Calibre fails book conversion when outputing file.

aDragonOr2 · 07-16-2015, 04:10 AM

I am currently trying to convet an HTML file to MOBI and I am getting a "Failed: Convert Book 1 of 1" error. I tried making a clean HTML to see if it was something to do with that. Using an HTML file with these contents:

Quote:

<html><body><title>Test</title>herllo</body></html>

I get this error:

Spoiler:

Code:

Convert book 1 of 1 (Test)
Processing archive...
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 2.31.0
{'asciiize': False,
 'author_sort': None,
 'authors': None,
 'base_font_size': 0.0,
 'book_producer': None,
 'breadth_first': False,
 'change_justification': u'original',
 'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|prologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
 'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
 'comments': None,
 'cover': None,
 'debug_pipeline': None,
 'dehyphenate': True,
 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
 'disable_font_rescaling': False,
 'dont_compress': False,
 'dont_package': False,
 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
 'embed_all_fonts': False,
 'embed_font_family': None,
 'enable_heuristics': False,
 'expand_css': False,
 'extra_css': None,
 'extract_to': None,
 'filter_css': u'',
 'fix_indents': True,
 'font_size_mapping': None,
 'format_scene_breaks': True,
 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
 'input_encoding': None,
 'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x7fb3dbbfa210>,
 'insert_blank_line': False,
 'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
 'insert_metadata': False,
 'isbn': None,
 'italicize_common_cases': True,
 '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,
 'markup_chapter_headings': True,
 'max_levels': 5,
 'max_toc_links': 50,
 'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
 'mobi_file_type': u'old',
 'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
 'mobi_keep_original_images': False,
 'mobi_toc_at_start': False,
 'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
 'no_inline_navbars': True,
 'no_inline_toc': False,
 'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindlePaperWhiteOutput object at 0x7fb3dbbfa950>,
 'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
 'personal_doc': u'[PDOC]',
 'prefer_author_sort': False,
 'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
 'pretty_print': False,
 'pubdate': None,
 'publisher': None,
 'rating': None,
 'read_metadata_from_opf': u'/tmp/calibre_2.31.0_tmp_nOF_6U/zkD5J8.opf',
 'remove_fake_margins': True,
 'remove_first_image': False,
 'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
 'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
 'renumber_headings': True,
 'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
 'search_replace': '[]',
 'series': None,
 'series_index': None,
 'share_not_sync': False,
 'smarten_punctuation': False,
 'sr1_replace': None,
 'sr1_search': None,
 'sr2_replace': None,
 'sr2_search': None,
 'sr3_replace': None,
 'sr3_search': None,
 'start_reading_at': None,
 'subset_embedded_fonts': False,
 'tags': None,
 'timestamp': None,
 'title': None,
 'title_sort': None,
 'toc_filter': None,
 'toc_threshold': 6,
 'toc_title': None,
 'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
 'unwrap_lines': True,
 'use_auto_toc': False,
 'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: HTML Input running
on /tmp/calibre_2.31.0_tmp_nOF_6U/sjzpnW_pl_arc/content.opf
Parsing all content...
Manifest item 'toc.ncx' not found
Parsing Test.html ...
Generating default TOC from spine...
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
Removing fake margins...
Found 2 items of level: p_1
Ignoring level p_1
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Creating MOBI Output...
Serializing resources...
Creating MOBI 6 output
Applying case-transforming CSS...
Parsing manglecase.css ...

I have tried with other file types and I got similar errors. I don't have any plugins installed and I am running this on Arch Linux.

theducks · 07-16-2015, 05:06 AM

<title> does NOT belong inside the Body Tag pair

DrChiper · 07-16-2015, 05:15 AM

In fact it should be:

<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
hello
</body>
</html>

aDragonOr2 · 07-16-2015, 11:24 AM

Still getting the same error after changing the HTML file.

kovidgoyal · 07-16-2015, 11:28 AM

There's no actual error in your log, did you skip out the last bit?

chaley · 07-16-2015, 11:40 AM

It works for me.

Steps I used:

Create a text file containing correct HTML (the closing paragraph tag in the examples above is not correct). Name it "New Text Document.html"
Code:
```
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
hello
</body>
</html>
```
Drag the html file onto calibre. It is added as a ZIP format.
Convert the ZIP format to mobi. I get a mobi file. The job details are

Spoiler:
Convert book 1 of 1 (Test)
Processing archive...
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 2.31.0
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'breadth_first': False,
'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': None,
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'dont_package': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'embed_all_fonts': False,
'embed_font_family': None,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'expand_css': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x0000000004F0B358>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'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,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_levels': 5,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'mobi_file_type': u'old',
'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
'mobi_keep_original_images': False,
'mobi_toc_at_start': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.GenericEink object at 0x0000000004F0B6D8>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'personal_doc': u'[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'C:\\Users\\xxx\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_6f wmuw\\jbqq72.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'search_replace': '[]',
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'share_not_sync': False,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'start_reading_at': None,
'subset_embedded_fonts': False,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: HTML Input running
on C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_6fwmuw\sim llf_pl_arc\content.opf
Parsing all content...
Manifest item 'toc.ncx' not found
Parsing New Text Document.html ...
Generating default TOC from spine...
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
Removing fake margins...
Found 1 items of level: p_1
Ignoring level p_1
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Creating MOBI Output...
Serializing resources...
Creating MOBI 6 output
Applying case-transforming CSS...
Parsing manglecase.css ...
Rasterizing SVG images...
Converting XHTML to Mobipocket markup...
Serializing markup content...
Compressing markup content...
No TOC, MOBI index not generated
MOBI output written to C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_6fwmuw\iio lp6.mobi

Input and output files are attached.

eschwartz · 07-16-2015, 05:16 PM

Are you using the distro calibre? Check out my bugreport on the archlinux bug tracker, then install "calibre-installer" from the AUR.

(That is my systemd timer also stickied in the Related Tools subforum here, as an automatic updater for Kovid's binaries.)

aDragonOr2 · 07-16-2015, 10:04 PM

Quote:

There's no actual error in your log, did you skip out the last bit?

I copied the entire log. I can give a screen shot if that would help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Are you using the distro calibre? Check out my bugreport on the archlinux bug tracker, then install "calibre-installer" from the AUR.

(That is my systemd timer also stickied in the Related Tools subforum here, as an automatic updater for Kovid's binaries.)

Can I get a link to this?

eschwartz · 07-16-2015, 10:17 PM

I typed that on my Kindle Touch.

Arch Bugs: [calibre] 2.15.0-1 changes to upstream in PKGBUILD

MR thread: Fully automatic calibre installer/updater for linux (AUR)

Tell us if switching to the binaries from http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux fixes the problem.

aDragonOr2 · 07-17-2015, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

I typed that on my Kindle Touch.

Arch Bugs: [calibre] 2.15.0-1 changes to upstream in PKGBUILD

MR thread: Fully automatic calibre installer/updater for linux (AUR)

Tell us if switching to the binaries from http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux fixes the problem.

Thanks, that seems to have fixed the issue.

eschwartz · 07-19-2015, 06:54 PM

Feel free to drop by and leave a comment on the bug tracker.

Thus far I am the only person to kick up a fuss, so they are ignoring me.

07-16-2015, 05:15 AM	#3
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 1,010 Karma: 2003162 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, Clara BW, Clara HD, Libra 2, Libra Color, Nxtpaper 11	In fact it should be: <html> <head> <title>Test</title> </head> <body> <p>hello<p> </body> </html>

07-16-2015, 11:28 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,251 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There's no actual error in your log, did you skip out the last bit? Last edited by kovidgoyal; 07-16-2015 at 11:40 AM.

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I typed that on my Kindle Touch. Arch Bugs: [calibre] 2.15.0-1 changes to upstream in PKGBUILD MR thread: Fully automatic calibre installer/updater for linux (AUR) Tell us if switching to the binaries from http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux fixes the problem.

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Feel free to drop by and leave a comment on the bug tracker. Thus far I am the only person to kick up a fuss, so they are ignoring me.

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