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Old 02-05-2022, 06:49 AM   #1
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I’m guessing this has been beaten to death SOMEWHERE, but I can’t find what I’m missing.

I've been using Calibre for a while, and when I found this problem I updated to 5.36 64-bit to see if that would help.

Sometime in the not too distant past, something in Calibre changed and my configured template for sending ebooks to the tablet isn’t working the way it previously did.

I copied the basic template from the calibre template language guide. It looks like this:
{author_sort}/{title}/{title} - {authors}

and for the book “The Foundation” by “Isaac Asimov” the will become:
Asimov, Isaac/The Foundation/The Foundation - Isaac Asimov

I’m not getting that. It looks like I’m just getting the title and nothing else.

For example, if I send a book with author “Brad Abraham” and a title “Magicians Impossible: A Novel” using the above template, I get on the tablet an entry in the folder that says

“Magicians Impossible_A Novel”
books:1 folders: 0

That’s all. No author, nothing but the title and information about folders?

What I USED to get is
Author
Title
Series
Size and Date…

So, for the book “Massacre Pond: A Novel” by “Paul Doiron”, that’s the 4th book in the “Mike Bowditch” series, it would look like:
Doiron Paul
Massacre Pond: A Novel --- in a larger, clearer font than the rest of the information
#4 Mike Bowdich
966K epub 1/26/22

NOW, I get
Massacre Pond_A Novel
books:1 folders: 0

No series information, no author...

I was using the template (or something very similar to this) previously
{author_sort}/{series:|| #}{series_index:05.2f|| - }{title}

When I look in the preferences under “Add your own columns”, I don’t see “author_sort”. I do have Title, Authors, Size, Rating, Series.

In the Sending books to devices section it still shows “author_sort”, “authors”, “series”, “series_index” and “title”.

I tried replacing author_sort with "authors", but that just causes the author folder to get put on the tablet by first name, last name instead of last name, first name - so it's NOT what I want.

I’m not sure what I need to change…
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Old 02-05-2022, 07:50 PM   #2
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For sending to devices there are two templates, right click ont he device icon in calibre and choose configure this device to change the device specific template (some devices have their own special templates that override the general one).
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Old 02-08-2022, 05:51 PM   #3
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I have ONE template, EXACTLY the same template that has been in use since the day I put the Samsung Tab S6 into use MANY months ago. This is the template I use. It is exactly the same template I have ALWAYS used.

{author_sort}/{series:|| #}{series_index:05.2f|| - }{title}


When I PREVIOUSLY put books on the tablet, approximately 6 months ago, EVERY BOOK looked like:

Sandford John (author in last name, first name)
Rampage (title)
Singular Menace #3.00 - Rampage.epub (series, index, title)
5.5M epub 4:14 pm (size, format?, when put on tablet)


NOW, when I ADD another book to this folder, IT LOOKS LIKE:

<blank line> (NO author)
Davenport #29.00 - Neon Prey.epub (this line SHOULD be the title)
<blank line> (this line SHOULD be the series, index, title)
1.6M epub 4:23 pm

That's what I'm seeing. It's not the template - that hasn't changed. What's displaying on the tablet is DIFFERENT when I add a new book to an existing folder.

HOW do I fix this?
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Old 02-08-2022, 06:41 PM   #4
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That is NOT Calibre doing that.
The Template NAMES THE FILE only.
The METADATA is not being processed (correctly)

The device is not getting the missing values.
This could be a Device App fail
or
The metadata is not being inserted/updated by the Calibre device driver. (using the OS to copy files bypasses this step, which is why you should AVOID going beneath the skirts)

Open the copy on the DEVICE (use device view) with Calibre Viewer: Then use the View Metadata button (colored star) and see what that shows.
(if it is good, then the app is flakey)
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Old 02-09-2022, 10:15 AM   #5
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Ah... So Coolreader changed.

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The metadata is not being inserted/updated by the Calibre device driver. (using the OS to copy files bypasses this step, which is why you should AVOID going beneath the skirts)
Just out of curiosity, in what way is using a standard template, as defined in the documentation, to do a normal function in Calibre, "going beneath the skirts?" Please elaborate.

Nor do I understand what you mean by "using the OS to copy files". Anything I push to the tablet is sent from Calibre. Again, please elaborate.

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Open the copy on the DEVICE (use device view) with Calibre Viewer: Then use the View Metadata button (colored star) and see what that shows.
(if it is good, then the app is flakey)
Unfortunately, I have no idea what this means. I open Calibre. I have a list of books that are in Calibre. I can click on the storage card of the tablet and see books (I presume they're what's on the tablet, and I can double-click one and open a viewer. I don't see any colored star though.

I'll have to go over to Coolreader and ask there, 'cause it seems odd that doing the same thing the same way provides different results if it's the first book in a folder as opposed to the second.
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Ah... So Coolreader changed.



Just out of curiosity, in what way is using a standard template, as defined in the documentation, to do a normal function in Calibre, "going beneath the skirts?" Please elaborate.
Some folk use the File manger on the computer to copy book. Calibre may not even be running. Best to treat the Library folder as a black box and only back that up as a whole (and not to Google drive)
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Nor do I understand what you mean by "using the OS to copy files". Anything I push to the tablet is sent from Calibre. Again, please elaborate.
same as above. You are doing it the proper way. Calibre will updat the book as it sends it
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Unfortunately, I have no idea what this means. I open Calibre. I have a list of books that are in Calibre. I can click on the storage card of the tablet and see books (I presume they're what's on the tablet, and I can double-click one and open a viewer. I don't see any colored star though.
your toolbar is still hidden (default). Press escape
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I'll have to go over to Coolreader and ask there, 'cause it seems odd that doing the same thing the same way provides different results if it's the first book in a folder as opposed to the second.
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Old 02-11-2022, 09:39 AM   #7
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Still have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing........

Opened Calibre. Pressed the icon for the card - on the top line of the window. Got a list of books. I presume these are on the card in the tablet. Pressed ESC. Didn't do ANYTHING in the Calibre window.

Double-clicked a book. This brought up a e-book viewer. Hit ESC. STILL don't see any "View metadata" OR "colored star".

I'd put a picture of the e-book viewer in here, but I don't see an obvious way to send it from the computer.

If there's some OTHER "Calibre Viewer" I have no idea what it is or where it is.
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Still have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing........

Opened Calibre. Pressed the icon for the card - on the top line of the window. Got a list of books. I presume these are on the card in the tablet. Pressed ESC. Didn't do ANYTHING in the Calibre window.

Double-clicked a book. This brought up a e-book viewer. Hit ESC. STILL don't see any "View metadata" OR "colored star".

I'd put a picture of the e-book viewer in here, but I don't see an obvious way to send it from the computer.

If there's some OTHER "Calibre Viewer" I have no idea what it is or where it is.
Hit Escape while you have the ebook viewer open. Click on Preferences. Click on Miscellaneous. Check the box beside Show a toolbar with the most useful actions. Click OK. Close the ebook viewer. Reopen it. For me, I now see a toolbar down the left hand side of the viewer window. The star is near the bottom of the list though you can re-arrange the toolbar in Preferences. See attached images.
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Easiest way to show/hide the toolbar in the viewer is the same as its always been - Ctrl+F11.

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