Naming guidelines

lsces · 09-21-2015, 07:32 PM

I've been making a bit of a mess of uploading a growing library of magazines. The bulk are pdf's so don't have any metadata so what I'm looking to do is tidy up the file names in much the same way we do for television programs. They have series name, episode number usually in the format SxxEyy and episode name and a lookup on the likes of thetvdb.com returns metadata and the like.
So is it possible to do 'magazine name-vol/issue-month/year' and get calibre to use the info for series and title. Currently I'm manually editing things after duplicate uploads but often the information does not make any sense.

crich70 · 09-22-2015, 02:44 AM

You will get more responses if you put Calibre related questions in the Calibre forum.

And I assume these are either PD magazine issues or your own private purchases. MR doesn't allow non-Public Domain uploads of anything.

lsces · 09-22-2015, 03:14 AM

Actually I was at a loss to work out just which forum to post to ... But opening the question up, the material is a combination of own scanned magazines, CD's of material that replace the stacks of paper I used to have and some PD stuff.
We have a well established convention for naming video files with a directory structure of <Program><Season><sxxeyy-name> and various open source tools and services support that, but it seems that the printed material is lacking in this area?

Turtle91 · 09-22-2015, 08:53 PM

Calibre has he ability to mine info from the filename using a customizable template. It can also save-to-disk with whatever filename format you want.

lsces · 09-23-2015, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle91

Calibre has he ability to mine info from the filename using a customizable template. It can also save-to-disk with whatever filename format you want.

Thanks I'll look into that, but outside of Calibre ARE there any standards which are more used than others? At present it seems every mag has it's own format even within the same publisher

Turtle91 · 09-23-2015, 06:24 PM

I haven' seen any "official" standard. I have seen what some book listers like to promote:

Author Last, First - Seriesname # - Title

e.g. "Card, Orson Scott - Ender 01 - Ender's Game.epub"

I'm sure that could be easily adapted to magazines. The key is to be consistent. Filenames can easily be updated with a basic script if the pattern is consistent.

Cheers,

09-21-2015, 07:32 PM	#1
lsces Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2015 Device: Various tables and phones	Naming guidelines I've been making a bit of a mess of uploading a growing library of magazines. The bulk are pdf's so don't have any metadata so what I'm looking to do is tidy up the file names in much the same way we do for television programs. They have series name, episode number usually in the format SxxEyy and episode name and a lookup on the likes of thetvdb.com returns metadata and the like. So is it possible to do 'magazine name-vol/issue-month/year' and get calibre to use the info for series and title. Currently I'm manually editing things after duplicate uploads but often the information does not make any sense. Last edited by lsces; 09-21-2015 at 07:33 PM. Reason: Spelling

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09-22-2015, 02:44 AM	#2
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	You will get more responses if you put Calibre related questions in the Calibre forum. And I assume these are either PD magazine issues or your own private purchases. MR doesn't allow non-Public Domain uploads of anything.

09-22-2015, 03:14 AM	#3
lsces Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2015 Device: Various tables and phones	Actually I was at a loss to work out just which forum to post to ... But opening the question up, the material is a combination of own scanned magazines, CD's of material that replace the stacks of paper I used to have and some PD stuff. We have a well established convention for naming video files with a directory structure of <Program><Season><sxxeyy-name> and various open source tools and services support that, but it seems that the printed material is lacking in this area?

09-22-2015, 08:53 PM	#4
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,346 Karma: 20171571 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	Calibre has he ability to mine info from the filename using a customizable template. It can also save-to-disk with whatever filename format you want.

09-23-2015, 06:24 PM	#6
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,346 Karma: 20171571 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	I haven' seen any "official" standard. I have seen what some book listers like to promote: Author Last, First - Seriesname # - Title e.g. "Card, Orson Scott - Ender 01 - Ender's Game.epub" I'm sure that could be easily adapted to magazines. The key is to be consistent. Filenames can easily be updated with a basic script if the pattern is consistent. Cheers,

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