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Originally Posted by DoctorOhh
I've never used the content server function with CC. If I had a clean tablet and installed CC then only ever used the content server to download books would CC display the metadata for those books? At one point I thought you needed to connect as a wireless device to update the metadata, I'm guessing this is not the case.
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Books downloaded using the content server come with their calibre metadata. Embedded metadata (if any) is ignored. This is the main reason that CC requires a calibre content server and not a plain OPDS server. However, the content server does not update metadata unless the book is sent again.
One advantage of the wireless device connection beyond having the power of calibre's UI while you are connected is that metadata is automatically updated for books in CC without needing to send the books again. Another is the sync functions. Another is the power of calibre's plugins such as reading list and smart eject.
We originally intended that the wireless device be the "go to" connection, and the content server was for occasional use. Of course we were immediately surprised that some people use only the content server. I am not sure why other than possibly having a 24/7 content server somewhere, meaning that one does not need to launch calibre or its computer.