failed LIT conversion

[gohlensc]

Hi,
I have several LIT files, which cannot be converted, the error message is:

Spoiler:

calibre, version 0.8.60
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Those Marrying McBrides - 03 - The Best Man)

Convert book 1 of 1 (Those Marrying McBrides - 03 - The Best Man)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.8.60
{'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:\\DOKUME~1\\WebCam\\LOKALE~1\\Temp\\calibre_0. 8.60_tmp_d_55gr\\tpfthg.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'enable_heuristics': True,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x03430410>,
'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,
'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
'mobi_keep_original_images': False,
'mobi_toc_at_start': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.OutputProfile object at 0x034305F0>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'personal_doc': u'[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'C:\\DOKUME~1\\WebCam\\LOKALE~1\\Temp\\calibre_0. 8.60_tmp_d_55gr\\qsglgr.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': '[]',
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'share_not_sync': False,
'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,
'toc_title': None,
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: LIT Input running
on C:\DOKUME~1\WebCam\LOKALE~1\Temp\calibre_0.8.60_tm p_d_55gr\t4a6up.lit
Parsing all content...
Python function terminated unexpectedly
Not a valid LIT file (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 192, 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\lit_inp ut.py", line 23, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1143, in create_oebbook
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\reader.py", line 67, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\lit\reader.py", line 860, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\lit\reader.py", line 433, in __init__
calibre.ebooks.lit.LitError: Not a valid LIT file

Somewhere while searching for a solution I found the mention of html2lrf-function, but I don't know where I should put that or how to use it.
Could anybody please let me know the best way to fix this?

thanks a lot in advance.
Cheers.

[ldolse]

The error message says exactly what's wrong - it's a bad lit file - see the final line. The way to fix it is to find a legitimate source, or if you purchased it to go back to the seller and get a good copy.

Next time wrap spoiler or code tags tags around large dumps of debug output. Thanks.

[HarryT]

Where did you get the LIT files from?