05-11-2010, 06:17 PM | #1 |
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Is ebook-convert thread safe?
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I'm doing quite a lot of ebook conversion on my quad core computer. I saw that one ebook-convert thread only takes one core. Is it possible to launch ebook-convert again while another ebook-convert thread is still running? Regards |
05-11-2010, 06:22 PM | #2 |
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no ebook-convert is not thread safe. It is however, process-safe. You can have multiple ebook-convet processes running, in fact that's what the calibre GUI does.
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05-11-2010, 08:35 PM | #3 | |
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I converted my entire library (about 1200 books) from ePub to Mobi for what ended up being a useless reason. I selected all of the books and clicked convert. It seemed to be running 3 or 4 book conversions at a time. On my dual core Windows XP laptop I was converting around 150 books an hour. Very nicely done. |
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05-12-2010, 03:38 PM | #4 |
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Hi,
thanks for clarifying this. Doing my homework I now understand the difference between thread safe and process safe. So I can run multiple ebook-converter processes at the same time without problems. Regards |
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