Can I stop Calibre while it is reading my Kindle Fire? - Page 2

MrJamesEMcBride · 09-09-2019, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You can just pull the plug on it. MTP devices like this one are extremely slow, but the upside is that it is safe to just yank the cable on them.

If I pull the plug, though, the device is no longer attached, and I am not able to edit the 'by device' settings any more....am I correct? Am I missing something else that I can do here?

kovidgoyal · 09-09-2019, 06:15 AM

Yeah pulling the plug means you wont be able to configure the device. If you want to configure it yu just have to wait it out at the moment.

MrJamesEMcBride · 09-09-2019, 06:41 AM

If I were adding this enhancement (which, of course, I am not! That is all up to Kovid) I would do the following:
- Create an extra setting in the Preferences that would be something like 'Configure devices before initial reading' which would be a check box.
- If the box is not checked, Calibre works exactly as it does now.
- if the box IS checked, then, when a device is connected for the first time, Calibre would read the folder structure and then present the user with the 'Configure <device>' dialog before beginning the initial reading.

Just a thought....

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09-09-2019, 06:15 AM	#17
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,370 Karma: 27230406 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yeah pulling the plug means you wont be able to configure the device. If you want to configure it yu just have to wait it out at the moment.

09-09-2019, 06:41 AM	#18
MrJamesEMcBride Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Beaver, PA Device: Samsung GalaxyTab S6 Lite	If I were adding this enhancement (which, of course, I am not! That is all up to Kovid) I would do the following: - Create an extra setting in the Preferences that would be something like 'Configure devices before initial reading' which would be a check box. - If the box is not checked, Calibre works exactly as it does now. - if the box IS checked, then, when a device is connected for the first time, Calibre would read the folder structure and then present the user with the 'Configure <device>' dialog before beginning the initial reading. Just a thought....

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