Remove tags and rating from save-to-disk

Sparkling · 11-08-2010, 06:04 AM

I'd like to remove tags and rating from books that I save to disk, I guess that I'm supposed to use the plugboards for that (?) but I am not sure how to go about it. Any help would be appreciated

Manichean · 11-08-2010, 06:05 AM

Shouldn't filling the relevant metadata fields with blanks work?

Sparkling · 11-08-2010, 06:29 AM

That is what I'm doing now, but then I have to delete and reinsert the metadata afterwards every time I want to save-to-disk. I'd like to be able to keep my ratings and the tags intact in the library without the nuisance of deleting/reinserting because I don't want the ratings-tags on the save-to-disk opf file.

Manichean · 11-08-2010, 06:31 AM

I meant in the plugboards. Just add a plugboard adding a blank field in the relevant metadata fields for save to disk.

Edit: I just saw that plugboards don't support ratings as an output field. Still, you should be able to get rid of the tags.

RandySpurlock · 01-10-2011, 12:39 AM

I'm trying to do the same thing and the plugboard did not work. In general if I supply a tag as blank (in the Calibre metadata database or the plugboard) it won't overwrite the existing file tags (it will if I put something in like "Dummy Tag", but I'm trying to remove all the tags in the file).

chaley · 01-10-2011, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RandySpurlock

I'm trying to do the same thing and the plugboard did not work. In general if I supply a tag as blank (in the Calibre metadata database or the plugboard) it won't overwrite the existing file tags (it will if I put something in like "Dummy Tag", but I'm trying to remove all the tags in the file).

A blank field means do nothing. Try

Code:

program: ''

which is a non-empty way of saying put the empty string into the destination.

11-08-2010, 06:04 AM	#1
Sparkling Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: SONY PRS-600	Remove tags and rating from save-to-disk I'd like to remove tags and rating from books that I save to disk, I guess that I'm supposed to use the plugboards for that (?) but I am not sure how to go about it. Any help would be appreciated

11-08-2010, 06:31 AM	#4
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	I meant in the plugboards. Just add a plugboard adding a blank field in the relevant metadata fields for save to disk. Edit: I just saw that plugboards don't support ratings as an output field. Still, you should be able to get rid of the tags. Last edited by Manichean; 11-08-2010 at 06:34 AM.

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11-08-2010, 06:05 AM	#2
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Shouldn't filling the relevant metadata fields with blanks work?

11-08-2010, 06:29 AM	#3
Sparkling Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: SONY PRS-600	That is what I'm doing now, but then I have to delete and reinsert the metadata afterwards every time I want to save-to-disk. I'd like to be able to keep my ratings and the tags intact in the library without the nuisance of deleting/reinserting because I don't want the ratings-tags on the save-to-disk opf file.

01-10-2011, 12:39 AM	#5
RandySpurlock Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle	I'm trying to do the same thing and the plugboard did not work. In general if I supply a tag as blank (in the Calibre metadata database or the plugboard) it won't overwrite the existing file tags (it will if I put something in like "Dummy Tag", but I'm trying to remove all the tags in the file).

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