New Calibre Web Companion FOSS app

[salamanderjuice]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Calibre-Web does NOT update the metadata onb the Kobo; no series info for instance.

Sure you could install nickelseries on the Kobo but then that also would work with base calibre.

I never said it did or didn't?? And it does actually do that. I just added a series to a book and tested that. Doesn't seem like it will update an already downloaded book, but will upon redownload.

[PeterT]

See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=367566

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[Quoth]

Originally Posted by salamanderjuice

By the same logic shouldn't you not let Calibre access your Kobos' SQLite databases? Calibre-Web let's you sync directly to the Kobo, so the Kobo handles the database.

Not the same thing at all, but indeed when Kobo FW wasn't "closing" stuff on a USB connect the Kobo database got corrupted.

Also if you don't access the Kobo Database you can't set some of the metadatas. That's normally safe when the Kobo FW version is working properly.

I'd not deploy Calibre-Web for multiple reasons.

[salamanderjuice]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Not the same thing at all, but indeed when Kobo FW wasn't "closing" stuff on a USB connect the Kobo database got corrupted.

Also if you don't access the Kobo Database you can't set some of the metadatas. That's normally safe when the Kobo FW version is working properly.

I'd not deploy Calibre-Web for multiple reasons.

It is the same thing. It's a program accessing an SQLite database other than the one originally intended. You don't run Calibre and Calibre-Web simultaneously either and Calibre-Web accesses the Calibre DB on the same computer with the same file system.

Calibre-Web has benefits over just Calibre, like direct Kobo sync, nicer web interface, lighter on resources, etc. Whether that's worth a "non-valid" program accessing a Calibre database is up to the user just as it's up to the user whether it's worth having Calibre accessing a Kobo's database to set extra metadata.

I get that you don't care for sync, only ever use USB, yadda yadda but Calibre-web is fine to use and has enough benefits to be worth using IMO.

[Quoth]

No, I use WiFi & Content Server via OPDS for Pocketbook on Android.

There is a huge difference between accessing the SQLight database on a USB connected Kobo and using the Calibre SQLight database directly without Calibre.

[salamanderjuice]

Originally Posted by Quoth

No, I use WiFi & Content Server via OPDS for Pocketbook on Android.

There is a huge difference between accessing the SQLight database on a USB connected Kobo and using the Calibre SQLight database directly without Calibre.

Please explain the difference then if it's so huge. I am not seeing it. And it's SQLite, not SQLight.

[Quoth]

Yes, SQLite.

I'm not going to give an online programming course on MR.