Autoextract rar or present format of contents?

coleman · 01-20-2014, 12:44 AM

Is it possible to make Calibre auto extract a compressed file on import, so that instead of presenting a book as a .rar format, it can present it as the format of whatever is in it. Or present the formats of the books contained in the compressed file? It's a minor annoyance to either have to extract before adding, or extract on the receiving end, and it'd be nice to be able to remove that step.

Thanks!

kovidgoyal · 01-20-2014, 02:33 AM

If the rar file contains onlya single ebook, it will be auto-extracted. If it contains more than one, you have to pre-extract.

coleman · 01-21-2014, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

If the rar file contains onlya single ebook, it will be auto-extracted. If it contains more than one, you have to pre-extract.

Hmm...ok does it do it when a file is imported? What is the criteria for single ebook, that being the only file in the archive? Are multiple files assumed to be different i.e. 3 of the same thing in 3 different formats assumed to be different?
Thanks!

kovidgoyal · 01-21-2014, 01:37 AM

If you want the details of the algorithm look at metadata/archive.py in the calibre sourcecode, and yes extraction happens at import time.

01-20-2014, 12:44 AM	#1
coleman Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 38 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: Android tablets and phones, Windows tablet, Kobo Aura One	Autoextract rar or present format of contents? Is it possible to make Calibre auto extract a compressed file on import, so that instead of presenting a book as a .rar format, it can present it as the format of whatever is in it. Or present the formats of the books contained in the compressed file? It's a minor annoyance to either have to extract before adding, or extract on the receiving end, and it'd be nice to be able to remove that step. Thanks!

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01-20-2014, 02:33 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If the rar file contains onlya single ebook, it will be auto-extracted. If it contains more than one, you have to pre-extract.

01-21-2014, 01:37 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you want the details of the algorithm look at metadata/archive.py in the calibre sourcecode, and yes extraction happens at import time.