Content server library after db move

dlehman · 05-18-2020, 08:18 PM

Hello,
Is it possible to change the default library of the content server / opds?
A bit of back story…
Years ago I put all my data on a second drive D:\data\documents\calibre
The drives will filling up so I bought two new drives an SSD and HDD. Since I had a larger SSD I moved my documents folder back to c:\userprofile\documents\ including calibre
The first time I opened Calibre after the data restore / move it could not find the library. I pointed it to the new location. Then I removed the old location from the library menu with remove library.
Every time I pull up the OPDS catalog on my phone I have no books and need to choose the new library, OPDS is pointing to the nonexistent library on the D: drive.
I’ve found a work around my restricting my user account to the correct library, but was hoping to actually fix the issue.
I just updated to 4.16 today and the issue persists.
I also cleared the data and re added the opds catalog on my phone just to make sure it wasn’t a cache issue.

Thank you

kovidgoyal · 05-18-2020, 11:10 PM

the content server by default uses whatever libraries the main calibre program knows about. So change the paths there and you should be fine.

dlehman · 05-19-2020, 08:03 AM

Thank you that got me going in the right direction.
After some more testing I’ve solved it.
I had two libraries Calibre Library the default and Calibre temp I was using to test settings and sort out some books.
When OPDS is open, even if there is only one library it is listed as an option. When I saw both the default library and temp and no books, I thought I was in the some corrupt copy of the default since the move.
I had not used the temp library in a long timer and didn’t think of it as an issue. I removed it and the default library loaded fine.
I added the temp library back, and it became the default choice for OPDS. I removed and re added a few more times and found the oldest library added to Calibre is the one OPDS uses.
When I removed the old location and added the new location, the temp became default.

05-18-2020, 08:18 PM	#1
dlehman Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Android Phone	Content server library after db move Hello, Is it possible to change the default library of the content server / opds? A bit of back story… Years ago I put all my data on a second drive D:\data\documents\calibre The drives will filling up so I bought two new drives an SSD and HDD. Since I had a larger SSD I moved my documents folder back to c:\userprofile\documents\ including calibre The first time I opened Calibre after the data restore / move it could not find the library. I pointed it to the new location. Then I removed the old location from the library menu with remove library. Every time I pull up the OPDS catalog on my phone I have no books and need to choose the new library, OPDS is pointing to the nonexistent library on the D: drive. I’ve found a work around my restricting my user account to the correct library, but was hoping to actually fix the issue. I just updated to 4.16 today and the issue persists. I also cleared the data and re added the opds catalog on my phone just to make sure it wasn’t a cache issue. Thank you

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05-18-2020, 11:10 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,337 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	the content server by default uses whatever libraries the main calibre program knows about. So change the paths there and you should be fine.

05-19-2020, 08:03 AM	#3
dlehman Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Android Phone	Thank you that got me going in the right direction. After some more testing I’ve solved it. I had two libraries Calibre Library the default and Calibre temp I was using to test settings and sort out some books. When OPDS is open, even if there is only one library it is listed as an option. When I saw both the default library and temp and no books, I thought I was in the some corrupt copy of the default since the move. I had not used the temp library in a long timer and didn’t think of it as an issue. I removed it and the default library loaded fine. I added the temp library back, and it became the default choice for OPDS. I removed and re added a few more times and found the oldest library added to Calibre is the one OPDS uses. When I removed the old location and added the new location, the temp became default.

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