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=X= · 06-21-2009, 02:39 PM

@user_none, I'm still seeing the same issues with build 8. can't build eReader files. Later in the week I'll try the same command with linux.

=X=

user_none · 06-21-2009, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by =X=

@user_none, I'm still seeing the same issues with build 8. can't build eReader files. Later in the week I'll try the same command with linux.

=X=

Hm... Using this command line which is mostly what you gave in the zip file:

Code:

ebook-convert Week\,\ Business\ -\ Sprint\ PCS_PURIFIED.html w.pdb --format ereader --title="Sprint PCS" --authors="Business Week" --language="english" --page-breaks-before="PAGE_BREAKS_BEFORE" --preprocess-html --book-producer="BookCreator" --margin-left=3 --margin-right=3 --margin-top=3 --margin-bottom=0 --chapter-mark="pagebreak" --chapter "//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHAPTERTITLE', 'i')]" --level1-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHAPTERTITLE', 'i')]" --level2-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOONECHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --level3-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOTWOCHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --max-levels=2

It produces the attached file which can be read by the eReader desktop software and is formated correctly...

Can someone else on Windows try converting to ereader pdb?

=X= · 06-21-2009, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by user_none

Hm... Using this command line which is mostly what you gave in the zip file

Right I guess I never explicitly stated I was running the command line tools in WindowsXP.

My point on the previous post is I will run the same command using "Linux" to see if I get the same results.

=X=

Gideon · 06-21-2009, 10:55 PM

With both 6.0b7 and 6.0b8 I have suddenly began to have errors importing mobi files (PRC and MOBI). I get this error everytime:

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre/gui2/add.pyo", line 128, in update
  File "calibre/ebooks/metadata/opf2.pyo", line 457, in __init__
  File "lxml.etree.pyx", line 2435, in lxml.etree.fromstring (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:24170)
  File "parser.pxi", line 1511, in lxml.etree._parseMemoryDocument (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:64170)
  File "parser.pxi", line 1383, in lxml.etree._parseDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:63041)
  File "parser.pxi", line 892, in lxml.etree._BaseParser._parseUnicodeDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:59878)
  File "parser.pxi", line 538, in lxml.etree._ParserContext._handleParseResultDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:56751)
  File "parser.pxi", line 624, in lxml.etree._handleParseResult (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:57595)
  File "parser.pxi", line 575, in lxml.etree._raiseParseError (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:57140)
XMLSyntaxError: None

PDFs import fine. Anyone else seeing this?

I've opened a ticket.
I'm also seeing MANY python processes (and they are calibre) running in the activity monitor when Calibre is closed. I've also ticketed this issue. This may have been fixed in 6.08b.

sirbruce · 06-22-2009, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by user_none

Can someone else on Windows try converting to ereader pdb?

Can you elaborate more precisely on what to do? Just convert a book to pdb, or do you want that particular command run?

=X= · 06-22-2009, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirbruce

Can you elaborate more precisely on what to do? Just convert a book to pdb, or do you want that particular command run?

He was referring to creating eBooks from the command line. In particuar try these examples I provided in post (link #182).

=X=

sirbruce · 06-22-2009, 04:34 AM

Without the files in question it would not be a replicated test.

user_none · 06-22-2009, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirbruce

Without the files in question it would not be a replicated test.

The source HTML file is in the pdb zip archive. There is also a file with the command line options =X= used. Could you also try converting a few books to pdb with and without the --format=ereader option as well?

sirbruce · 06-22-2009, 07:52 AM

The first two tests, creating the two PDB files, worked fine. Adding --format=ereader appeared to make no difference but I did not inspect the resulting files that closely.

The third test, creating the PDF file, appeared to work fine, but the PDF is just small, blank pages. Adding --format=ereader to the attempted PDF conversion resulted in an error.

Code:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6>ebook-convert.exe "Mobi - LRF TEST_PURIFIED.html"
"Mobi - LRF TEST.pdb"  --title="LRF TEST" --authors="Mobi" --language="english"
--page-breaks-before="PAGE_BREAKS_BEFORE" --preprocess-html --book-producer="Boo
kCreator" --tags="eZine"  --margin-left=3 --margin-right=3 --margin-top=3 --marg
in-bottom=0 --chapter-mark="pagebreak" --chapter "//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHAP
TERTITLE', 'i')]" --level1-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHAPTERTITLE', 'i')]"
--level2-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOONECHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --level3-toc
="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOTWOCHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --max-levels=2
1% Converting input to HTML...
InputFormatPlugin: HTML Input running on C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Mobi - LRF
 TEST_PURIFIED.html
Language not specified
Creator not specified
Building file list...
Parsing file u'Mobi%20-%20LRF%20TEST_PURIFIED.html' as HTML
34% Running transforms on ebook...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
        Detected chapter: [QUOTE=MOBIUSER;428712]
        Detected chapter: [QUOTE=MOBIUSER;428712]
        Detected chapter: [QUOTE=MOBIUSER;428712]
Auto generated TOC with 3 entries.
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Property: Unknown Property name. [7:2: panose-1]
Property: Unknown Property name. [10:2: panose-1]
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Creating PDB Output...
67% Creating PDB Output
Compessing data...
PDB output written to C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Mobi - LRF TEST.pdb
Output saved to   C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Mobi - LRF TEST.pdb

C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6>ebook-convert.exe "Mobi - LRF TEST_PURIFIED.html"
"Mobi - LRF TEST.pdb"  --title="LRF TEST" --authors="Mobi" --language="english"
--page-breaks-before="PAGE_BREAKS_BEFORE" --preprocess-html --book-producer="Boo
kCreator" --tags="eZine"  --margin-left=3 --margin-right=3 --margin-top=3 --marg
in-bottom=0 --chapter-mark="pagebreak" --chapter "//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHAP
TERTITLE', 'i')]" --level1-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHAPTERTITLE', 'i')]"
--level2-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOONECHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --level3-toc
="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOTWOCHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --max-levels=2 --format=
ereader
1% Converting input to HTML...
InputFormatPlugin: HTML Input running on C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Mobi - LRF
 TEST_PURIFIED.html
Language not specified
Creator not specified
Building file list...
Parsing file u'Mobi%20-%20LRF%20TEST_PURIFIED.html' as HTML
34% Running transforms on ebook...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
        Detected chapter: [QUOTE=MOBIUSER;428712]
        Detected chapter: [QUOTE=MOBIUSER;428712]
        Detected chapter: [QUOTE=MOBIUSER;428712]
Auto generated TOC with 3 entries.
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Property: Unknown Property name. [7:2: panose-1]
Property: Unknown Property name. [10:2: panose-1]
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Creating PDB Output...
67% Creating PDB Output
Converting XHTML to PML markup...
PDB output written to C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Mobi - LRF TEST.pdb
Output saved to   C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Mobi - LRF TEST.pdb

C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6>ebook-convert.exe "Week, Business - Sprint PCS_PURI
FIED.html"  "Week, Business - Sprint PCS.pdb"  --title="Sprint PCS" --authors="B
usiness Week" --language="english" --page-breaks-before="PAGE_BREAKS_BEFORE" --p
reprocess-html --book-producer="BookCreator" --margin-left=3 --margin-right=3 --
margin-top=3 --margin-bottom=0 --chapter-mark="pagebreak" --chapter "//h:p[re:te
st(@class, 'TWOCHAPTERTITLE', 'i')]" --level1-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHA
PTERTITLE', 'i')]" --level2-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOONECHAPTERSUBTITLE',
'i')]" --level3-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOTWOCHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --max
-levels=2
1% Converting input to HTML...
InputFormatPlugin: HTML Input running on C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Week, Busi
ness - Sprint PCS_PURIFIED.html
Language not specified
Creator not specified
Building file list...
Parsing file u'Week%2c%20Business%20-%20Sprint%20PCS_PURIFIED.html' as HTML
34% Running transforms on ebook...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
        Detected chapter: Story
Auto generated TOC with 1 entries.
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Property: Unknown Property name. [7:2: panose-1]
Property: Unknown Property name. [10:2: panose-1]
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Creating PDB Output...
67% Creating PDB Output
Compessing data...
PDB output written to C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Week, Business - Sprint PCS.p
db
Output saved to   C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Week, Business - Sprint PCS.pdb

C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6>ebook-convert.exe "Week, Business - Sprint PCS_PURI
FIED.html"  "Week, Business - Sprint PCS.pdb"  --title="Sprint PCS" --authors="B
usiness Week" --language="english" --page-breaks-before="PAGE_BREAKS_BEFORE" --p
reprocess-html --book-producer="BookCreator" --margin-left=3 --margin-right=3 --
margin-top=3 --margin-bottom=0 --chapter-mark="pagebreak" --chapter "//h:p[re:te
st(@class, 'TWOCHAPTERTITLE', 'i')]" --level1-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHA
PTERTITLE', 'i')]" --level2-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOONECHAPTERSUBTITLE',
'i')]" --level3-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOTWOCHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --max
-levels=2 --format=ereader
1% Converting input to HTML...
InputFormatPlugin: HTML Input running on C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Week, Busi
ness - Sprint PCS_PURIFIED.html
Language not specified
Creator not specified
Building file list...
Parsing file u'Week%2c%20Business%20-%20Sprint%20PCS_PURIFIED.html' as HTML
34% Running transforms on ebook...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
        Detected chapter: Story
Auto generated TOC with 1 entries.
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Property: Unknown Property name. [7:2: panose-1]
Property: Unknown Property name. [10:2: panose-1]
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Creating PDB Output...
67% Creating PDB Output
Converting XHTML to PML markup...
PDB output written to C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Week, Business - Sprint PCS.p
db
Output saved to   C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Week, Business - Sprint PCS.pdb

C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6>ebook-convert.exe "Week, Business - Sprint PCS_PURI
FIED.html"  "Week, Business - Sprint PCS.pdf"  --title="Sprint PCS" --authors="B
usiness Week" --language="english" --page-breaks-before="PAGE_BREAKS_BEFORE" --p
reprocess-html --book-producer="BookCreator" --paper-size="a6"  --orientation="p
ortrait"  --margin-left=3 --margin-right=3 --margin-top=3 --margin-bottom=0 --ch
apter-mark="pagebreak" --chapter "//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHAPTERTITLE', 'i')]
" --level1-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHAPTERTITLE', 'i')]" --level2-toc="//
h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOONECHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --level3-toc="//h:p[re:test(
@class, 'TWOTWOCHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --max-levels=2
1% Converting input to HTML...
InputFormatPlugin: HTML Input running on C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Week, Busi
ness - Sprint PCS_PURIFIED.html
Language not specified
Creator not specified
Building file list...
Parsing file u'Week%2c%20Business%20-%20Sprint%20PCS_PURIFIED.html' as HTML
34% Running transforms on ebook...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
        Detected chapter: Story
Auto generated TOC with 1 entries.
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Property: Unknown Property name. [7:2: panose-1]
Property: Unknown Property name. [10:2: panose-1]
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Creating PDF Output...
67% Creating PDF Output
PDF output written to C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Week, Business - Sprint PCS.p
df
Output saved to   C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6\Week, Business - Sprint PCS.pdf

C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6>ebook-convert.exe "Week, Business - Sprint PCS_PURI
FIED.html"  "Week, Business - Sprint PCS.pdf"  --title="Sprint PCS" --authors="B
usiness Week" --language="english" --page-breaks-before="PAGE_BREAKS_BEFORE" --p
reprocess-html --book-producer="BookCreator" --paper-size="a6"  --orientation="p
ortrait"  --margin-left=3 --margin-right=3 --margin-top=3 --margin-bottom=0 --ch
apter-mark="pagebreak" --chapter "//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHAPTERTITLE', 'i')]
" --level1-toc="//h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOCHAPTERTITLE', 'i')]" --level2-toc="//
h:p[re:test(@class, 'TWOONECHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --level3-toc="//h:p[re:test(
@class, 'TWOTWOCHAPTERSUBTITLE', 'i')]" --max-levels=2 --format=ereader
Usage: ebook-convert.exe input_file output_file [options]

Convert an ebook from one format to another.

input_file is the input and output_file is the output. Both must be specified as
 the first two arguments to the command.

The output ebook format is guessed from the file extension of output_file. outpu
t_file can also be of the special format .EXT where EXT is the output file exten
sion. In this case, the name of the output file is derived the name of the input
 file. Note that the filenames must not start with a hyphen. Finally, if output_
file has no extension, then it is treated as a directory and an "open ebook" (OE
B) consisting of HTML files is written to that directory. These files are the fi
les that would normally have been passed to the output plugin.

After specifying the input and output file you can customize the conversion by s
pecifying various options. the available options depend on the input and output
file types. To get help on them specify the input and output file and then use t
he -h option.

For full documentation of the conversion system see
http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_manual/conversion.html

Whenever you pass arguments to ebook-convert.exe that have spaces in them, enclo
se the arguments in quotation marks.

ebook-convert.exe: error: no such option: --format

C:\Program Files\calibre 0.6>

Garachico · 06-22-2009, 06:43 PM

Hi Calibre-Team,

first - thank you for your great job!!
I wouldn´t have bought an eBook device if Calibre doesn´t exist.

I have a Kindle DX and ran into some problems with converting Comics (.cbz). When I choose a .cbz file and convert it to .mobi (with Kindle DX as output selected) it converts the file but every second page is simply blank on the DX!

Tested with calibre 0.6 beta 8 (the newest build).

The rest works great!

It would be great, if you could fix this!
Thanks in advance!

Jens

user_none · 06-22-2009, 08:43 PM

@Garachico, I've decreaded the comic size for the kindle dx profile. With any luck this will fix the blank page issue.

@=X=, sirbruce is getting proper output for PDB... I'm wondering if something didn't go right when you updated to beta 8?

@sirbruce, PDF does not support the format option. It is only supported by PDB because PDB is a container that can hold many different formats (palmdoc, ereader, ztxt, mobi...).

@sirbruce, Any chance I can get you to run some tests for PDF output? Vary things like the paper size, orientation, and margins for instance.

=X= · 06-23-2009, 01:37 AM

@user_none
With spruce's success, I quit trying to build PDB with BookCreator and tried the command line options from post 182 which where (created by the BC tool). The PDB file built for me. It looks like you did fix the original problem I'll have to look into BC and see if that is the source of error.

Thank you,
=X=

sirbruce · 06-23-2009, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by user_none

@sirbruce, Any chance I can get you to run some tests for PDF output? Vary things like the paper size, orientation, and margins for instance.

No time to give PDF much testing like I have been doing but if I run across anything I'll let you know.

Garachico · 06-23-2009, 05:35 AM

Another word to the conversion of comics problem:

When I convert a .cbz to .mobi (output profile: Kindle DX) every second page is blank on the DX. But this happens only if I change pages with the "Next page-button".
When I change pages with the 5-way-stick by pressing it to the right, this behavior doesn´t occur.

Maybe this helps.

thank you

jens

JSWolf · 06-23-2009, 10:44 AM

I just found yet another error in converting to ePub from Mobipocket. When converting using 0.6.0b8, the resulting ePub has no ToC and the internal ToC has the links going to the wrong place.

Code:

ebook-convert "Star Trek - TOS - Troublesome Minds.prc" .epub --margin-top=0 --margin-bottom=0 --margin-left=0 --margin-right=0

Using 0.5.14, the resulting ePub works fine. has an external ToC and the internal ToC works fine.

Code:

any2epub margin-top=0 --margin-bottom=0 --margin-left=0 --margin-right=0 "Star Trek - TOS - Troublesome Minds.prc"

I am emailing the book as I don't want to put it up for just anyone to download.

06-23-2009, 10:44 AM	#300
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,902 Karma: 146918083 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I just found yet another error in converting to ePub from Mobipocket. When converting using 0.6.0b8, the resulting ePub has no ToC and the internal ToC has the links going to the wrong place. Code: ebook-convert "Star Trek - TOS - Troublesome Minds.prc" .epub --margin-top=0 --margin-bottom=0 --margin-left=0 --margin-right=0 Using 0.5.14, the resulting ePub works fine. has an external ToC and the internal ToC works fine. Code: any2epub margin-top=0 --margin-bottom=0 --margin-left=0 --margin-right=0 "Star Trek - TOS - Troublesome Minds.prc" I am emailing the book as I don't want to put it up for just anyone to download. Last edited by JSWolf; 06-23-2009 at 11:07 AM.

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06-21-2009, 02:39 PM	#286
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	@user_none, I'm still seeing the same issues with build 8. can't build eReader files. Later in the week I'll try the same command with linux. =X=

06-22-2009, 04:34 AM	#292
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	Without the files in question it would not be a replicated test.

06-22-2009, 06:43 PM	#295
Garachico Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Kindle DX	Hi Calibre-Team, first - thank you for your great job!! I wouldn´t have bought an eBook device if Calibre doesn´t exist. I have a Kindle DX and ran into some problems with converting Comics (.cbz). When I choose a .cbz file and convert it to .mobi (with Kindle DX as output selected) it converts the file but every second page is simply blank on the DX! Tested with calibre 0.6 beta 8 (the newest build). The rest works great! It would be great, if you could fix this! Thanks in advance! Jens

06-22-2009, 08:43 PM	#296
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	@Garachico, I've decreaded the comic size for the kindle dx profile. With any luck this will fix the blank page issue. @=X=, sirbruce is getting proper output for PDB... I'm wondering if something didn't go right when you updated to beta 8? @sirbruce, PDF does not support the format option. It is only supported by PDB because PDB is a container that can hold many different formats (palmdoc, ereader, ztxt, mobi...). @sirbruce, Any chance I can get you to run some tests for PDF output? Vary things like the paper size, orientation, and margins for instance.

06-23-2009, 01:37 AM	#297
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	@user_none With spruce's success, I quit trying to build PDB with BookCreator and tried the command line options from post 182 which where (created by the BC tool). The PDB file built for me. It looks like you did fix the original problem I'll have to look into BC and see if that is the source of error. Thank you, =X=

06-23-2009, 05:35 AM	#299
Garachico Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Kindle DX	Another word to the conversion of comics problem: When I convert a .cbz to .mobi (output profile: Kindle DX) every second page is blank on the DX. But this happens only if I change pages with the "Next page-button". When I change pages with the 5-way-stick by pressing it to the right, this behavior doesn´t occur. Maybe this helps. thank you jens