Itunes producer invalid file name error - Page 2

patrickyoung · 02-13-2012, 03:02 PM

Just looking back at my posts and wonder if this line

metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlnspf="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf">

could have an effect? If you look at it in the original posting, it has a smiley character

Jellby · 02-13-2012, 03:27 PM

That's only because the forum replaces :o with

(you can prevent it either checking the "disable smilies in text" option or using the [noparse] tag)

patrickyoung · 02-13-2012, 03:34 PM

so its not likely to be the characters causing the problem?

Toxaris · 02-14-2012, 02:33 AM

No. The snippet you posted is fine. The problem must be elsewhere.Could you post the epub, perhaps in a censored way so we can check?

patrickyoung · 02-14-2012, 04:43 AM

I'm afraid as we're contracted to publish the manuscript, we can't send it to anyone. FYI I even went back to the original manuscript, copy and pasted it into notepad and then into word. This was just in case there was some sort of hidden code in the word document. But, nothing. Ran it through iTunes again and got the same error message. If anyone can help us fix this problem, we'll give them a mention in the book (next to the publishing company) and link back to their site.

Toxaris · 02-14-2012, 01:13 PM

Without more information I can't really help, sorry.

DaleDe · 02-14-2012, 01:21 PM

I see there is a free extract from the book available on various web sites. If you make an ePub from the extract does it have the same problem? If so perhaps you could post it with appropriate disclaimers and promotion.

Dale

achiral · 08-26-2016, 10:39 AM

Sorry to comment on an old post, but I just had this issue and found a solution.

When I received this error, I clicked Send to Apple, which shows all the metadata for the package and the error message at the bottom. I copied all of that, pasted it into Word and then searched for file_name, which was the field causing issues. Sure enough, I found that I had mistakenly named the cover image "Ipad..jpg" with 2 periods. I removed one of the periods and voila everything was fine.

So the main point is that you can figure out where the error is by searching the error log for file_name and making sure there aren't any errors in the name of the item in question.

Hope this helps!

08-26-2016, 10:39 AM	#23
achiral Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: ipad	Solution that worked for me Sorry to comment on an old post, but I just had this issue and found a solution. When I received this error, I clicked Send to Apple, which shows all the metadata for the package and the error message at the bottom. I copied all of that, pasted it into Word and then searched for file_name, which was the field causing issues. Sure enough, I found that I had mistakenly named the cover image "Ipad..jpg" with 2 periods. I removed one of the periods and voila everything was fine. So the main point is that you can figure out where the error is by searching the error log for file_name and making sure there aren't any errors in the name of the item in question. Hope this helps!

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02-13-2012, 03:02 PM	#16
patrickyoung Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Nook	Just looking back at my posts and wonder if this line metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlnspf="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf"> could have an effect? If you look at it in the original posting, it has a smiley character

02-13-2012, 03:27 PM	#17
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,548 Karma: 19500001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	That's only because the forum replaces :o with (you can prevent it either checking the "disable smilies in text" option or using the [noparse] tag)

02-13-2012, 03:34 PM	#18
patrickyoung Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Nook	so its not likely to be the characters causing the problem?

02-14-2012, 02:33 AM	#19
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	No. The snippet you posted is fine. The problem must be elsewhere.Could you post the epub, perhaps in a censored way so we can check?

02-14-2012, 04:43 AM	#20
patrickyoung Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Nook	I'm afraid as we're contracted to publish the manuscript, we can't send it to anyone. FYI I even went back to the original manuscript, copy and pasted it into notepad and then into word. This was just in case there was some sort of hidden code in the word document. But, nothing. Ran it through iTunes again and got the same error message. If anyone can help us fix this problem, we'll give them a mention in the book (next to the publishing company) and link back to their site.

02-14-2012, 01:13 PM	#21
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	Without more information I can't really help, sorry.

02-14-2012, 01:21 PM	#22
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	I see there is a free extract from the book available on various web sites. If you make an ePub from the extract does it have the same problem? If so perhaps you could post it with appropriate disclaimers and promotion. Dale

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