Scan on connect: why weird PDF names like "uormt"?

[nikoski]

When i add a PDF with a file name like "2016-09-10.pdf" to the CC folder on my device, after scan on connect CC shows this PDF and synchonises it to Calibre with a weird name like "uormt".

Where does this name come from? Could it somewhere be set to get it shown and synced with the original file name as saved in the CC folder?

[chaley]

Originally Posted by nikoski

When i add a PDF with a file name like "2016-09-10.pdf" to the CC folder on my device, after scan on connect CC shows this PDF and synchonises it to Calibre with a weird name like "uormt".

Where does this name come from? Could it somewhere be set to get it shown and synced with the original file name as saved in the CC folder?

Those names (probably a title) are generated by calibre because it fails to match the document (PDF) to anything in the calibre library. The way to fix it is to tell calibre which PDF in calibre's library is the correct match, which you do in calibre's device view by right clicking on a pdf and choosing the "match" option. The FAQ I have books on my device that don’t show up in CC. How do I fix this? has more information.

If the document is not in calibre's library then the weird name stays, and the metadata will almost certainly not be correct.

[nikoski]

Originally Posted by chaley

Those names (probably a title) are generated by calibre because it fails to match the document (PDF) to anything in the calibre library...
If the document is not in calibre's library then the weird name stays, and the metadata will almost certainly not be correct.

Thanks.
The PDFs in question are not yet in calibre when i "scan on connect" and no matching PDFs exist in calibre, those are new PDFs that i add to the CC folder on my android device and want to add them to calibre from the android device by the CC sync.

As i understand there is no way to tell calibre to apply the file name of the PDF when adding it to its library?

[chaley]

Originally Posted by nikoski

Thanks.
The PDFs in question are not yet in calibre when i "scan on connect" and no matching PDFs exist in calibre, those are new PDFs that i add to the CC folder on my android device and want to add them calibre from the android device by the CC sync.

As i understand there is no way to tell calibre to apply the file name of the PDF when adding it to its library?

The name in question is not the file name but instead the title shown in calibre's device view and in CC's library. There isn't any way to change it until after you add the document to calibre.

Once you add the document to calibre then you can correct the metadata (title, author, etc) and either resend it to CC or match it in the device view.

[nikoski]

Aha, ok, i see. But in some way the "matching" does not seem to work. It stays pending and shows: "waiting for metadata to be updated"

[chaley]

Originally Posted by nikoski

Aha, ok, i see. But in some way the "matching" does not seem to work. It stays pending and shows: "waiting for metadata to be updated"

You must click the triangle next to the "Device" button and choose "Update cached metadata on device".

[nikoski]

Yes, it works now. I did not notice the hint in the matching dialog to do it afterwards. Thanks a lot once more!