MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Format-specific device location AND save template

timepieces141 · 06-24-2016, 12:06 PM

I don't think I use save-to-disk, I use send-to-device. If that is what you wanted me to distinguish between.

The funny thing is, I haven't changed the defaults for send-to-device and things are not being organized on my device according to this:

{author_sort}/{title} - {authors}

At the moment, with just the metadata plugboard I wrote about before, all of my books land in /Books. No author sort sub-folder.

Maybe I am using the wrong part of the software to get what I want done.

I was using the Metadata Plugboard the change the title and sort title. That seemed to just translate to the filename as it landed on my device. I'm not sure it was this exact post, but one very similar that pushed me in this direction: http://www.howtogeek.com/114063/how-...-ebook-series/

And although that totally works - my files do have the filename of the title, it sounds like I cannot have format-specific folder structures. Am I understanding that correctly?

This page seemed to imply I could create folder structures: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html - but, I think this syntax is used to organize the library on the filesystem. Is that correct? Or can it be applied somewhere to organize how things land on a device? For instance, the previously mentioned send-to-device dialog? Although since that is not apparently doing anything, maybe I need another setting (or to specifically back out of the plugboard one I have created).

Thanks for the help, hope I provided enough information and not too much as to make it confusing what I am trying to accomplish.

06-24-2016, 12:06 PM	#3
timepieces141 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: Pixel C	I don't think I use save-to-disk, I use send-to-device. If that is what you wanted me to distinguish between. The funny thing is, I haven't changed the defaults for send-to-device and things are not being organized on my device according to this: {author_sort}/{title} - {authors} At the moment, with just the metadata plugboard I wrote about before, all of my books land in /Books. No author sort sub-folder. Maybe I am using the wrong part of the software to get what I want done. I was using the Metadata Plugboard the change the title and sort title. That seemed to just translate to the filename as it landed on my device. I'm not sure it was this exact post, but one very similar that pushed me in this direction: http://www.howtogeek.com/114063/how-...-ebook-series/ And although that totally works - my files do have the filename of the title, it sounds like I cannot have format-specific folder structures. Am I understanding that correctly? This page seemed to imply I could create folder structures: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html - but, I think this syntax is used to organize the library on the filesystem. Is that correct? Or can it be applied somewhere to organize how things land on a device? For instance, the previously mentioned send-to-device dialog? Although since that is not apparently doing anything, maybe I need another setting (or to specifically back out of the plugboard one I have created). Thanks for the help, hope I provided enough information and not too much as to make it confusing what I am trying to accomplish.