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Originally Posted by Guava10

Hi, I have recently started using calibre for my ebooks and manga. I am trying to convert my manga (.cbc format) to an ebook format (either .mobi or .epub).

I have done the following: 1. Convert my manga chapters to cbz. 2. Compress chapters into a Volume (number).cbc. 3. Add a comics.txt to the Volume (number).cbc. 4. Import Volume (number).cbc into Calibre. 5. Convert Volume (number) into either .epub or .mobi.

Spoiler:

I am now receiving an error message:

calibre, version 2.30.0 (win32, isfrozen: True)
Conversion Error: Failed: Convert book 1 of 1 (Btooom! - Vol. 1)

Convert book 1 of 1 (Btooom! - Vol. 1)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 2.30.0
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': 'left',
'chapter': None,
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'colors': 256,
'comic_image_size': None,
'comments': None,
'cover': u'C:\\Users\\DARIEN~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calib re_ayegh5\\1hw9mh.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'despeckle': False,
'disable_font_rescaling': True,
'disable_trim': False,
'dont_add_comic_pages_to_toc': False,
'dont_grayscale': True,
'dont_normalize': False,
'dont_sharpen': False,
'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'embed_all_fonts': False,
'embed_font_family': None,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'epub_flatten': False,
'epub_inline_toc': False,
'epub_toc_at_end': False,
'expand_css': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
'fix_indents': True,
'flow_size': 260,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x038E0410>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_aspect_ratio': False,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'landscape': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 0,
'margin_left': 0,
'margin_right': 0,
'margin_top': 0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_default_epub_cover': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_process': False,
'no_sort': False,
'no_svg_cover': False,
'output_format': u'png',
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.iPadOutput object at 0x038E06B0>,
'page_breaks_before': None,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
'pretty_print': True,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'C:\\Users\\DARIEN~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calib re_ayegh5\\kexdht.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'right2left': False,
'search_replace': '[]',
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'start_reading_at': None,
'subset_embedded_fonts': False,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2,
'wide': False}
InputFormatPlugin: Comic Input running
on C:\Users\DARIEN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_ayegh 5\hukonb.cbc
Python function terminated unexpectedly
File is not a zip file (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 132, in main
File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 193, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1042, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 241, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\comic_i nput.py", line 169, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\comic_i nput.py", line 94, in get_comics_from_collection
File "site-packages\calibre\libunzip.py", line 44, in extract
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\zipfile.py", line 751, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\zipfile.py", line 786, in _GetContents
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\zipfile.py", line 801, in _RealGetContents
calibre.utils.zipfile.BadZipfile: File is not a zip file

I am not sure what to do. Please help.

Guava10 - read the last line of the error message

calibre.utils.zipfile.BadZipfile: File is not a zip file

What did you use to do the compression - if it was something like WinRAR or 7zip make sure it is configured to output a ZIP and not a RAR or a 7z etc.

BR