can't convert prc file to html

[kdd6]

i have tried to convert a 40.5mb book to html because my jetbook lite says the file is too large. the following are the results of the conversion. this has happened several times. thought it was time to get some help.

i questioned why the book would not open on the jetbook forum. i was advised to convert to html with calibre.

thanks for your consideration.

ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (My Detective Library - including 300 ''cases'' (works) by 33 greatest authors of mystery and crime fiction)

Convert book 1 of 1 (My Detective Library - including 300 ''cases'' (works) by 33 greatest authors of mystery and crime fiction)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.7.24
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'chapter|book|section|part|prologue|epilogue\\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': None,
'debug_pipeline': u'C:/Documents and Settings/KlausDieterDill/My Documents/My eBooks',
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'extra_css': None,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'footer_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'force_max_line_length': False,
'header_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.40000000000000002,
'inline_toc': False,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.MobipocketInput object at 0x03BF9A90>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'max_line_length': 0,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'newline': u'system',
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'output_encoding': 'utf-8',
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.JetBook5Output object at 0x03BF9C50>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preprocess_html': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': 'c:\\docume~1\\klausd~1\\locals~1\\temp\\calibre_0 .7.24_tmp_k0jxcl\\calibre_0.7.24_kwis1p.opf',
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_footer': False,
'remove_header': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running
on C:\Documents and Settings\KlausDieterDill\Calibre Library\Doyle_ Sir Arthur Conan\My Detective Library - including 300 ''c (2)\My Detective Library - including 300 ''c - Doyle_ Sir Arthur Conan.prc
Extracting text...
Adding anchors...
Extracting images...
Cleaning up HTML...
Parsing HTML...
Malformed markup, parsing using BeautifulSoup
MOBI markup appears to contain random bytes. Stripping.
Extracting text...
Python function terminated unexpectedly
(Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 107, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 24, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 832, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 216, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\mobi\input.py", line 28, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\mobi\reader.py", line 297, in extract_content
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\mobi\reader.py", line 732, in extract_text
MemoryError

[Manichean]

The error indicates that the conversion process ran out of memory (RAM) while converting. There's, as far as I know, no way to fix it short of physically adding RAM to the system.
It should also be said that a 40 MB file is quite huge for an ebook. Additional complexities may make conversion even more difficult should this be a reference book or something.

Edit: I should read more than just the error message and the question, just saw that it's not a reference book. Still, the comment is true, although inapplicable.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by Manichean

Edit: I should read more than just the error message and the question, just saw that it's not a reference book. Still, the comment is true, although inapplicable.

It may be inapplicable but it was funny.

Thanks for the laugh.

[Manichean]

Originally Posted by dwanthny

It may be inapplicable but it was funny.

Thanks for the laugh.

Wait, did I miss something? I don't get the joke.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by Manichean

Wait, did I miss something? I don't get the joke.

You didn't get the joke because you're not inside my head.

[Manichean]

Originally Posted by dwanthny

You didn't get the joke because you're not inside my head.

Ah, well.