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Old 02-26-2022, 04:48 PM   #420
gviacc
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Originally Posted by JVarga View Post
It has been a problem for years that under Windows the ExtractISBN plugin does not work for me on any pdf file. The log reads:
Starting job: Extract ISBN for 1 books
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Format: PDF
Exception when scanning for ISBN: not all arguments converted during string formatting
Failed to extract ISBN

I have tested with different versions of Python; the result is always the same.
The plugin works under Linux.

Hi, this worked for me

substitute pdfinfo.exe included in calibre's msi installation with xpdf-tools-win-4.03\bin64

Directory ..\Calibre Portable\Calibre\app\bin

27/01/2021 23:23 1.225.216 pdfinfo.exe
17/02/2022 19:29 1.440.192 pdfinfo.exe_old
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