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MelBr · 07-05-2013, 01:13 PM

Hi all,

I've noticed that when importing PDFs, sometimes Calibre becomes unresponsive and appears to crash. However, when I check processes, I notice that the problem is actually pdftoppm (which I presume generates cover image from a PDF). It uses tons on RAM/CPU and becomes unstable. After I kill pdftoppm, Calibre (sometimes) remains unresponsive and you have to force quit is as well. So you basically can't import some books because of a pdftoppm bug.

Is there anything that can be done? Can I disable pdftoppm?

Thanks

Using the latest Calibre, Mac version.

07-05-2013, 01:13 PM	#1
MelBr Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 414068 Join Date: Feb 2013 Device: iPad Pro, Kobo Aura One	pdftoppm misbehaving, can't import books Hi all, I've noticed that when importing PDFs, sometimes Calibre becomes unresponsive and appears to crash. However, when I check processes, I notice that the problem is actually pdftoppm (which I presume generates cover image from a PDF). It uses tons on RAM/CPU and becomes unstable. After I kill pdftoppm, Calibre (sometimes) remains unresponsive and you have to force quit is as well. So you basically can't import some books because of a pdftoppm bug. Is there anything that can be done? Can I disable pdftoppm? Thanks Using the latest Calibre, Mac version. Last edited by MelBr; 07-05-2013 at 01:51 PM.