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nerys · 03-08-2010, 10:34 AM

Hmm I wonder what I am missing. When I tell it to view an LRF nothing happens. I mean literally nothing. I wonder if I have a bad install. I will try reinstalling again. Or maybe since I DID have the sony software installed (needed to install the driver for the reader and the only way to do that was to install the sony software) when I uninstalled the sony software it might have left the association blank??

I tell it NOT to add the summary as first page of the LRF since if I am viewing it on the reader I have already decided I am going to read it and have no need for the summary.

One of the reasons I was was intrigued by Calibre is I can view the summary "in" calibre before I decide to put it on the reader.

and I am not sure how you mean it does not change the folder structure. I "watch" it change the folder structure based on the meta data it downloads in real time.

When Itunes or media Monkey or zune get new Metadata for an mp3 they DO NOT change the file name of the MP3 they DO NOT change the folder its located in or the position in the tree its located in. They do NOT create a duplicate set of files (note a conversion is not a duplicate to me)

Calibre does. Try changing the "author" name of the book in calibre while the books folder you assigned to calibre is open.

it will alter the folder name in REAL TIME as you alter the meta data. How you could possibly not notice this is beyond me.

WORSE it puts each book in its own sub folder now. so instead of

Root/author/list of books I now get

root/author fluid/list of folders of book names fluid/single book

fluid meaning calibre changes this file or folder name as the metadata changes.

so instead of a single author folder and all of his books I get a single altered author folder (sometimes) and a LIST OF FOLDERS one for each book (why?)

Changing the metadata should not entail changing the file name or the folder name/structure.

again not a big deal but it is a fact. Even the ilk known as itunes ASKS you first. do you want to move all the files it finds to a single library or LEAVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE and database them as they lie.

again I am not complaining about calibre its fine for what it does. Convert my files and thats how I use it. I am arguing with you guys over topics YOU guys brought up. I simply started this conversation with a few requests. YOU ALL turned it into this long whining session. not me.

03-08-2010, 10:34 AM	#28
nerys Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 48 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: PRS 500 - REB 1200	Hmm I wonder what I am missing. When I tell it to view an LRF nothing happens. I mean literally nothing. I wonder if I have a bad install. I will try reinstalling again. Or maybe since I DID have the sony software installed (needed to install the driver for the reader and the only way to do that was to install the sony software) when I uninstalled the sony software it might have left the association blank?? I tell it NOT to add the summary as first page of the LRF since if I am viewing it on the reader I have already decided I am going to read it and have no need for the summary. One of the reasons I was was intrigued by Calibre is I can view the summary "in" calibre before I decide to put it on the reader. and I am not sure how you mean it does not change the folder structure. I "watch" it change the folder structure based on the meta data it downloads in real time. When Itunes or media Monkey or zune get new Metadata for an mp3 they DO NOT change the file name of the MP3 they DO NOT change the folder its located in or the position in the tree its located in. They do NOT create a duplicate set of files (note a conversion is not a duplicate to me) Calibre does. Try changing the "author" name of the book in calibre while the books folder you assigned to calibre is open. it will alter the folder name in REAL TIME as you alter the meta data. How you could possibly not notice this is beyond me. WORSE it puts each book in its own sub folder now. so instead of Root/author/list of books I now get root/author fluid/list of folders of book names fluid/single book fluid meaning calibre changes this file or folder name as the metadata changes. so instead of a single author folder and all of his books I get a single altered author folder (sometimes) and a LIST OF FOLDERS one for each book (why?) Changing the metadata should not entail changing the file name or the folder name/structure. again not a big deal but it is a fact. Even the ilk known as itunes ASKS you first. do you want to move all the files it finds to a single library or LEAVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE and database them as they lie. again I am not complaining about calibre its fine for what it does. Convert my files and thats how I use it. I am arguing with you guys over topics YOU guys brought up. I simply started this conversation with a few requests. YOU ALL turned it into this long whining session. not me.