Calibre now includes MS LIT converter: lit2lrf - Page 20

maccow · 02-29-2008, 09:52 PM

Hi, First of all thanks for the fantastic program and I have been used it for a while to get newspapers like NYT. However, for the past few builds of the program, I could not get the newspapers anymore (the hourglass runs forever and I monitored the traffic via my firewall and believe the downloading part works fine). It seems to me the program is stucked somewhere while formating the file. Any suggestions? BTW, I have WinXP/SP2.

Again, thanks

kovidgoyal · 02-29-2008, 10:14 PM

At a terminal run

Code:

web2lrf --verbose newsweek

to see where it is getting stuck. Replace --newsweek with whatever newspaper you use. web2llrf --help will give you a list.

maccow · 03-01-2008, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

At a terminal run

Code:

web2lrf --verbose newsweek

to see where it is getting stuck. Replace --newsweek with whatever newspaper you use. web2llrf --help will give you a list.

Thanks a lot kovidgoyal, I tried the commandline web2lrf first with newsweek and it worked really well. Swich back to libprs500 and try to fetch newsweek. It worked as well but a bit slower. So I tried the NYT again and got the NYT eventually but it takes a LONG time. So, it works after all but I just have to be patient. Again, thank you.

joeanne12 · 03-05-2008, 12:27 AM

Hi I dont know anything about command line stuff, Iam using the GUI. It is fantastic thanks but now all my lit files are converting to OPF files!! what are these files and why am I getting them.
Thanks for any help.

kovidgoyal · 03-05-2008, 12:38 AM

Interesting attach one of these lit files

JSWolf · 03-05-2008, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeanne12

Both, when I open them in Microsoft reader they are fine. Also I quit often get a OPF file the first time I convert instead of a BBeB book file. If I redo the convert it is usually fine.
I have version 0.4.38 is this the latest version? Thanks again for the help

The latest version is 0.4.40.

What you are doing is exploding the LIT into it's component parts. What you should be doing is just removing the DRM and then taking the DRM free LIT and running lit2lrf against it. In most cases that will work fine. And to do at least some of this, you will have to use the command line.

Deputy-Dawg · 03-15-2008, 01:53 PM

Kovid,
I have run into an oddity with lit2lrf. I have a lit file with the DRM removed. When I convert it either from the Mac GUI or the Mac terminal I get a .lrf file in which the line spacing increases by one line height with every new paragraph. By the time you get to the end of the document there is one line per page, and it is a short teaser file. I can only imagine what it would be like if it were a full book.

I then used clit to create a HTML file and then used both the GUI and command line versions of html2.lrf. The GUI simply produced a document that I could not open in the viewer. The command line resulted in a file that was only 28kb in length (I would have expected something about 100k) and the following messages in my terminal.

Code:

Last login: Sat Mar 15 12:26:38 on ttys000
Macintosh-3:~ billc$ cd desktop/ow
Macintosh-3:ow billc$ html2lrf --verbose index.1252.html
[INFO] convert_from.pyo:359: Processing /Users/billc/Desktop/OW/index.1252.html
[INFO] convert_from.pyo:312: 	Parsing HTML...
[INFO] convert_from.pyo:347: Written preprocessed HTML to /var/folders/pK/pK4oxuulGwSmGODViAxxxk+++TI/-Tmp-/html2lrf-verbose.html
[INFO] convert_from.pyo:373: 	Converting to BBeB...
[INFO] convert_from.pyo:294: 	Rationalizing font sizes...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/billc/Downloads/libprs500.app/Contents/Resources/html2lrf.py", line 9, in <module>
    main()
  File "libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.pyo", line 1859, in main
  File "libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.pyo", line 1770, in process_file
  File "libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.pyo", line 1662, in writeto
  File "libprs500/ebooks/lrf/pylrs/pylrs.pyo", line 629, in renderLrf
  File "libprs500/ebooks/lrf/pylrs/pylrf.pyo", line 716, in writeFile
  File "libprs500/ebooks/lrf/pylrs/pylrf.pyo", line 751, in writeObjects
  File "libprs500/ebooks/lrf/pylrs/pylrf.pyo", line 557, in write
  File "libprs500/ebooks/lrf/pylrs/pylrf.pyo", line 392, in write
  File "libprs500/ebooks/lrf/pylrs/pylrf.pyo", line 84, in writeSignedWord
  File "struct.pyo", line 63, in pack
  File "warnings.pyo", line 62, in warn
  File "warnings.pyo", line 102, in warn_explicit
DeprecationWarning: 'h' format requires -32768 <= number <= 32767
Macintosh-3:ow billc$

And I haven't a clue as to what to try next.

kovidgoyal · 03-15-2008, 03:16 PM

Send me the lit file

Deputy-Dawg · 03-15-2008, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Send me the lit file

How? To what address?

kovidgoyal · 03-15-2008, 04:45 PM

Attach it to a ticket or kovid at kovidgoyal.net

greylin · 03-20-2008, 12:01 PM

My new AV program (Comodo) has just quarantined a trojan, Backdoor.Win32.Small.iu found in /libprs500/qtcore4.dll and of course libprs500 now won't open. Erm .. help?

The Old Man · 03-20-2008, 12:20 PM

The free AVG AV program has no problem with it.

Uninstall Comodo and reinstall libprs500.

greylin · 03-20-2008, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Old Man

The free AVG AV program has no problem with it.

Uninstall Comodo and reinstall libprs500.

What, on the grounds that AVG is infallible? I don't think so! But thank you for the suggestion.

I've now submitted the .dll file to some online virus scanners that all report it as clean so I've felt confident enough to unquarantine it and libprs500 is working fine again.

JSWolf · 03-23-2008, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greylin

What, on the grounds that AVG is infallible? I don't think so! But thank you for the suggestion.

I've now submitted the .dll file to some online virus scanners that all report it as clean so I've felt confident enough to unquarantine it and libprs500 is working fine again.

Comodo is giving a false positive. I've never have AVG Free give a false positive with Libprs500. I suggest you contact the people behind Comodo and tell them of this glitch in their virus definitions and hope they'll fix it.

greylin · 03-23-2008, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Comodo is giving a false positive. I've never have AVG Free give a false positive with Libprs500. I suggest you contact the people behind Comodo and tell them of this glitch in their virus definitions and hope they'll fix it.

Yep, Comodo submitted the file automatically for online evaluation and learning so the database should soon recognise Libprs500 as a safe program.

02-29-2008, 10:14 PM	#287
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	At a terminal run Code: web2lrf --verbose newsweek to see where it is getting stuck. Replace --newsweek with whatever newspaper you use. web2llrf --help will give you a list.

03-05-2008, 12:27 AM	#289
joeanne12 Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Device: sony 505	OPF files Hi I dont know anything about command line stuff, Iam using the GUI. It is fantastic thanks but now all my lit files are converting to OPF files!! what are these files and why am I getting them. Thanks for any help.

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02-29-2008, 09:52 PM	#286
maccow Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Sony	Hi, First of all thanks for the fantastic program and I have been used it for a while to get newspapers like NYT. However, for the past few builds of the program, I could not get the newspapers anymore (the hourglass runs forever and I monitored the traffic via my firewall and believe the downloading part works fine). It seems to me the program is stucked somewhere while formating the file. Any suggestions? BTW, I have WinXP/SP2. Again, thanks

03-05-2008, 12:38 AM	#290
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Interesting attach one of these lit files

03-15-2008, 03:16 PM	#293
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Send me the lit file

03-15-2008, 04:45 PM	#295
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Attach it to a ticket or kovid at kovidgoyal.net

03-20-2008, 12:01 PM	#296
greylin Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-505	My new AV program (Comodo) has just quarantined a trojan, Backdoor.Win32.Small.iu found in /libprs500/qtcore4.dll and of course libprs500 now won't open. Erm .. help?

03-20-2008, 12:20 PM	#297
The Old Man Fanatic Posts: 566 Karma: 1555555 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Keene, New Hampshire Device: iPad Mini	The free AVG AV program has no problem with it. Uninstall Comodo and reinstall libprs500.