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Drew · 12-04-2023, 04:18 PM

I just tried CS after CC stopped being able to access any e-book readers.
Copied my Calibre library (about 700 books) across WiFi to my Android phone. They appear as "Smart Device" or as "All downloaded books". Not sure how this allows access to more than one remote library (are they all called Smart Device"?). This was rather slow, but acceptable since it only needs to be done once.

My main issues (after reading several of the threads on Mobile Forum, and looking at the CalibreSync site, and experimenting for many hours) are:

(1) the FAQ site shows access to something called a filter menu, but does not say how. Does not appear on any menu or button I can see. -- the only mention is an item to "Clear filters"
(2) claims to fully support custom columns, again can't find any way to access these
(3) the sort menu claims to sort by series, but actually sorts by title, and it appears useless as it does not display the series in the book list. Also the sort option only appears when viewing "All downloaded books" rather than "Smart Device". The option to sort by custom fields is not offered.
(4) can not see any way to specify the fields to be listed in the book list
(5) or any way to do the same for the details on the more detailed book screen when selecting a book.
(6) sites mention a "Library Info" menu item, but this does not appear anywhere, despite there being a screen shot of it on a menu list on the CalibreSync blurb --- possibly you have to be using a cloud library for this to be available (?).

I can understand people who have their library on a cloud server wanting it, and I suppose CC did not support that. But given the lack of support for basic sorting and selection of books, it should be really useful only if you only have a very few books.

I'm not annoyed that it does not do what I want, only that it claims to do what I want and does not. Perhaps it only works properly for cloud based libraries, but it claims to support Wi-Fi connected libraries (ie update/sync when connected, just as CC does).

Anyone else wanting to use it only offline (no cloud based libraries?) with similar issues, if so is there a workaround?

12-04-2023, 04:18 PM	#132
Drew Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2023 Device: OPPO smartphone	CS: how to access sort order, custom fields, specify booklist & details I just tried CS after CC stopped being able to access any e-book readers. Copied my Calibre library (about 700 books) across WiFi to my Android phone. They appear as "Smart Device" or as "All downloaded books". Not sure how this allows access to more than one remote library (are they all called Smart Device"?). This was rather slow, but acceptable since it only needs to be done once. My main issues (after reading several of the threads on Mobile Forum, and looking at the CalibreSync site, and experimenting for many hours) are: (1) the FAQ site shows access to something called a filter menu, but does not say how. Does not appear on any menu or button I can see. -- the only mention is an item to "Clear filters" (2) claims to fully support custom columns, again can't find any way to access these (3) the sort menu claims to sort by series, but actually sorts by title, and it appears useless as it does not display the series in the book list. Also the sort option only appears when viewing "All downloaded books" rather than "Smart Device". The option to sort by custom fields is not offered. (4) can not see any way to specify the fields to be listed in the book list (5) or any way to do the same for the details on the more detailed book screen when selecting a book. (6) sites mention a "Library Info" menu item, but this does not appear anywhere, despite there being a screen shot of it on a menu list on the CalibreSync blurb --- possibly you have to be using a cloud library for this to be available (?). I can understand people who have their library on a cloud server wanting it, and I suppose CC did not support that. But given the lack of support for basic sorting and selection of books, it should be really useful only if you only have a very few books. I'm not annoyed that it does not do what I want, only that it claims to do what I want and does not. Perhaps it only works properly for cloud based libraries, but it claims to support Wi-Fi connected libraries (ie update/sync when connected, just as CC does). Anyone else wanting to use it only offline (no cloud based libraries?) with similar issues, if so is there a workaround?