Problem converting mobipocket books

Flub · 02-06-2009, 01:47 PM

I just bought a couple of drm'd mobipocket books from Fictonwise (As I've done a lot in the past). I removed the drm in ways we aren't supposed to talk about and fed the resultant files into Calibre for conversion to lrf. Instead of getting lrf files as I usually do I got this error log instead.

Quote:

Job: **Convert book: Star Trek: Destiny: Lost Souls**
**tuple**: ('IndexError', u'list index out of range')
**Traceback**:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "parallel.py", line 957, in worker
File "parallel.py", line 915, in work
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\lrf\any\c onvert_from.py", line 196, in main
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\lrf\any\c onvert_from.py", line 165, in process_file
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\lrf\mobi\ convert_from.py", line 28, in process_file
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\lrf\mobi\ convert_from.py", line 17, in generate_html
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\mobi\read er.py", line 186, in extract_content
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\mobi\read er.py", line 390, in extract_text
File "calibre\ebooks\mobi\palmdoc.pyo", line 28, in decompress_doc
IndexError: list index out of range

**Log**:
('IndexError', u'list index out of range')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "parallel.py", line 957, in worker
File "parallel.py", line 915, in work
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\lrf\any\c onvert_from.py", line 196, in main
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\lrf\any\c onvert_from.py", line 165, in process_file
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\lrf\mobi\ convert_from.py", line 28, in process_file
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\lrf\mobi\ convert_from.py", line 17, in generate_html
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\mobi\read er.py", line 186, in extract_content
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\mobi\read er.py", line 390, in extract_text
File "calibre\ebooks\mobi\palmdoc.pyo", line 28, in decompress_doc
IndexError: list index out of range

I then tried epub and got this result

Quote:

Job: **Convert book: Star Trek: Destiny: Lost Souls**
**tuple**: ('IndexError', u'list index out of range')
**Traceback**:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "parallel.py", line 957, in worker
File "parallel.py", line 915, in work
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\epub\from _any.py", line 175, in any2epub
File "contextlib.pyo", line 34, in __exit__
File "contextlib.pyo", line 113, in nested
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\epub\from _any.py", line 165, in any2epub
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\epub\from _any.py", line 63, in mobi2opf
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\mobi\read er.py", line 186, in extract_content
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\mobi\read er.py", line 390, in extract_text
File "calibre\ebooks\mobi\palmdoc.pyo", line 28, in decompress_doc
IndexError: list index out of range

**Log**:
Exploding MOBI file: c:\users\stephen\appdata\local\temp\calibre_0.4.13 3_szb0ef.mobi
('IndexError', u'list index out of range')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "parallel.py", line 957, in worker
File "parallel.py", line 915, in work
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\epub\from _any.py", line 175, in any2epub
File "contextlib.pyo", line 34, in __exit__
File "contextlib.pyo", line 113, in nested
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\epub\from _any.py", line 165, in any2epub
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\epub\from _any.py", line 63, in mobi2opf
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\mobi\read er.py", line 186, in extract_content
File "C:\Program Files\calibre\library.zip\calibre\ebooks\mobi\read er.py", line 390, in extract_text
File "calibre\ebooks\mobi\palmdoc.pyo", line 28, in decompress_doc
IndexError: list index out of range

This is with version 0.4.133 of Calibre although initially I was getting the same problem with an earlier version. Is there anything I can do to get this converted?

Flub · 02-06-2009, 01:51 PM

Ah. Ignore my feeble ramblings. No problem at all with the wonderful Calibre. Problem solved by means I can't talk about

It's a shame that we can't talk about this stuff really. Especially when it's being used with legally purchased books.

Ah well. Time to donate to Kovid since it's payday

Kiki001 · 08-26-2009, 08:53 PM

I have the same problem after removing the drm from my legally purchased ebook. I tried using Calibre to convert them to epub and got an error message. I don't know how to go around to fixing this. Could you give me a hint as to how to go about correcting this problem.

Thanks

dhcalva · 08-31-2009, 10:33 AM

I'm having similar problems myself converting a book into mobi (To refresh the metadata).

08-26-2009, 08:53 PM	#3
Kiki001 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: none	Problems converting Mobipocket I have the same problem after removing the drm from my legally purchased ebook. I tried using Calibre to convert them to epub and got an error message. I don't know how to go around to fixing this. Could you give me a hint as to how to go about correcting this problem. Thanks

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Flub Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 70995 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: United Kingdom Device: iPhone, PRS-505, K2i, iPad 64GB+3G, K3, Nexus S	Ah. Ignore my feeble ramblings. No problem at all with the wonderful Calibre. Problem solved by means I can't talk about It's a shame that we can't talk about this stuff really. Especially when it's being used with legally purchased books. Ah well. Time to donate to Kovid since it's payday

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