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Originally Posted by stumped
but those would have to be manually uploaded from calibre ( which already has a proper server) to this mysterious new FTP server.
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OK - my (s)ftp server has
unlimited space and my computer has a lot of time for uploading a Calibre library.
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I just don't understand the benefit.
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You need not to be near Calibre with the CC device
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i thought FTP was very old and almost obsolete - like me 
...and is an non specialist general purpose thing, unlike a OPDS server that is actually designed for e-books, or a DLNA server which is designed for media. the latter 2 have proper built-in metadata support.l
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In this case you have to be close to the server with your CC device.