How to use --prefer-metadata-cover ?

AddledBadger · 02-16-2016, 12:23 PM

Hi, I fetch news with Calibre [how cool is that!], but the .mobi uses the custom Calibre covers, and not the cover_url = 'blah' in the news recipe. How do I change the .mobi output to use the --prefer-metadata-cover setting?

Thanks for your advice!

kovidgoyal · 02-16-2016, 12:29 PM

A generated cover is only used if downloading the cover specified by the recipe fails. Look at the log for the job (if you are running from the commandline, run with -vv and search the log for the word cover).

AddledBadger · 02-16-2016, 12:51 PM

Hi, sorry, a newbie. I'm fetching news with the GUI, how do I access the logs/execute the same fetch news commands from the terminal, I'm on a Mac. Many thanks for the super swift response.

02-16-2016, 12:23 PM	#1
AddledBadger Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kindle Touch	How to use --prefer-metadata-cover ? Hi, I fetch news with Calibre [how cool is that!], but the .mobi uses the custom Calibre covers, and not the cover_url = 'blah' in the news recipe. How do I change the .mobi output to use the --prefer-metadata-cover setting? Thanks for your advice!

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02-16-2016, 12:29 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	A generated cover is only used if downloading the cover specified by the recipe fails. Look at the log for the job (if you are running from the commandline, run with -vv and search the log for the word cover).

02-16-2016, 12:51 PM	#3
AddledBadger Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kindle Touch	Hi, sorry, a newbie. I'm fetching news with the GUI, how do I access the logs/execute the same fetch news commands from the terminal, I'm on a Mac. Many thanks for the super swift response.