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rmkoske · 03-28-2015, 07:11 PM

I'm seeing some slightly garbled filenames when I export using Save to Disk, and I want to find out if it is an error I'm making, an error in my expectations, or a problem with Calibre.

I'm running Windows 7. When Calibre gets wonky, I've found updating it fixes a lot, so I've just done that and replicated the error with newly installed version 2.22.0. My library is living on Dropbox and I'm doing a Save to Disk on my local folders. I'm not doing anything fancy with the metadata - the settings for filenames and metadata treatment during export are whatever the original settings were.

What I'm seeing: Some files get garbled title names, and occasionally also author names.

Today before updating Calibre, "The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" exported as "I." Afterward, it exported as "Improbabllmes, The"
Other examples behind a cut:

Code:

Calibre title: Attack Your Day! Before It Attacks You: Activities Rule. Not the Clock!
Export: Attack Your Day! Before Ities Rule. Not the Clock!

Calibre title:Organize for a Fresh Start: Embrace Your Next Chapter in Life
Export: Organize for a Fresh Start_ Eace Your Next Chapter in Life
Calibre Author: Susan Fay West
Export: West, Ssan Fay

Calibre title:Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living
Export:Organized Simplicity_ The Clproach to Intentional Living
Calibre author: Tsh Oxenreider  (Her first name is correctly vowel-free)
Export: Oxenrer, Tsh (Her last name is mangled)

Calibre title: Calm Energy: How People Regulate Mood With Food and Exercise
Export: Calm Energy_ How People Regu Mood With Food and Exercise

Calibre title: The Guild of the Cowry Catchers, Book 1: Embers, Deluxe Illustrated Edition
Export:Guild of the Cowry Catchers, Beluxe Illustrated Edition, The
Calibre Author:Abigail Hilton
Export: Hiltonbigail

I notice that all the titles are quite long and most of them contain a colon, but the Sherlock Holmes title seems relatively short and doesn't contain a colon, and one called "16 Expert Lessons for Successfully Managing Your Personal Finances (Collection)" exported successfully in the same operation as the Calm Energy book. I haven't been worrying about colons in book titles because I thought the defaults would handle them, and it looks like it sort of is - many of the colons are replaced by underscores and then the garbling occurs a few characters later.

In case it matters, the Sherlock Holmes book is one I exported to my desktop, and the others are being exported to a sub-sub-sub folder of my Documents.

Can anyone tell me what's going on here? Can I fix it, or should I accept it as a slightly strange way to truncate long titles?

03-28-2015, 07:11 PM	#1
rmkoske Member Posts: 12 Karma: 12 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Sony Reader PRS-600	Garbled file titles on Save to Disk I'm seeing some slightly garbled filenames when I export using Save to Disk, and I want to find out if it is an error I'm making, an error in my expectations, or a problem with Calibre. I'm running Windows 7. When Calibre gets wonky, I've found updating it fixes a lot, so I've just done that and replicated the error with newly installed version 2.22.0. My library is living on Dropbox and I'm doing a Save to Disk on my local folders. I'm not doing anything fancy with the metadata - the settings for filenames and metadata treatment during export are whatever the original settings were. What I'm seeing: Some files get garbled title names, and occasionally also author names. Today before updating Calibre, "The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" exported as "I." Afterward, it exported as "Improbabllmes, The" Other examples behind a cut: Code: Calibre title: Attack Your Day! Before It Attacks You: Activities Rule. Not the Clock! Export: Attack Your Day! Before Ities Rule. Not the Clock! Calibre title:Organize for a Fresh Start: Embrace Your Next Chapter in Life Export: Organize for a Fresh Start_ Eace Your Next Chapter in Life Calibre Author: Susan Fay West Export: West, Ssan Fay Calibre title:Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living Export:Organized Simplicity_ The Clproach to Intentional Living Calibre author: Tsh Oxenreider (Her first name is correctly vowel-free) Export: Oxenrer, Tsh (Her last name is mangled) Calibre title: Calm Energy: How People Regulate Mood With Food and Exercise Export: Calm Energy_ How People Regu Mood With Food and Exercise Calibre title: The Guild of the Cowry Catchers, Book 1: Embers, Deluxe Illustrated Edition Export:Guild of the Cowry Catchers, Beluxe Illustrated Edition, The Calibre Author:Abigail Hilton Export: Hiltonbigail I notice that all the titles are quite long and most of them contain a colon, but the Sherlock Holmes title seems relatively short and doesn't contain a colon, and one called "16 Expert Lessons for Successfully Managing Your Personal Finances (Collection)" exported successfully in the same operation as the Calm Energy book. I haven't been worrying about colons in book titles because I thought the defaults would handle them, and it looks like it sort of is - many of the colons are replaced by underscores and then the garbling occurs a few characters later. In case it matters, the Sherlock Holmes book is one I exported to my desktop, and the others are being exported to a sub-sub-sub folder of my Documents. Can anyone tell me what's going on here? Can I fix it, or should I accept it as a slightly strange way to truncate long titles?