When adding *.html files, their size increases enormously

Aquinax · 02-16-2016, 05:25 AM

Hello,

I add *.html files from a web-site, downloaded for off-line reading, to Calibre. The adding process takes a long time and when finally done the resulting zip file in the Calibre library is around 200 times bigger than the original .html file (30 Kb -> 6 Mb). Even with all the embedded images of the .html the added file shouldn't exceed 100 Kb, while the contents of the zip file in the Calibre library includes almost ALL the other .htmls of my offline web-site.

I need the htmls for conversion to Kindle format and now it takes too much time to do that (while previously the added zip files' size corresponded roughly to that of htmls'). It seems the adding mechanism/plugin includes the linked files into the library file, so the output .mobi file becomes a big mess. Can this be avoided or otherwise fixed? Thank you.

eschwartz · 02-16-2016, 10:14 AM

Those linked HTML files are added by design -- the HTML import is meant to allow you to add an HTML index for a book and then convert those files into a proper ebook format.

I guess you could disable the "HTML to ZIP" filetype plugin...

Aquinax · 02-16-2016, 11:41 AM

Thanks, eschwartz!

02-16-2016, 05:25 AM	#1
Aquinax Banned Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: Aquinax	*When adding .html files, their size increases enormously** Hello, I add *.html files from a web-site, downloaded for off-line reading, to Calibre. The adding process takes a long time and when finally done the resulting zip file in the Calibre library is around 200 times bigger than the original .html file (30 Kb -> 6 Mb). Even with all the embedded images of the .html the added file shouldn't exceed 100 Kb, while the contents of the zip file in the Calibre library includes almost ALL the other .htmls of my offline web-site. I need the htmls for conversion to Kindle format and now it takes too much time to do that (while previously the added zip files' size corresponded roughly to that of htmls'). It seems the adding mechanism/plugin includes the linked files into the library file, so the output .mobi file becomes a big mess. Can this be avoided or otherwise fixed? Thank you.

02-16-2016, 10:14 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Those linked HTML files are added by design -- the HTML import is meant to allow you to add an HTML index for a book and then convert those files into a proper ebook format. I guess you could disable the "HTML to ZIP" filetype plugin... Last edited by eschwartz; 02-16-2016 at 10:17 AM.

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02-16-2016, 11:41 AM	#3
Aquinax Banned Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: Aquinax	Thanks, eschwartz!

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