Adding books from designated folder

Ginnia · 03-19-2018, 01:28 PM

In Preferences under Adding Books, I've setup a folder in which I used to be able to put ebooks for automatically adding to Calibre. This function seems to no longer be working. I've even tried setting up a different folder for this purpose to no avail.

Please help...

Ginny Meyers

BetterRed · 03-19-2018, 05:33 PM

@Ginnia - check the Preferences->Add Books>Automatic adding (tab) settings.

Is the file type your trying to add checked in the Ignore list

If the file type is not a 'known' ebook type (those in the Ignore list) then you need to check the Automatically add files of all types (not just e-books) setting.

BR

Ginnia · 03-23-2018, 01:06 AM

Thanks for replying, Better Red...

The book types I add to my auto folder are either AZW3, MOBI or ePub, and none of those is checked -- in fact no types are checked. This used to work just fine, then with early 3.x it seemed to stop working. I even set up a different folder and changed the Preferences accordingly, but nothing. I do have a space in the folder name, but the original folder also had spaces in the name. I have v3.19 currently installed. I generally don't update every release, but have been doing so, (only skipping one or two releases) hoping the problem world magically clear itself up, but hasn't. Attaching screen shop of me Preferences..

Ginny Meyers

Ginnia · 03-23-2018, 01:25 AM

UPDATE ---

Just for kicks, I shutdown Calibre, and then restarted it -- the book I had placed in my auto folder loaded into Calibre on restart.

Ginny

kovidgoyal · 03-23-2018, 02:07 AM

That means something is blocking calibre from getting notifications when the contents of the auto-add folder are changed. You can run calibre in debug mode and you might get more info in the log, but most likely this is happening at a level below calibre, in the kernel.

03-19-2018, 01:28 PM	#1
Ginnia Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Kindle	Adding books from designated folder In Preferences under Adding Books, I've setup a folder in which I used to be able to put ebooks for automatically adding to Calibre. This function seems to no longer be working. I've even tried setting up a different folder for this purpose to no avail. Please help... Ginny Meyers

03-23-2018, 01:06 AM	#3
Ginnia Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Kindle	Thanks for replying, Better Red... The book types I add to my auto folder are either AZW3, MOBI or ePub, and none of those is checked -- in fact no types are checked. This used to work just fine, then with early 3.x it seemed to stop working. I even set up a different folder and changed the Preferences accordingly, but nothing. I do have a space in the folder name, but the original folder also had spaces in the name. I have v3.19 currently installed. I generally don't update every release, but have been doing so, (only skipping one or two releases) hoping the problem world magically clear itself up, but hasn't. Attaching screen shop of me Preferences.. Ginny Meyers Attached Thumbnails

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03-19-2018, 05:33 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,718 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Ginnia - check the Preferences->Add Books>Automatic adding (tab) settings. Is the file type your trying to add checked in the Ignore list If the file type is not a 'known' ebook type (those in the Ignore list) then you need to check the Automatically add files of all types (not just e-books) setting. BR

03-23-2018, 01:25 AM	#4
Ginnia Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Kindle	UPDATE --- Just for kicks, I shutdown Calibre, and then restarted it -- the book I had placed in my auto folder loaded into Calibre on restart. Ginny

03-23-2018, 02:07 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	That means something is blocking calibre from getting notifications when the contents of the auto-add folder are changed. You can run calibre in debug mode and you might get more info in the log, but most likely this is happening at a level below calibre, in the kernel.

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