"...no available formats"

HappyChris · 05-21-2019, 02:20 PM

I am currently attempting to register/copy ebooks to calibre. They are a mix of the usual formats but some of the books appear as "...has no available formats", meaning that the actual book file itself is missing from its folder. I probably know how this happened but need to find all the missing books' folders.

I tried searching with format:"", format:"unknown" and "format:" but to no avail. Can this be done, please?

itimpi · 05-21-2019, 02:24 PM

You can try
format:false

ilovejedd · 05-21-2019, 04:20 PM

If formats:false isn't returning any entries, you might need to run Library maintenance -> Check library then click Yes on the prompt to check files against database and fix the database first.

As always, make a backup of your database before you do the above.

05-21-2019, 02:20 PM	#1
HappyChris Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 7526 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Bristol, UK Device: Nexus 10 (2 of them), Nexus 5, iPhone, iPad, Kindle, iMac	"...no available formats" I am currently attempting to register/copy ebooks to calibre. They are a mix of the usual formats but some of the books appear as "...has no available formats", meaning that the actual book file itself is missing from its folder. I probably know how this happened but need to find all the missing books' folders. I tried searching with format:"", format:"unknown" and "format:" but to no avail. Can this be done, please?

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05-21-2019, 02:24 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	You can try format:false

05-21-2019, 04:20 PM	#3
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,127 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	If formats:false isn't returning any entries, you might need to run Library maintenance -> Check library then click Yes on the prompt to check files against database and fix the database first. As always, make a backup of your database before you do the above.

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