Adding covers from command-prompt?

cheshyre · 12-24-2018, 10:51 AM

I have hundreds of books in my folder with bad covers.
I now have a folder of good cover art.
But I'm not finding a way to update the covers without going into the UI and selecting them one-by-one.

calibredb set_metadata -f cover:"C:\Path\Filename.jpg" id
shows the metadata, same as if I'd typed
calibredb show_metadata id

I also tried replacing the cover.jpg in the ebook folder with my desired file, but the UI still shows the original image. (cached?)

Thanks in advance!

kovidgoyal · 12-24-2018, 12:52 PM

quit calibre, replace the cover files in the calibre library folder. restart calibre and you should be fine.

cheshyre · 12-24-2018, 06:54 PM

Thank you. That worked.

(rhetorical question - i wonder why it didn't work before...)

12-24-2018, 10:51 AM	#1
cheshyre Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2	Adding covers from command-prompt? I have hundreds of books in my folder with bad covers. I now have a folder of good cover art. But I'm not finding a way to update the covers without going into the UI and selecting them one-by-one. calibredb set_metadata -f cover:"C:\Path\Filename.jpg" id shows the metadata, same as if I'd typed calibredb show_metadata id I also tried replacing the cover.jpg in the ebook folder with my desired file, but the UI still shows the original image. (cached?) Thanks in advance!

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12-24-2018, 12:52 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,337 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	quit calibre, replace the cover files in the calibre library folder. restart calibre and you should be fine.

12-24-2018, 06:54 PM	#3
cheshyre Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2	Thank you. That worked. (rhetorical question - i wonder why it didn't work before...)

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