Book titles not complete in either the library database or when being saved

stan999 · 03-02-2020, 02:26 AM

Is there a way Calibre can actually show the entire title length in the database and/or when saved to another location?

BetterRed · 03-02-2020, 06:22 AM

Can you provide an example where it doesn't.

Within a calibre library the author and book folder names, and the format file names in the book folders are ascii-ized, sanitized (replace illegal chars), and truncated to accomodate the various Operating and File systems calibre operates under.

BR

stan999 · 03-02-2020, 07:34 AM

Here's an example. Most lengthier titles get truncated. Not very nice

stumped · 03-02-2020, 07:52 AM

inside of Calibre's database you have to live with
" truncated to accomodate the various Operating and File systems calibre operates under."
you get ~30 characters of file name only, not configurable.
but Calibre still has the" missing" stuff, just not in the file name- its been copied into metadata fields elsewhere in the database
Some transfer methods will rebuild a longer file name on the fly. I know that android calibre companion does that, maybe you can also do it with save to disc templates

BetterRed · 03-02-2020, 08:31 AM

What is the context of those screenshots - file manager, spreadsheet, calibre book list ?

I'm guessing the underscore ( _ ) after the Volume number was a colon ( : ). Some OS/FS combos do not allow colons in folder and file names, others only allow Latin chars (i.e. no cyrrillic, katagana etc) - calibre caters for all the variants via normalising algorithms.

As stumped has posted you will find the true values in the database which is what you should see in the book list, you can use those values in Save to Disk and Send to Device Templates.

If you obtained those books directly from another calibre library then depending on your Add Books settings you may have used the ascii-ized, sanitized, latinized, truncated names that calibre wrote in the other library as the 'true' values in your library.

BR

theducks · 03-02-2020, 09:28 AM

Calibre is a LIBRARIAN.
It could deliver any book even if they were filed like Project Gutenberg does: P12345

The Metadata sent, matches the DB entry .
Let The Librarian work for you and quit peeking under the skirts if you don't like the view

(there is almost ZERO need if you let the app do its job)

03-02-2020, 02:26 AM	#1
stan999 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 24 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: none	Book titles not complete in either the library database or when being saved Is there a way Calibre can actually show the entire title length in the database and/or when saved to another location?

03-02-2020, 07:34 AM	#3
stan999 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 24 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: none	Here's an example. Most lengthier titles get truncated. Not very nice Attached Thumbnails

03-02-2020, 08:31 AM	#5
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,659 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	What is the context of those screenshots - file manager, spreadsheet, calibre book list ? I'm guessing the underscore ( _ ) after the Volume number was a colon ( : ). Some OS/FS combos do not allow colons in folder and file names, others only allow Latin chars (i.e. no cyrrillic, katagana etc) - calibre caters for all the variants via normalising algorithms. As stumped has posted you will find the true values in the database which is what you should see in the book list, you can use those values in Save to Disk and Send to Device Templates. If you obtained those books directly from another calibre library then depending on your Add Books settings you may have used the ascii-ized, sanitized, latinized, truncated names that calibre wrote in the other library as the 'true' values in your library. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 03-02-2020 at 08:33 AM.

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03-02-2020, 06:22 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,659 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Can you provide an example where it doesn't. Within a calibre library the author and book folder names, and the format file names in the book folders are ascii-ized, sanitized (replace illegal chars), and truncated to accomodate the various Operating and File systems calibre operates under. BR

03-02-2020, 07:52 AM	#4
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	inside of Calibre's database you have to live with " truncated to accomodate the various Operating and File systems calibre operates under." you get ~30 characters of file name only, not configurable. but Calibre still has the" missing" stuff, just not in the file name- its been copied into metadata fields elsewhere in the database Some transfer methods will rebuild a longer file name on the fly. I know that android calibre companion does that, maybe you can also do it with save to disc templates

03-02-2020, 09:28 AM	#6
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,936 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Calibre is a LIBRARIAN. It could deliver any book even if they were filed like Project Gutenberg does: P12345 The Metadata sent, matches the DB entry . Let The Librarian work for you and quit peeking under the skirts if you don't like the view (there is almost ZERO need if you let the app do its job)

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