metadata not being updated

[madzharov]

Hello,

I saw a similar thread started a bit earlier in the same part of the forum, but I believe my issue is somewhat different.
What I want to achieve is to transfer several books to my Kindle and view them in particular format:

{author_sort}/{series} - {series_index} - {title} - {authors}

I've set this up for both "Save to disk" and "Send to device" and indeed, when checking the file system on the Kindle or on my local disk, the book names look as I need them to look, however, when I start my kindle, the transfered books are in format {title} - {authors}.
I'm sure that I am missing something here, but I'll appreciate any help or assistance provided .

Thanks!

[madzharov]

One small addition - The "Kindle Device Interface" plugin does show the same format as I require:

{author_sort}/{series} - {series_index} - {title} - {authors}

Thanks

[itimpi]

The chances are you Kindle is not looking at the filenames, but at the metadata embedded inside the ebook file. If that is the case then you should look at the Calibre Metadata Plugboard facility that is explicitly aimed at formatting the metadata inside the book for a particular device type at the time you do the Send to Device/Folder.

[madzharov]

Thanks for answering.
Are you referring to the "The calibre template language" of the help page or there is something else I am missing?
In calibre itself I can only find Preferences > Import/Export > Metadata plugboards, where there is no information on how exactly to modify the source template.

[madzharov]

Nailed it
Thank you for pointing me to the solution!