[GUI Plugin] FanFictionDownLoader - Page 163

JimmXinu · 02-15-2014, 10:56 AM

Version 1.8.11 - 15 Feb 2014

Fix for fanfiction.net cover download. This is turned off by default in CLI and plugin due to how many stories in ffnet show the author's picture. In section [www.fanfiction.net] add never_make_cover: false to turn covers on.
Add feature to automatically inject cover from Generate Cover into epub using calibre's Polish feature.
Don't do auto-convert when Updating Calibre Metadata Only.

This version doesn't have translations in German & French for the new cover feature yet.

firefoxxy · 02-16-2014, 12:09 PM

Hi again,

I have difficulties to get the images from Fanfiction.com to become the cover of my epubs. They do appear on the inside of the epub just fine - just not as "outside"-bookcover. How do I extract them? Do you need any further information?

Your help is appreciated! Thanks.

tykobrian · 02-16-2014, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by firefoxxy

Hi again,

I have difficulties to get the images from Fanfiction.com to become the cover of my epubs. They do appear on the inside of the epub just fine - just not as "outside"-bookcover. How do I extract them? Do you need any further information?

Your help is appreciated! Thanks.

I'm facing the same problem. I've installed the latest version of the plugin.

JimmXinu · 02-16-2014, 03:47 PM

@firefoxxy and @tykobrian,

It's working fine for me.

Make sure that you have the 'Update Calibre cover from ebook' option turned on.

JimmXinu · 02-16-2014, 04:02 PM

Attached is a new test version with some fixes and changes to FiMFiction's site-specific metadata. Thanks FaceDeer for tracking these.

It also increases the string checked for for 'is_adult' due to a story comment containing the previous, shorter string.

UPDATE Feb 17, 2014 - Remove obsolete beta versions

DawnB2 · 02-16-2014, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

That's rather odd. Are you doing anything to the epubs in between? Converting, Polishing, editing? Have you customized your CSS or HTML in FFDL's personal.ini?

There are a few things you could do to help figure this out.

Next time you go to do updates, run calibre from a command line as "calibre-debug -g", then after you see this problem again, copy the debug output from the command line window and post it here.

It would be helpful for me to see one of the epubs with blank chapters. Next time it happens, please save the epub and post it here or some where else I can see it.

It would be even more helpful for me to see the epub before the problem happens, too. But to do that, you'd have to save a copy before updating every time.

I think I found this issue, if the ebub has been re-converted by calibre it changes the body tag from <body> to <body class="calibre">. When you use Update existing fanfiction book it adds the <body> tag back so now there are 2 open body tags but only 1 close tag

so it looks like this:

<body>
</head>
<body class="calibre">

I'm not sure why it adds the open body tag before the close head tag or why it only sometimes blanks out the old chapters.

I did confirm that before adding the new chapter there is only <body class="calibre"> & no extra body tag, after adding the new chapter all the existing chapters have the extra body tag.

I'm not sure if this is something you can fix in your plugin or if its a calibre itself issue.

I'm going through all Fanfiction books & changing all the <body class="calibre"> to <body>. I'll let you know if the issue happens again after all the body tags have been fixed/changed.

JimmXinu · 02-17-2014, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DawnB2

I think I found this issue, if the ebub has been re-converted by calibre it changes the body tag from <body> to <body class="calibre">. When you use Update existing fanfiction book it adds the <body> tag back so now there are 2 open body tags but only 1 close tag

Attached is a version that corrects that issue. I believe if you run an 'update always' on a story that has the problem, this fix will correct it, even if there aren't any new updates.

UPDATE Feb 17, 2014 - Remove obsolete beta versions

RenoA · 02-17-2014, 02:52 AM

Did fanfiction.net change something again? It's been a while since I've tried to download a story and I just tried again, and now whenever I try to download or update a story from there, Calibre freezes when trying to fetch the metadata. I updated to the latest version of the plugin, but it's still having the problem.

I'm on a Mac (Mountain Lion) if that makes any difference. I also don't think it's because of FFN's throttling, since I only ever tried one story at a time.

JimmXinu · 02-17-2014, 11:06 AM

Another test version really containing FaceDeer's changes.

@RenoA - I'm not seeing any problems like that. How long is it taking when it 'freezes'? It's not uncommon for it take a few minutes anymore.

UPDATE Feb 21, 201 4- Remove obsolete beta versions

RenoA · 02-17-2014, 11:30 AM

Oh, wow. Okay, I thought it had been freezing because I got Apple's infamous spinning beach ball after just a couple of seconds when using it and it became unresponsive, but waiting for about a minute seems to prove that it does just take a while. Sorry about that, I guess I just didn't give it enough time.

JimmXinu · 02-17-2014, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RenoA

Oh, wow. Okay, I thought it had been freezing because I got Apple's infamous spinning beach ball after just a couple of seconds when using it and it became unresponsive, but waiting for about a minute seems to prove that it does just take a while. Sorry about that, I guess I just didn't give it enough time.

Due to the number of people getting themselves throttled, the default sleep time for ffnet has been hiked up considerably.

People who limit their number of downloads themselves can get away with setting the sleep shorter in their setup. I've had no problems running with:

Code:

[www.fanfiction.net]
slow_down_sleep_time:1

... in my personal.ini.

FaceDeer · 02-17-2014, 12:21 PM

Since this issue has been coming up a lot lately with regards to ff.net, might it be possible to add some sort of visual indicator to the GUI that there's a sleep timer running? FFDL would be saying "yes I'm running slow right now, that's deliberate" rather than "guess whether I've crashed."

paronomania · 02-19-2014, 06:12 PM

Per instructions from Calibre upon failed install of plugin update:

calibre, version 1.24.0
ERROR: Install Plugin Failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart Calibre.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 677, in _install_clicked
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 361, in add_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 53, in load_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 183, in load
InvalidPlugin: The plugin at C:\Users\Leisa\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_cuzlpq\v tggby.zip needs a version of calibre >= 1.13.0

JimmXinu · 02-19-2014, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paronomania

Per instructions from Calibre upon failed install of plugin update:

calibre, version 1.24.0
ERROR: Install Plugin Failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart Calibre.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 677, in _install_clicked
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 361, in add_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 53, in load_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 183, in load
InvalidPlugin: The plugin at C:\Users\Leisa\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_cuzlpq\v tggby.zip needs a version of calibre >= 1.13.0

It installs fine on 1.24 for me. I think your calibre is confused somehow.

martinjh99 · 02-20-2014, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RenoA

Did fanfiction.net change something again? It's been a while since I've tried to download a story and I just tried again, and now whenever I try to download or update a story from there, Calibre freezes when trying to fetch the metadata. I updated to the latest version of the plugin, but it's still having the problem

Same problem here with the latest calibre and plugin versions... It just hangs after fetching the metadata with the Jobs icon going round and round...

02-15-2014, 10:56 AM	#2431
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,312 Karma: 3966249 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite(10th)	Version 1.8.11 - 15 Feb 2014 Fix for fanfiction.net cover download. This is turned off by default in CLI and plugin due to how many stories in ffnet show the author's picture. In section [www.fanfiction.net] add never_make_cover: false to turn covers on. Add feature to automatically inject cover from Generate Cover into epub using calibre's Polish feature. Don't do auto-convert when Updating Calibre Metadata Only. This version doesn't have translations in German & French for the new cover feature yet.

02-16-2014, 03:47 PM	#2434
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,312 Karma: 3966249 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite(10th)	@firefoxxy and @tykobrian, It's working fine for me. Make sure that you have the 'Update Calibre cover from ebook' option turned on. Attached Thumbnails

02-16-2014, 04:02 PM	#2435
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,312 Karma: 3966249 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite(10th)	Attached is a new test version with some fixes and changes to FiMFiction's site-specific metadata. Thanks FaceDeer for tracking these. It also increases the string checked for for 'is_adult' due to a story comment containing the previous, shorter string. UPDATE Feb 17, 2014 - Remove obsolete beta versions Last edited by JimmXinu; 02-17-2014 at 11:07 AM. Reason: Remove obsolete beta versions

02-17-2014, 02:52 AM	#2438
RenoA Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Calibre	Did fanfiction.net change something again? It's been a while since I've tried to download a story and I just tried again, and now whenever I try to download or update a story from there, Calibre freezes when trying to fetch the metadata. I updated to the latest version of the plugin, but it's still having the problem. I'm on a Mac (Mountain Lion) if that makes any difference. I also don't think it's because of FFN's throttling, since I only ever tried one story at a time. Last edited by RenoA; 02-17-2014 at 03:01 AM.

02-17-2014, 11:06 AM	#2439
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,312 Karma: 3966249 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite(10th)	Another test version really containing FaceDeer's changes. @RenoA - I'm not seeing any problems like that. How long is it taking when it 'freezes'? It's not uncommon for it take a few minutes anymore. UPDATE Feb 21, 201 4- Remove obsolete beta versions Last edited by JimmXinu; 02-21-2014 at 08:24 PM. Reason: Remove obsolete beta versions

02-16-2014, 12:09 PM	#2432
firefoxxy Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Libra 2	Hi again, I have difficulties to get the images from Fanfiction.com to become the cover of my epubs. They do appear on the inside of the epub just fine - just not as "outside"-bookcover. How do I extract them? Do you need any further information? Your help is appreciated! Thanks.

02-17-2014, 11:30 AM	#2440
RenoA Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Calibre	Oh, wow. Okay, I thought it had been freezing because I got Apple's infamous spinning beach ball after just a couple of seconds when using it and it became unresponsive, but waiting for about a minute seems to prove that it does just take a while. Sorry about that, I guess I just didn't give it enough time.

02-17-2014, 12:21 PM	#2442
FaceDeer Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 706 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	Since this issue has been coming up a lot lately with regards to ff.net, might it be possible to add some sort of visual indicator to the GUI that there's a sleep timer running? FFDL would be saying "yes I'm running slow right now, that's deliberate" rather than "guess whether I've crashed."

02-19-2014, 06:12 PM	#2443
paronomania Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Kindle Touch	Per instructions from Calibre upon failed install of plugin update: calibre, version 1.24.0 ERROR: Install Plugin Failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart Calibre. Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 677, in _install_clicked File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 361, in add_plugin File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 53, in load_plugin File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 183, in load InvalidPlugin: The plugin at C:\Users\Leisa\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_cuzlpq\v tggby.zip needs a version of calibre >= 1.13.0

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
[GUI Plugin] Count Pages	kiwidude	Plugins	1750	04-07-2024 01:20 AM
[GUI Plugin] Open With	kiwidude	Plugins	403	04-01-2024 08:39 AM
[GUI Plugin] Resize Cover	kiwidude	Plugins	95	03-16-2024 11:55 PM
[GUI Plugin] Find Duplicates	kiwidude	Plugins	1096	03-16-2024 11:28 PM
[GUI Plugin] Plugin Updater Deprecated	kiwidude	Plugins	159	06-19-2011 12:27 PM