Get metadata from contents of book in database?

arifzaman · 12-14-2011, 01:59 AM

I added a large number of books to a library. At the time of adding I set "get metadata from file name" in the options. Now can I ask calibre to go and get metadata from the contents of the book, for books that are already in the database?

PS: I just started using calibre. Excellent stuuf.

ilovejedd · 12-14-2011, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by arifzaman

I added a large number of books to a library. At the time of adding I set "get metadata from file name" in the options. Now can I ask calibre to go and get metadata from the contents of the book, for books that are already in the database?

I'm curious about this, too. I know you can set the cover from the ebook. Don't know how you'd go about reading the other metadata, though.

kovidgoyal · 12-14-2011, 10:27 AM

You cannot do it in bulk. You can do it one at a time by using the edit metadata dialog (click the metadata button next to the list of formats in the top right corner)

12-14-2011, 01:59 AM	#1
arifzaman Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	Get metadata from contents of book in database? I added a large number of books to a library. At the time of adding I set "get metadata from file name" in the options. Now can I ask calibre to go and get metadata from the contents of the book, for books that are already in the database? PS: I just started using calibre. Excellent stuuf.

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12-14-2011, 10:27 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You cannot do it in bulk. You can do it one at a time by using the edit metadata dialog (click the metadata button next to the list of formats in the top right corner)

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