Reading some fields from filename and others from file metadata

Daniel_321 · 11-24-2012, 02:01 PM

Hello, I'm yet another new user asking about PDFs...but I did search a lot and couldn't find an answer, I hope you can help me out please.

I need to import several thousand pdf's, to read the title, author name, and date from the filename, and ALSO, to read the "tags" (which are the pdf "keywords") from the metadata.

Apparently I can do either one or the other (marking or unmarking "read metadata from file"). I tried using expressions in the "tags to apply when adding" option but it doesn't work

And another question, if tags in the original metadata are separed by semicolons, is there a way to turn them into Calibre's format so it would identify different tags appropriately?

Any ideas?

thanks!

Daniel_321 · 11-25-2012, 07:14 AM

don't worry, I found a way around it. I wanted Calibre for tagging and searching a huge pdf database. I can do it with A-PDF explorer (batch tagging) and the built in win 7 search, which looks into filenames and metadata and works pretty well

11-24-2012, 02:01 PM	#1
Daniel_321 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: screen	Reading some fields from filename and others from file metadata Hello, I'm yet another new user asking about PDFs...but I did search a lot and couldn't find an answer, I hope you can help me out please. I need to import several thousand pdf's, to read the title, author name, and date from the filename, and ALSO, to read the "tags" (which are the pdf "keywords") from the metadata. Apparently I can do either one or the other (marking or unmarking "read metadata from file"). I tried using expressions in the "tags to apply when adding" option but it doesn't work And another question, if tags in the original metadata are separed by semicolons, is there a way to turn them into Calibre's format so it would identify different tags appropriately? Any ideas? thanks!

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Dropdowns in metadata fields	ElMiko	Calibre	10	07-17-2012 03:27 PM
Read metadata from file contents AND filename, or at least compare the two.	iridius	Calibre	2	04-08-2011 04:00 AM
Recognition of author and title from html files/reading metadata from a seperate file	Lethe	Calibre	5	04-03-2010 08:35 AM
Need help with metadata by filename	artbatista	Calibre	17	12-19-2009 07:51 AM
Locking metadata fields?	ebirkenes	Calibre	1	10-08-2009 05:56 PM

11-25-2012, 07:14 AM	#2
Daniel_321 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: screen	don't worry, I found a way around it. I wanted Calibre for tagging and searching a huge pdf database. I can do it with A-PDF explorer (batch tagging) and the built in win 7 search, which looks into filenames and metadata and works pretty well

Advert