importing odt; get metadata from text

randoneur · 03-02-2019, 12:46 AM

Hi,

here is a problem, with that i am struggeling for quite some time now.

I have a bunch of .odt files (2k++) that i want to import into calibre and subsequently to my device.

the Text on every one is formated as:

<h1>title
<h5>author
(<h2> chapter)
text

with the <h#> as the header-degree
not every file has "chapters", but first and second line should allway be interpreted to title and author.

Is there a civiliced way for the batch-import or do i have to get an intern

to do this for me by hand?

kovidgoyal · 03-02-2019, 01:08 AM

You can write a metadata reading plugin for odt to replace the builtin one that extract this information.

Quoth · 03-13-2019, 09:47 AM

Also Calibre does use some or all of Title, subject, keywords, comment in ODT Properties->Description and user name of LibreOffice/OpenOffice Options if Properties Use user data is ticked.

Or Save As Open XML .docx format, which oddly seems to result in better formatting of ePubs (can't see difference on AZW3). I do have a problem that conversion to Mobi has incorrect page breaks and regards H1, H2, H3, H4 etc as outline levels with bullet numbers, rather than un-numbered.

I don't use H1, H2, etc except for items to be in TOC. I use other styles for Title, Subtitle, Series, Author etc.

03-02-2019, 12:46 AM	#1
randoneur Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2019 Device: tolino	importing odt; get metadata from text Hi, here is a problem, with that i am struggeling for quite some time now. I have a bunch of .odt files (2k++) that i want to import into calibre and subsequently to my device. the Text on every one is formated as: <h1>title <h5>author (<h2> chapter) text with the <h#> as the header-degree not every file has "chapters", but first and second line should allway be interpreted to title and author. Is there a civiliced way for the batch-import or do i have to get an intern to do this for me by hand?

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03-02-2019, 01:08 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can write a metadata reading plugin for odt to replace the builtin one that extract this information.

03-13-2019, 09:47 AM	#3
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,158 Karma: 85874891 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	Also Calibre does use some or all of Title, subject, keywords, comment in ODT Properties->Description and user name of LibreOffice/OpenOffice Options if Properties Use user data is ticked. Or Save As Open XML .docx format, which oddly seems to result in better formatting of ePubs (can't see difference on AZW3). I do have a problem that conversion to Mobi has incorrect page breaks and regards H1, H2, H3, H4 etc as outline levels with bullet numbers, rather than un-numbered. I don't use H1, H2, etc except for items to be in TOC. I use other styles for Title, Subtitle, Series, Author etc.