Error while converting PDF to Epub/Mobi

[Kobra]

Hello alll I am using calibre newest version at the time of typing this 2.62

and I am trying to convert some old magpi magazines from pdf file format to mobi/epub

but when I tried the 3 pdf I am trying to convert all keep saying simular item

I edit the Locations so it does not show the Username for personal reasons so its shows up as XXXXX instead of USER123

calibre, version 2.62.0 (win32, embedded-python: True)
Conversion Error: Failed: Convert book 3 of 3 (TheMagPi Issue 11)

Convert book 3 of 3 (TheMagPi Issue 11)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 2.62.0
{'asciiize': False,
 'author_sort': None,
 'authors': None,
 'base_font_size': 0.0,
 'book_producer': None,
 'change_justification': u'original',
 'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|prologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
 'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
 'comments': None,
 'cover': None,
 'debug_pipeline': None,
 'dehyphenate': True,
 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
 'disable_font_rescaling': False,
 'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False,
 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
 'embed_all_fonts': False,
 'embed_font_family': None,
 'enable_heuristics': False,
 'epub_flatten': False,
 'epub_inline_toc': False,
 'epub_toc_at_end': False,
 'expand_css': False,
 'extra_css': None,
 'extract_to': None,
 'filter_css': u'',
 'fix_indents': True,
 'flow_size': 260,
 'font_size_mapping': None,
 'format_scene_breaks': True,
 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
 'input_encoding': None,
 'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x0000000005F51BA8>,
 'insert_blank_line': False,
 'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
 'insert_metadata': False,
 'isbn': None,
 'italicize_common_cases': True,
 'keep_ligatures': False,
 'language': None,
 'level1_toc': None,
 'level2_toc': None,
 'level3_toc': None,
 'line_height': 0.0,
 'linearize_tables': False,
 'margin_bottom': 5.0,
 'margin_left': 5.0,
 'margin_right': 5.0,
 'margin_top': 5.0,
 'markup_chapter_headings': True,
 'max_toc_links': 50,
 'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
 'new_pdf_engine': False,
 'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
 'no_default_epub_cover': False,
 'no_images': False,
 'no_inline_navbars': False,
 'no_svg_cover': False,
 'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleFireOutput object at 0x0000000005F64240>,
 'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
 'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
 'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
 'pretty_print': True,
 'pubdate': None,
 'publisher': None,
 'rating': None,
 'read_metadata_from_opf': u'C:\\Users\\XXXXX\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_b3w4fj\\lmb3qd.opf',
 'remove_fake_margins': True,
 'remove_first_image': False,
 'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
 'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
 'renumber_headings': True,
 'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
 'search_replace': '[]',
 'series': None,
 'series_index': None,
 'smarten_punctuation': False,
 'sr1_replace': None,
 'sr1_search': None,
 'sr2_replace': None,
 'sr2_search': None,
 'sr3_replace': None,
 'sr3_search': None,
 'start_reading_at': None,
 'subset_embedded_fonts': False,
 'tags': None,
 'timestamp': None,
 'title': None,
 'title_sort': None,
 'toc_filter': None,
 'toc_threshold': 6,
 'toc_title': None,
 'transform_css_rules': '[]',
 'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
 'unwrap_factor': 0.45,
 'unwrap_lines': True,
 'use_auto_toc': False,
 'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: PDF Input running
on C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_b3w4fj\39qwn2.pdf
Converting file to html...
Python function terminated unexpectedly
  pdftohtml failed with return code: 1
 (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site.py", line 132, in main
  File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point
  File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 190, in main
  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1060, in run
  File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 241, in __call__
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\pdf_input.py", line 50, in convert
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pdf\pdftohtml.py", line 91, in pdftohtml
calibre.ebooks.ConversionError: pdftohtml failed with return code: 1

now I do not known why it doing this so any one who can offer help and or advice please do so as I am not sure what it going wrong

[eschwartz]

It is saying that "pdftohtml", which is part of the Poppler project, failed to extract the textual content of the PDF.

Without knowing why that failed, we cannot help you more. But I think it is supposed to show you a log of the pdftohtml attempt?

[kovidgoyal]

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=186697