Problem adding additional formats

Loosheesh · 05-11-2013, 03:27 PM

For weeks now I've been having a problem adding additional formats to existing books (as opposed to adding new books, which works fine). For e.g. adding a format to an empty book, or adding another format to a book that already has one. When I try it, nothing happens; I just get a busy cursor until I eventually have to shut down Calibre via the Task Manager.

This particular task worked perfectly fine in the past; I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong now

Some info: I'm presently up to Calibre version 0.9.29 (32-bit); Win 7 64-bit system, as of today running 16GB of RAM (previously 4GB).

Any thoughts?

theducks · 05-11-2013, 05:16 PM

Drag and drop still works on XP SP3 ( I usualy drop an additional format into the Details pane, but sometimes into the formats section of the Metadata editor.)

Which (failing) method do you use?

Loosheesh · 05-11-2013, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Drag and drop still works on XP SP3 ( I usualy drop an additional format into the Details pane, but sometimes into the formats section of the Metadata editor.)

Which (failing) method do you use?

I use the "Add a format to this book" option in the Edit Metadata dialog box. I've never dragged and dropped with Calibre but I tried it just now and I'm having the same problem (though it works fine when I just add a book).

theducks · 05-11-2013, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I use the "Add a format to this book" option in the Edit Metadata dialog box. I've never dragged and dropped with Calibre but I tried it just now and I'm having the same problem (though it works fine when I just add a book).

Where (on what KIND of drive) is your Library?

Loosheesh · 05-11-2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Where (on what KIND of drive) is your Library?

On a regular C Drive? This is the path: C:\Users\"My Name"\Documents\"Folder"\eBooks

theducks · 05-11-2013, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Loosheesh

On a regular C Drive? This is the path: C:\Users\"My Name"\Documents\"Folder"\eBooks

That is the 'Traditional' way

(Calibre does sometimes have problems with some network drives: Which is why that way is not recommended).

You might try excluding JUST the Library folder (and sub folders) from the REAL TIME anti virus scan (The books will have been scanned when you downloaded them

)

other than that, we will need to have Kovid weigh in on this.

Loosheesh · 05-11-2013, 08:15 PM

After tinkering around with settings and preferences, I think the problem is being caused by the DRM removal plugins. When I disable the plugins I'm able to add additional formats to an existing book; if the plugins are enabled, the problem returns. What's with the misbehavior now? I never had that problem before.

theducks · 05-11-2013, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

After tinkering around with settings and preferences, I think the problem is being caused by the DRM removal plugins. When I disable the plugins I'm able to add additional formats to an existing book; if the plugins are enabled, the problem returns. What's with the misbehavior now? I never had that problem before.

Have you recently run with a second (third

) monitor attached?
Sometimes there is a Dialog that pops up (on a now missing Screen

)
Calibre made some changes that BROKE some of the PI that are found here at MR.

You might want to check with your tool source.

BTW Great detective work

Loosheesh · 05-11-2013, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Have you recently run with a second (third ) monitor attached?
Sometimes there is a Dialog that pops up (on a now missing Screen

)
Calibre made some changes that BROKE some of the PI that are found here at MR.

You might want to check with your tool source.

BTW Great detective work

I'm using a laptop, and I've never attached any peripherals to it (except a wireless mouse). Also, tonight I updated the DRM plugins to the latest version (well, the one before the latest) and the problem is still there.

The only thing that's probably worth mentioning is that I switched computers a few months ago. When I installed Calibre on my present laptop I simply connected it to the library folder I downloaded from my Mozy backup. But everything worked fine up until sometime last month.

Thanks for the help in eliminating probable causes. Even without a definite solution, knowing the origin of the problem is helpful because I can work around it by simply adding any additional formats as a new book and then merging with the existing one. It's a long way but ... *shrug*

tilia · 05-12-2013, 06:17 AM

I had the same problem with adding formats a couple of weeks ago. For me it was the Annotations plugin that caused the problem. (I'm also on Win 7)

Loosheesh · 05-12-2013, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by tilia

I had the same problem with adding formats a couple of weeks ago. For me it was the Annotations plugin that caused the problem. (I'm also on Win 7)

The Annotations plugin came to mind yesterday when I was trying to isolate the problem, as it was one of the few changes I made to my Calibre around the time the issue started. I figured it couldn't be that because no one else reported a problem, so I dismissed the idea without testing it

I'll do that now and report back.

Loosheesh · 05-12-2013, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tilia

I had the same problem with adding formats a couple of weeks ago. For me it was the Annotations plugin that caused the problem. (I'm also on Win 7)

Karma for you!! The problem was indeed caused by the Annotations plugin. I removed it and everything's back to normal.

so very much.

tilia · 05-12-2013, 06:45 AM

Great!

I meant to test more before I reported it, and then forgot about it... I'll post my debug log in the plugin thread, so GRiker can take a look at it.

Loosheesh · 05-12-2013, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by tilia

Great!

I meant to test more before I reported it, and then forgot about it... I'll post my debug log in the plugin thread, so GRiker can take a look at it.

Great! I like the Annotations plugin and would like to reinstall if possible.

How do you get at the debug log? Since I was getting no error message I couldn't figure out how to copy and paste a log of the problem (or if there'd even be a log somewhere

) for a more knowledgeable person to check out.

tilia · 05-12-2013, 07:34 AM

Right-click on the Preferences icon, and you'll see an option to restart in debug mode. You can also use Ctrl+Shift-R

Did you use the plugin just for your iPad, or for your kindles as well? I couldn't get the plugin to import any annotations from my kindle. I've used the existing Fetch Annotations feature in calibre, but that only works for mobis, not kf8/azw3.

05-11-2013, 03:27 PM	#1
Loosheesh Wizard Posts: 1,674 Karma: 3111989 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jianghu Device: PW1, PW5, iPhone SE 2016, iPhone 13 Pro, iPad Pro 9.7, iPad Pro 2021	Problem adding additional formats For weeks now I've been having a problem adding additional formats to existing books (as opposed to adding new books, which works fine). For e.g. adding a format to an empty book, or adding another format to a book that already has one. When I try it, nothing happens; I just get a busy cursor until I eventually have to shut down Calibre via the Task Manager. This particular task worked perfectly fine in the past; I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong now Some info: I'm presently up to Calibre version 0.9.29 (32-bit); Win 7 64-bit system, as of today running 16GB of RAM (previously 4GB). Any thoughts?

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,807 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Drag and drop still works on XP SP3 ( I usualy drop an additional format into the Details pane, but sometimes into the formats section of the Metadata editor.) Which (failing) method do you use?

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Loosheesh Wizard Posts: 1,674 Karma: 3111989 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jianghu Device: PW1, PW5, iPhone SE 2016, iPhone 13 Pro, iPad Pro 9.7, iPad Pro 2021	After tinkering around with settings and preferences, I think the problem is being caused by the DRM removal plugins. When I disable the plugins I'm able to add additional formats to an existing book; if the plugins are enabled, the problem returns. What's with the misbehavior now? I never had that problem before.

05-12-2013, 06:17 AM	#10
tilia Evangelist Posts: 432 Karma: 1720909 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Voyage, K3	I had the same problem with adding formats a couple of weeks ago. For me it was the Annotations plugin that caused the problem. (I'm also on Win 7)

05-12-2013, 06:45 AM	#13
tilia Evangelist Posts: 432 Karma: 1720909 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Voyage, K3	Great! I meant to test more before I reported it, and then forgot about it... I'll post my debug log in the plugin thread, so GRiker can take a look at it.

05-12-2013, 07:34 AM	#15
tilia Evangelist Posts: 432 Karma: 1720909 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Voyage, K3	Right-click on the Preferences icon, and you'll see an option to restart in debug mode. You can also use Ctrl+Shift-R Did you use the plugin just for your iPad, or for your kindles as well? I couldn't get the plugin to import any annotations from my kindle. I've used the existing Fetch Annotations feature in calibre, but that only works for mobis, not kf8/azw3.