Plugboard only works sometimes

Scott Nielsen · 12-15-2012, 09:10 AM

I have a plugboard for my Kindles (K3, K4 and PW) to move series information into the title. It's very straightforward, moving author_sort into authors and this string {series}{series_index:0>2s|[|] - }{title} into title.

It has worked flawlessly for a very long time but now, for no reason I am able to deduce, it only works sometimes. The problem appears to be on books recently added (or modified) to my Calibre library. So far all old books I've tried work fine. I realize how unrealistic this sounds as I'm sure the plugboards are only activated at the time of actually sending to device, but there you go. If there's a pattern, that's the only one I can see.

I've made a cursory search and I see a similar problem was reported once but then it had to do with DRM. None of my books have DRM so that can't be it.

Two weeks ago I got my PW and last week I first noticed this problem. Presumably a coincidence as I now have the same problem across all my Kindles though it never failed previously on K3 or K4.

I have deleted the plugboard and then added it again. Didn't help.

In Mobi output options I had it set to 'both' but have tried with just 'old' or 'new' to no effect. No other options are ticked.

What else can I do or look at? I'm using 0.9.9 64-bit and had the same problem on 0.9.8 32-bit.

kovidgoyal · 12-15-2012, 09:17 AM

Plugboards will not work on files that have been converted with mobi type set to both. I suggest you change your output format to azw3, or change that setting for each individual file when converting. Remember previously used conversion settings take precedence over default values.

Scott Nielsen · 12-15-2012, 09:26 AM

Resolved. You are fantastic.

12-15-2012, 09:10 AM	#1
Scott Nielsen Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 112134 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kuala Lumpur Device: iPad, K3, K4, T1	Plugboard only works sometimes I have a plugboard for my Kindles (K3, K4 and PW) to move series information into the title. It's very straightforward, moving author_sort into authors and this string {series}{series_index:0>2s\|[\|] - }{title} into title. It has worked flawlessly for a very long time but now, for no reason I am able to deduce, it only works sometimes. The problem appears to be on books recently added (or modified) to my Calibre library. So far all old books I've tried work fine. I realize how unrealistic this sounds as I'm sure the plugboards are only activated at the time of actually sending to device, but there you go. If there's a pattern, that's the only one I can see. I've made a cursory search and I see a similar problem was reported once but then it had to do with DRM. None of my books have DRM so that can't be it. Two weeks ago I got my PW and last week I first noticed this problem. Presumably a coincidence as I now have the same problem across all my Kindles though it never failed previously on K3 or K4. I have deleted the plugboard and then added it again. Didn't help. In Mobi output options I had it set to 'both' but have tried with just 'old' or 'new' to no effect. No other options are ticked. What else can I do or look at? I'm using 0.9.9 64-bit and had the same problem on 0.9.8 32-bit.

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12-15-2012, 09:17 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Plugboards will not work on files that have been converted with mobi type set to both. I suggest you change your output format to azw3, or change that setting for each individual file when converting. Remember previously used conversion settings take precedence over default values.

12-15-2012, 09:26 AM	#3
Scott Nielsen Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 112134 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kuala Lumpur Device: iPad, K3, K4, T1	Resolved. You are fantastic.

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