problem with metadata - Page 2

lilywhite · 01-23-2011, 10:51 AM

I am having the same problem - an error every time I try to Fetch Metadata. I'm using calibre on the same machine I always have, with no changes to software, firewalls, anything at all. It's just stopped working, as of yesterday.

lilywhite · 01-23-2011, 11:24 AM

Found my problem and fixed. Not sure if it will help anyone else, but here's what happened:

Yesterday I was happily typing along in another program when my firewall generated a popup from the systray. Because it automatically went "on top" (I'm sure everyone is familiar with this maddening circumstance) and I was typing furiously in another program, I made a change to the firewall without knowing what it was. A quick check in the firewall settings didn't seem to reveal any problem so I let it go.

Just now I tried to email myself a book from calibre, and when that failed I reasoned that the firewall must have blocked calibre's internet access. Sure enough, a slower, more careful survey of the firewall settings revealed that this was the case. Gave calibre full access again and all is fine.

Thanks so much for this great program!

ApK · 01-23-2011, 11:54 AM

oops...wrong place...

01-23-2011, 11:54 AM	#18
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,402 Karma: 69116640 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	manipulating metadata oops...wrong place...

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01-23-2011, 10:51 AM	#16
lilywhite Member Posts: 10 Karma: 178 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle	I am having the same problem - an error every time I try to Fetch Metadata. I'm using calibre on the same machine I always have, with no changes to software, firewalls, anything at all. It's just stopped working, as of yesterday.

01-23-2011, 11:24 AM	#17
lilywhite Member Posts: 10 Karma: 178 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle	Found my problem and fixed. Not sure if it will help anyone else, but here's what happened: Yesterday I was happily typing along in another program when my firewall generated a popup from the systray. Because it automatically went "on top" (I'm sure everyone is familiar with this maddening circumstance) and I was typing furiously in another program, I made a change to the firewall without knowing what it was. A quick check in the firewall settings didn't seem to reveal any problem so I let it go. Just now I tried to email myself a book from calibre, and when that failed I reasoned that the firewall must have blocked calibre's internet access. Sure enough, a slower, more careful survey of the firewall settings revealed that this was the case. Gave calibre full access again and all is fine. Thanks so much for this great program!

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