07-10-2010, 04:13 PM | #1 |
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255 Char limit question
Been having issues with "title" names being truncated making for a neat and orderly database difficult.
From what I've read there is 255 character limit in the file path. So I moved the storage folder to C:\Books Still having the truncated titles. Fixing manually and gathering metadata is tedious. So I figure I gotta be doing something wrong. Here is what I'm looking to do. Add a file like this: Drake, David - Servant of the Dragon And have it display in column 1: Drake, David - Servant of the Dragon Just the file name without it being truncated and without it guessing and adding metadata. And I do not need folders. Then convert to: Drake, David - Servant of the Dragon.epub I'm looking to keep things neat and clean. Want to keep file names consistent throughout the work flow. tia |
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07-10-2010, 05:37 PM | #3 |
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What you're doing wrong is trying to work with files, not books.
Calibre manages books; it's a level of abstraction on top of files the way files are a level of abstraction on top of the disc structure. You don't worry about what tracks and sectors represent your files; likewise, with calibre, you don't worry about what files represent your books. The longer explanation is here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85232 |
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However I did find it rather tedious retrieving metadata using the default settings. Time and time again I was either A,rearranging the title and author or removing one or the other. Or B, actually pulling the isbn off Amazon. And the titles and just about everything else was a mess. Again was using the default settings. |
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