08-17-2017, 07:17 PM | #1 |
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Upgrade to 3.6 from 2.x breaks book serving
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My world was good with my old 2.x version of Calibre. I added my new books, put them in virtual libraries, tagged them and then connected to the Calibre server with an iPad running Aldiko. I could see my tags and virtual libraries and was able to find my books by tags and the virtual library they were in. Yesterday I realized how far behind I was with my version of Calibre and updated to 3.6 - and had problems getting new books on my iPad. I found the /opds after the server URL and at least my Catalog display in Aldiko did not crash anymore and I could get my books from the server. But I don't see an option to select virtual libraries any longer and when I display my books by tag I only see 30 tags and my tag 'new' is number 50 (or so) and I can't select it. Is there a solution to this: - a way to show virtual libraries and - to show all tags (this might be a limitation of Aldiko, but it does that on iOS and Android) Thanks for any help you could give me. Cheers, Merlin Last edited by merlinsilk; 08-17-2017 at 09:37 PM. |
08-18-2017, 08:40 AM | #2 |
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Moved to the proper forum, which would be calibre since this question involves....calibre.
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Another option is to create a custom column "built from other columns, behaves like tags", check the "show in tag browser box, and set the template to {:'virtual_libraries()'}. This column will appear on the list of columns. If Aldiko gives you a way to select books using those values then you can select virtual libraries. If aldiko can show you calibre's custom columns then you can see which libraries contain a book. This option can slow down calibre in very large libraries (several thousand books) A third option is to use the plugin Save Virtual Libraries To Column (GUI), which can save which virtual libraries containing a book to a text/tags-like custom column. As before, aldiko must support selecting and showing custom columns. Quote:
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08-18-2017, 10:50 PM | #4 |
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Perfect!
Thank you so much for that info. I tried to go with a user that's restricted to a virtual library, but so far I was not able to find a search to select a virtual library. For now, I restrict the user to the tag 'new'. I did not find how I could select a user in Aldiko - is that possible at all? Increasing the number of books in the OPDS feed was a real lifesaver. |
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It should ask for a username and password when you connect. If it never asks again then I would expect to find "somewhere" a way to make it "forget" that information. Quote:
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08-19-2017, 02:10 PM | #6 |
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Try using the normal URL method for a user (I haven't tried this, but it ought to work)
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http://username:password@yourserveraddress:8080/ |
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Thank you so much!
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FWIW: you also will be able to use the vl: prefix in calibre's search bar. For example, if you want to find all books that are not in some virtual library, use Code:
not vl:"some library" Code:
vl:library1 and vl:library2 |
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