Calibre - new starter with a collection

y0ta · 02-08-2016, 07:34 PM

Hi guys,

First of all, i'm a new starter to Calibre and find here a beautiful tool. We can tell it's been well developed.
So I was looking for a tool management for my collection of comics... and Calibre seems to fully respond to this. As my collection is around 10go of data of comics, you can understand the need of it. There are so far stored on a NAS server and i'm still doing test with Calibre .

So far, I got the feeling I'm oblige to duplicate all the files to be store in an empty folder, which be used to create the database... all done automatically when I'm create an entry.
Is it something I'm oblige to or can Calibre used path to link the file to the Json database? It's something will be fairly impossible or will take severe days to do. (I'm running a folder right now of 28 files, and it takes at least 30min).... probably cause it's stored on my NAS server and not on my hard drive.

When I update the metadata, Calibre seems to change the directory structure.. as part of its way of reading data ?
Any info regarding this will be great.

Thx you again for this software and looking forward to use it correctly.
yOta

theducks · 02-08-2016, 09:51 PM

Welcom

You should spend some time with the FAQ

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....tory-structure

You have heard about this one.
http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....rked-drive-nas

BTW The Main DB is NOT in a Json file

Also, For those just metadata cases.

checkout Add From ISBN (built into ADD)

And My Fav
Import Book List (a PI)

eschwartz · 02-08-2016, 09:53 PM

You are strongly recommended to NOT store your calibre library on a NAS: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....rked-drive-nas

On the other hand, using something like Microsoft SyncToy to mirror a copy onto your NAS is fine.

...

Yes, calibre requires its own internal copies of the files it stores. Using links is fragile, it depends on files that calibre doesn't control and cannot guarantee will continue to exist.

I know iTunes allows you to use links, and I have had to clean up peoples' messes when they cannot find their music because it was e.g. downloaded into their %TEMP% downloads folder and got automatically cleaned.

02-08-2016, 07:34 PM	#1
y0ta Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: ipad	Calibre - new starter with a collection Hi guys, First of all, i'm a new starter to Calibre and find here a beautiful tool. We can tell it's been well developed. So I was looking for a tool management for my collection of comics... and Calibre seems to fully respond to this. As my collection is around 10go of data of comics, you can understand the need of it. There are so far stored on a NAS server and i'm still doing test with Calibre . So far, I got the feeling I'm oblige to duplicate all the files to be store in an empty folder, which be used to create the database... all done automatically when I'm create an entry. Is it something I'm oblige to or can Calibre used path to link the file to the Json database? It's something will be fairly impossible or will take severe days to do. (I'm running a folder right now of 28 files, and it takes at least 30min).... probably cause it's stored on my NAS server and not on my hard drive. When I update the metadata, Calibre seems to change the directory structure.. as part of its way of reading data ? Any info regarding this will be great. Thx you again for this software and looking forward to use it correctly. yOta

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02-08-2016, 09:51 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,981 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Welcom You should spend some time with the FAQ http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....tory-structure You have heard about this one. http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....rked-drive-nas BTW The Main DB is NOT in a Json file Also, For those just metadata cases. checkout Add From ISBN (built into ADD) And My Fav Import Book List (a PI)

02-08-2016, 09:53 PM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	You are strongly recommended to NOT store your calibre library on a NAS: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....rked-drive-nas On the other hand, using something like Microsoft SyncToy to mirror a copy onto your NAS is fine. ... Yes, calibre requires its own internal copies of the files it stores. Using links is fragile, it depends on files that calibre doesn't control and cannot guarantee will continue to exist. I know iTunes allows you to use links, and I have had to clean up peoples' messes when they cannot find their music because it was e.g. downloaded into their %TEMP% downloads folder and got automatically cleaned.

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