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01-18-2013, 11:04 PM | #362 |
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01-30-2013, 07:14 PM | #364 | |
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01-31-2013, 03:02 PM | #365 |
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@JSWolf - thanks for the suggestion. But I can assure it's DRM-free. Maybe Kiwi will still have some additional clue to offer...
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02-01-2013, 05:04 AM | #366 |
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crashed sony PRs 650 afer using plugin
I put a retail epub into calibre, then used the plugin only to strip out ADOBE files & links i.e. ticked only those 2 boxes. The output looked fine in calibre & in sigil but when opened on Sony reader, it caused reader to crash & restart. No error message ( no invalid page error) - just white screen, couple of seconds delay then restart is observed
I am wondering why - I scrolled through this thread but saw no obvious explanation. it is time consuming to debug as it needs a physical connect device, send to device, eject... sequence. I can work around it, so I am really just flagging this out of curiosity I have checked 1. the unaltered retail epub opens OK on Sony reader. 2 the tweaked epub is now also OK after doing a calibre epub to epub convert (after stripping the adobe stuff.) I also observe that this epub has an embedded set of charis fonts - dunno if that is relevant I am left wondering what the plug-in could have done, or what I could accidentally done to cause the fail on Sony. I did what I usually do, which was to strip unwanted TOC, dedication, blurb... pages before using the plug-in, but that is usually harmless Last edited by cybmole; 02-01-2013 at 05:06 AM. |
02-01-2013, 08:35 PM | #367 |
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I've seen the code after Modify ePub does it's thing. Nothing I've seen would crash a 650. I suggest trying again without ePub > ePub converting.
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02-01-2013, 10:22 PM | #368 |
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ok - the crash is probably not worth pursuing. I must have done other manual damage via sigil before the modify epub. I re-tried only the modify step on the original source & the output opened OK in ADE.
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02-01-2013, 10:31 PM | #369 |
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My 650 has only rebooted once and locked up once in it's life. I don't recall what caused the crash, but the lock was after adding a few books. It locked during the cover thumbnail creation. A simple reset and the 650 did create the thumbnails.
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02-02-2013, 01:47 AM | #370 |
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it was not a lock up - it was a repeatable crash to restart triggered by trying to open that epub. so something in the epub code was causing it.
I do still have the file - as original-epub after running the calibre convert which fixed it; but with no clue as to what to look for I don't think it is a worthwhile exercise. If I copy it to desktop, rename it as epub, and drop it into ADE I get " ADE has stopped working...". I can open it OK in sigil & run validate with Flight Crew... no significant errors - just some unreachable stuff e.g. This OPS document is reachable but not present in the OPF <spine>. "Reachable" means that a reference of some kind that points to this resource exists in the epub. & some complaint about content.opf version number I can't post the problem book file due to copyright rules. I suppose I can PM or email it for diagnostics if anyone is interested but it is 4Mb as it contains many pictures Last edited by cybmole; 02-02-2013 at 01:50 AM. |
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When you say 'strip' you did make sure that any files you physically removed were also removed from the opf <manifest>, <spine> and <guide> sections, didn't you? Retaining references to non-existent files would cause problems.
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02-02-2013, 11:27 AM | #372 |
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could be - I don't know how to edit .ofp - usually I just delete unwanted toc, dedication, epigraph... XHTML entries...
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The <manifest> is a list (id, url, media-type) of all the files in the epub, the <spine> is an ordered list of ids of the html files which will be displayed when you read the epub, and the <guide> is... I'm not sure what it's purpose is in an epub but I think the items in there are used by Kindle formats. |
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02-02-2013, 12:24 PM | #374 | |
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OPF (section) Cleanup does not always get done... Unless: Manifest: you move an existing file. (you can move it back after a move) Spine: rename the file Guide: assign a semantic to a different file |
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02-02-2013, 01:10 PM | #375 |
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yes I've wasted too much time on this already.
I love a mystery so I took a copy of the faulty version & tried deleting stuff bit by bit & dropping it back into ADE e.g. removed cover, notes, index... eventually it worked but when I started over & tried to replicate that, I failed. I saw that with the fails, ADE could not produce a sensible thumbnail, but as I say, I cannot replicate the issue reliably so time to move on I think. At some point I opened & closed the sigil metadata editor but repeating that action alone was insufficient. The calibre epub to epub convert is a good alternative to banging your head against the wall - it seems to fix stuff that otherwise is not obvious. I am inclined now to NOT blame the modify epub plugin - I think user error i.e. me, is a far more likely culprit |
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