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q345 · 05-26-2010, 09:14 PM

Kovid , now I am confused.

When I first (before going on this forum) tried to change directory in preferences to the something which was mount point to NAS directory, it failed to copy it. I checked the web and found other people complained about unability of sqlite to work with NAS but find no solution, so I put a question on the forum and Toddos recommended this environmental varaible settings, which worked fine for me. I thought thta since the functionality is already there, so I was advised to place the enhancement ticket, since I thought it's merely a small GUI fix. ( I mentioned that since it works for digital music it should work for digital books too)

Chaley correctly pointed me to the major difference between digital music and digital books format (lack of structure to hold metadata) and brought to my attention why it should be kept together ( I am new to e-books, I wasn't even aware before yesterday that you couldn't keep tags within the e-book itself). You also added that it's not a preferred mode of work and I got intrigued why, than I thought let's make e-book keeping in Calibre similar to mp3 file thru the "back door".

Now if the problem is not a placement of metadata.db on NAS but sqlite, would a solution be to use mysql ?

You mentioned networking support on your TODO list. Does it include access only (you have it now thru web access/server) or also keeping e-books on networked drives ? If you have some comprehensive solution, I am all for it.
(Take in account I don't have database/networking background, so I don't know what you are trying to do)

My main motivation to keep it on NAS was that I want to be able to access them and copy the e-books to my Palm TX which I use as my book reader, without keeping my PC turned on all the time and without need to manually copy e-books that I converted using Calibre, back to NAS. BTW I tried to access it thru Blazer web browser on palm TX using calibre server and it failed for some reason. With the whole library on NAS, I can just use FTP client. so for me the issue was not even the size ( I have a very small collection, I can keep it locally). I just don't want to keep my desktop turned on 24 hours per day, so I have NAS so I can access my photos, music, and e-book without PC. Many other people do the same.

I am sorry to waste your time on this discussion, but I admit I really got confused.

05-26-2010, 09:14 PM	#29
q345 Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: none	I think the main isue was "keep matadate.db and e-books together" Kovid , now I am confused. When I first (before going on this forum) tried to change directory in preferences to the something which was mount point to NAS directory, it failed to copy it. I checked the web and found other people complained about unability of sqlite to work with NAS but find no solution, so I put a question on the forum and Toddos recommended this environmental varaible settings, which worked fine for me. I thought thta since the functionality is already there, so I was advised to place the enhancement ticket, since I thought it's merely a small GUI fix. ( I mentioned that since it works for digital music it should work for digital books too) Chaley correctly pointed me to the major difference between digital music and digital books format (lack of structure to hold metadata) and brought to my attention why it should be kept together ( I am new to e-books, I wasn't even aware before yesterday that you couldn't keep tags within the e-book itself). You also added that it's not a preferred mode of work and I got intrigued why, than I thought let's make e-book keeping in Calibre similar to mp3 file thru the "back door". Now if the problem is not a placement of metadata.db on NAS but sqlite, would a solution be to use mysql ? You mentioned networking support on your TODO list. Does it include access only (you have it now thru web access/server) or also keeping e-books on networked drives ? If you have some comprehensive solution, I am all for it. (Take in account I don't have database/networking background, so I don't know what you are trying to do) My main motivation to keep it on NAS was that I want to be able to access them and copy the e-books to my Palm TX which I use as my book reader, without keeping my PC turned on all the time and without need to manually copy e-books that I converted using Calibre, back to NAS. BTW I tried to access it thru Blazer web browser on palm TX using calibre server and it failed for some reason. With the whole library on NAS, I can just use FTP client. so for me the issue was not even the size ( I have a very small collection, I can keep it locally). I just don't want to keep my desktop turned on 24 hours per day, so I have NAS so I can access my photos, music, and e-book without PC. Many other people do the same. I am sorry to waste your time on this discussion, but I admit I really got confused.