Comic Covers and Metadata

wisbit · 12-14-2020, 07:15 AM

Hello,
I have a collection of comics which filenames I finally managed to tailor so the import in Calibre would identify series, album name, series index, that sort of stuff.
The point was that, after importing I could more easiyl download metadata ...
But the metadata finder and cover finder find nothing ...
While a simple google search finds all the covers I need, I don't understand.
Is there a way to set up the tool to use what information because so far it seems it only searches for the name.
Example (don't try this at home, the name aren't accurate as I 'm not home and I can't remember the tests I did, but still, the example explains the situation)

Series : Aldebaran
Index : 1.0
Name : The Beast
Author : (blank)

get the cover --> "searching cover for "the beast" " --> no result
I do my own google search with "Aldebaran The beast" and I get dozens fo results.
How come ?
Thanks for the input.
Cheers

kovidgoyal · 12-14-2020, 07:30 AM

Preferences->Metadata download -> enable the google images metadata source.

wisbit · 12-14-2020, 07:48 AM

Yes thanks for that it indeed wasn't selected, however, it still doesn't seem to be working. Even if I add the series title in the book title, it doesn't return the relevant result. Too bad.

kovidgoyal · 12-14-2020, 08:24 AM

You need an author to get decent results, without one and title beast aldebaran google images gives me a cover for walking to aldebaran by adrian tchaikovsky

12-14-2020, 07:15 AM	#1
wisbit Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Device: none	Comic Covers and Metadata Hello, I have a collection of comics which filenames I finally managed to tailor so the import in Calibre would identify series, album name, series index, that sort of stuff. The point was that, after importing I could more easiyl download metadata ... But the metadata finder and cover finder find nothing ... While a simple google search finds all the covers I need, I don't understand. Is there a way to set up the tool to use what information because so far it seems it only searches for the name. Example (don't try this at home, the name aren't accurate as I 'm not home and I can't remember the tests I did, but still, the example explains the situation) Series : Aldebaran Index : 1.0 Name : The Beast Author : (blank) get the cover --> "searching cover for "the beast" " --> no result I do my own google search with "Aldebaran The beast" and I get dozens fo results. How come ? Thanks for the input. Cheers

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12-14-2020, 07:30 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Preferences->Metadata download -> enable the google images metadata source.

12-14-2020, 07:48 AM	#3
wisbit Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Device: none	Yes thanks for that it indeed wasn't selected, however, it still doesn't seem to be working. Even if I add the series title in the book title, it doesn't return the relevant result. Too bad.

12-14-2020, 08:24 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You need an author to get decent results, without one and title beast aldebaran google images gives me a cover for walking to aldebaran by adrian tchaikovsky