Failed to convert

ATHsDad · 12-29-2011, 05:35 PM

Im getting sevral mobi files that wont convert to epub.
Is there a solution? I get the following error:
calibre, version 0.8.32
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Darktower 4 - Wizard and Glass)

Spoiler:

Serpentine · 12-29-2011, 11:50 PM

Read the last line of the log.

Either insert some breaks, or disable/increase the splitting limit.

ATHsDad · 12-30-2011, 09:59 AM

Thank you, worked like a charm. Sometimesthe answer is rigth in front of us!

itimpi · 12-30-2011, 10:08 AM

Note that increasing the Splitting limit is not normally a good idea as many reader devices cannot handle splits over 300KB. The right answer is to insert the breaks required so that Calibre can find some split points.

theducks · 12-30-2011, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itimpi

Note that increasing the Splitting limit is not normally a good idea as many reader devices cannot handle splits over 300KB. The right answer is to insert the breaks required so that Calibre can find some split points.

The trick is to now convert again (EPUB->EPUB) with the 260K value restored

TypoPR · 01-01-2012, 01:56 PM

I'm having the same problem with a few files -- some were seamless -- but I have a few that continue to give me this error:

"Could not find reasonable point at which to split."

If I increase the split size, it completes the process, but creates an unusable file. Also, if I try to view the file from within Calibre, it only attempts to add a duplicate to the library.

I tried to use the debug file, but when I open that HTML file from an app on my Mac, there is nothing there but a couple of page breaks.

Help! Thank you!

12-29-2011, 05:35 PM	#1
ATHsDad Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: IPAD/ NOOK	Failed to convert Im getting sevral mobi files that wont convert to epub. Is there a solution? I get the following error: calibre, version 0.8.32 ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Darktower 4 - Wizard and Glass) Spoiler: Convert book 1 of 1 (Darktower 4 - Wizard and Glass) Resolved conversion options calibre version: 0.8.32 {'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(., '\\s((chapter\|book\|section\|part)\\s+)\|((prolog\|pr ologue\|epilogue)(\\s+\|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']", 'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak', 'comments': None, 'cover': 'c:\\docume~1\\admini~1\\locals~1\\temp\\1\\calibr e_0.8.32_tmp_yvxxe1\\gwu4el.jpeg', 'debug_pipeline': None, 'dehyphenate': True, 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True, 'disable_font_rescaling': False, 'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False, 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False, 'enable_heuristics': False, 'epub_flatten': False, 'extra_css': None, 'extract_to': None, 'filter_css': u'', 'fix_indents': True, 'flow_size': 260, 'font_size_mapping': None, 'format_scene_breaks': True, 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4, 'input_encoding': None, 'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x03F31F10>, '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_toc_links': 50, 'minimum_line_height': 120.0, 'no_chapters_in_toc': False, 'no_default_epub_cover': False, 'no_inline_navbars': False, 'no_svg_cover': False, 'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.NookColorOutput object at 0x03F36330>, 'page_breaks_before': u"//[name()='h1' or name()='h2']", 'prefer_metadata_cover': False, 'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False, 'pretty_print': True, 'pubdate': None, 'publisher': None, 'rating': None, 'read_metadata_from_opf': 'c:\\docume~1\\admini~1\\locals~1\\temp\\1\\calibr e_0.8.32_tmp_yvxxe1\\clh2ov.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'', 'series': None, 'series_index': None, 'smarten_punctuation': False, 'sr1_replace': None, 'sr1_search': None, 'sr2_replace': None, 'sr2_search': None, 'sr3_replace': None, 'sr3_search': None, 'tags': None, 'timestamp': None, 'title': None, 'title_sort': None, 'toc_filter': None, 'toc_threshold': 6, 'unsmarten_punctuation': False, 'unwrap_lines': True, 'use_auto_toc': False, 'verbose': 2} InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running on c:\docume~1\admini~1\locals~1\temp\1\calibre_0.8.3 2_tmp_yvxxe1\ffi66n.mobi Extracting text... Adding anchors... Extracting images... Cleaning up HTML... Parsing HTML... Converting style information to CSS... Creating OPF... Parsing all content... Parsing styles.css ... Parsing Darktower_4_-_Wizard_and_Glass.html ... Forcing Darktower_4_-_Wizard_and_Glass.html into XHTML namespace Reading TOC from NCX... Merging user specified metadata... Detecting structure... Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes... Source base font size is 12.00000pt Removing fake margins... Parsing stylesheet.css ... Found 29 items of level: div_1 Found 58 items of level: div_2 Found 25 items of level: p_2 div_1 left margin stats: Counter({u'': 1}) div_1 right margin stats: Counter({u'': 1}) div_2 left margin stats: Counter() div_2 right margin stats: Counter() p_2 left margin stats: Counter({u'19pt': 16, u'0': 9}) p_2 right margin stats: Counter({u'0': 25}) Cleaning up manifest... Trimming unused files from manifest... Trimming 'images/00002.jpg' from manifest Trimming 'images/00001.jpg' from manifest Creating EPUB Output... Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Splitting on page-break Looking for large trees in Darktower_4_-_Wizard_and_Glass.html... Found large tree #6 Splitting... Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}div //[2]/ Split tree too small Splitting... Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}p //[2]//[2] Split tree too small Splitting... Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}div //[2]//[2495] Split tree too small Splitting... Split point: {http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}div //[2]//[2494] Split tree too small Splitting... Python function terminated unexpectedly Could not find reasonable point at which to split: Darktower_4_-_Wizard_and_Glass.html Sub-tree size: 278 KB (Error Code: 1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "site.py", line 132, in main File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 187, in main File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1087, in run File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\epub\output.py", line 171, in convert File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 57, in __call__ File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 67, in split_item File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 209, in __init__ File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 413, in split_to_size File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 413, in split_to_size File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 413, in split_to_size File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 413, in split_to_size File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\split.py", line 406, in split_to_size calibre.ebooks.oeb.transforms.split.SplitError: Could not find reasonable point at which to split: Darktower_4_-_Wizard_and_Glass.html Sub-tree size: 278 KB Last edited by theducks; 12-29-2011 at 05:39 PM. Reason: wrapped in spoiler

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12-29-2011, 11:50 PM	#2
Serpentine Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 1045911 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Device: Kindle 3	Read the last line of the log. Either insert some breaks, or disable/increase the splitting limit.

12-30-2011, 09:59 AM	#3
ATHsDad Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: IPAD/ NOOK	Thank you, worked like a charm. Sometimesthe answer is rigth in front of us!

12-30-2011, 10:08 AM	#4
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Note that increasing the Splitting limit is not normally a good idea as many reader devices cannot handle splits over 300KB. The right answer is to insert the breaks required so that Calibre can find some split points.

01-01-2012, 01:56 PM	#6
TypoPR Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: iPad	I'm having the same problem with a few files -- some were seamless -- but I have a few that continue to give me this error: "Could not find reasonable point at which to split." If I increase the split size, it completes the process, but creates an unusable file. Also, if I try to view the file from within Calibre, it only attempts to add a duplicate to the library. I tried to use the debug file, but when I open that HTML file from an app on my Mac, there is nothing there but a couple of page breaks. Help! Thank you!