A way to find damaged books?

taratears · 10-26-2017, 05:04 PM

I've been adding books to my library for a few a days, and have realised a large number of them are damaged. Whenever I try to open them, I get the message ''something is stopping this pdf from being opened." There is no obvious discrepancy in size. Is there another way to test them short of opening every file? There's 1881 files, so I'd like to avoid that, if possible. Thanks.

MarjaE · 11-02-2017, 08:26 PM

It's probably easier to do that with a system search, outside Calibre.

Find a few pdfs that won't open, and check their info. It's possible that some of them require passwords, or contain jpeg-2000 images, or something else troublesome. Then do a system search for other pdfs with similar info.

theducks · 11-02-2017, 10:18 PM

Check your A/V, it may be blocking the file type.

Is the Calibre viewer or a system viewer the default for PDF?

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10-26-2017, 05:04 PM	#1
taratears Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: Kindle Fire HD	A way to find damaged books? I've been adding books to my library for a few a days, and have realised a large number of them are damaged. Whenever I try to open them, I get the message ''something is stopping this pdf from being opened." There is no obvious discrepancy in size. Is there another way to test them short of opening every file? There's 1881 files, so I'd like to avoid that, if possible. Thanks.

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11-02-2017, 08:26 PM	#2
MarjaE Guru Posts: 937 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	It's probably easier to do that with a system search, outside Calibre. Find a few pdfs that won't open, and check their info. It's possible that some of them require passwords, or contain jpeg-2000 images, or something else troublesome. Then do a system search for other pdfs with similar info.

11-02-2017, 10:18 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Check your A/V, it may be blocking the file type. Is the Calibre viewer or a system viewer the default for PDF? Preferences: Behavior

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