Calibre metadata search problem

dhampny · Today, 03:20 PM

I've installed and setup KOReader on my Pocketbook Inkpad 4 and wirelessly transferred several epubs from Calibre. When I ran Calibre metadata search for one of the book titles I've installed (just as an exercise before using the function for a more advanced search) it resulted in "No items" yet I'm reading this particular book in KOReader and it appears with all the other books on the KOReader Library screens.

As an experiment, I left the search field blank and selected "Browse titles" which resulted in a list of what I assume were titles but they were all in a foreign language I don't recognize. I get a similar foreign language result when I "Browse tags". "Browse by series" is blank, yet I have loaded some series books and have selected series title to appear with their respective book titles in KOReader settings, which they do.

Can anyone advise why this is happening and how to fix it? Thanks.

jonnyl · Today, 06:13 PM

The Calibre metadata search and browse by tags/series features list search results based on the .metadata.calibre file, which is supplied by Calibre and should contain the metadata of the files transferred. In your case, there seems to be a disconnect between the data in the metadata file and the actual books transferred. However, I'm not sure what could be the cause.

Have you tried doing a wired transfer and see if that works correctly? If it does, the issue must be somewhere in the wireless set-up.

Today, 03:20 PM	#1
dhampny Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Rochester, NY Device: Kindle Oasis 2 & Voyage, Kobo Forma & Libra 2	Calibre metadata search problem I've installed and setup KOReader on my Pocketbook Inkpad 4 and wirelessly transferred several epubs from Calibre. When I ran Calibre metadata search for one of the book titles I've installed (just as an exercise before using the function for a more advanced search) it resulted in "No items" yet I'm reading this particular book in KOReader and it appears with all the other books on the KOReader Library screens. As an experiment, I left the search field blank and selected "Browse titles" which resulted in a list of what I assume were titles but they were all in a foreign language I don't recognize. I get a similar foreign language result when I "Browse tags". "Browse by series" is blank, yet I have loaded some series books and have selected series title to appear with their respective book titles in KOReader settings, which they do. Can anyone advise why this is happening and how to fix it? Thanks.

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Today, 06:13 PM	#2
jonnyl Zealot Posts: 127 Karma: 32884 Join Date: Jan 2021 Device: Likebook Mars	The Calibre metadata search and browse by tags/series features list search results based on the .metadata.calibre file, which is supplied by Calibre and should contain the metadata of the files transferred. In your case, there seems to be a disconnect between the data in the metadata file and the actual books transferred. However, I'm not sure what could be the cause. Have you tried doing a wired transfer and see if that works correctly? If it does, the issue must be somewhere in the wireless set-up.