Send to device, sorted by format folder

turb0sun · 06-07-2011, 04:36 AM

Hi,

I've been having a problem where I want to send my Calibre ebooks to my device (Droid 2 using Aldiko) sorted by format folder on the device. For example, say I have a book in PDF format that I want to send to the device's folder (F:/eBooks). What I want is when I click "Send to device", it will send it to /eBooks/PDF/ folder, right now it only sends it to /eBooks/import/ but does not sort by a format folder, instead dumping every format (EPUB, MOBI, PDF) into one folder.

The template I'm using under Preferences->Send to device is

Code:

{#formats}/{title} - {authors}

where "formats" should be a custom lookup field.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

theducks · 06-07-2011, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turb0sun

Hi,

I've been having a problem where I want to send my Calibre ebooks to my device (Droid 2 using Aldiko) sorted by format folder on the device. For example, say I have a book in PDF format that I want to send to the device's folder (F:/eBooks). What I want is when I click "Send to device", it will send it to /eBooks/PDF/ folder, right now it only sends it to /eBooks/import/ but does not sort by a format folder, instead dumping every format (EPUB, MOBI, PDF) into one folder.

The template I'm using under Preferences->Send to device is

Code:

{#formats}/{title} - {authors}

where "formats" should be a custom lookup field.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

I suspect your #formats contains more than one format.

You can use 'Literals' in the Template:

Code:

PDF/{title} - {authors}

is valid. Just adjust the template and send a Single format at a time

Sweetpea · 06-07-2011, 07:57 AM

Sadly, turb0sun, what you want isn't possible. I've been wanting that feature for as long as I have been using Calibre.

It's not so much {#formats} you want, it's the format of the file itself. And that's one thing we (the users) can't find out.

turb0sun · 06-07-2011, 06:44 PM

Hmm, that's weird, I remember being able to do it in an earlier ver., but that was before the Formats column was a custom metadata/column. Oh well, thanks though.

06-07-2011, 04:36 AM	#1
turb0sun Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: none	Send to device, sorted by format folder Hi, I've been having a problem where I want to send my Calibre ebooks to my device (Droid 2 using Aldiko) sorted by format folder on the device. For example, say I have a book in PDF format that I want to send to the device's folder (F:/eBooks). What I want is when I click "Send to device", it will send it to /eBooks/PDF/ folder, right now it only sends it to /eBooks/import/ but does not sort by a format folder, instead dumping every format (EPUB, MOBI, PDF) into one folder. The template I'm using under Preferences->Send to device is Code: {#formats}/{title} - {authors} where "formats" should be a custom lookup field. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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06-07-2011, 07:57 AM	#3
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Sadly, turb0sun, what you want isn't possible. I've been wanting that feature for as long as I have been using Calibre. It's not so much {#formats} you want, it's the format of the file itself. And that's one thing we (the users) can't find out.

06-07-2011, 06:44 PM	#4
turb0sun Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: none	Hmm, that's weird, I remember being able to do it in an earlier ver., but that was before the Formats column was a custom metadata/column. Oh well, thanks though.

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