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AZW3 won't convert
For the first time ever I have an AZW3-file that will not convert to epub in Calibre. The job is stuck on 1% now for about 10 minutes. As I've always blindly relied on Calibre's ability to convert I'm in the dark as to what may be happening here.
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Just let it run. From that log you have turned onheuristic processing, which is slow.
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Well, I've let it run for 1 hour and 40 minutes and it's still at 1 percent. There's nothing unusual about this 0.7 Mb file (actually it's this one, from today's non-fiction freebies on this forum). Books like that usually take a minute max to convert.
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@ bartveld,
Thanks for the tip on the book. It is one I want to read. I downloaded it, and converted to epub without problems. Looking at the code, I don't see any of the troublesome issues that may cause Calibre to choke except this: the stylesheet is practically empty. EVERY paragraph has its style inline. I suppose this could take some computer configurations a long while to parse... |
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Glad I could give you the pointer! Do you ever visit this thread? You may find more...
Did you convert in Calibre? If so, how long did it take? |
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Stop the conversion. There's a much better and much faster way to do this.
Install the KindleUnpack plugin and use it to shift the KF8 code to ePub. Then use epubcheck to validate the ePub and fix any errors and once that's done with no errors, you are good to go. |
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Good suggestion, JSWolf! I'd never even heard of that plugin, but it works like a charm. Thanks!
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Do you turn on heuristic processing? The OP had that turned on.
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Calibre does not divide a task between cores. I am not even sure that a second conversion will land on another core.
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Another obvious solution is to not have heuristic processing turned on by default. Save heuristic processing only for the rare books that exhibit some sort of issue you need help correcting. This book took all of 19 seconds to convert flawlessly to epub. |
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