Converting not working

[tigresswhite]

I have upgraded to 2.11 and now I can not convert the books. I have done it all like normal, and now it tells me after queuing the jobs, that it is not responding. I end up having to end the process. HELP!

[kovidgoyal]

Works for me, you need to provide more info. WHat are you trying to convert to what. What is not responding, what operating system are you on?

[tigresswhite]

I am on Windows 7. I am trying to convert them from .pdf to .mobi. THe whole calibre says not responding. I highlight them and click bulk convert, then it does its queuing thing, at the moment it is suppose to actually run the conversion part, it just comes up and at the top where it says calibre it says Not responding. I have let it sit for quite a while and it does not start to work by itself so then I have to go to task manager and click to end task. Hope this is enough info.

[kovidgoyal]

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....s-occasionally

[tigresswhite]

I am not understanding what is causing this.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by tigresswhite

I am not understanding what is causing this.

@tigresswhite - Did you eliminate all the possibilities in the link Kovid posted - TV connected, Roboform, Spybot etc.

Did you try the things suggested in that link - run in safe mode, close all other programs (including those in the tray).

If you're using 64bit calibre, then try 32 bit - you can have both installed, and they will use the same databases and settings

What version of calibre were you using before you installed 2.11?

BR

[tigresswhite]

I have no idea honestly. How do I find out? I dont understand what that link was talking about. No other Windows are open when I try to run it. Not sure what Roboform and Spybot are. Thank you

[BetterRed]

@tigresswhite - the most frequent cause of the symptom you are seeing - Not responding - is when Program A is 'interfering' with Program B. In this instance Program B is calibre.

So running in Safe Mode, closing other applications, and ending Tray tasks (the ones that 'live' at the right/bottom end of the taskbar - including those behind the arrow) is aimed at eliminating as many "Program A" candidates as possible.

Originally Posted by BetterRed

If you're using 64bit calibre, then try installing 32 bit - you can have both installed, and they will use the same databases and settings

What version of calibre were you using before you installed 2.11?

BR

[tigresswhite]

So if I do 1 book it runs fine. If I do all of them like I have done in the past, it freezes and does the not responding thing.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by tigresswhite

So if I do 1 book it runs fine. If I do all of them like I have done in the past, it freezes and does the not responding thing.

Have you tried just 'waiting it out' (usually a few minutes)
Conversions are intensive, The computer is just in 'Go away kid, you bother me' mode and can't spare cycles to update the GUI. I see this all the time on my (XP) P4, 800FSB, 2G RAM. Less frequent on my W7 systems (not minimum RAM)

Taming your A/V active scan settings can help some (If you scanned the book when you added it to your computer, do you really need to scan it every time it gets touched?)

[BetterRed]

@tigresswhite - try this

Set Preferences=>Behaviour->Job Priority to Low

Set Preferences=>Miscellaneous->Max. simultaneous conversions/news download jobs to 1

Set Preferences=>Miscellaneous->Limit the max. simultaneous jobs to the available CPU cores to Unchecked

BR