Thread: Problem with cyrilic file names
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Old 03-28-2018, 10:58 PM   #6
davidfor
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Originally Posted by ReaLx3m View Post
As i understand if i use your plugin i would need to manually edit each title so i get the correct title, right?
If thats the case then it seems pretty cumbersome.
The plugin will update the metadata on the device with the metadata in the calibre library. You select the books you want to update, choose some options and then press a button. Assuming your calibre library has correct metadata, then updating the device is quick.
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As for the filenames, yep id say theyre important as it contains the number of the issue at the begining for sorting purposes, and the name of the story.
From what you said, I wouldn't have expected those parts of the file name to be changed. The title and series name could be, but I would expect them to be consistent.

But, when using the Kobo device, the file name is immaterial. You don't get to see it (except where it is used as the title) and if the metadata is set correctly, either from the book or the utilities plugin, then you will see the title and have sorting working in the library lists. That means you could randomly generate a file name and it wouldn't affect your usage once the device had imported the book.
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So from this i guess the second option would be my best bet, copy them manually to the reader and then let calibre sync and assign the correct shelf if i understood correctly.
By going this route, would i need to unplug the reader after manually copying the files so the reader does its indexing, or running calibre straight away would work too?
After putting the books on the device, you need to unplug it, let the device import the books and then connect again. The driver is looking at the database, not the files, so the import has to be done.
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