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Xenophon · 06-05-2024, 12:19 PM

I'd like to find books that would change if I told Calibre to embed metadata in the book. Or, equivalently, I'd like to find all books that would NOT change if Calibre embedded the current metadata. I don't care about any kind of metadata not held in Calibre; I'm concerned only with mismatches between what Calibre has and what the book file has.

I hope to use this search to track down books where I fat-fingered bulk changes via the tag browser.

Is there an existing way to do this, perhaps via a plugin?

06-05-2024, 12:19 PM	#1
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,487 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	Finding books whose metadata differs between Calibre and the book file I'd like to find books that would change if I told Calibre to embed metadata in the book. Or, equivalently, I'd like to find all books that would NOT change if Calibre embedded the current metadata. I don't care about any kind of metadata not held in Calibre; I'm concerned only with mismatches between what Calibre has and what the book file has. I hope to use this search to track down books where I fat-fingered bulk changes via the tag browser. Is there an existing way to do this, perhaps via a plugin?