Hey cYo

Following a request i made with cbanack to prevent his script from modifying the metadata on a file very often, which leads to file hash changes, I'd like to know if you'd contemplate adding a way of selecting what information to keep inside the file and what to store just with the (big) xml library file.

Things that change often like last page open, read/unread status should be kept only on the library, because storing that inside the file means that each time you open a file, just by opening it, you alter its hash value. Now, if you're just using comicrack, that isn't a big deal, but if the file is also being shared by another app, and the hash value changes, it will force either a rehash or simply make if disappear from that share.

Of course, i -could- simply convert everything back to cbr and be done with it, no more changes, but that kinda defeats the purpose of having metadata with the files in the first place.

A more granular control over what gets written where is my suggestion/request.

Thank you for your time,
fK

From the manual



ComicRack only stores comic-related metadata inside the cbz.. rest all the non-comic metadata ( last page read, current page, added, tags, rating, read percentage, opened count, added/opened date etc.) are on the library. so, if you transfer a cbz to another computer, you lose this non-comic metadata.

So fK, I guess your request is already implemented !

I'm having a hard time pinpointing what is changing most of the files in my library, and that leads to 12 hour rehashing sessions, which i am not particularly fond of.

Anyway, sorry for posting this then, please delete this thread.

Thanks,
fK