Wondering out-loud - Calibre and multi-media files

[Mark Lee]

Calibre touts itself as an "ebook management" system and in doing so makes itself very attractive to people such as me who utilize many different e-book formats. My operating system is WINDOWS 8.1, but I am using Calibre Portable, so I am uncertain that the application is purely anything. Calibre's flexibility, however, has encouraged me to attempt to integrate multi-media files into my Calibre holdings. Successfully, I have added APE, AVI, FLV, OGG and WMV files; added SEARCH Tags and even created and used Virtual Libraries with these multi-media files. So, I wonder out-loud - am I the only person who sees a value in this, and why is this capability not made public?

Mark Lee

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Mark Lee

So, I wonder out-loud - am I the only person who sees a value in this, and why is this capability not made public?

No, you're not the first to 'discover' or exploit this feature - many of us do it and have been for years. There's even an optional plugin to help facilitate doing it ==>> Media File Importer

As to why it's not 'advertised', I imagine because Kovid doesn't want to extend calibre's prime focus beyond e-books, and be asked to include features found in software such as Musicbee, Media Magic, iMatch, or Lightroom.

BR

[Mark Lee]

BR;
Thanks for responding to my out-loud wondering. It is nice to know that Calibre's full capability is not really hidden, but I do wish that capability was more publicly acknowledged. I can, however, understand not wanting to lose Calibre's primary focus on e-books. Anyway, thanks again.

Mark Lee

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Mark Lee

[. . .] but I do wish that capability was more publicly acknowledged.

Those that can't imagine doing something, shouldn't be doing it

There are numerous discussions on the creative uses of calibre in these forums, mainly in this sub-forum, but also in the Related Tools subforum. One user keeps embroidery patterns files in a calibre library, I assume they're numerical control files that can be downloaded into industrial embroidery machine.

BR

[Mark Lee]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Those that can't imagine doing something, shouldn't be doing it

You are correct! Let us be honest though, in the world of computing, that has been a less than popular point of view since at least the turn of the 21st century. (I think that I just answered my own observation about wide-spread capability). Thanks for the information regarding the sub-forums; the embroidery pattern collection already has caught my imagination.

Mark Lee

[Divingduck]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Those that can't imagine doing something, shouldn't be doing it
One user keeps embroidery patterns files in a calibre library

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