Converting from Topaz, finally

chorpler · 12-29-2009, 09:43 PM

So I guess somebody has finally figured out how to break Amazon's Topaz format, but the python script hasn't worked for me on my Topaz files. Anybody know if it works at all?

Thanks.

kennyc · 12-29-2009, 09:52 PM

Don't know but I'd like to here more. Where did you hear of this?

chorpler · 12-29-2009, 09:57 PM

Somebody over on DarkReverser's blog mentioned it.

kennyc · 12-29-2009, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chorpler

Somebody over on DarkReverser's blog mentioned it.

thanks

phenomshel · 12-29-2009, 10:21 PM

chorpler, I have the script and am getting the same error.

JSWolf · 12-29-2009, 10:23 PM

The problem is the person who mentioned Topaz being cracked was incorrect. Topaz has not been cracked.

phenomshel · 12-29-2009, 10:27 PM

Well, the script spits out an error message saying "invalid header". Jon, did you try it?

JSWolf · 12-29-2009, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Well, the script spits out an error message saying "invalid header". Jon, did you try it?

I have tried the script and it does work as intented. It's intended to remove the DRM from AZW eBooks with Kindle for PC.

phenomshel · 12-29-2009, 10:29 PM

Hmm...the copy I have didn't. I tried it on a non topaz file and got "not a topaz file". (And it didn't remove the DRM, either, neither calibre not mobipocket reader will open it afterward). Tried it on one I was positive is topaz and got "invalid header".

JSWolf · 12-29-2009, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Hmm...the copy I have didn't. I tried it on a non topaz file and got "not a topaz file". (And it didn't remove the DRM, either, neither calibre not mobipocket reader will open it afterward). Tried it on one I was positive is topaz and got "invalid header".

you need Python 2.6.4 and you may also need to have the correct script with the correct version of Kindle for PC.

phenomshel · 12-29-2009, 10:33 PM

Got me, then, Jon.

rcuadro · 12-29-2009, 10:38 PM

I cant find my kindle.info file

never mind. found it... time to test

phenomshel · 12-29-2009, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by rcuadro

I cant find my kindle.info file

never mind. found it... time to test

Good luck. Jon says this doesn't work on topaz files, though.

Although I happen to think progress might be being made, due to the one error I got of "not a topaz file".

rcuadro · 12-29-2009, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Good luck. Jon says this doesn't work on topaz files, though.

Although I happen to think progress might be being made, due to the one error I got of "not a topaz file".

I think I am just dumb but how do you run it?

phenomshel · 12-29-2009, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rcuadro

I think I am just dumb but how do you run it?

You're not dumb. It has to run in command line.

12-29-2009, 09:43 PM	#1
chorpler Zealot Posts: 128 Karma: 278 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle; PRS-500; MobiPocket on Windows Mobile	Converting from Topaz, finally So I guess somebody has finally figured out how to break Amazon's Topaz format, but the python script hasn't worked for me on my Topaz files. Anybody know if it works at all? Thanks.

12-29-2009, 10:38 PM	#12
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	I cant find my kindle.info file never mind. found it... time to test Last edited by rcuadro; 12-29-2009 at 10:43 PM.

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phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	chorpler, I have the script and am getting the same error.

12-29-2009, 10:23 PM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,727 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The problem is the person who mentioned Topaz being cracked was incorrect. Topaz has not been cracked.

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phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Well, the script spits out an error message saying "invalid header". Jon, did you try it?

12-29-2009, 10:29 PM	#9
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Hmm...the copy I have didn't. I tried it on a non topaz file and got "not a topaz file". (And it didn't remove the DRM, either, neither calibre not mobipocket reader will open it afterward). Tried it on one I was positive is topaz and got "invalid header".

12-29-2009, 10:33 PM	#11
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Got me, then, Jon.