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codeMonkey · 02-02-2010, 02:47 PM

When the Cool-ER finds new files it tries to read the metadata from them.
In a lot of cases if it hasn't been produced with something like Calibre it'll get it wrong.
It will save this wrong information so it doesn't have to extract the metadata again next time.
The advantage for us, is if you don't want to convert the file to another format you can just edit this metadata yourself - the Cool-ER stores it under the .thumbnails/ folder, in the same structure as the folders on your reader.
For example if you have an SD card with the following structure:

Code:

Your SD Card
   Fiction/
      fictionBook.pdf
   NonFiction/
      nonficBook.pdf

there would also be a hidden directory called .thumbnails, inside which would be the following:

Code:

Your SD Card
   .thumbnails/
      Fiction/
         fictionBook.png
         fictionBook.info
         fictionBook.las
      NonFiction/
         nonficBook.png
         nonficBook.info
         nonficBook.las

The metadata information is stored in the .info files.
The front cover / preview images are in the .png files.
The most recently read page info is in the .las files.

02-02-2010, 02:47 PM	#6
codeMonkey Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 26758 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: Cool-ER (running pocketbook firmware), Nokia N800, Nokia N900	When the Cool-ER finds new files it tries to read the metadata from them. In a lot of cases if it hasn't been produced with something like Calibre it'll get it wrong. It will save this wrong information so it doesn't have to extract the metadata again next time. The advantage for us, is if you don't want to convert the file to another format you can just edit this metadata yourself - the Cool-ER stores it under the .thumbnails/ folder, in the same structure as the folders on your reader. For example if you have an SD card with the following structure: Code: Your SD Card Fiction/ fictionBook.pdf NonFiction/ nonficBook.pdf there would also be a hidden directory called .thumbnails, inside which would be the following: Code: Your SD Card .thumbnails/ Fiction/ fictionBook.png fictionBook.info fictionBook.las NonFiction/ nonficBook.png nonficBook.info nonficBook.las The metadata information is stored in the .info files. The front cover / preview images are in the .png files. The most recently read page info is in the .las files. Last edited by codeMonkey; 02-03-2010 at 06:57 AM. Reason: Clarified.