Calibre "chokes" on large ebook conversion - Page 2

deback · 01-31-2016, 10:43 AM

You can also use the Edit Book feature in Calibre to go into the file and edit, delete, or change the code that is creating the line spaces between paragraphs. It would be much quicker than waiting a long time for the conversion process. There might be one line between every paragraph that could be quickly deleted in the entire file by using the find and replace function. Or it could be a simple change in the margin line in the appropriate CSS class that is found in the .css file.

eschwartz · 01-31-2016, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deback

You can also use the Edit Book feature in Calibre to go into the file and edit, delete, or change the code that is creating the line spaces between paragraphs. It would be much quicker than waiting a long time for the conversion process. There might be one line between every paragraph that could be quickly deleted in the entire file by using the find and replace function. Or it could be a simple change in the margin line in the appropriate CSS class that is found in the .css file.

This is a necrobumped thread, the OP doesn't need help anymore.
Edit E-Book didn't exist 5 years ago.
You cannot open MOBI in the Editor, so yes, conversion IS still required.

Jochen K. · 04-13-2016, 06:22 AM

Hi,

I can support the "just be patient" advice; yesterday, on a 64 bit notebook, converting a 95 MB Epub file to .txt format took between 16 and 23 hours (it finished some time while I was sleeping).

P.S. Beware of the technical side of this excellent forum:
I typed this, clicked on "Post..." and was told that I had been logged off (which is ok - my last activity was a day ago), but after logging in my text had vanished, which is not ok.
I re-typed the text, copied it to the clip-board - you never know - and hit "Post..." again; this time I was told to click "Back" because the token had expired (ok again), but when I did so, my text had vanished AGAIN - not ok, other forum engines do this better.

So, having refreshed the window, here's the third attempt - after again copying to the clipboard ;-) ...

BetterRed · 04-13-2016, 06:31 AM

@Jochen K. - you're unlikely get any feedback regarding your problems with the behaviour of the forum here, but you should if you post them here ==>> Feedback

BR

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01-31-2016, 10:43 AM	#16
deback Book E d i t o r Posts: 432 Karma: 288184 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Laptop	You can also use the Edit Book feature in Calibre to go into the file and edit, delete, or change the code that is creating the line spaces between paragraphs. It would be much quicker than waiting a long time for the conversion process. There might be one line between every paragraph that could be quickly deleted in the entire file by using the find and replace function. Or it could be a simple change in the margin line in the appropriate CSS class that is found in the .css file.

04-13-2016, 06:22 AM	#18
Jochen K. Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Cologne, Germany Device: Galaxy S4 (no second device to lug around)	Hi, I can support the "just be patient" advice; yesterday, on a 64 bit notebook, converting a 95 MB Epub file to .txt format took between 16 and 23 hours (it finished some time while I was sleeping). P.S. Beware of the technical side of this excellent forum: I typed this, clicked on "Post..." and was told that I had been logged off (which is ok - my last activity was a day ago), but after logging in my text had vanished, which is not ok. I re-typed the text, copied it to the clip-board - you never know - and hit "Post..." again; this time I was told to click "Back" because the token had expired (ok again), but when I did so, my text had vanished AGAIN - not ok, other forum engines do this better. So, having refreshed the window, here's the third attempt - after again copying to the clipboard ;-) ...

04-13-2016, 06:31 AM	#19
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,575 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Jochen K. - you're unlikely get any feedback regarding your problems with the behaviour of the forum here, but you should if you post them here ==>> Feedback BR

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