06-20-2020, 06:59 AM | #1 |
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Importing folders containing series collection
Good day to all,
My comics collection is organised per folders, usually with the following structure: .../Series Title/Series Number - Album Title.format The best way to import them to Calibre with their proper fields being recognized has been to rename them as Series Title - Series Number - Album Title.format and then tweak the Regular Expression Pattern accordingly. Is there any way to achieve the same result in a less manual intensive technique? Thanks in advance for your experience, |
06-20-2020, 10:23 AM | #2 |
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The only other way I can think of is the use the GetFileName plugin. This can put the file path into a custom column. You could then use the bulk search and replace to set the other columns from this.
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06-20-2020, 10:56 AM | #3 |
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Calibres Add from folder template does can NOT pull path info to populate additional fields.
The GetFileName PI is a possible work around. It populates a custom column with the path. There is still a lot of work using that method. You could also do things in Series sized batches, (manually) Adding the Series NAME info after each Add cycle I think I would import the Title as 'Series Number - Album Title' then use a Bulk metadata edit: S&R (tab) REGEX to correct the Index |
06-26-2020, 04:40 AM | #4 |
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Brilliant suggestions guys,
Thanks a lot |
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