In my home network, I am running multiple calibre-server instances on one headless server host (due to the huge discrepancy in storage requirements, I like to keep e.g. ebook & comics libraries separated).
Currently, all instances/collections are announced as "Books in calibre".
This makes them indistinguishable in e.g. Calibre Companion.
Mr. Haley has ventilated the intention (
https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+...641/comments/3) to include the port number in CC's Content Server list.
1. Feature request :
I would very much like the possibility to assign aliases/descriptions in CC to host/port combinations, as a port number is hardly indicative of the library contents (especially for those family members who do not maintain the shared Calibre installation
)
2. Bug report :
In order to cope for my immediate needs, I am discriminating between current instances by copying the calibre folder for each instance, and binary patching the contents of the "Books in calibre" string, located in /calibre/library/server/base.py, class Bonjour(), def mdns_services().
However, it seems :
- at a first "Connect to Content Server" attempt (after clearing the app's data in Android's Apps setting), not all instances are detected, requiring a second run, and/or
- some instances are randomly detected more than once, as indicated by the attached screenshot (CC 3.4.2 with calibre-server 1.205, running 3 instances FictionNL/FictionEN/Comics).
This is reproducible on all my Android clients (4.2.2, 4.4.2, 4.4.4).
According to tcpdump, instances are detected exclusively by means of multicast mDNS (224.0.0.251, port 5353).
I am available for further debugging and/or running CC test builds.
Cheers,
Didier