Updated Wall Street Journal recipe creates huge file

BobbyVan · 11-29-2014, 09:09 AM

Today's is over 39 megabytes and is too big to email to my Kindle...

kovidgoyal · 11-29-2014, 11:25 AM

The updated recipe downloads many more images, for example, it downloads all the images from slideshows, the old recipe just skipped those images. That's not going to change. You can customize the recipe if you like and have it compress or rescale the images further by increasing

compress_news_images_auto_size

in the recipe to whatever value works for you.

BobbyVan · 11-29-2014, 09:07 PM

Okay, I'll tinker with it a bit.

BobbyVan · 08-01-2015, 11:17 AM

The "compress images" fix worked for a while, but now the recipe is back to generating 50 mb+ files that are too big to email.

I've tried customizing the recipe again with new values for "compress_news_images_auto_size" and "compress_news_images_max_size" but nothing seems to work. Any ideas?

nextONE · 08-21-2015, 10:21 AM

I have tried repeatedly to change the image size, and I am getting approximately half of the days it works due to Gmail's 25mb limit on emails. Is there anything we can do to fix this? I also saw in another post somewhere that you can change the content, but I cannot figure out how to change the sections the recipe fetches. Anyone figure out a fix to this?

BobbyVan · 08-30-2015, 08:25 AM

Try deleting the recipe section that handles slideshows and expandable images. It worked for me and I still get the basic images on my Kindle.

nextONE · 09-03-2015, 09:06 AM

Worked like a charm. Thank you!

nextONE · 09-14-2015, 08:09 AM

So this worked for a couple of days, but now it stopped working again. It creates an error. Any tips or tricks?

Anything we can do? This is my primary reason for using calibre.

BobbyVan · 09-14-2015, 02:21 PM

Actually it's a different issue now. The WSJ website changed its URL for "Today's Paper", so you'll need to update the recipe to use this: "http://www.wsj.com/itp/today" instead.

nextONE · 09-15-2015, 08:04 AM

Thank you so much. This did the trick. Really appreciate it.

nextONE · 10-06-2015, 09:01 AM

Been having issues the last few days, are you experiencing the same? Getting an error.

11-29-2014, 09:09 AM	#1
BobbyVan Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Updated Wall Street Journal recipe creates huge file Today's is over 39 megabytes and is too big to email to my Kindle...

09-14-2015, 02:21 PM	#9
BobbyVan Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	New url needed in recipe Actually it's a different issue now. The WSJ website changed its URL for "Today's Paper", so you'll need to update the recipe to use this: "http://www.wsj.com/itp/today" instead.

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11-29-2014, 11:25 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,870 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The updated recipe downloads many more images, for example, it downloads all the images from slideshows, the old recipe just skipped those images. That's not going to change. You can customize the recipe if you like and have it compress or rescale the images further by increasing compress_news_images_auto_size in the recipe to whatever value works for you.

11-29-2014, 09:07 PM	#3
BobbyVan Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Okay, I'll tinker with it a bit.

08-01-2015, 11:17 AM	#4
BobbyVan Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	The "compress images" fix worked for a while, but now the recipe is back to generating 50 mb+ files that are too big to email. I've tried customizing the recipe again with new values for "compress_news_images_auto_size" and "compress_news_images_max_size" but nothing seems to work. Any ideas?

08-21-2015, 10:21 AM	#5
nextONE Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 54 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kindle	I have tried repeatedly to change the image size, and I am getting approximately half of the days it works due to Gmail's 25mb limit on emails. Is there anything we can do to fix this? I also saw in another post somewhere that you can change the content, but I cannot figure out how to change the sections the recipe fetches. Anyone figure out a fix to this?

08-30-2015, 08:25 AM	#6
BobbyVan Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Try deleting the recipe section that handles slideshows and expandable images. It worked for me and I still get the basic images on my Kindle.

09-03-2015, 09:06 AM	#7
nextONE Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 54 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kindle	Worked like a charm. Thank you!

09-14-2015, 08:09 AM	#8
nextONE Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 54 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kindle	So this worked for a couple of days, but now it stopped working again. It creates an error. Any tips or tricks? Anything we can do? This is my primary reason for using calibre.

09-15-2015, 08:04 AM	#10
nextONE Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 54 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kindle	Thank you so much. This did the trick. Really appreciate it.

10-06-2015, 09:01 AM	#11
nextONE Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 54 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kindle	Been having issues the last few days, are you experiencing the same? Getting an error.

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