Content locked message - Page 2

GSteer · 05-21-2010, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stinger

Wow GSteer, that is some wild manifestation.

Out of curiosity, do any of those ePubs have apostrophe's in the filename? That seems to be a pretty common reason for this message. Does removing the apostrophe help in any of the cases? I've been able to make the message go away via removing apostrophe's, but granted I only tried to access them via the I'm Reading list when they are new, not from the bookshelf.

I don't really want to mess around with tracking this down, but I would be very curious to learn about your tinkering

Update from me:

The affected book had white spaces in the ePubs name, internally the html file is index.html and the opf file is content.opf (think I miss the reference to what the opf file has to do with anything?).

With whitespaces in the epubs name it exhibits the previously mentioned behaviour and...let me check.....(insert 5 mins)...without the white spaces it...does the same thing.

Back to the drawing board for me.

Bismar · 05-21-2010, 11:36 PM

The content.opf file contains the reference to index.html, or what ever the html file is called in the epub file. Its just a simple text file that you can edit.

As far as i can tell, some files with internal names with apostrophes and whitespaces will work, but some don't. Those that don't after i rename the html file to index.html and the reference in content.opf it works fine.

From what i can tell so far, i don't think file name length matters or what symbols they are in it. It's possible there may be other internal references in the other files of the epub that are broken when i rename the html file and that could have fixed it.

Bismar · 05-26-2010, 07:14 PM

Well this is bloody bullshit. My kobo ran out of power half way through a book, and after charging it again, the book i was reading is now content lock. Only uploading it again fixed it. Sigh... now i have to remember where i stopped.

EtherealWinter · 05-26-2010, 07:24 PM

I've only ever gotten content locked messages from PDF files, I found a program that unlocks them, but it only works for one of my files, the other one claims to not have a lock at all.

drawlll · 05-26-2010, 11:33 PM

Hi I'm a new member and this is my first post.

I am having this problem as well, it has happened twice, which means it is not an isolated glitch. It only seems to happen when I load new content.

I suppose a short term answer is not to load too many books and finish reading them all before loading more. Sigh

Psi-Theory · 05-30-2010, 03:50 AM

Ha, I had this problem about 10 minutes ago. I couldn't figure it out, then read this thread, took the apostrophe out of the name, and problem solved

ViralMage · 05-31-2010, 08:17 PM

First off, I'd like to thank everyone in this thread. I had no idea what to look for before I came here.
Alright. It took a little bit of testing, but I've discovered some things.
Apostrophes inside the ePub files (content.opf and toc.ncx) didn't affect my ability to open the file. Apostrophes in the file name and folder name did cause the Content Locked screen. The book I tried to open was "Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life" by Bryan Lee O'Malley. I had to remove the apostrophes in "Pilgrim's" and "O'Malley" in the file name and folder name on the device order to open the file. I did not need to unzip the ePub file and remove apostrophes in content.opf and toc.ncx, but they do exist, so I know they aren't causing a problem.

So, if you have problems, just plug in the device, open Kobo Reader in My Computer, and remove the apostrophes in folder and file names. If that doesn't solve your problem, it must be another bug.

It seems like an easy enough bug to fix. I hope it's fixed soon. Thanks again, everyone!

roguefan99 · 06-04-2010, 05:55 AM

LOL, always read the forums before tackling issues. I knew about the aposthrophe thing in the titles but didn't realise it was in the folder names too. Been working on the Scott Pilgrim books (bring on July), and couldn't work out why it didn't fix until I removed it from the folder names (did it via removing it from the Author/Titles in Calibre).

Could see this being a problem for a lot of home made epubs.

carynb · 06-14-2010, 05:17 PM

Thanks!

I was wondering why I kept getting a e-pub locked message for a non DRM'ed file. Turns out, the author's name is O'Reilly. *g*

I deleted the apostrophe from the file name and folder name , and I can now read the book, no problem. Now I just have to go in and fix the fonts. Sigh.

Stinger · 06-14-2010, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carynb

Thanks!

I was wondering why I kept getting a e-pub locked message for a non DRM'ed file. Turns out, the author's name is O'Reilly. *g*

I deleted the apostrophe from the file name and folder name , and I can now read the book, no problem. Now I just have to go in and fix the fonts. Sigh.

Check this out:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83209

One of our MR members here created a quick app that can either just remove the troublesome font-size: lines, or nuke the CSS entirely (although I don't know why you would do that with the first option available)

Cheers! Welcome to MobileRead, glad to have you aboard

Musketeer · 06-17-2010, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cnslcwby

I had the same problem with some ePubs. It went away when I renamed the file to not have an apostrophe in the file name.
Seems like a bug to me.

Great forum! I've been lurking here for the past 2 weeks, first as I considered buying a Kobo and then finding out how to get the most out of it when I did.

Just signed up to say thanks for this tip! It fixed the one book that I was having problems with.

aarion81 · 06-21-2010, 01:22 AM

Wow...this is ridiculous. I ran across this bug for the first time tonight. After reading the previous posts here, I removed the apostrophe from the book I was trying to read. Sure enough, as soon as I did that, it worked just fine. I then went through my entire book collection, and checked to see if I could open each book on my Kobo...and no. Every single book with an apostrophe in it comes up with the error message, meaning I had to go through and remove the apostrophe from every book in my collection that had it. I am NOT impressed.

ViralMage · 06-25-2010, 04:07 PM

So... Turns out it's not just apostrophes that cause problems. I uploaded a comic collection converted into a epub through calibre, and got the same problem. The file is 406MB, has anyone else tried opening files that big? Also, when the comics are uploaded individually, instead of in a collection, there are no problems. Any suggestions for what might be going on?

techie42 · 06-25-2010, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViralMage

So... Turns out it's not just apostrophes that cause problems. I uploaded a comic collection converted into a epub through calibre, and got the same problem. The file is 406MB, has anyone else tried opening files that big? Also, when the comics are uploaded individually, instead of in a collection, there are no problems. Any suggestions for what might be going on?

I've done that. At 400mb it would probably seem like the Kobo locks up trying to update or open the epub file. I had some better luck with comics in pdf files.

Bittybye · 06-25-2010, 09:14 PM

I've been getting the same message, but there were no apostrophe's in the title or the name of the author. It's not DRM book, it's a personal document of mine. It's a small file, only about 7 pages on Word.

Any ideas?

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05-21-2010, 11:36 PM	#17
Bismar Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 928 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Down Under Device: Kobo eReader	The content.opf file contains the reference to index.html, or what ever the html file is called in the epub file. Its just a simple text file that you can edit. As far as i can tell, some files with internal names with apostrophes and whitespaces will work, but some don't. Those that don't after i rename the html file to index.html and the reference in content.opf it works fine. From what i can tell so far, i don't think file name length matters or what symbols they are in it. It's possible there may be other internal references in the other files of the epub that are broken when i rename the html file and that could have fixed it.

05-26-2010, 07:14 PM	#18
Bismar Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 928 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Down Under Device: Kobo eReader	Well this is bloody bullshit. My kobo ran out of power half way through a book, and after charging it again, the book i was reading is now content lock. Only uploading it again fixed it. Sigh... now i have to remember where i stopped.

05-26-2010, 07:24 PM	#19
EtherealWinter The Omega and Alpha Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo	I've only ever gotten content locked messages from PDF files, I found a program that unlocks them, but it only works for one of my files, the other one claims to not have a lock at all.

05-26-2010, 11:33 PM	#20
drawlll Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: kobo	Hi I'm a new member and this is my first post. I am having this problem as well, it has happened twice, which means it is not an isolated glitch. It only seems to happen when I load new content. I suppose a short term answer is not to load too many books and finish reading them all before loading more. Sigh

05-30-2010, 03:50 AM	#21
Psi-Theory Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo	Ha, I had this problem about 10 minutes ago. I couldn't figure it out, then read this thread, took the apostrophe out of the name, and problem solved

05-31-2010, 08:17 PM	#22
ViralMage Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 22 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo Reader	First off, I'd like to thank everyone in this thread. I had no idea what to look for before I came here. Alright. It took a little bit of testing, but I've discovered some things. Apostrophes inside the ePub files (content.opf and toc.ncx) didn't affect my ability to open the file. Apostrophes in the file name and folder name did cause the Content Locked screen. The book I tried to open was "Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life" by Bryan Lee O'Malley. I had to remove the apostrophes in "Pilgrim's" and "O'Malley" in the file name and folder name on the device order to open the file. I did not need to unzip the ePub file and remove apostrophes in content.opf and toc.ncx, but they do exist, so I know they aren't causing a problem. So, if you have problems, just plug in the device, open Kobo Reader in My Computer, and remove the apostrophes in folder and file names. If that doesn't solve your problem, it must be another bug. It seems like an easy enough bug to fix. I hope it's fixed soon. Thanks again, everyone!

06-04-2010, 05:55 AM	#23
roguefan99 Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 16 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Adelaide, Australia Device: Smart Q7, and Kobo	LOL, always read the forums before tackling issues. I knew about the aposthrophe thing in the titles but didn't realise it was in the folder names too. Been working on the Scott Pilgrim books (bring on July), and couldn't work out why it didn't fix until I removed it from the folder names (did it via removing it from the Author/Titles in Calibre). Could see this being a problem for a lot of home made epubs.

06-14-2010, 05:17 PM	#24
carynb Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 18 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: kobo	Thanks! I was wondering why I kept getting a e-pub locked message for a non DRM'ed file. Turns out, the author's name is O'Reilly. g I deleted the apostrophe from the file name and folder name , and I can now read the book, no problem. Now I just have to go in and fix the fonts. Sigh.

06-21-2010, 01:22 AM	#27
aarion81 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	Wow...this is ridiculous. I ran across this bug for the first time tonight. After reading the previous posts here, I removed the apostrophe from the book I was trying to read. Sure enough, as soon as I did that, it worked just fine. I then went through my entire book collection, and checked to see if I could open each book on my Kobo...and no. Every single book with an apostrophe in it comes up with the error message, meaning I had to go through and remove the apostrophe from every book in my collection that had it. I am NOT impressed.

06-25-2010, 04:07 PM	#28
ViralMage Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 22 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo Reader	So... Turns out it's not just apostrophes that cause problems. I uploaded a comic collection converted into a epub through calibre, and got the same problem. The file is 406MB, has anyone else tried opening files that big? Also, when the comics are uploaded individually, instead of in a collection, there are no problems. Any suggestions for what might be going on?

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06-25-2010, 09:14 PM	#30
Bittybye Addict Posts: 262 Karma: 505124 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-T2	I've been getting the same message, but there were no apostrophe's in the title or the name of the author. It's not DRM book, it's a personal document of mine. It's a small file, only about 7 pages on Word. Any ideas?