Epubs fail to open on JB v35m

smg927 · 08-21-2010, 12:33 PM

I just updated my Jetbook from 34c (installed by factory) to 35m (downloaded from Ectaco website).

My txt files and pdf files can still be read, but every epub gets "Failed to open file!" message.

My epubs are from a variety of sources. None of them have drm. All these epubs did open before.

Answer found: I was using the naming convention "last, first#title" for all my books. This still works for the txt and pdf files, but NO LONGER WORKS for the epubs. I have renamed each file. Setting the name to "last, first_title" works for epubs.

I've updated the post in case someone else has the same problem.

greenapple · 08-22-2010, 11:09 PM

Good to know. Thanks.

captpete · 08-23-2010, 11:00 AM

JBL 0.16e is the same - 0.16 used the # but the "e" version uses the "_"

Jabby · 08-23-2010, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smg927

Answer found: I was using the naming convention "last, first#title" for all my books. This still works for the txt and pdf files, but NO LONGER WORKS for the epubs. I have renamed each file. Setting the name to "last, first_title" works for epubs.

Are you saying that the file name has to conform to file naming convention as in the example you gave for an unsecured epub to open? I had a JBL and it would open anything that had a supported file extension and the file content in the proper format.

I just don't understand this at all. Any idea why this would be a requirement?

Regards - John

smg927 · 08-23-2010, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jabby

Are you saying that the file name has to conform to file naming convention as in the example you gave for an unsecured epub to open? I had a JBL and it would open anything that had a supported file extension and the file content in the proper format.

I just don't understand this at all. Any idea why this would be a requirement?

Regards - John

Sorry for being unclear.

I like to use the same format for all my file names, so that the books will sort in author/title order. For a single author I may have some books in txt format, but others in pdf or epub.

On the JB, Ectaco had special handling for txt file names that did a pretty format in the book list if you named the file "author#title". The pretty format did not work for epub or pdf, but I used the same naming convention so that all my books would sort in author/title order.

What seems to have happened on 35m, is that the # character is not accepted as a valid character in an epub file name. I found that the _ (underscore) character was acceptable so I renamed my files and they now open. Playing around, I have also found that the - (hyphen) character is acceptable. Now I have a few epubs named "author - title" which looks a bit nicer in the book list.

Of course, the sorting isn't right anymore, but it is close enough.

The Jetbook does not require any particular file name convention. Each user can pick what works best for himself.

Jabby · 08-24-2010, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smg927

Sorry for being unclear.

Whew! Thanks for the explanation. I had just ordered a JB (due 8/26) and one of my favorite features of my JBL was the ease of organization.

Again thanks - John

08-21-2010, 12:33 PM	#1
smg927 Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 7418 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Minnesota Device: Jetbook	Epubs fail to open on JB v35m I just updated my Jetbook from 34c (installed by factory) to 35m (downloaded from Ectaco website). My txt files and pdf files can still be read, but every epub gets "Failed to open file!" message. My epubs are from a variety of sources. None of them have drm. All these epubs did open before. Answer found: I was using the naming convention "last, first#title" for all my books. This still works for the txt and pdf files, but NO LONGER WORKS for the epubs. I have renamed each file. Setting the name to "last, first_title" works for epubs. I've updated the post in case someone else has the same problem. Last edited by smg927; 08-21-2010 at 08:54 PM. Reason: Answer found!

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