MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Issues with Metadata download and editing of comments.

MrBear · 11-11-2021, 09:58 PM

Thanks for the info on using spoilers to hide long useless to most info.

The reason why I would delete the IDs is because they are auto-filled by downloading metadata and they are not useful to me because none of them are the source of where I got the book. When I get a book from a non standard source such as TOR.com in this case, I will manually enter a note in the comments section after the book description and/or blurb. As a rule I tend to favor Amazon's metadata as my standard for page count based of of paperback edition and published dates, and other info even if I purchased the book elsewhere. I will still list the ID of the where I purchased the book even if I use Amazon metadata. This is all stuff I deal with after metadata is downloaded.

I think we are getting away from the issue I started this thread for.

#1 There is something causing a significant slowdown or crashing of Calibre when using the Download Metadata button in the Edit Metadata window. You and Mr. Goyal suggest it is a firewall issue. How do I verify that?

#2 Downloading metadata at all isn't the issue. It is getting a valid lisit of sources and getting Calibre to behave when downloading. When I do get links to download metadata from my normal sources, multiple copies of the entire web page from the source site are downloaded to the comment section. Attempts to edit that info results in more copies begin added to the Comments section. How is this related to a firewall issue? I dunno because I am not knowledgeable in the area.

I wish we lived in a world were people I've never met could be trusted to give access to my computer so I could say, "Here, log in so you can see what I am talking about." While I may be dumb from time to time, my nephew made sure I wasn't stupid enough to do that. You just can't trust Nigerian Princes like you used to back in the day.

Once again I ask, because I don't know: Why would a firewall that has been working very well with Calibre for years suddenly be a problem and how would the firewall cause multiples of information to be downloaded and auto-filled into a section of the Calibre interface? (Did I use that word correctly?)

No other function of calibre seems to be affect to my knowledge. I have not noticed any other issue or malfunctions with my computer since this started, other than for a few hours this thread was not visible to me in the forums page, but it is now, so I dunno what happened there. Maybe I'm one of those people who is doomed to never know the true potential of technology because it hates me. That and it intimidates the hell out of me.

Anyway, I await any ideas or suggestion that might come to someone's mind.

Thank you for your thoughts.

11-11-2021, 09:58 PM	#5
MrBear Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: South Eastern USA. Just down the road from Terra. Device: read on android phone using kindle and kobo apps	Thanks for the info on using spoilers to hide long useless to most info. The reason why I would delete the IDs is because they are auto-filled by downloading metadata and they are not useful to me because none of them are the source of where I got the book. When I get a book from a non standard source such as TOR.com in this case, I will manually enter a note in the comments section after the book description and/or blurb. As a rule I tend to favor Amazon's metadata as my standard for page count based of of paperback edition and published dates, and other info even if I purchased the book elsewhere. I will still list the ID of the where I purchased the book even if I use Amazon metadata. This is all stuff I deal with after metadata is downloaded. I think we are getting away from the issue I started this thread for. #1 There is something causing a significant slowdown or crashing of Calibre when using the Download Metadata button in the Edit Metadata window. You and Mr. Goyal suggest it is a firewall issue. How do I verify that? #2 Downloading metadata at all isn't the issue. It is getting a valid lisit of sources and getting Calibre to behave when downloading. When I do get links to download metadata from my normal sources, multiple copies of the entire web page from the source site are downloaded to the comment section. Attempts to edit that info results in more copies begin added to the Comments section. How is this related to a firewall issue? I dunno because I am not knowledgeable in the area. I wish we lived in a world were people I've never met could be trusted to give access to my computer so I could say, "Here, log in so you can see what I am talking about." While I may be dumb from time to time, my nephew made sure I wasn't stupid enough to do that. You just can't trust Nigerian Princes like you used to back in the day. Once again I ask, because I don't know: Why would a firewall that has been working very well with Calibre for years suddenly be a problem and how would the firewall cause multiples of information to be downloaded and auto-filled into a section of the Calibre interface? (Did I use that word correctly?) No other function of calibre seems to be affect to my knowledge. I have not noticed any other issue or malfunctions with my computer since this started, other than for a few hours this thread was not visible to me in the forums page, but it is now, so I dunno what happened there. Maybe I'm one of those people who is doomed to never know the true potential of technology because it hates me. That and it intimidates the hell out of me. Anyway, I await any ideas or suggestion that might come to someone's mind. Thank you for your thoughts.