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Originally Posted by retyured
I understand that calibre now scans each book in your library and calculates the page count automatically the first time you open calibre 9.x. Is there an option to disable the scan?
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I have asked for a tweak or something here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...15#post4564615
It was explained to me that: the #pages column is a dynamicaly generated column and as such is not backed up in metadata.opf file (which was the main concern of mine) and that the existing books are not scanned unless you activate a bookshelf view (or somehow display the #pages column value). The newly added books are processed to determine the number of pages but that adds very little overhead. You can see for yourself: create a small library and activate the bookshelf view. You can see how quickly the books are processed as the bookshelf is displayed with proper book widths.
Currently I am looking at compiling my own version of Calibre with a bookshelf view option disabled in the layout menu/toolbar, so I do not click on it by mistake when switching between a list view and cover grid but it is not a high priority task. I use Linux at home, if I was a Mac or Windows user I would not even contemplate that, you MUST compile Calibre on Linux and it is a highly non-trivial task. Even just making sure that you have everything needed to compile the "vanilla" sources is a lot of work.