Can I disable PDF metadata embedding when sending books to my Android device?

[petypen]

Hello Kovidgoyal,

First of all, thank you for this amazing piece of software.

I'm writing to you because I'm having a specific issue when sending PDF files from Calibre to my Android-based E-Ink device (Onyx Boox Go 10.3). The transfer of some PDFs is extremely slow. When I run Calibre in debug mode, I see that the program is spending a lot of time trying to embed metadata into the PDF file, and the log shows the following recurring error:

"Failed to set metadata for the PDF format of..."

I understand that some of my PDF files might not be perfectly structured internally, and that might be causing the problem. I am not concerned about having perfect metadata on my device—I am perfectly happy if the file is copied as-is.

Therefore, my question is: is there any way to configure Calibre so that when sending a PDF to a device, it simply copies the original file without attempting to modify or embed any metadata into it? A simple "send file as is" option would be ideal.

Thank you for your help and for your continued work on Calibre. I appreciate it very much.

Sincerely yours,
Evgeny

[kovidgoyal]

Preferences->Plugins and then disable the PDF metadata writer plugin

[petypen]

Thank you. It worked for me.