Images in an ePub lost when inserting it in Calibre

[jmatute]

Hi,

I created an ePub using Sigil, and everything went OK while it was just text. But I've inserted some photos, and can see them all right both using Sigil and as html files (breaking the ePub in html and jpg files, you know).

But when I drop this ePub file into Calibre the images are gone. Just the position marks as 'there was an image here but now there's not'.

Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks in advance,
Jose Luis

[theducks]

Originally Posted by jmatute

Hi,

I created an ePub using Sigil, and everything went OK while it was just text. But I've inserted some photos, and can see them all right both using Sigil and as html files (breaking the ePub in html and jpg files, you know).

But when I drop this ePub file into Calibre the images are gone. Just the position marks as 'there was an image here but now there's not'.

Is there somethin I'm missing?

Thanks in advance,
Jose Luis

the images were NOT in the original EPUB. They were links to a Local File.
Moving (Placing) the 'epub' into Calibre, changed the location (lost) of the Images, relative to the book location.

There is ONE condition of a non-Sigil original source that Sigil does very poor (OK terrible), The Same name Image in original sub-folders. The folders get flattened and repeat names get overwritten. (book1/cover.jpg,book3/cover.jpg,book3/cover.jpg: all get written to ../Images/cover.jpg ) This condition shows the WRONG mage.

The code (CV) of Image source tags from Sigil will Always read

src="../Images/file-name.jpg"

Case sensitive, relative location, supported file type (no BMP, TIF...).
Sigil will adjust non-Sigil sources the first time to this arrangement.

[jmatute]

Sorry, I think I don't undestadn your answer:

Originally Posted by theducks

the images were NOT in the original EPUB. They were links to a Local File.
Moving (Placing) the 'epub' into Calibre, changed the location (lost) of the Images, relative to the book location.

When I open the ebook using sigil they're there. And if I unzip it they're there. But the .mobi file is much more smaller, so I think the images are not inside.

Originally Posted by theducks

There is ONE condition of a non-Sigil original source that Sigil does very poor (OK terrible), The Same name Image in original sub-folders. The folders get flattened and repeat names get overwritten.

I can see all the images either when I unzip the .epub book and in the Sigil screen - All of them. And I can see none in the .mobi file.

Am I missing something?

Thanks,

[theducks]

I don't use Mobi.
What file type are the Images?

[jmatute]

The images are jpg files.

If you don't use .mobi files you won't see this issue unless you force it using Calibre (0.8.8, BTW). My wife's Kindle doesn't read ePub files.

Thank you anyway.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by jmatute

The images are jpg files.

If you don't use .mobi files you won't see this issue unless you force it using Calibre (0.8.8, BTW). My wife's Kindle doesn't read ePub files.

Thank you anyway.

All I can think of, is they:
1) are mis-labled (not really a JPG)
2) Overly large (high DPI or file size)
3) An odd variant JPG

[jmatute]

Originally Posted by theducks

All I can think of, is they:
1) are mis-labled (not really a JPG)
2) Overly large (high DPI or file size)
3) An odd variant JPG

First and third advices don't apply: they're downloaded from the web, and converted using IrfanView and Picasa (second try), recently updated versions of both programs.

Sorry to say that I tried your second advice reducing file size, and it didn't work.

Thank you anyway,
José Luis.