MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Kobo H2O series numbering stopped working

davidfor · 12-29-2017, 08:52 PM

OK, the problem is the title while using the reader. The configuration above should work. It is only the metadata plugboard that affects the title on the device. I don't normally use this for my Kobo's as they support the series info separately. But, I have done a quick test with my Aura H2O, and the title was set correctly.

You are sending a new book to the device? If you are replacing an exiting book that, the metadata is updated in the book when copied to the device, but the firmware doesn't reprocess the book to extract any updated metadata. So, if you already had a book on the device with just the title, you would need to delete the book before sending it again to get the metadata updated.

At this point, the only thing I can think to of is to ask to run calibre in debug mode and post the log. That might show an error that isn't being presented to the screen. To do this, right-click the preferences button and select "Restart in debug mode", calibre will restart. Then connect the device and let the jobs run. Then send a book that isn't already on the device and has series info to the device. After that is finished, close calibre and the debug log will be displayed. Post the full contents of the log. Or PM it to me if you prefer. I'll have a look and see what I can see.

12-29-2017, 08:52 PM	#6
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	OK, the problem is the title while using the reader. The configuration above should work. It is only the metadata plugboard that affects the title on the device. I don't normally use this for my Kobo's as they support the series info separately. But, I have done a quick test with my Aura H2O, and the title was set correctly. You are sending a new book to the device? If you are replacing an exiting book that, the metadata is updated in the book when copied to the device, but the firmware doesn't reprocess the book to extract any updated metadata. So, if you already had a book on the device with just the title, you would need to delete the book before sending it again to get the metadata updated. At this point, the only thing I can think to of is to ask to run calibre in debug mode and post the log. That might show an error that isn't being presented to the screen. To do this, right-click the preferences button and select "Restart in debug mode", calibre will restart. Then connect the device and let the jobs run. Then send a book that isn't already on the device and has series info to the device. After that is finished, close calibre and the debug log will be displayed. Post the full contents of the log. Or PM it to me if you prefer. I'll have a look and see what I can see.