plugboard templates and book recognition

At_Libitum · 10-22-2013, 10:46 AM

Hi,

Since this is a generic problem and not limited to iOS Reader Application/MarvinXD I thought it better to post this as a separate topic

When you use a plugboard template to alter something in author/title, e.g. adding a series name and index, you run into the problem that when reconnecting the device, Calibre is not capable of determining that these same books came from Calibre and will not label/checkmark them as being in the Calibre library.

How do I cope with this sort of situation from a plugin writer viewpoint?

Is there any other method that I am unaware of or overlooking that will enable me to control this detection so it will also recognize these 'altered' copies?

kovidgoyal · 10-22-2013, 10:49 AM

calibre is perfectly capable of matching books whose metadata has been altered by a plugboard, it uses the calibre uuid to do the matching and only if that fails will it fall back to title/author.

At_Libitum · 10-22-2013, 12:58 PM

Ah... then I am beginning to suspect what that bit of text is meant for...

When in Library view, I often see some text in the "In Library" column next to the green tickmark. Most times it states "AUTHOR", I've also seen "APP_ID" and indeed some "UUID"

10-22-2013, 10:46 AM	#1
At_Libitum Addict Posts: 265 Karma: 724240 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: KyBook	plugboard templates and book recognition Hi, Since this is a generic problem and not limited to iOS Reader Application/MarvinXD I thought it better to post this as a separate topic When you use a plugboard template to alter something in author/title, e.g. adding a series name and index, you run into the problem that when reconnecting the device, Calibre is not capable of determining that these same books came from Calibre and will not label/checkmark them as being in the Calibre library. How do I cope with this sort of situation from a plugin writer viewpoint? Is there any other method that I am unaware of or overlooking that will enable me to control this detection so it will also recognize these 'altered' copies?

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10-22-2013, 10:49 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,355 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre is perfectly capable of matching books whose metadata has been altered by a plugboard, it uses the calibre uuid to do the matching and only if that fails will it fall back to title/author.

10-22-2013, 12:58 PM	#3
At_Libitum Addict Posts: 265 Karma: 724240 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: KyBook	Ah... then I am beginning to suspect what that bit of text is meant for... When in Library view, I often see some text in the "In Library" column next to the green tickmark. Most times it states "AUTHOR", I've also seen "APP_ID" and indeed some "UUID"

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