Download Meta Data Incredibly Slow

jangell2 · 05-07-2016, 01:08 PM

Or it doesn't work. One book took over a half minute per Calibre's own stats and another is running right now. Been going over 3 minutes and not done yet. It's been a while since I used Calibre and I encountered the problem with my existing version. I updated to 2.56 and that hasn't changed anything.

Ideas?

jangell2 · 05-07-2016, 01:13 PM

I forgot to mention I'm only trying to download meta data for one book. I want to do more, but just for one book, it's slow. Also I'm using an iMac on OS Yosemite 10.10.5.

BetterRed · 05-07-2016, 04:58 PM

Metadata fetching speed is a function of - server responsiveness, network performance/congestion, volume of data, number of sources - not much the calibre s/w can do about any of those, you could try reducing number of sources. The first two can vary significantly over time - i.e. today it might take 2 minutes tomorrow 5 minutes, not unlike commute times in large cities.

If you want to download metadata for many books use the Bulk MD facility, it runs as a background job, whilst its chugging away you can do something else in calibre or elsewhere - even have sleep

Psst, I don't do many MD downloads, but when I do I use Bulk even for one book - there's always something else to do.

BR

theducks · 05-07-2016, 06:18 PM

Metadata downloads (per book) are also slowed down to be NICE to the FREE server (owners). We don't want calibre banned (it has happened)

jangell2 · 05-12-2016, 11:13 AM

I'm running Calibre on an iMac and I select, say 25 books, hit command-d to download the meta data. I leave the computer. I'm wondering if the download continues when the iMac goes into sleep mode? I'm suspecting not. Any idea?

05-07-2016, 01:08 PM	#1
jangell2 Addict Posts: 296 Karma: 1618384 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Download Meta Data Incredibly Slow Or it doesn't work. One book took over a half minute per Calibre's own stats and another is running right now. Been going over 3 minutes and not done yet. It's been a while since I used Calibre and I encountered the problem with my existing version. I updated to 2.56 and that hasn't changed anything. Ideas?

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05-07-2016, 01:13 PM	#2
jangell2 Addict Posts: 296 Karma: 1618384 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	I forgot to mention I'm only trying to download meta data for one book. I want to do more, but just for one book, it's slow. Also I'm using an iMac on OS Yosemite 10.10.5.

05-07-2016, 04:58 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,660 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Metadata fetching speed is a function of - server responsiveness, network performance/congestion, volume of data, number of sources - not much the calibre s/w can do about any of those, you could try reducing number of sources. The first two can vary significantly over time - i.e. today it might take 2 minutes tomorrow 5 minutes, not unlike commute times in large cities. If you want to download metadata for many books use the Bulk MD facility, it runs as a background job, whilst its chugging away you can do something else in calibre or elsewhere - even have sleep Psst, I don't do many MD downloads, but when I do I use Bulk even for one book - there's always something else to do. BR

05-07-2016, 06:18 PM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,939 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Metadata downloads (per book) are also slowed down to be NICE to the FREE server (owners). We don't want calibre banned (it has happened)

05-12-2016, 11:13 AM	#5
jangell2 Addict Posts: 296 Karma: 1618384 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	I'm running Calibre on an iMac and I select, say 25 books, hit command-d to download the meta data. I leave the computer. I'm wondering if the download continues when the iMac goes into sleep mode? I'm suspecting not. Any idea?

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