2 metadata questions

bucsie · 12-20-2010, 02:44 AM

1. when calibre downloads metadata for books, the whole app waits for it to finish and blocks any other user actions. can this be performed in the background? (maybe freeze the books involved so that no concurrent writing is done on the records - I assume that is why the import dialog is modal)

2. the social metadata tags are numerous; could it be possible that the user (me

) would define a set of tags that he/she wants to have, and when the social metadata tags are received, only the matching ones are added?
e.g. I have a few tags, by genre : mystery, fiction, romance. When I add a new book, I don't really need to have all the tags - "mystery, police, detective, kitchen, murder, grandmother...... etc", but just add the ones that are relevant to me.

thank you

Manichean · 12-20-2010, 04:07 AM

ad 1.) No, you can't change that.

ad 2.) The metadata download plugins can be told what metadata to download (see preferences->plugins and customize the plugin(s) in question). Additionally, you can select not to download social metadata in the metadata download dialog.

bucsie · 12-20-2010, 05:02 AM

can I make 1 a feature request then? or is it unfeasible?

as per 2 - I WANT to download the tags and metadata ( a lot of times I know nothing about the book) but I want to get a subset of the downloaded tags, the intersection between my already-defined tags and the internet ones. So I guess it is another feature request then

can it be done?

Manichean · 12-20-2010, 05:34 AM

Sure, you can make however many feature requests you like. However, I don't expect this one to be implemented any time soon. If I remember correctly, more fine-grained control over metadata download is somewhere on the agenda, so we'll get it When It's Done.

cybmole · 12-20-2010, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bucsie

1. when calibre downloads metadata for books, the whole app waits for it to finish and blocks any other user actions. can this be performed in the background? (maybe freeze the books involved so that no concurrent writing is done on the records - I assume that is why the import dialog is modal)

well you CAN do it manually - go to e.g. amazon, find the book - copy the review / summary/ cover art as needed - paste to calibre metadata. you can be multi-tasking within calibre at the same time

12-20-2010, 02:44 AM	#1
bucsie Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 674766 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle	2 metadata questions 1. when calibre downloads metadata for books, the whole app waits for it to finish and blocks any other user actions. can this be performed in the background? (maybe freeze the books involved so that no concurrent writing is done on the records - I assume that is why the import dialog is modal) 2. the social metadata tags are numerous; could it be possible that the user (me ) would define a set of tags that he/she wants to have, and when the social metadata tags are received, only the matching ones are added? e.g. I have a few tags, by genre : mystery, fiction, romance. When I add a new book, I don't really need to have all the tags - "mystery, police, detective, kitchen, murder, grandmother...... etc", but just add the ones that are relevant to me. thank you

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12-20-2010, 04:07 AM	#2
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	ad 1.) No, you can't change that. ad 2.) The metadata download plugins can be told what metadata to download (see preferences->plugins and customize the plugin(s) in question). Additionally, you can select not to download social metadata in the metadata download dialog.

12-20-2010, 05:02 AM	#3
bucsie Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 674766 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle	can I make 1 a feature request then? or is it unfeasible? as per 2 - I WANT to download the tags and metadata ( a lot of times I know nothing about the book) but I want to get a subset of the downloaded tags, the intersection between my already-defined tags and the internet ones. So I guess it is another feature request then can it be done?

12-20-2010, 05:34 AM	#4
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Sure, you can make however many feature requests you like. However, I don't expect this one to be implemented any time soon. If I remember correctly, more fine-grained control over metadata download is somewhere on the agenda, so we'll get it When It's Done.

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