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Pengo · 10-13-2008, 03:43 AM

Hello,

New here and thinking about purchasing an eink device. Naturally, I wanted to try converting a few ebooks with calibre to lrf to get an idea of how they would work and look on a Sony device.

I noticed with v0.4.95 (not sure about prior versions) calibre will not
convert a book unless allowed through firewall to a remote connection. It will hang - the hourglass will keep turning forever. This is with allowing it to 'connect' to port 127.0.0.1 on calibre startup and upon initializing a conversion (calibre.exe and calibre-parallel.exe).

If I do allow calibre.exe to connect to my gateway/router IP in addition to 127.0.0.1, it'll convert quickly and with no problem.

Upon verifying this several times, I ran Wireshark to see what it was
connecting to when 'let out'. It connects to 82.94.237.219 which when checked with ARIN and Ripe Network resolves to Python Software Foundation.

A search on these forums and the faq on the calibre site didn't seem to have information on this (or I missed it).

Is this normal behaviour?

Thanks for your time and excellent software.

10-13-2008, 03:43 AM	#1
Pengo Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: PRS-505	Calibre won't convert without outside connection? Hello, New here and thinking about purchasing an eink device. Naturally, I wanted to try converting a few ebooks with calibre to lrf to get an idea of how they would work and look on a Sony device. I noticed with v0.4.95 (not sure about prior versions) calibre will not convert a book unless allowed through firewall to a remote connection. It will hang - the hourglass will keep turning forever. This is with allowing it to 'connect' to port 127.0.0.1 on calibre startup and upon initializing a conversion (calibre.exe and calibre-parallel.exe). If I do allow calibre.exe to connect to my gateway/router IP in addition to 127.0.0.1, it'll convert quickly and with no problem. Upon verifying this several times, I ran Wireshark to see what it was connecting to when 'let out'. It connects to 82.94.237.219 which when checked with ARIN and Ripe Network resolves to Python Software Foundation. A search on these forums and the faq on the calibre site didn't seem to have information on this (or I missed it). Is this normal behaviour? Thanks for your time and excellent software.