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jleslie48 · 12-31-2019, 02:45 PM

The most universal metadata flag in all of computers, in all publications for that matter is THE NAME OF THE FILE. Why in heaven's name won't Calibre work and expose the filename as a mechanism for organizing my books? It is very frustrating. I have a 30 year history of organizing MY FILES by MY DIRECTORY AND SUB-DIRECTORY methods, and I am sick and tired of book readers, and music players, and picture libraries, etc that refuse to JUST USE THE FILENAME.

The file name IS METADATA. It is the MOST IMPORTANT METADATA there is, and as such should be at least available through the GUI.

Calibre does not live in a vacume on my computer. I have collections of photographs, of Word documents, of Excel spreadsheets, CAD drawings, all kinds of stuff. However smart Calibre "thinks" it is about organizing stuff, if its not the way I want it organized, ITS A POS.

I cannot think of a reason Calibre enforces/does not allow users to organize things the way they want. Can someone explain why Calibre does this?

12-31-2019, 02:45 PM	#1
jleslie48 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Device: kindle with a keyboard	why does Calibre ignore the single most useful metadata flag? The most universal metadata flag in all of computers, in all publications for that matter is THE NAME OF THE FILE. Why in heaven's name won't Calibre work and expose the filename as a mechanism for organizing my books? It is very frustrating. I have a 30 year history of organizing MY FILES by MY DIRECTORY AND SUB-DIRECTORY methods, and I am sick and tired of book readers, and music players, and picture libraries, etc that refuse to JUST USE THE FILENAME. The file name IS METADATA. It is the MOST IMPORTANT METADATA there is, and as such should be at least available through the GUI. Calibre does not live in a vacume on my computer. I have collections of photographs, of Word documents, of Excel spreadsheets, CAD drawings, all kinds of stuff. However smart Calibre "thinks" it is about organizing stuff, if its not the way I want it organized, ITS A POS. I cannot think of a reason Calibre enforces/does not allow users to organize things the way they want. Can someone explain why Calibre does this?