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Old 03-20-2010, 05:02 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by al35 View Post
Hi! I was trying to use Calibre to manage my audiobooks as well as ebooks by manually copying the folder with audio files to the book directory. I'm quite sure that at least once, when I was fetching metadata from the server (and the author name changed slightly), Calibre removed the directory with my audio files. Is this possible? Is it a dangerous way to store my audiobooks?
From what I understand you copied the audio version of the book into the corresponding directory in the Calibre library, is that right? If so, I'd assume that Calibre wasn't aware the audiobook was even there. If you change the metadata, Calibre changes the directory, and, it would seem, copies the files it's aware of to the new directory and just deletes everything else.
So, yes, unless you manage to add your audiobooks via the normal Calibre interface, this would be a dangerous way to store them.
As said before, by the way, the Calibre library is best seen as a "black box" and only interfaced via Calibre itself.
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