PDB to EPUB error

[j_doe_999]

Hi,

I am trying to convert with Calibre (0.7.24) some books from PDB to EPUB. One of them gives me an error (see below the error log) . The PDB file opens and looks fine in B&N desktop reader.

Any ideas ?

Thank you,

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ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Islands in the Stream)

Convert book 1 of 1 (Islands in the Stream)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.7.24
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'chapter|book|section|part|prologue|epilogue\\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': 'c:\\users\\xxxx\\appdata\\local\\temp\\calibre_0. 7.24_tmp_3exntl\\calibre_0.7.24_gx7wdt.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'flow_size': 260,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'footer_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'header_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.40000000000000002,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x0501FEF0>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': True,
'isbn': None,
'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,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_default_epub_cover': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_svg_cover': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.NookOutput object at 0x05024290>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preprocess_html': False,
'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
'pretty_print': True,
'print_formatted_paras': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': 'c:\\users\\xxxx\\appdata\\local\\temp\\calibre_0. 7.24_tmp_3exntl\\calibre_0.7.24_67mkrk.opf',
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_footer': False,
'remove_header': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'single_line_paras': False,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: PDB Input running
on C:\Users\xxxx\Calibre Library\Ernest Hemingway\Islands in the Stream (1799)\Islands in the Stream - Ernest Hemingway.pdb
Detected ebook format as: PalmDOC with identity: TEXtREAd
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Converting text to OEB...
Parsing all content...
Parsing index.html ...
Forcing index.html into XHTML namespace
Generating default TOC from spine...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
Auto generated TOC with 0 entries.
Inserting metadata into book...
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Property: Unknown Property name. [34:2: -webkit-border-radius]
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Parsing stylesheet.css ...
Property: Unknown Property name. [19:1: -webkit-border-radius]
Creating EPUB Output...
Looking for large trees in index.html...
Found large tree #0
Splitting...
Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}p /*/*[2]/*[6]
Split tree still too large: 348 KB
Splitting...
Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}p /*/*[2]/*[3]
Split tree too small
Splitting...
Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}p /*/*[2]/*[4]
Committed sub-tree #1 (80 KB)
Split tree still too large: 268 KB
Splitting...
Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}p /*/*[2]/*[2]
Split tree too small
Splitting...
Python function terminated unexpectedly
Could not find reasonable point at which to split: index.html Sub-tree size: 268 KB (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 107, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 24, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 944, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\epub\output.py", line 154, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 56, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 66, in split_item
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 188, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 408, in split_to_size
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 392, in split_to_size
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 408, in split_to_size
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 392, in split_to_size
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 385, in split_to_size
calibre.ebooks.oeb.transforms.split.SplitError: Could not find reasonable point at which to split: index.html Sub-tree size: 268 KB

[kovidgoyal]

use the preprocess html conversion option

[j_doe_999]

The only preprocess option I found is "Preprocess input file to possibly improve structure detection" (in Structure Detection). I get the same error.