process metadata.opf files. So... yes that statement, explicitly means, I have the metadata.opf files with the book files with the cover files. They (both metadata.opf and cover.jpg) are just ignored (bypassed) in "add multiple" mode.
3) I agree with you, EPUB is a more versatile and usable ebook format. However, a significant number of books are only available in PDF format (roughly 20% of my library). Again, as I stated I am not attempting to "update" PDF files - other than what calibre documentation states it does - update basic metadata (i.e. title & author) when "saved to disk". I have checked hundreds and absolutely NONE of the PDF files "saved to disk" have any updated metadata.
Thanks BetterRed for your response. Checking that "update metadata in saved copies" setting was one of the first things I did. Metadata is updated in EPUB books saved to disk, metadata is NOT updated in PDF books (none, even basic title/author) saved to disk. But, even so the main "Problem" I have re-raised here is as I stated in 2) above.
kind regards
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