Problems reading books from calibre library and feature request

Giuseppe Chillem · 07-30-2013, 04:24 PM

Hi,
as rebuilding a library did not work I have created a new one and added the books of the previous library reading from its directory (on book each directory).

I have found an "interesting" behaviour:

Many books have this format:

Tittle: 3534038401 - Unknown
Author: 3534038401
(Note, the isbn number is the original file name and it is correct)

Tittle: Data Structures and Efficient Algorithms - Unknown
Author: Data Structures & Efficient Algorithms

This has somehow meesed up a lot of book name and authors.

I also ask the following feature: we have the opportunity to read the COVER from the original file. Could you add a way to read metadata from the original files too in "group modify metadata" ?

Thanks in advance

NOTE: Also some books have inverted Tittle - Author

kovidgoyal · 07-30-2013, 11:14 PM

The metadata you get when adding one book per directory will come from the opf files in the directory, which will have come from the library you are trying to recover.

If you want to read the metadata from the files themselves first delete the opf file and then add.

07-30-2013, 04:24 PM	#1
Giuseppe Chillem Groupie Posts: 178 Karma: 134 Join Date: May 2010 Device: IREX DR1000	Problems reading books from calibre library and feature request Hi, as rebuilding a library did not work I have created a new one and added the books of the previous library reading from its directory (on book each directory). I have found an "interesting" behaviour: Many books have this format: Tittle: 3534038401 - Unknown Author: 3534038401 (Note, the isbn number is the original file name and it is correct) Tittle: Data Structures and Efficient Algorithms - Unknown Author: Data Structures & Efficient Algorithms This has somehow meesed up a lot of book name and authors. I also ask the following feature: we have the opportunity to read the COVER from the original file. Could you add a way to read metadata from the original files too in "group modify metadata" ? Thanks in advance NOTE: Also some books have inverted Tittle - Author Last edited by Giuseppe Chillem; 07-30-2013 at 04:33 PM.

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07-30-2013, 11:14 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The metadata you get when adding one book per directory will come from the opf files in the directory, which will have come from the library you are trying to recover. If you want to read the metadata from the files themselves first delete the opf file and then add.

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