ManYue: Distinguish OPDS artwork, sample and acquisition links

A visible cover or working preview does not establish full-content acquisition or page streaming. Audit one authorized entry in an existing OPDS library rather than repeat connection setup. Ordinary whole-package links remain distinct from OPDS-PSE page streaming, and external feed inspection does not imply a full subscription editor in ManYue.

Select an entry with established publication identity

Select a short authorized publication and record server alias, catalogue location, title, author and edition cues privately. Exclude search namesakes before noting actual cover, preview or download entries. Mark absent entries not supplied; a relation permitted by a standard need not exist here. Limit checking to one entry rather than acquiring a whole library. Retain account permissions, network and applicable access scope; catalogue visibility does not establish acquisition permission.

Distinguish roles from the specification

OPDS 1.2 distinguishes artwork/thumbnail relations, publication acquisition and sample or preview for partial content. Record artwork, preview and full acquisition separately without requiring English relation names in the UI. A large cover can still be artwork; a PDF extension alone does not establish a complete book. Definitions classify roles but do not certify this entry’s metadata. For a generic button, inspect actual content and available source explanation rather than button size.

Preserve key attributes when authorized feed inspection is available

If a trusted existing tool can inspect your authorized feed entry, record relevant rel, type and target attributes privately. These indicate relation, media-type hint and location, not one interchangeable label. Resolve relative targets against the catalogue base, not an arbitrary current browser page. Without raw entry access, skip technical inspection and state the limitation; documentation examples are not server responses. Do not modify a real feed to fabricate standard relations.

Check actual content scope for each entry

Check artwork identity first; for preview, record pages, preview notices and ending limits. Matching the full book’s opening does not establish full acquisition. A login or error page is a response issue, not a blank comic. After full acquisition, inspect cover, chapters and ending, not completion alone. Preserve identity and scope for each format rather than merging a preview PDF result with a complete CBZ result into one apparent verification.

Confirm streaming separately from package acquisition

ManYue’s published scope distinguishes OPDS-PSE page streaming from ordinary download-only entries that do not support direct reading. Package acquisition and direct pages are separate checks; any OPDS link need not provide both. Record supplied method, app result and local-copy state. Identify download-then-read accurately rather than calling it direct streaming. A server’s extension support does not establish that every entry supplies the needed data.

Do not use a cached cover as offline acceptance

For offline use, finish authorized body acquisition normally, then check first/middle/final pages and chapter boundaries offline when suitable. A visible cached cover establishes no complete body. An offline preview remains a preview. Record entry and retention method, restoring network afterwards without interrupting important transfers. Mark incomplete acquisition or offline checks unverified rather than treating a catalogue icon as a guarantee of portable content.

Report role mismatches with concrete evidence

For a supposedly full acquisition yielding only a sample, preserve identity, role hint, page count and ending notice, excluding edition/permission differences. A broken cover link is not a failed whole OPDS library; record working body separately. Report an authorized test entry or sanitized attributes without tokens or restricted content. Without raw data, describe observed behaviour rather than diagnosing an XML field. Do not relabel every relation acquisition to repair a UI; metadata and permission issues need appropriate source-aware maintenance.

Complete the three-role record after returning

Leave the reader and return to the same catalogue entry, verifying artwork identity and retrieval of the saved body’s target page, with preview still labelled partial. Attach entry, attribute provenance, actual content, permissions and offline state to all three roles, distinguishing absent from untested. Append link-expiry conditions rather than overwriting earlier results. Completion explains separate evidence for cover, preview and body rather than calling all clickable entries complete OPDS success or assuming equal permissions for other works.

Related guides and sources

ManYue OPDS connections: why a catalogue may not support page streaming; ManYue large-catalogue checks: verify beyond the first batch.

Checked on November 9, 2026: Apple public version information lists ManYue 2.0.4, requiring iOS / iPadOS 15.0 or later. Feature scope follows the official App Store description and the installed version. This article provides reading and checking methods you can perform; it does not claim step-by-step physical-device or private-server testing. Manual records, external tools and actually visible controls are identified separately, and personal analysis or code observations are not presented as verified automatic capabilities.

For the concept or external-tool scope, see OPDS Catalog 1.2 specification. Samples, checking sequences and observation records here are original reading exercises. External references establish no new automatic recognition, editing or inference in the app and do not replace checking the actual file or passage.