Jobs running continually

hombre · 07-02-2013, 10:36 AM

I have had Calibre for years, never a problem. I recently downloaded version 0.9.37 and now, when I connect my Kindle Fire HD it detects it OK but 2 jobs instantly start running. One is 100% finished. The second one runs for approx. 2 mins 40 secs and then completes. However, nothing shows up on my Kindle. When I ask for details of the jobs it says "no details available". I cannot stop the jobs either.
I have uninstalled Calibre and then downloaded again but the problem persists.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks in advance.

theducks · 07-02-2013, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hombre

I have had Calibre for years, never a problem. I recently downloaded version 0.9.37 and now, when I connect my Kindle Fire HD it detects it OK but 2 jobs instantly start running. One is 100% finished. The second one runs for approx. 2 mins 40 secs and then completes. However, nothing shows up on my Kindle. When I ask for details of the jobs it says "no details available". I cannot stop the jobs either.
I have uninstalled Calibre and then downloaded again but the problem persists.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks in advance.

the 1st (finished) job was detecting your device

The second is scanning it for books on the device.
If you kill this, the list never completes and Metadata.calibre (the list of last known books) never gets saved on your device and a full scan (and read BOOK metadata) starts over.
If you don't care to have calibre show what is on the device (BTW not recommended), you can disable (remove tick) 'Automatic Metadata management') in the Save to <model> Device setting

hombre · 07-02-2013, 11:07 AM

Thank you so much for your response. One more question. The right hand column which shows the synopsis of all books is in very fine print. How can I increase the font?

theducks · 07-02-2013, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by hombre

Thank you so much for your response. One more question. The right hand column which shows the synopsis of all books is in very fine print. How can I increase the font?

The Right (or sometimes bottom) it The Book Details pane (toggle is the book icon in the lower right) .
There are 2 portions of this:
Calibre metadata
and the
actual comments (entered while in the Metadata Edit which is where YOU control the styling)

There is a preference: Look and Feel: General to control the Calibre Interface font (not sure how much in details gets affected)

hombre · 07-02-2013, 11:42 AM

Once again...many thanks. I posted in a new thread as I thought maybe thats what I had to do. Please ignore new thread.

DoctorOhh · 07-02-2013, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by hombre

The right hand column which shows the synopsis of all books is in very fine print. How can I increase the font?

You can adjust the font size for the comments in the book details pane by going to Preferences - Tweaks and changing the below tweak to something that works for you.

Quote:

# Change the font size of book details in the interface

change_book_details_font_size_by = 4

Make sure you click Apply (lower right) after making a change then click the green Apply check mark (top left) to finalize the tweak. Then you must restart calibre for it to take effect.

m31starman · 09-12-2013, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

the 1st (finished) job was detecting your device

The second is scanning it for books on the device.
If you kill this, the list never completes and Metadata.calibre (the list of last known books) never gets saved on your device and a full scan (and read BOOK metadata) starts over.
If you don't care to have calibre show what is on the device (BTW not recommended), you can disable (remove tick) 'Automatic Metadata management') in the Save to <model> Device setting

I have the same problem with my asus android tablet. Can you give me step by step instructions on how to do what you suggest? I'm not sure how to do it.

theducks · 09-12-2013, 09:54 PM

1) connect device
2) wait till it is detected
3) Note the Device (driver) name at the bottom of Calibre
4) force a USB disconnect (since you said it never completes and you cant do step 5 with jobs running)
5) Preferences: Plugins: Device Interface: <the name noted in step 3> (Android?): Customize PI (button): remove the tick from Read Metadata

Note: Not tested I can't use this driver with XP (no MTP support)

m31starman · 09-12-2013, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

1) connect device
2) wait till it is detected
3) Note the Device (driver) name at the bottom of Calibre
4) force a USB disconnect (since you said it never completes and you cant do step 5 with jobs running)
5) Preferences: Plugins: Device Interface: <the name noted in step 3> (Android?): Customize PI (button): remove the tick from Read Metadata

Note: Not tested I can't use this driver with XP (no MTP support)

Thanks for the quick reply! Unfortunately as soon as I force a disconnect Calibre stops working and closes.

kovidgoyal · 09-12-2013, 10:39 PM

I am guessing you have an MTP device. Enumerating files on MTP devices is very slow. Your best bet is to move most of the files of your device using windows explorer, then connect with calibre, then right click on the device icon and select customize device and tell calibre to only scan one or two folders on the device. then move your files back.

m31starman · 09-13-2013, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I am guessing you have an MTP device. Enumerating files on MTP devices is very slow. Your best bet is to move most of the files of your device using windows explorer, then connect with calibre, then right click on the device icon and select customize device and tell calibre to only scan one or two folders on the device. then move your files back.

When I connect the "get list" job starts immediately and locks me out of everything. Message says that I can't do that while it is communication with the device. Job window will not let me stop an active job where the device is concerned. I tried configuring the mtp driver plugin and get the same message. I have too many files to move......it seems like it is even scanning the system files.........runs for about an hour and then errors out. Device is then disconnected. If I try to disconnect the usb then calibre crashes. Need a way to stop the "get list" job.

Purple Lady · 09-13-2013, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

1) connect device
2) wait till it is detected
3) Note the Device (driver) name at the bottom of Calibre
4) force a USB disconnect (since you said it never completes and you cant do step 5 with jobs running)
5) Preferences: Plugins: Device Interface: <the name noted in step 3> (Android?): Customize PI (button): remove the tick from Read Metadata

Note: Not tested I can't use this driver with XP (no MTP support)

I had this problem when I was on vacation and had to plugin my device to my laptop. It took 45 minutes for it to finish scanning my device.

I just added a few folders to the scanned folders list to check this out and it doesn't help. I guess if you have an MTP device it ignores what you change in the Android plugin? When I tried to disconnect USB in Windows (eject MTP) Calibre crashes

Spoiler:

How does Calibre decide what folders to scan? It recently added my goomanager folder to the list and I had to deselect it. When it took so long on my laptop it had my TitaniumBackup folder selected. If it didn't select too many folders automatically, it wouldn't be a problem.

kovidgoyal · 09-13-2013, 11:08 PM

@mstarman: If you cannot move the files out, then you are out of luck.

@purple lady: You need to right click on the device in the calibre toolbar after it is connected and select configure, not configure the android plugin.

Purple Lady · 09-14-2013, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@mstarman: If you cannot move the files out, then you are out of luck.

@purple lady: You need to right click on the device in the calibre toolbar after it is connected and select configure, not configure the android plugin.

The only problem is you can't do that until the scan of your device is done. And if you have 10 - 15 gb that can take quite a while. Is there a way to default to not scan? How does Calibre decide what folders to scan the first time you connect?

kovidgoyal · 09-14-2013, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

The only problem is you can't do that until the scan of your device is done. And if you have 10 - 15 gb that can take quite a while. Is there a way to default to not scan? How does Calibre decide what folders to scan the first time you connect?

It scans all folders except certain well known names like Android, Samsung, videos, Music, pictures, etc.

07-02-2013, 10:36 AM	#1
hombre Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Englishman living in Spain Device: Kindle K3	Jobs running continually I have had Calibre for years, never a problem. I recently downloaded version 0.9.37 and now, when I connect my Kindle Fire HD it detects it OK but 2 jobs instantly start running. One is 100% finished. The second one runs for approx. 2 mins 40 secs and then completes. However, nothing shows up on my Kindle. When I ask for details of the jobs it says "no details available". I cannot stop the jobs either. I have uninstalled Calibre and then downloaded again but the problem persists. Any ideas anyone? Thanks in advance.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	@mstarman: If you cannot move the files out, then you are out of luck. @purple lady: You need to right click on the device in the calibre toolbar after it is connected and select configure, not configure the android plugin.

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