Metadata downloads via Edit menu but not via Download menu

mfyahya · 05-29-2010, 11:32 AM

If I right click on a book or books and go to "Edit Meta Information" and then click any of the "Download metadata" items, I get an error message. But if I go to "Edit metadata" items and then click the buttons for "Download metadata" and "Download covers" separately it works. Any ideas?

I also tried running calibre-debug -g, but I don't see much debug output in the console. Is it written to a file somewhere?

I'm using the packaged calibre in Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid'

kovidgoyal · 05-29-2010, 02:14 PM

What is the error message you get?

mfyahya · 05-30-2010, 01:57 PM

I get a dialog popup window with this message: "Failed to download metadata for the following:", and then when I click 'Show Details...' it says "Ajax in Action: No matches found for this book"

Then when I went to 'Edit Metadata Individually' for this book, it did download the metadata and covers when I clicked the buttons for those.

kovidgoyal · 05-30-2010, 03:39 PM

is the author set to unknown or something like that?

mfyahya · 05-30-2010, 05:08 PM

Yes, author was set to 'Unknown'. After I removed it, the metadata download seems to work. Thanks very much for your quick help.

Zebri · 06-17-2010, 12:10 PM

Good afternoon - again.

I am trying to download metadata via the download menu aswell and seem to be having the same problem as the OP. Now I have read above that the author marked as unknown is likely to be causing this problem so have that to go on.

However I don't seem to be able to remove the author of unknown, each time I try to delete it it just puts unknown back in the field is there a way to remove the author or some wildcard I can place in there which reflects any author?

Regards
Zebri

Starson17 · 06-17-2010, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zebri

I am trying to download metadata via the download menu aswell and seem to be having the same problem as the OP. Now I have read above that the author marked as unknown is likely to be causing this problem so have that to go on.

However I don't seem to be able to remove the author of unknown, each time I try to delete it it just puts unknown back in the field is there a way to remove the author or some wildcard I can place in there which reflects any author?

You can't leave an empty author in Calibre. On a Single Metadata Fetch, you can remove the author for the search, but it puts it back in as Unknown when you leave that Single Metadata Fetch screen. I'd search for Metadata on books that have an Unknown author using the Single Metadata Fetch, not the Bulk fetch.

I'm not sure what it does during a Bulk Metadata Search if the author is Unknown. If it always fails (that seems to be what you are saying), it might be worth requesting an enhancement or reporting it as a bug so that the author is ignored during the Bulk fetch for "Unknown" authors the same way it works on the Single Metadata Fetch screen.

kovidgoyal · 06-17-2010, 01:31 PM

See http://bugs.calibre-ebook.com/ticket/5633

Zebri · 06-18-2010, 08:05 AM

Thankyou for this and looking forward to the new release!

mfyahya · 06-20-2010, 05:04 AM

I'm not at my main PC at the moment, but I seem to remember that I had entered a space for the author field to prevent it reverting to 'unknown'.

DoctorOhh · 06-20-2010, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mfyahya

I'm not at my main PC at the moment, but I seem to remember that I had entered a space for the author field to prevent it reverting to 'unknown'.

Don't need a work around when the problem has already been fixed as expressed by Kovid above.

05-29-2010, 11:32 AM	#1
mfyahya Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Nokia N900	Metadata downloads via Edit menu but not via Download menu If I right click on a book or books and go to "Edit Meta Information" and then click any of the "Download metadata" items, I get an error message. But if I go to "Edit metadata" items and then click the buttons for "Download metadata" and "Download covers" separately it works. Any ideas? I also tried running calibre-debug -g, but I don't see much debug output in the console. Is it written to a file somewhere? I'm using the packaged calibre in Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid'

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05-29-2010, 02:14 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	What is the error message you get?

05-30-2010, 01:57 PM	#3
mfyahya Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Nokia N900	I get a dialog popup window with this message: "Failed to download metadata for the following:", and then when I click 'Show Details...' it says "Ajax in Action: No matches found for this book" Then when I went to 'Edit Metadata Individually' for this book, it did download the metadata and covers when I clicked the buttons for those.

05-30-2010, 03:39 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	is the author set to unknown or something like that?

05-30-2010, 05:08 PM	#5
mfyahya Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Nokia N900	Yes, author was set to 'Unknown'. After I removed it, the metadata download seems to work. Thanks very much for your quick help.

06-17-2010, 12:10 PM	#6
Zebri Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Sony Ereader	Good afternoon - again. I am trying to download metadata via the download menu aswell and seem to be having the same problem as the OP. Now I have read above that the author marked as unknown is likely to be causing this problem so have that to go on. However I don't seem to be able to remove the author of unknown, each time I try to delete it it just puts unknown back in the field is there a way to remove the author or some wildcard I can place in there which reflects any author? Regards Zebri

06-17-2010, 01:31 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	See http://bugs.calibre-ebook.com/ticket/5633

06-18-2010, 08:05 AM	#9
Zebri Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Sony Ereader	Thankyou for this and looking forward to the new release!

06-20-2010, 05:04 AM	#10
mfyahya Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Nokia N900	I'm not at my main PC at the moment, but I seem to remember that I had entered a space for the author field to prevent it reverting to 'unknown'.