Something wrong with device plugin? Author names not displayed correctly

LucyOne · 02-17-2017, 03:32 AM

I have a Pocketbook Touch HD and a few weeks ago I noticed that the author name is not displayed correctly in the library of the device.

In Calibre I have always used this metadata plugboard:
any format – any device: {author_sort}-->{authors}.
So the name of the author would be displayed in the form "last name, first name".
This had always worked up to a few weeks ago, when I noticed that the Touch HD only displays the last name of the author. The first name is not displayed.

Yesterday I did some experimenting and I changed the plugboard to:
any format – any device: {authors}-->{authors}.
This is necessary for the metadata for PDF files to be displayed on the device. Accordingly, the full name is displayed in the device library in the form "first name last name". However, if a book has more than one author, the following happens:
EPUB: first name last name of author 1, first name last name of author 2
PDF: first name last name of author 1 & first name last name of author 2

All my other devices display the author names correctly, "last name, first name", as I want them. That's why I was wondering if something might be wrong with the device plugin for the Pocketbook Touch HD.

In case there is no error in the device plug-in, is there a template to display the names of the authors for any format with the "&" instead of a comma?

LucyOne · 02-20-2017, 01:18 PM

@Kovid: Could you maybe check the plugin to see if it processes the metadata correctly?

kovidgoyal · 02-20-2017, 09:29 PM

The plugin has no metadata setting code, that is done by calibre before the files are passed to the plugin and is common for all devices. The only way that metadata setting can be turned off in calibre is by disabling the relevant metadata writer plugins in Preferences->Plugins

LucyOne · 02-21-2017, 11:24 AM

OK, so that means that nothing can be messed up with the metadata while the books are transferred to the device, right?
Then the device must have a problem with reading the metadata correctly.

02-17-2017, 03:32 AM	#1
LucyOne Librocubicularist Posts: 617 Karma: 11908623 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Germany Device: PocketBook InkPad 3 & Touch HD 3, Kobo Clara HD, Kindle Paperwhite 5	Something wrong with device plugin? Author names not displayed correctly I have a Pocketbook Touch HD and a few weeks ago I noticed that the author name is not displayed correctly in the library of the device. In Calibre I have always used this metadata plugboard: any format – any device: {author_sort}-->{authors}. So the name of the author would be displayed in the form "last name, first name". This had always worked up to a few weeks ago, when I noticed that the Touch HD only displays the last name of the author. The first name is not displayed. Yesterday I did some experimenting and I changed the plugboard to: any format – any device: {authors}-->{authors}. This is necessary for the metadata for PDF files to be displayed on the device. Accordingly, the full name is displayed in the device library in the form "first name last name". However, if a book has more than one author, the following happens: EPUB: first name last name of author 1, first name last name of author 2 PDF: first name last name of author 1 & first name last name of author 2 All my other devices display the author names correctly, "last name, first name", as I want them. That's why I was wondering if something might be wrong with the device plugin for the Pocketbook Touch HD. In case there is no error in the device plug-in, is there a template to display the names of the authors for any format with the "&" instead of a comma?

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02-20-2017, 01:18 PM	#2
LucyOne Librocubicularist Posts: 617 Karma: 11908623 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Germany Device: PocketBook InkPad 3 & Touch HD 3, Kobo Clara HD, Kindle Paperwhite 5	@Kovid: Could you maybe check the plugin to see if it processes the metadata correctly?

02-20-2017, 09:29 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The plugin has no metadata setting code, that is done by calibre before the files are passed to the plugin and is common for all devices. The only way that metadata setting can be turned off in calibre is by disabling the relevant metadata writer plugins in Preferences->Plugins

02-21-2017, 11:24 AM	#4
LucyOne Librocubicularist Posts: 617 Karma: 11908623 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Germany Device: PocketBook InkPad 3 & Touch HD 3, Kobo Clara HD, Kindle Paperwhite 5	OK, so that means that nothing can be messed up with the metadata while the books are transferred to the device, right? Then the device must have a problem with reading the metadata correctly.

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