MTP connection issues

aramaziakin · Today, 09:06 AM

As far as I can tell Calibre keeps creating files (driveinfo.calibre and metadata.calibre) that it then can't read which causes connection issues.
So I have Calibre send my books to a folder called 'Books' on an sd card in my android device, that works fine. But then for some reason Calibre keeps creating a folder called 'Document' on both the sd card and internal storage and creates the 2 files I mention before. If I don't delete these new folders Calibre throws up a connection error when I connect my device. Calibre is fine with the driveinfo and metadata files in the 'Books' folder, it is only with the ones it creates in these 'Document' folders that causes connection issues.
Is there any way to stop Calibre creating these files, or anyway to fix the files so they don't cause connection issues?

theducks · Today, 09:46 AM

Those 2 files are the log of what Calibre has previously found ON THAT Drive. They are in the root of the drive regardless of where the books are.

The SD card is also a drive, so they should be there also

If they are missing, then Calibre has to rescan the whole drive(s) as the 'what is known' shortcut is missing.

MTP is iffy in some cases. One thing: Only have 1 MTP device connected at a time.
This FAQ may help (a tiny bit) https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...or-kindle-fire

kovidgoyal · Today, 10:54 AM

If calibre cant read files it has created previously, that indicates there are firmware issues on your device. A reboot might help, if not a reset and if that doesnt help either, then you can use one of the wireless conenction methods instead.

aramaziakin · Today, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

If calibre cant read files it has created previously, that indicates there are firmware issues on your device. A reboot might help, if not a reset and if that doesnt help either, then you can use one of the wireless conenction methods instead.

I've not had much luck with the wireless options and rebooting everything hasn't worked, is there any of figuring out what's actually going wrong here?

theducks · Today, 01:16 PM

Without Calibre running (involved), can you use Windows to copy a bunch of files to a Test folder (so it is easy to clean up after the test)?
If that fails, then there may be storage integrity issues (With my devices, I still have file transfer mod, so Windows can check the drive. With MTP, I have no clue how to get that done)

theducks · Today, 01:17 PM

Found something
NOT TESTED or endorsed

https://www.auslogics.com/en/article...ed-windows-10/

Today, 09:06 AM	#1
aramaziakin Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2024 Device: Meebook M7	MTP connection issues As far as I can tell Calibre keeps creating files (driveinfo.calibre and metadata.calibre) that it then can't read which causes connection issues. So I have Calibre send my books to a folder called 'Books' on an sd card in my android device, that works fine. But then for some reason Calibre keeps creating a folder called 'Document' on both the sd card and internal storage and creates the 2 files I mention before. If I don't delete these new folders Calibre throws up a connection error when I connect my device. Calibre is fine with the driveinfo and metadata files in the 'Books' folder, it is only with the ones it creates in these 'Document' folders that causes connection issues. Is there any way to stop Calibre creating these files, or anyway to fix the files so they don't cause connection issues?

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Today, 09:46 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,040 Karma: 57259778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Those 2 files are the log of what Calibre has previously found ON THAT Drive. They are in the root of the drive regardless of where the books are. The SD card is also a drive, so they should be there also If they are missing, then Calibre has to rescan the whole drive(s) as the 'what is known' shortcut is missing. MTP is iffy in some cases. One thing: Only have 1 MTP device connected at a time. This FAQ may help (a tiny bit) https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...or-kindle-fire

Today, 10:54 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,060 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If calibre cant read files it has created previously, that indicates there are firmware issues on your device. A reboot might help, if not a reset and if that doesnt help either, then you can use one of the wireless conenction methods instead.

Today, 01:16 PM	#5
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,040 Karma: 57259778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Without Calibre running (involved), can you use Windows to copy a bunch of files to a Test folder (so it is easy to clean up after the test)? If that fails, then there may be storage integrity issues (With my devices, I still have file transfer mod, so Windows can check the drive. With MTP, I have no clue how to get that done)

Today, 01:17 PM	#6
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,040 Karma: 57259778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Found something NOT TESTED or endorsed https://www.auslogics.com/en/article...ed-windows-10/

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