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JawadLeLogeur · 06-23-2021, 10:43 PM

I have these .cbz files that the Forma rejects out of hand despite them being readable on Windows. It seems that the cause is non-standard characters, because after unzipping the .cbz, batch renaming the image files to just numbers, re-zipping and renaming the file and importing it again, the Forma is satisfied and I am able to read. Additionally, manga files without special characters in them do just fine. However, this is a big hassle as I have many such files with the same issue. Is there a quicker workaround?

06-23-2021, 10:43 PM	#1
JawadLeLogeur Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 7156 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Western Sahara Device: Kobo Forma 4.15.12920	Can't read .cbz files with special characters in the .jpg filenames I have these .cbz files that the Forma rejects out of hand despite them being readable on Windows. It seems that the cause is non-standard characters, because after unzipping the .cbz, batch renaming the image files to just numbers, re-zipping and renaming the file and importing it again, the Forma is satisfied and I am able to read. Additionally, manga files without special characters in them do just fine. However, this is a big hassle as I have many such files with the same issue. Is there a quicker workaround?