Striaght copy a book to calibre

DarkRookie2 · 06-18-2022, 11:31 AM

I opened this issue thinking a problem with KOReader
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/9224
but it is not. It is definitely Calibre. Seems to be create a book on the device instead of coping. So the MD5 isn't the same and neither is the filename.

Is there a setting somewhere in Calibre to copy a EPUB file and not create a new one?

kovidgoyal · 06-18-2022, 11:33 AM

I dont know what your issue iis. Copying files to the device names them according to the template and updates metadata in them, so they are not, by design, the same as the files in your library.

DarkRookie2 · 06-18-2022, 11:45 AM

My issue is that the KOSync requires the MD5 hash of books to be the same, which is causing problem since I cannot sync the progress between my desktop and any device I use Calibre to upload a book to.

So I am looking for a way to straight copy the book from my computer, or tell Calibre not to modify anything before coping when I tell it to Send to Device or Save to Disk,

Because if I copy the book from the file system to my Kobo, it works like I thought it would.

kovidgoyal · 06-18-2022, 11:47 AM

so press O and copy it directly using the file manager. Or turn off the metadata writing plugins for the formats you use in Preferences->Plugins.

DarkRookie2 · 06-18-2022, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Or turn off the metadata writing plugins for the formats you use in Preferences->Plugins.

This did it. Thanks,

06-18-2022, 11:31 AM	#1
DarkRookie2 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: None	Striaght copy a book to calibre I opened this issue thinking a problem with KOReader https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/9224 but it is not. It is definitely Calibre. Seems to be create a book on the device instead of coping. So the MD5 isn't the same and neither is the filename. Is there a setting somewhere in Calibre to copy a EPUB file and not create a new one?

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06-18-2022, 11:33 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,171 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I dont know what your issue iis. Copying files to the device names them according to the template and updates metadata in them, so they are not, by design, the same as the files in your library.

06-18-2022, 11:45 AM	#3
DarkRookie2 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: None	My issue is that the KOSync requires the MD5 hash of books to be the same, which is causing problem since I cannot sync the progress between my desktop and any device I use Calibre to upload a book to. So I am looking for a way to straight copy the book from my computer, or tell Calibre not to modify anything before coping when I tell it to Send to Device or Save to Disk, Because if I copy the book from the file system to my Kobo, it works like I thought it would.

06-18-2022, 11:47 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,171 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	so press O and copy it directly using the file manager. Or turn off the metadata writing plugins for the formats you use in Preferences->Plugins.

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