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yuuyuu818 · 12-10-2011, 12:05 AM

I download a .pdb file from an open forum (it's a magazine with pictures) and I can read it using iSilo on my PC. I want to convert it to pdf (or other format), mainly because I want to read it on my blackberry playbook. Currently, iSilo does not have a version that support the playbook, they have one for smartphone. So I thought it's easiest to convert it to pdf and read it on the playbook.

I read through quite a few posts on this forum and tried various softwares people suggested (ABC Amber Palm Converter, Calibre, Hamster eBook Converter etc) and none of them seems to work. ABC converter freezes after 1 minute or so, Calibre returns some sort of conversion error saying "No reader available for format within container. Identity is SDocSilX. Book type is iSilo 3". I also tried some online conversion utility website but they don't want either.

I would appreciate any help or suggestion. The main objective is to be able to read this on playbook, it doesn't have to convert to pdf, if you can let me know which format to convert to and if there is an app from playbook that can read that format, I am fine. Sorry that I don't own a eReader and I am not too familiar with all the format out there, maybe there is some sort of restriction on this file that I don't know about, thanks for you patience and help.

12-10-2011, 12:05 AM	#1
yuuyuu818 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Blackberry playbook	Help with converting .pdb files I download a .pdb file from an open forum (it's a magazine with pictures) and I can read it using iSilo on my PC. I want to convert it to pdf (or other format), mainly because I want to read it on my blackberry playbook. Currently, iSilo does not have a version that support the playbook, they have one for smartphone. So I thought it's easiest to convert it to pdf and read it on the playbook. I read through quite a few posts on this forum and tried various softwares people suggested (ABC Amber Palm Converter, Calibre, Hamster eBook Converter etc) and none of them seems to work. ABC converter freezes after 1 minute or so, Calibre returns some sort of conversion error saying "No reader available for format within container. Identity is SDocSilX. Book type is iSilo 3". I also tried some online conversion utility website but they don't want either. I would appreciate any help or suggestion. The main objective is to be able to read this on playbook, it doesn't have to convert to pdf, if you can let me know which format to convert to and if there is an app from playbook that can read that format, I am fine. Sorry that I don't own a eReader and I am not too familiar with all the format out there, maybe there is some sort of restriction on this file that I don't know about, thanks for you patience and help. Last edited by yuuyuu818; 12-10-2011 at 12:09 AM.