Content Kindle Comic Converter - Convert comics/manga to MOBI/EPUB

[0x6c616d70]

Originally Posted by idealcrash

I have been converting some comics for Kindle DX with KCC from .jpg to .mobi and every other page shows up as blank on the Kindle DX. After some research this problem seems to be related to page sizes, but I see that it was marked as 'solved' in an update years ago. Any suggestions? Many thanks.

Do the same problem occur when opening the comic with an ebook viewer or Calibre?

Perhaps you can try converting a comic with only that .jpg that wouldn't show up. Maybe we can check that way whether it's the images themselves that are having the problem or something else.

[idealcrash]

Originally Posted by 0x6c616d70

Do the same problem occur when opening the comic with an ebook viewer or Calibre?

Perhaps you can try converting a comic with only that .jpg that wouldn't show up. Maybe we can check that way whether it's the images themselves that are having the problem or something else.

Thank you for the reply - no, all pages (jpgs) are there, it's just that there is a blank page between each of them when viewed on the DX. I have tried now with about 10 comics and same result, so it wasn't just a rogue comic. When I open the .mobi in Calibre it shows up fine. I have tried some custom settings with smaller page sizes and I manage to get the comic to show up on the DX without the blank pages in between, but there is a lot of wasted space (margins etc) so I would really like the DX format to work so that I take advantage of the full page size.

[jhowell]

The MOBI file produced by kindlegen has two parts, the original MOBI format and the newer KF8 format within the same file. KF8 format is required for the proper handling of comics. The Kindle DX predates KF8 and so it uses the older part of the file and will not display comics properly.

[idealcrash]

Originally Posted by jhowell

The MOBI file produced by kindlegen has two parts, the original MOBI format and the newer KF8 format within the same file. KF8 format is required for the proper handling of comics. The Kindle DX predates KF8 and so it uses the older part of the file and will not display comics properly.

Thank you but the setting in Kindle Comic Converter is specifically for Kindle DX/DXG so it should work with those devices, otherwise there is no point even having that setting, since the purpose of the program is to convert comics.

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by idealcrash

Thank you but the setting in Kindle Comic Converter is specifically for Kindle DX/DXG so it should work with those devices, otherwise there is no point even having that setting, since the purpose of the program is to convert comics.

I assume that KCC is doing the best it can in a situation where the reading device was not designed for comics.

You may have more options if you jailbreak your device. That is not an area that I know much about.

[0x6c616d70]

Originally Posted by idealcrash

Thank you but the setting in Kindle Comic Converter is specifically for Kindle DX/DXG so it should work with those devices, otherwise there is no point even having that setting, since the purpose of the program is to convert comics.

I use the terminal/python version of KCC, while I didn't dig through all of it. I'm convinced that the Device profiles only changes the parameters for conversion such as the screen resolution and the grayscale value (ex. 4 colors, 16 colors, etc...). It's when it passes through kindlegen.exe that KCC barely has any control over... Maybe an older version of kindlegen would work, I'm not sure.

[idealcrash]

Thank you all for the replies. I will try to track down an older version of kindlegen.exe (without success so far, all versions I found are from 2014). In any case it's only a minor annoyance (having to slick through a blank page), but I was hoping maybe there was an easy fix.

[Arci996]

Hello everyone! I'm trying to put on my kindle some manga, I wanted a single .mobi file with all the chapters merged but I'm having problems with KCC. Basically I get an "list index out of range" error (attached) and I can't convert the file (file obtained by merging the chapters with ComicRack). This only happens when trying to output to mobi, it works as expected if the output is set to epub, I tried reinstalling KCC and re-downloading kindlegen but it didn't help. It works fine if I keep smaller file sizes, I haven't identified a precise number of pages but 20 17-pages chapters are fine, 50 are not. Anyone knows if there is a solution?

[perstranger]

Hello All, just wondering if there are any plans for the program to be updated to support the new kindle paperwhite recently released?

[Almamida]

You can target the Oasis as an output until it gets updated.

[perstranger]

Thanks, not in a hurry though, just wondering. As the program hasn't had any updates in a long time.

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by perstranger

Thanks, not in a hurry though, just wondering. As the program hasn't had any updates in a long time.

The wiki has been updated New Paperwhite.

[dogonflow]

Hello guys, I'm on a mac with a pw 4 as a reader, the spread splitter doesn't work and pages always appear one by one, I am not able to see double pages even when I click on spread splitter, anyone knows how to deal with it ? Would be a great help

[quentingeo]

Hello guys, I'm looking for a way to automate KCC conversion on OSX with terminal command but i did not find a way to do it and i'm looking for someone who can help.

I tried 2 different approach :

1 - to launch the KCC app from terminal with the command : /Applications/Kindle\ Comic\ Converter.app/Contents/MacOS/Kindle\ Comic\ Converter -m -q -p KO -u -s -t -f MOBI myfiles.cbz

The software starts with the right config and files but i still need to press the "Convert" button to start the actual conversion. Is there a way to directly start the conversion with a command line ?

2 - to install KCC through PIP but unfortunately i get an error when trying to use kcc-c2e : Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/macmini/Library/Python/3.7/bin/kcc-c2e", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('KindleComicConverter==5.5.2', 'console_scripts', 'kcc-c2e')()
File "/Users/macmini/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/kindlecomicconverter/startup.py", line 46, in startC2E
dependencyCheck(2)
File "/Users/macmini/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/kindlecomicconverter/shared.py", line 121, in dependencyCheck
if StrictVersion('1.2.1') > StrictVersion(slugifyVersion):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/version.py", line 40, in __init__
self.parse(vstring)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/version.py", line 135, in parse
match = self.version_re.match(vstring)
TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object

Thanks for your help.

[Ansem_93]

Hi everyone,
Just wanted to ask: what should I use if I want to make a file for my kobo Libra 2? I'm using Kobo forma but I'm not sure if it's the right choice.