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Old 05-09-2022, 05:52 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Magic815 View Post
So if I have a metadata plugboard that writes the series and series_index fields into the file's title when sending to device - I'm guessing Calibre uses it's dB to complete the plugboard, since the KFX file itself does not contain that info directly?
Yes.

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In my scenario, I'm hosting my library via calibre-web so that I can grab my files remotely, if needed. Initially, I was thinking I would just grab the KFX files, since all the work in generating it was already done on my local Calibre install. But I'm realizing that if I intend to make use of a metadata plugboard like that on the remote machine, I'd have to first bring over an EPUB file with full metadata embedded, right? (Or find some other way to have the complete metadata in that remote Calibre dB?)
I only use calibre one one local machine. You will need to ask others for the best approaches to sharing data across multiple systems.

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Side question (and sorry for hitting you with all these, but you've been super helpful): What happens if I bring an EPUB file with it's metadata embedded (including custom metadata: #pages, #gfog) into a new Calibre library instance on another machine that doesn't have those custom columns set up? Is the #page and #gfog data still safe and maintained? Is there an easy way to have Calibre add-back missing columns in a new instance, based on custom file metadata?
As far as I know the extra metadata will be ignored, but that is not anything I have experience with.
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