[Conversion Output] KFX Output

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by NandorHUN

Is Hungarian language somehow supported by kfx?

According to the Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines it is not supported:

Enhanced Typesetting currently supports the following languages: Afrikaans, Alsatian, Arabic, Basque, Bokmal Norwegian, Breton, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Cornish, Corsican, Danish, Dutch, Eastern Frisian, English, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, German, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Luxembourgish, Manx, Northern Frisian, Norwegian, Nynorsk Norwegian, Portuguese, Provencal, Romansh, Russian, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Welsh, and the Indic languages Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Gujarati, and Marathi.

You can try it, but it will probably fail to convert.

[NandorHUN]

Hi!
Is there a way or workaround that I will be able to convert to an "unsupported" language? Like Hungarian?

How does Calibre know the language of the book?

[Manrico]

I am successfully converting books in Bulgarian. All I have to do is temporarily change the language in Calibre metadata to Russian - it uses (almost) the same alphabet - and then conversion works. Reading such converted book is OK, only hyphenation doesn't work.

[theducks]

Just confirming: Convert does not equal Translate

When you complete correcting the Metadata in the Library, one of the fields was LANGUAGE. That is considered when converting.

BUT you may need to embed a supporting font to support your books character set on the target device. AND If it is is not for personal use, you need a Legal to embed font
Does this help?

[jhowell]

Version 1.39.0 - 13 Feb 2020

Add experimental conversion of vertical Chinese language books to KFX. <meta name="primary-writing-mode" content="vertical-rl"/> must be present in the <metadata> section of the OPF to enable Chinese vertical text conversion. (Vertical Chinese is not officially supported in KFX by Amazon. Use at your own risk.)

Fix conversion of books containing the "background-clip" property. (Fixes "Unexpected Ion symbols used: $73")

Support additional KFX features. (Fixes "Unexpected Ion symbols used: $759")

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Manrico

I am successfully converting books in Bulgarian. All I have to do is temporarily change the language in Calibre metadata to Russian - it uses (almost) the same alphabet - and then conversion works. Reading such converted book is OK, only hyphenation doesn't work.

Given that hyphenation doesn't work, why bother with KFX? There's no need for it in that case. If you can find a compatible Bulgarian hyphenation dictionary, you can use the Hyphenate This! plugin and hyphenate KF8 (AZW3) and be able to read with correct hyphenation.

[Xkyred]

Hi guys i recently discover the feature of¨¨guided view¨¨on amazon comics and i LOVE it in kindle app,after serching how can i made (edit)my own guided view comics collectio, i get to their program kindle create and make my guided view etc BUT when i finish and export them i get a .kpf file,then,serching how can i convert this file for copying to my devices I found this page,this post.

I already download calibre and install the kfx plugins input and output

i already install kindle preview 3(i try with the version 3.36.1 and 3.37)

i already try converting the frankenstein file you guys let here to the kfx format and it converted alright but when i try to convert my own .KPF File,i cant...i get the errror:

calibre, version 4.11.2 ERROR: KFX conversion failed: <p><b>Cannot convert brecha kfxx</b><br><br><b>Conversion error:</b> Kindle Previewer error: Error:E00150: Internal error occured. java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported Container for Clone : ZOOM_TARGET</p>

Please help,y really love that function

PS:sorry for my bad english,hope you can understoond

PS2:I understood well? this method works for having my comic with the kfx extension readable on any android kindle app while still conserving my guided view edited? or any other option to keep or made my own guided view feature?
Hope you can help,i really love that function

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by Xkyred

i get the errror:

calibre, version 4.11.2 ERROR: KFX conversion failed: <p><b>Cannot convert brecha kfxx</b><br><br><b>Conversion error:</b> Kindle Previewer error: Error:E00150: Internal error occured. java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported Container for Clone : ZOOM_TARGET</p>

Based on that error message it appears that you are trying to use the calibre GUI to convert your comic. You must use the plugin's command line interface for conversion of comics. (See the section Converting Comics and Manga in the first post of this thread for details.)

For example, if your book file from Kindle Create is named my comic book.kpf use the command:

calibre-debug -r "KFX Output" -- "my comic book.kpf"

The resulting file will be named my comic book.kfx.

Originally Posted by Xkyred

PS2:I understood well? this method works for having my comic with the kfx extension readable on any android kindle app while still conserving my guided view edited?

Yes, it should work for that.

[Xkyred]

Originally Posted by jhowell

Based on that error message it appears that you are trying to use the calibre GUI to convert your comic. You must use the plugin's command line interface for conversion of comics. (See the section Converting Comics and Manga in the first post of this thread for details.)

For example, if your book file from Kindle Create is named my comic book.kpf use the command:

calibre-debug -r "KFX Output" -- "my comic book.kpf"

The resulting file will be named my comic book.kfx.




Yes, it should work for that.

HI¡¡First of all thanks for your reply and help,in did i was actually trying to convert it on the gui interface of the calibre,i missunderstood that part,where you specified need to be made on the comand line...now i have other problem,

(the command line you refer to the terminal,the msdos of windows right?o wich command line you mean.

My original .kpf file needs to be in a folder specially?
i ask this because when i export and save my .kpf file an then i put
calibre-debug -r "KFX Output" -- "my comic book.kpf" the next happen:


C:\Users\kev>calibre-debug -r "KFX Output" -- "brech.kpf"
Software versions: KFX Output 1.39.0, calibre 4.11.2 [64bit], Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0
KFX Output plugin help is available at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=272407

Python function terminated unexpectedly
Input file does not exist: brech.kpf (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 114, in main
File "site.py", line 88, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\debug.py", line 327, in main
File "calibre_plugins.kfx_output.__init__", line 249, in cli_main
Exception: Input file does not exist: brech.kpf

I feel sorry,i really was looking the answer on the post because i dont want to bother you to much but i didnt find it,something im not catching ,i am missing something.Thanks again for your patience

[Xkyred]

I MADE IT,I only need to specified in the command line where is the folder and the put the command line you said to me.

a tip if someone need it,Navigate to the folder in Windows Explorer,highlight the complete folder path in the top pane and type "cmd" and then in the command line:

calibre-debug -r "KFX Output" -- "my comic book.kpf"

[Xkyred]

Originally Posted by jhowell

Based on that error message it appears that you are trying to use the calibre GUI to convert your comic. You must use the plugin's command line interface for conversion of comics. (See the section Converting Comics and Manga in the first post of this thread for details.)

For example, if your book file from Kindle Create is named my comic book.kpf use the command:

calibre-debug -r "KFX Output" -- "my comic book.kpf"

The resulting file will be named my comic book.kfx.




Yes, it should work for that.

:tha nks::ilove you:

[Acaread]

Hi, on my Mac I installed everything according to the instructions except the Kindle Previewer is 3.37 instead of the recommended 3.36. Calibre does not seem to find the folder of the Previewer. I tried restarts, a reinstallation of the Previewer and specifying the path in the Tweaks Settings manually like this:

kfx_output_previewer_path = u'/Applications/Kindle Previewer 3.app'

I still get:

calibre, version 4.11.2
ERROR: KFX conversion failed: <p><b>Cannot convert Frankenstein</b><br><br><b>Conversion error:</b> Kindle Previewer 3 not installed as expected. (/Applications/Kindle Previewer 3.app/lib/fc missing)</p>

Hope someone can help me with this because I would really enjoy enhanced typesetting beyond the hyphenation.

[Acaread]

I just checked whether the folder exists, and it does. My user and the admin both have read&write permissions.

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by Acaread

Hi, on my Mac I installed everything according to the instructions except the Kindle Previewer is 3.37 instead of the recommended 3.36. Calibre does not seem to find the folder of the Previewer.

The layout of files that make up the Kindle Previewer has changed in version 3.37 for MacOS. I will update the plugin to handle the new file layout within the next few days.

Since I do not have a Mac I will not be able to test it myself. It may take more than one try to get it right.

If you want to produce KFX files in the mean time you will need to revert to an older version of the Kindle Previewer.

Originally Posted by Acaread

I tried restarts, a reinstallation of the Previewer and specifying the path in the Tweaks Settings manually like this...

That tweak setting is definitely going not going to work. You will need to remove that.

[Acaread]

Thank you for the quick reply! If you need a tester, I am happy to help. I could set aside some time to be available on demand and report back whether your changes worked.