Adventures in discovering the K4PC PID.

[Starfish07]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

Have you tried Google for instructions.

Yes, that is where I went first. It won't open after downloading.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by Starfish07

Yes, that is where I went first. It won't open after downloading.

If you go to the site linked in the first line of the above linked article you'll arrive at the page that explains it all.

[labba]

from DarkRevers Blog:

Converting Topaz to HTML

This is experimental and it will probably not work for you but…

ALSO: Please do not use any of this to steal. Theft is wrong.

This is only meant to allow conversion of Topaz books
for other book readers you own.

Here are the steps:

1. First you must use the python scripts in topazscripts.zip to do the translation from Topaz to HTML

The files you should have after unzipping are:

cmbtc_dump.py – (author: cmbtc) unencrypts and dumps to files all of the sections, properly numbered and named

decode_meta.py – converts metadata0000.dat to human readable text

convert2xml.py – converts page*.dat, other*.dat, and glyphs*.dat files to their “pseudo” xml descriptions.

flatxml2html.py – converts a “flattened” xml description to html using the ocrtext and markup as its basis.

stylexml2css.py – converts stylesheet “flattened” xml from other0000.dat into css (as best it can – mainly supporting paragraph style classes)

genxml.py – main program to convert everything to xml

genhtml.py – main program to generate “book.html”

2. You must remove the DRM from the Topaz book and build a
directory of its contents using the following commands:

cmbtc_dump.py -d -o TARGETDIR [-p pid] YOURTOPAZBOOKNAMEHERE

This should create a directory called “TARGETDIR” in your current directory.

It should have the following files in it:

metadata0000.dat – metadata info
other0000.dat – information used to create a style sheet
dict0000.dat – dictionary of words used to build page descriptions
page – directory filled with page*.dat files
glyphs – directory filled with glyphs*.dat files

3. You should convert the files in “TARGETDIR” to their xml descriptions
Please note, this python program uses “decode_meta.py” and “convert2xml.py” so don’t move them.

genxml.py TARGETDIR

4. Next attempt a conversion to html where “TARGETDIR” is the directory
that was created in step 2. Please note, this python program uses “decode_meta.py”, “convert2xml.py”, “flatxml2html.py”, and “stylexml2css.py” so don’t move them.

genhtml.py TARGETDIR

Once it completes:

You should have created the file “book.html” inside of TARGETDIR

You should also have created the directory xml inside of TARGETDIR
which has the full xml descriptions of the pages and glyphs for later
(better) conversion attempts.

You can’t post a zip on pastebin.com, so we really need someplace/someone to host these. If that is something you are willing to do, pm me on Mobileread and I will get the scripts to you.

One warning … this is not the best long-term solution because much of the layout is only really correct if drawn to the screen (as an svg). Until that solution exists, this should get you something that you can load into Sigil and clean up and make an ePub that you can then convert to other formats

[rcuadro]

It amazes me how ingenious people are. I could write scripts in python but first the computer would laugh at me and then commit suicide when I try to execute it.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by rcuadro

It amazes me how ingenious people are. I could write scripts in python but first the computer would laugh at me and then commit suicide when I try to execute it.

If only I found how the d... Idle stopped at a breakpoint *sigh*

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by rcuadro

It amazes me how ingenious people are. I could write scripts in python but first the computer would laugh at me and then commit suicide when I try to execute it.

Yeah, me too, Rcuadro. I can edit them, remove comments, and the script will still work, but actually writing one..nope.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

Has anyone ever put any effort into it?

I would say not. I've never read about anyone trying or seen any program to remove the DRM. But as LRX is now dead, I don't think anyone will waste the effort as we can redownload as ePub instead and strip from there.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by clarknova

This is great. I can now render all the glyphs in a book (in this case using paths in Context Free Art, but SVG or PostScript Type 1 would be just as easy).

Rendering to PostScript Type 1 glyphs would allow easier translation to PDF.

NONONONO!!!! We don't want to go from Topaz to PDF. Not at all! Never! Go from Topaz to ePub and then frome Pub you can go to other formats. But PDF is not one of them.

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

NONONONO!!!! We don't want to go from Topaz to PDF. Not at all! Never! Go from Topaz to ePub and then frome Pub you can go to other formats. But PDF is not one of them.

LOL!!! Jon, as much as I agree with you in principal, at the moment I'd be happy to go from Topaz to just about anything. The problem, as always, is that there is no easy way to go from scanned images to text.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

NONONONO!!!! We don't want to go from Topaz to PDF. Not at all! Never! Go from Topaz to ePub and then frome Pub you can go to other formats. But PDF is not one of them.

Well, I've gone from Topaz to html

[stewball]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Well, I've gone from Topaz to html

I have also. But about 22 of the 302 pages wasn't included because of errors. But it turned out a very decent HTML. I am trying to help over at DarkReverser to get the bugs out. But the process does work. When this is perfected, it's time to go shopping for more books.


Stew

[phenomshel]

Y'all can tutor me when you get it perfected, LOL. I have the seven scripts, but that was as far as I got with it.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Y'all can tutor me when you get it perfected, LOL. I have the seven scripts, but that was as far as I got with it.

I've got a small .bat which does all

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Y'all can tutor me when you get it perfected, LOL. I have the seven scripts, but that was as far as I got with it.

Mee toooo

[delphidb96]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

I've got a small .bat which does all

Care to share it? I"d love one.

Derek