Hi all,
I'm new to the forum, and thought I'd take a look at Calibre, and try to convert some books to ePub format. These are titles I have on my bookshelf at home, and I just want to experiment at this stage with them on my phone. Later, I want to raid the Guttenberg Project for some classics.
The books are in .lit and .lrf format. However, when I try to convert, I usually get an error message and the following data in the log file:
Code:
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Child, Lee - Reacher 3 - Tripwire e-txt.txt)
Convert book 1 of 1 (Child, Lee - Reacher 3 - Tripwire e-txt.txt)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.7.6
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'chapter|book|section|part\\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': 'c:\\docume~1\\michael\\locals~1\\temp\\calibre_0.7.6_piiola.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'flow_size': 260,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'footer_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)',
'header_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)',
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x038F6B30>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_default_epub_cover': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_svg_cover': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.OutputProfile object at 0x038F6D10>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preprocess_html': False,
'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
'pretty_print': True,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': 'c:\\docume~1\\michael\\locals~1\\temp\\calibre_0.7.6_ddqysg.opf',
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_footer': False,
'remove_header': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: LIT Input running
on D:\Calibre2\Books\Tripwire\Child, Lee - Reacher 3 - Tripwire e-txt_ (4)\Child, Lee - Reacher 3 - Tripwire e-txt_ - Tripwire.lit
Parsing all content...
Parsing Child%2c%20Lee%20-%20Reacher%203%20-%20Tripwire%20e-txt.htm ...
Forcing Child%2c%20Lee%20-%20Reacher%203%20-%20Tripwire%20e-txt.htm into XHTML namespace
File 'Child%2c%20Lee%20-%20Reacher%203%20-%20Tripwire%20e-txt.htm' missing <head/> element
Parsing ~cov0270.htm ...
Forcing ~cov0270.htm into XHTML namespace
Generating default TOC from spine...
Choosing other.ms-coverimage-standard:~cov0266.jpg as the cover
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
Auto generated TOC with 0 entries.
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Parsing stylesheet.css ...
Trimming '~cov0268.jpg' from manifest
Trimming '~cov0267.jpg' from manifest
Trimming '~cov0269.jpg' from manifest
Trimming '~cov0265.jpg' from manifest
Creating EPUB Output...
Looking for large trees in Child%2c%20Lee%20-%20Reacher%203%20-%20Tripwire%20e-txt.htm...
Found large tree #0
Splitting...
Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}div /*/*[2]/*
Split tree too small
Splitting...
Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}p /*/*[2]/*/*/*[4]
Split tree still too large: 512 KB
Splitting...
Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}p /*/*[2]/*/*/*[2]
Split tree too small
Splitting...
Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}p /*/*[2]/*/*/*[3]
Split tree still too large: 506 KB
Splitting...
Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}p /*/*[2]/*/*/*[1]
Split tree too small
Splitting...
Python function terminated unexpectedly
Could not find reasonable point at which to split: Child
I'm unsure if it is an issue with the files - I have a couple of them already converted, though it is a struggle and usually takes me several goes.
I looked through postings on this forum, and some have indicated issues can stem from cssutils. I have the latest release of Calibre, on a Win XP SP2 machine with plenty of memory and power. I have also downloaded the latest cssutils, but don't know what to do with the package next - it is in a .egg format and my unzipper doesn't recognize the extension.
Any help = even if it is a link, will be gratefully received.
Cheers,
Michael P