Error when converting RTF to EPUB

[doreenjoy]

I'm trying to convert an RTF to EPUB using Calibre version 0.5.8, and I keep getting an error message. Any ideas? I've opened the file in Notepad -- it's definitely nothing but RTF.

Job: **Convert book: Test**
**tuple**: ('InvalidRtfException', u"'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 51: ordinal not in range(128)Invalid RTF: File not ascii encoded.\n")
**Traceback**:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "parallel.py", line 958, in worker
File "parallel.py", line 916, in work
File "calibre\ebooks\epub\from_any.pyo", line 167, in any2epub
File "calibre\ebooks\epub\from_any.pyo", line 86, in rtf2opf
File "calibre\ebooks\lrf\rtf\convert_from.pyo", line 144, in generate_html
File "calibre\ebooks\lrf\rtf\convert_from.pyo", line 134, in generate_xml
File "calibre\ebooks\rtf2xml\ParseRtf.pyo", line 237, in parse_rtf
InvalidRtfException: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 51: ordinal not in range(128)Invalid RTF: File not ascii encoded.


**Log**:
Converting RTF to XML...
line: 1 has bad encoding
File "c:\docume~1\admin\locals~1\temp\calibre_0.5.8_g1k dri.rtf" does not appear to be RTF.
('InvalidRtfException', u"'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 51: ordinal not in range(128)Invalid RTF: File not ascii encoded.\n")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "parallel.py", line 958, in worker
File "parallel.py", line 916, in work
File "calibre\ebooks\epub\from_any.pyo", line 167, in any2epub
File "calibre\ebooks\epub\from_any.pyo", line 86, in rtf2opf
File "calibre\ebooks\lrf\rtf\convert_from.pyo", line 144, in generate_html
File "calibre\ebooks\lrf\rtf\convert_from.pyo", line 134, in generate_xml
File "calibre\ebooks\rtf2xml\ParseRtf.pyo", line 237, in parse_rtf
InvalidRtfException: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 51: ordinal not in range(128)Invalid RTF: File not ascii encoded.

[JSWolf]

Try the current 0.0.6 beta and see what happens. Then if you still get an error, then open a ticket so it can be fixed.

The work on 0.5.14 has stopped so please help test 0.6.0 .

[kovidgoyal]

calibre only supports ascii encoded RTF files. A simple workaround is to convert the RTF to HTML (use save as in word) and then convert the html in calibre

[mp3825]

I have just upgraded to 0.8.52 and cannot convert RTF anymore. Did before. the error is this
calibre, version 0.8.52
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Time Slave)

Convert book 1 of 1 (Time Slave)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.8.52
{'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(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|pr ologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': u'C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_0.8 .52_tmp_khravt\\dl8pai.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'enable_heuristics': True,
'epub_flatten': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
'fix_indents': True,
'flow_size': 260,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x0427DA30>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'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,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_default_epub_cover': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_svg_cover': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleFireOutput object at 0x0427DDB0>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
'pretty_print': True,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_0.8 .52_tmp_khravt\\a2lfxd.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'search_replace': '[["<b.*?>\\\\s*Generated\\\\s+by\\\\s+ABC\\\\s+Amber \\\\s+LIT.*?</b>", ""], ["(?ism)<a href=\\"http://www.abbyy.com/buy\\"><b>(\\\\w|\\\\s)*</b></a>(<br>)?", ""], ["(?ism)<a href=\\"http://www.abbyy.com/buy\\"><b>(\\\\.|\\\\w|\\\\s)*</b>?", ""], ["(?ism)<a href=\\"http://www.abbyy.com/buy\\"><b>?", ""], ["(?ism)<a href=\\"http://www.abbyy.com/buy\\">?", ""]]',
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: RTF Input running
on C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_0.8.52_tmp_ khravt\mnudy8.rtf
Converting RTF to XML...
Python function terminated unexpectedly

Invalid RTF: document doesn't start with {

Exception in token processing (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 132, in main
File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 191, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 979, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 208, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\rtf_inp ut.py", line 244, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\rtf_inp ut.py", line 103, in generate_xml
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\rtf2xml\ParseRtf.py", line 247, in parse_rtf
calibre.ebooks.rtf2xml.ParseRtf.InvalidRtfExceptio n:
Invalid RTF: document doesn't start with {

Exception in token processing