I finally have a handle on what happened to you.
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Originally Posted by June
After this happened the first time, I also used the SOny software just to delete all the collections - that's faster. Then I unplugged my 505, rebooted the computer, installed the newer 0.7.1 version, edited the Sony plugin so that only tags was in teh field to use for collectins. Then edited each book metadata in the Calibre library so the tag corresponded to the collection I wanted (not a small chore). Then hooked up my 505. It then took a while for Calibre to go though the 505 (which now had around 250 books in no collections). And it had somehow generated a hundred collections from some 'invisible' metadata - not from the 17 different tags I'd just edited.
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The metadata wasn't invisible it was created from the books that were on the device. Even though you used the Sony software to wipe the collections you never updated the metadata in each book.
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Originally Posted by June
So I started all over again today, this time by deleting all the books on my 505 and now with the latest 0.7.4 where i again edited the plugin. I'm dreading plugging in my 505...  No not really, it's still a great program, and I just want to report the behavior in case it helps solve something. |
Now that you have deleted the books on the device there won't be any conflict and the only collections that will be created are from the tags or series or whatever other metadata you may have set the plugin for.
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Originally Posted by June
OK. Tested with 0.7.4 and removed all options from the metadata to use as collection area of the device plugin. I was able to hook up my 505 and send a book to it, without my collections disappearing.
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No collections will be created at all on transfer if the plugin options are all disabled.
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Originally Posted by June
Now of course the new book didn't have any collection at all (even though I'd put a tag = collection for the book in Calibre library) since the plugin had been edited.
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OK
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Originally Posted by June
But I prefer manually adding the collection name for the book directly on the 505 (since that is now enabled again), rather than risking to loose my collections again.
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Not using the base method of automatically creating collections during
send to device is the scenario that might lead to losing them again in the future. But if that's your preference, have fun. (Of course as long as the plugin is disabled you won't get any mishaps again)
Shortly the developers said that custom columns might be able to be used to create collections. If this happens you can allow the tags to go crazy, (you would change the plugin to use custom columns to create collections) and create your 17 collections in a custom column and never have to worry about anything ever popping up that shouldn't be a collection again.
Once this feature is online learning how to use the plugin to create collections will make things easier.