03-02-2020, 06:53 PM | #16 |
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@davidfor, will we be able to update the metadata for all the side loaded eBooks we already have on our Readers to fix them to work properly with the new series features?
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03-02-2020, 07:00 PM | #17 |
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The metadata update options in the driver and plugin will work in exactly the same way as they currently do. They just update two extra columns in the database.
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The issues I have found have been related to bad series data. The series name from Kobo isn't always consistent. I have a couple of examples where one book has a slightly different series name than the others. (Some have "The xxxx" and others "xxxx"). And I have a few books that download with the series id, but no series name. And this was device dependent. I had to sign-out of the account on the device to fix it. It was something cached on Kobo's side. it seemed to only affected books I had for a while. In at least one case, I think when I bought it it wasn't part of a series and was added to a "Sci Fi Masterworks" series later. Overall, if the series info in the books is good, the series tab works well. My desire now is for a filter along the lines of "don't show series with only 1 book in it". Quote:
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And for those worried about performance, there is only one database read. The driver collects all necessary metadata from the database in the first pass. The later comparisons are in memory, and, unless there have been a lot of changes, fast. |
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Also, do you have any idea of changes made regarding handling of "Extra: " dictionaries? We (jackie_w and I) have been encountering some strange behaviour: https://github.com/geek1011/kobopatc...ment-593735567. |
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A trivial question perhaps, but how does one play the Word Scramble? I select letters, but see no way to have the selections counted. that count stays at "0" out of however many are listed for that particular grid.
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OK, quick question about the database changes for compatibility with the new Series tab.
I sideload everything (even the stuff I buy from Kobo; drm removed, of course) so no need for me to generate a UUID or anything like that, but for various reasons, it'd be easier and faster for me just to copy the database file off my Kobo and run the SQL directly on my computer and then copy it back rather than do it through usb (2.35 GB file, 13,000 books (blame gutenberg), etc, plus I want to compact the database after and that definitely is faster if I do it locally). I haven't installed the new firmware yet so I can't inspect the database to see what changed, but am I correct to assume that it'd be just as simple as copying over all of the data from the 'Series' column to whatever the new column is (looking at geek1011's seriesmeta commit, is it called SeriesID?) and that's it, or is there more to it than that (sorry if the question sounds dumb; I'm weak in sql)? Last edited by rtiangha; 03-03-2020 at 12:24 AM. |
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03-03-2020, 12:34 AM | #29 |
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It needs to scan the books (but it's quite efficient at doing so - it scans my ClaraHD with 834 books [5GB] in ~19 seconds).
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03-03-2020, 12:56 AM | #30 |
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I wonder why Kobo decided they needed new columns for the series stuff?
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