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bnajari · 05-20-2008, 01:03 AM

Hi, I just got my PRS505 for graduation a couple of days ago and I've been trying all sorts of ways to fit a medical textbook onto my reader. I have the book in .chm format, and it is 380MB. I used hh.exe to decompile it, zipped it into a zip file, and then used calibre, but I get the following error message:

Detailed traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 370, in add_books
File "main.py", line 395, in _add_books
File "calibre\gui2\library.pyo", line 123, in add_books
File "calibre\library\database.pyo", line 1295, in add_books
MemoryError

I have also tried ABC Amber Converter, which converts it to a 7MB lit file. When I try using calibre on the lit file, the job just keeps processing and never stops. I've left it for a couple of hours and the hour glass just keeps spinning.

Any advice?

05-20-2008, 01:03 AM	#1
bnajari Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: PRS505	Converting a large file to lrf in calibre Hi, I just got my PRS505 for graduation a couple of days ago and I've been trying all sorts of ways to fit a medical textbook onto my reader. I have the book in .chm format, and it is 380MB. I used hh.exe to decompile it, zipped it into a zip file, and then used calibre, but I get the following error message: Detailed traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "main.py", line 370, in add_books File "main.py", line 395, in _add_books File "calibre\gui2\library.pyo", line 123, in add_books File "calibre\library\database.pyo", line 1295, in add_books MemoryError I have also tried ABC Amber Converter, which converts it to a 7MB lit file. When I try using calibre on the lit file, the job just keeps processing and never stops. I've left it for a couple of hours and the hour glass just keeps spinning. Any advice?