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ljgrinnell · 05-21-2015, 12:32 AM

Please bear with me. I'm a newbie with Calibre, and hope I can get an answer for this.

First the background: 27 inch iMac with 2.93 GHz Core i7 quad core processor, 20 GB RAM, MacOS 10.6.8, Calibre 1.48. The file is a docx format Word file, almost 6 MB, heavily formatted with index markers. On paper it comes out to over 3,000 pages (!). I'm not using Calibre 2.28 because I'm still using "Snow Leopard" (MacOSX 10.6.8).

I have been trying to convert to Kindle (later will also try Nook). I've done so in the past with smaller test files, and even get the index (index entries are the book title).

With this file, after about 24 hours of crunching away, it fails with error:

Python function terminated unexpectedly: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/var/folders/5X/5XNvN49TETSbIv61HMwzWk+++TI/-Tmp-/calibre_1.48.0_tmp_11ffR0/Tmo1PYdocx_container/word/settings.xml'
InputFormatPlugin: DOCX Input running on /var/folders/5X/5XNvN49TETSbIv61HMwzWk+++TI/-Tmp-/calibre_1.48.0_tmp_11ffR0/99zdil.docx
Encountered unknown field: tc, ignoring it.

I can post the entire error report if required.

Does anyone have an idea what's wrong and what I can do to fix it? Am I simply asking too much of Calibre?

I also have a PC with a 3.4 GHz quad-core Core i7 processor, Windows 7, with 8GB of RAM, Calibre 2.28, but it fails within 10-20 minutes with the same DOCX file. I have ordered more RAM to take it to 16 GB, hoping this might help with the conversion.

I'll be publishing the book in paper form (with multi-column layout, it'll be around 2,400 pages), but want to offer an ebook option in Nook and Kindle formats for a substantial price reduction over the print version.

I'd be grateful for any and all suggestions. Thanks to the community in advance.

05-21-2015, 12:32 AM	#1
ljgrinnell ljgrinnell Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Greenacres, FL Device: Kindle	DOCX conversion failure Please bear with me. I'm a newbie with Calibre, and hope I can get an answer for this. First the background: 27 inch iMac with 2.93 GHz Core i7 quad core processor, 20 GB RAM, MacOS 10.6.8, Calibre 1.48. The file is a docx format Word file, almost 6 MB, heavily formatted with index markers. On paper it comes out to over 3,000 pages (!). I'm not using Calibre 2.28 because I'm still using "Snow Leopard" (MacOSX 10.6.8). I have been trying to convert to Kindle (later will also try Nook). I've done so in the past with smaller test files, and even get the index (index entries are the book title). With this file, after about 24 hours of crunching away, it fails with error: Python function terminated unexpectedly: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/var/folders/5X/5XNvN49TETSbIv61HMwzWk+++TI/-Tmp-/calibre_1.48.0_tmp_11ffR0/Tmo1PYdocx_container/word/settings.xml' InputFormatPlugin: DOCX Input running on /var/folders/5X/5XNvN49TETSbIv61HMwzWk+++TI/-Tmp-/calibre_1.48.0_tmp_11ffR0/99zdil.docx Encountered unknown field: tc, ignoring it. I can post the entire error report if required. Does anyone have an idea what's wrong and what I can do to fix it? Am I simply asking too much of Calibre? I also have a PC with a 3.4 GHz quad-core Core i7 processor, Windows 7, with 8GB of RAM, Calibre 2.28, but it fails within 10-20 minutes with the same DOCX file. I have ordered more RAM to take it to 16 GB, hoping this might help with the conversion. I'll be publishing the book in paper form (with multi-column layout, it'll be around 2,400 pages), but want to offer an ebook option in Nook and Kindle formats for a substantial price reduction over the print version. I'd be grateful for any and all suggestions. Thanks to the community in advance.