Converting from Topaz, finally - Page 3

phenomshel · 12-30-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by rcuadro

I just cant figure out the syntax...
I know how to use mobidedrm but I dont know that the input it for it.
I looked at my downloaded topaz books and they have an prc extension when I get them with kindle pc.

Yeah, mine do too, and that plus the fact that the script isn't quite there yet is confusing me, too.

pshrynk · 12-30-2009, 01:57 PM

Thanks everyone for not posting scripts, command lines, etc for stripping DRM from Topaz in the forum, since that is a violation of our rules.

Obvioulsy, we are not able to police what you do with PMs...

chorpler · 12-30-2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

I wondered about that last night, Jon, but didn't want to mention it in case you thought I thought you were dumb. Which of course, I don't.

Yeah, that whole thing was my fault. I was looking at the unswindle AND the CMBDTC.py entries, and I accidentally posted the link for unswindle thinking it was the link for CMBDTC. My bad. Sorry about that, Jon.

delphidb96 · 12-30-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by chorpler

Yep. However, by doing:

cmbdtc11.py -v -r img:0 -o image1.jpg <ebook.tpz>

I was able to extract a complete image of the cover of my Topaz book. So the new version definitely works, it just needs to be extended.

Unfortunately, the detailed description of Topaz that was up at:

http://www.latenightcode.com/devblog...ations-part-i/

seems to be gone now. Does anybody have a copy of it?

That's further than anyone's gotten so all we have to see accomplished is some code to determine how many records there are and then loop through extracting each record - now that we know it can successfully extract a record. Yay! The goal is in sight!

Derek

chorpler · 12-30-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

That's further than anyone's gotten so all we have to see accomplished is some code to determine how many records there are and then loop through extracting each record - now that we know it can successfully extract a record. Yay! The goal is in sight!

Derek

I've extracted a few "page" and "other" records, but so far nothing is legible at all -- it's all garbage characters. Not even a recognizable header except for "___PAGE___" for pages. Huh.

chorpler · 12-30-2009, 03:09 PM

Awesome, a new version 2.0 is up.

chorpler · 12-30-2009, 03:32 PM

The new version has a line that needs uncommenting and a deliberate typo. You need to add a d to the options in line 746 to get it to recognize the -d option.

clarknova · 12-30-2009, 04:05 PM

Cool. It works for me.

phenomshel · 12-30-2009, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by chorpler

The new version has a line that needs uncommenting and a deliberate typo. You need to add a d to the options in line 746 to get it to recognize the -d option.

I'm still getting an indentation error on line 653. Since I'm not a Python expert, I have no idea which way to try to indent it.

clarknova · 12-30-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

I'm still getting an indentation error on line 653. Since I'm not a Python expert, I have no idea which way to try to indent it.

You need to add a couple spaces to the line below the one you uncommented, so it's spaced between the uncommented line and the one below it. Python is so bizarre.

phenomshel · 12-30-2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by clarknova

You need to add a couple spaces to the line below the one you uncommented, so it's spaced between the uncommented line and the one below it. Python is so bizarre.

Indeed it is. I got that part, or at least I stopped getting the error about indentation, and it said it decrypted the book, but said decrypted book will not open in calibre or mobipocket reader. Do I still have to mobidedrm it with the information spit out by the script?

clarknova · 12-30-2009, 04:23 PM

It's topaz, so the only thing that will read it is a Kindle or a Kindle iPhone or Kindle for PC. Now that DRM stripping is done, someone needs to figure out how to convert it to something usable.

phenomshel · 12-30-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by clarknova

It's topaz, so the only thing that will read it is a Kindle or a Kindle iPhone or Kindle for PC. Now that DRM stripping is done, someone needs to figure out how to convert it to something usable.

Duhhh... yeah, I forgot it was going to be a two step process.

Ok, then I got this script to work...who's up for the conversion challenge?

kennyc · 12-30-2009, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by clarknova

Cool. It works for me.

I didn't see anything that needed uncommenting.

duh! Found it

A question. Does this only work for Kindle4PC files or any Kindle topaz file?

Did you actually liberate a full book?

I do not have Kindle4PC.

kennyc · 12-30-2009, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by clarknova

You need to add a couple spaces to the line below the one you uncommented, so it's spaced between the uncommented line and the one below it. Python is so bizarre.

Yep, mine just did the same thing....added a couple of spaces...no error.

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12-30-2009, 01:57 PM	#32
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Thanks everyone for not posting scripts, command lines, etc for stripping DRM from Topaz in the forum, since that is a violation of our rules. Obvioulsy, we are not able to police what you do with PMs...

12-30-2009, 03:09 PM	#36
chorpler Zealot Posts: 128 Karma: 278 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle; PRS-500; MobiPocket on Windows Mobile	Awesome, a new version 2.0 is up.

12-30-2009, 03:32 PM	#37
chorpler Zealot Posts: 128 Karma: 278 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle; PRS-500; MobiPocket on Windows Mobile	The new version has a line that needs uncommenting and a deliberate typo. You need to add a d to the options in line 746 to get it to recognize the -d option.

12-30-2009, 04:05 PM	#38
clarknova Addict Posts: 241 Karma: 2617 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Greenwood, SC Device: Kindle 2	Cool. It works for me.

12-30-2009, 04:23 PM	#42
clarknova Addict Posts: 241 Karma: 2617 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Greenwood, SC Device: Kindle 2	It's topaz, so the only thing that will read it is a Kindle or a Kindle iPhone or Kindle for PC. Now that DRM stripping is done, someone needs to figure out how to convert it to something usable.

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