Merge pull request #1384 from drshliapa/fix/912-preserve-comicinfo

add Keep ComicInfo.xml in CBZ output option

README.md

@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ OUTPUT SETTINGS:
   -t TITLE, --title TITLE
                         Comic title [Default=filename or directory name]
   --metadatatitle       Write title using ComicInfo.xml or other embedded metadata. 0: Don't use Title from metadata 1: Combine Title with default schema 2: Use Title only [Default=0]
+  --keepcomicinfo       Keep any original ComicInfo.xml files [Default=0]
   -a AUTHOR, --author AUTHOR
                         Author name [Default=KCC]
   --language            EPUB language [Default=en-US]

kindlecomicconverter/KCC_gui.py

@@ -346,6 +346,8 @@ class WorkerThread(QThread):
             options.metadatatitle = 1
         elif GUI.metadataTitleBox.checkState() == Qt.CheckState.Checked:
             options.metadatatitle = 2
+        if GUI.keepComicInfoBox.isChecked():
+            options.keepcomicinfo = True
         if GUI.deleteBox.isChecked():
             options.delete = True
         if GUI.tempDirBox.isChecked():
@@ -1109,6 +1111,7 @@ class KCCGUI(KCC_ui.Ui_mainWindow):
                                            'smartCoverCropBox': GUI.smartCoverCropBox.checkState(),
                                            'coverFillBox': GUI.coverFillBox.checkState(),
                                            'metadataTitleBox': GUI.metadataTitleBox.checkState(),
+                                           'keepComicInfoBox': GUI.keepComicInfoBox.checkState(),
                                            'mozJpegBox': GUI.mozJpegBox.checkState(),
                                            'forcePngRgbBox': GUI.forcePngRgbBox.checkState(),
                                            'webpBox': GUI.webpBox.checkState(),

kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py

@@ -1104,6 +1104,7 @@ def getOutputFilename(srcpath, wantedname, ext, tomenumber):
 def getMetadata(path, originalpath):
     xmlPath = os.path.join(path, 'ComicInfo.xml')
     options.comicinfo_chapters = []
+    options.comicinfo_xml = None
     options.summary = ''
     titleSuffix = ''
     options.volume = ''
@@ -1160,6 +1161,10 @@ def getMetadata(path, originalpath):
             options.summary = xml.data['Summary']
         if xml.data['Series']:
             options.series = xml.data['Series']
+        # ComicInfo.xml in output may break readers like the Kobo native CBZ reader
+        if options.keepcomicinfo and options.format == 'CBZ':
+            with open(xmlPath, 'rb') as f:
+                options.comicinfo_xml = f.read()
         os.remove(xmlPath)
 
     if originalpath.lower().endswith('.pdf'):
@@ -1485,6 +1490,8 @@ def makeParser():
     output_options.add_argument("--metadatatitle", type=int, dest="metadatatitle", default=0,
                                 help="Write title using ComicInfo.xml or other embedded metadata. 1: Combine Title with default schema "
                                      "2: Use Title only")
+    output_options.add_argument("--keepcomicinfo", type=int, dest="keepcomicinfo", default=0,
+                                help="Keep any original ComicInfo.xml files")
     output_options.add_argument("-a", "--author", action="store", dest="author", default="defaultauthor",
                                 help="Author name [Default=KCC]")
     output_options.add_argument("--language", action="store", dest="language", default="en-US",
@@ -1915,6 +1922,9 @@ def makeBook(source, qtgui=None, job_progress=''):
                 filepath.append(getOutputFilename(source, options.output, '.cbz', ''))
             if cover and cover.smartcover:
                 cover.save_to_folder(os.path.join(tome, 'OEBPS', 'Images', '##cover.jpg'), tomeNumber, len(tomes))
+            if options.comicinfo_xml:
+                with open(os.path.join(tome, 'OEBPS', 'Images', 'ComicInfo.xml'), 'wb') as xmlOutput:
+                    xmlOutput.write(options.comicinfo_xml)
             makeZIP(filepath[-1], os.path.join(tome, "OEBPS", "Images"), job_progress)
         elif options.format == 'PDF':
             print(f"{job_progress}Creating PDF file with PyMuPDF...")