Automatic Addition filetype whitelist

Kuram · 07-07-2023, 06:09 PM

The current automatic addition behaves quite terribly when you want to use a generic windows 'downloads' folder. The problem with the automatic decision-making on 'book format' filetypes is when it wants to include things I specifically don't want (cbz, zip, docx, etc), but when you use the "automatically add file types of all types" and try to filter out the types you do not want, it will instead start adding any filetype that isn't part of the filter list (.mp4, .bin, etc) that aren't even remotely books.

Is there a way (plugin maybe, I couldn't find one) to allow me to set a filetype whitelist instead of the current automatic/blacklist method? If not, please consider this as a feature request. Automatic adding is borderline unusable otherwise in this use-case (sure I could use a different folder, but at that point I may as well just drag the file directly into calibre instead).

kovidgoyal · 07-07-2023, 10:21 PM

I would just use a special folder and download ebooks to that folder rather than trying to use a generic download folder for this.

arpeggioaccele · 07-08-2023, 02:55 AM

I sort by filetype in my downloads folder then drag and drop that into calibre. I think you could write a script to move whitelisted filetypes into a separate folder too, if you can't use a specific downloads folder.

theducks · 07-08-2023, 10:02 AM

Been a while, but I have Calibre configured (in add books) to use a folder called:
autoadd

(a shared folder, so I can toss it content from any device on my network) (I would be careful that this is a Local folder as Calibre needs to remove things once it does its part)

07-07-2023, 06:09 PM	#1
Kuram Enthusiast Posts: 44 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: none	Automatic Addition filetype whitelist The current automatic addition behaves quite terribly when you want to use a generic windows 'downloads' folder. The problem with the automatic decision-making on 'book format' filetypes is when it wants to include things I specifically don't want (cbz, zip, docx, etc), but when you use the "automatically add file types of all types" and try to filter out the types you do not want, it will instead start adding any filetype that isn't part of the filter list (.mp4, .bin, etc) that aren't even remotely books. Is there a way (plugin maybe, I couldn't find one) to allow me to set a filetype whitelist instead of the current automatic/blacklist method? If not, please consider this as a feature request. Automatic adding is borderline unusable otherwise in this use-case (sure I could use a different folder, but at that point I may as well just drag the file directly into calibre instead).

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07-07-2023, 10:21 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,318 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I would just use a special folder and download ebooks to that folder rather than trying to use a generic download folder for this.

07-08-2023, 02:55 AM	#3
arpeggioaccele light mode user Posts: 67 Karma: 16268 Join Date: May 2023 Location: New England Device: I use the Calibre ebook-viewer on macos and Apple Books on ios.	I sort by filetype in my downloads folder then drag and drop that into calibre. I think you could write a script to move whitelisted filetypes into a separate folder too, if you can't use a specific downloads folder.

07-08-2023, 10:02 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,023 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Been a while, but I have Calibre configured (in add books) to use a folder called: autoadd (a shared folder, so I can toss it content from any device on my network) (I would be careful that this is a Local folder as Calibre needs to remove things once it does its part)

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