From ff.net even, though this seems to be the story, not ff.net that acts up.
Url:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8259020/1/
Download option: "Always update"
FFDL version: The one posted just above, but also the "official" version.
Code:
calibre Debug log
calibre 1.12 isfrozen: True is64bit: False
Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
32bit process running on 64bit windows
('Windows', '7', '6.1.7601')
Python 2.7.5
Windows: ('7', '6.1.7601', 'SP1', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Starting up...
FFDL:DEBUG:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.ffdl_plugin(155):Plugin FanFictionDownLoader macmenuhack file_path:C:\Users\Grandt\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\fanfictiondownloader_macmenuhack.txt
macmenuhack file_path:C:\Users\Grandt\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\fanfictiondownloader_macmenuhack.txt
Started up in 20.85 seconds with 926 books
FFDL:DEBUG:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.ffdl_plugin(722):FanFictionDownLoader v1.8.0
FFDL:DEBUG:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.ffdl_plugin(757):url:https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8259020/1/
FFDL:DEBUG:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.fanficdownloader.adapters.adapter_fanfictionnet(81):URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8259020/1/
FFDL:DEBUG:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.fanficdownloader.adapters.adapter_fanfictionnet(114):=Trying newer chapter: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8259020/15/
FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.fanficdownloader.adapters.adapter_fanfictionnet(154):Fall back category collection
FFDL:DEBUG:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.ffdl_plugin(911):update existing id:3134
FFDL:DEBUG:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.ffdl_plugin(1046):existing epub tmp:C:\Users\Grandt\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_m6psbg\fanfictiondownloader_oclbbc\old-3134-oqe878.epub
FFDL:DEBUG:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.ffdl_plugin(1063):title:The Potter of the Ages
FFDL:DEBUG:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.ffdl_plugin(1064):outfile:C:\Users\Grandt\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_m6psbg\fanfictiondownloader_oclbbc\The Potter of the Ages-Anera527-p6epof.epub
Worker Launch took: 0.198999881744
Job: 1 Download FanFiction Book finished
Download FanFiction Book
FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs(44):FanFictionDownLoader v1.8.0
FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs(48):Adding jobs for URLs:
FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs(50):https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8259020/1/
FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs(93):Logfile for book ID 3134 (The Potter of the Ages)
FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs(94):url:(https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8259020/1/) id:(3134)
FFDL:DEBUG:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.fanficdownloader.adapters.adapter_fanfictionnet(81):URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8259020/1/
FFDL:DEBUG:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.fanficdownloader.adapters.adapter_fanfictionnet(114):=Trying newer chapter: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8259020/15/
FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.fanficdownloader.adapters.adapter_fanfictionnet(154):Fall back category collection
FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs(244):Exception: {u'comment': u"'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte", u'status': u'Error', u'author': [u'Anera527'], u'pubdate': datetime.datetime(2012, 6, 27, 1, 24, 56, tzinfo=SafeLocalTimeZone()), u'listorder': 0, u'is_adult': False, u'added': False, u'epub_for_update': u'C:\\Users\\Grandt\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_m6psbg\\fanfictiondownloader_oclbbc\\old-3134-oqe878.epub', u'end': None, u'all_metadata': {'rating': u'K+', 'series': '', 'numWords': u'31,138', 'site': u'www.fanfiction.net', 'datePublished': u'2012-06-27 01:24:56', 'authorHTML': u"<a class='authorlink' href='https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1517259/Anera527'>Anera527</a>", 'storyUrl': u'https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8259020/1/', 'storyId': u'8259020', 'category': u'Harry Potter, Star Wars', 'lastupdate': u'Last Update Year/Month: 2013/11, Last Update: 2013/11/20', 'formatext': '', 'author': u'Anera527', 'ships': '', 'formatname': '', 'seriesHTML': '', 'version': u'FanFictionDownLoader v1.8.0', 'dateUpdated': u'2013-11-20 00:15:46', 'numChapters': u'14', 'status': u'In-Progress', 'langcode': u'en', 'description': u"Voldemort tries to rid the world of the Boy Who Lived after capturing and torturing him. He goes to the Ministry of Magic, to the archway, and there condemns him to death. But Harry Potter doesn't find himself in the Afterlife- he instead finds himself on the planet Coruscant. Harry Potter/Star Wars crossover. AU after OotP and New Jedi Order. Not a slash story!", 'warnings': '', 'dateCreated': u'2013-11-24 21:44:53', 'output_css': '', 'authorId': u'1517259', 'authorUrl': u'https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1517259/Anera527', 'characters': u'Harry P., Luke S.', 'genre': u'Drama, Hurt-Comfort', 'favs': u'503', 'language': u'English', 'follows': u'786', 'seriesUrl': '', 'reviews': u'212', 'siteabbrev': u'ffnet', 'title': u'The Potter of the Ages', 'extratags': u'FanFiction'}, u'comments': u"<p>Voldemort tries to rid the world of the Boy Who Lived after capturing and torturing him. He goes to the Ministry of Magic, to the archway, and there condemns him to death. But Harry Potter doesn't find himself in the Afterlife- he instead finds himself on the planet Coruscant. Harry Potter/Star Wars crossover. AU after OotP and New Jedi Order. Not a slash story!</p>", u'calibre_id': 3134, u'series': '', u'username': 'NoneGiven', u'begin': None, u'good': False, u'tags': [u'Star Wars', u'Drama', u'Luke S.', u'Harry Potter', u'In-Progress', u'Harry P.', u'Hurt-Comfort', u'FanFiction'], u'timestamp': datetime.datetime(2013, 11, 24, 21, 44, 53, 186000, tzinfo=SafeLocalTimeZone()), u'outfile': u'C:\\Users\\Grandt\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_m6psbg\\fanfictiondownloader_oclbbc\\The Potter of the Ages-Anera527-p6epof.epub', u'updatedate': datetime.datetime(2013, 11, 20, 0, 15, 46, tzinfo=SafeLocalTimeZone()), u'password': '', u'icon': u'dialog_error.png', u'publisher': u'www.fanfiction.net', u'url': u'https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8259020/1/', u'author_sort': [u'Anera527'], u'title': u'The Potter of the Ages'}:'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs", line 169, in do_download_for_worker
File "calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.fanficdownloader.epubutils", line 61, in get_update_data
File "encodings\utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte
FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs(98):Successfully downloaded:
FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs(102):
Unsuccessful:
FFDL:INFO:calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.jobs(105):The Potter of the Ages https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8259020/1/