[Bug]:Incorrect parsing of metadata #603

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opened 2025-10-14 16:55:10 -06:00 by navan · 0 comments

navan commented

2025-10-14 16:55:10 -06:00

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Originally created by @Cotignac on 2/26/2025

What happened?

I'm using an application on my Mac called Calibre for adding metadata to my E-books. The reason is that Calibre can download metadata from Google and also Amazon. The result is stored in a catalogue that ABS have access to.

Anyway, a few ABS releases ago that worked good when it comes the parsing of the metadata. But with the latest releases it seems like the handling of paragraphs isn't parsed properly. In the pictures included you can see how the e-book looks like in Calibre and also how it ends up in ABS.

Wouldn't it be great if the parsing of metadata in ABS could store the description as proper HTML and show it the way it was originally written?

What did you expect to happen?

When I try to edit the text it isn't even possible to see where the paragraphs starts and ends so it's hard to correct it. The second of the pictures will show you how i hoped it would look after the import. Preferable with the text in the last paragraph in italic.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Audiobookshelf version

2.19.5

How are you running audiobookshelf?

Docker

What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from?

Linux

If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Edge

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*Originally created by @Cotignac on 2/26/2025* ### What happened? I'm using an application on my Mac called Calibre for adding metadata to my E-books. The reason is that Calibre can download metadata from Google and also Amazon. The result is stored in a catalogue that ABS have access to. Anyway, a few ABS releases ago that worked good when it comes the parsing of the metadata. But with the latest releases it seems like the handling of paragraphs isn't parsed properly. In the pictures included you can see how the e-book looks like in Calibre and also how it ends up in ABS. Wouldn't it be great if the parsing of metadata in ABS could store the description as proper HTML and show it the way it was originally written? <img width="346" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5c95ab1a-875b-4730-bc9e-3a61f3177d0c" /> <img width="385" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6ca7385b-95d6-41cc-9657-f25975a7f669" /> <img width="1151" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/26855ab3-821a-4dd7-87ae-86a94b7b85ed" /> ### What did you expect to happen? When I try to edit the text it isn't even possible to see where the paragraphs starts and ends so it's hard to correct it. The second of the pictures will show you how i hoped it would look after the import. Preferable with the text in the last paragraph in italic. <img width="776" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4cdb125f-2178-4f8b-93b7-2873047d65b2" /> <img width="1166" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/45fb3c22-2029-4672-88d8-f5c0b21cd5c1" /> ### Steps to reproduce the issue 1. ### Audiobookshelf version 2.19.5 ### How are you running audiobookshelf? Docker ### What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from? Linux ### If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on? Edge ### Logs ```shell ``` ### Additional Notes _No response_