PDB output conversion error

[silinthar]

Trying to convert from any other format to PDB and i get the following error message:

ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Streams of Silver)

Convert book 1 of 1 (Streams of Silver)
Resolved conversion options
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'chapter|book|section|part\\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': 'c:\\users\\silint~1\\appdata\\local\\temp\\calibr e_0.6.37_a8ul2y.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_justify': False,
'extra_css': None,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'footer_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'format': u'ereader',
'header_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'inline_toc': True,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x04F8F970>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'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,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'output_encoding': 'cp1252',
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.OutputProfile object at 0x04F8FB30>,
'page_breaks_before': u'/',
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preprocess_html': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': 'c:\\users\\silint~1\\appdata\\local\\temp\\calibr e_0.6.37_xzfaef.opf',
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_footer': False,
'remove_header': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'tags': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running
on C:\Users\Silinthar\Documents\My Kindle Content\R. A. Salvatore\Streams of Silver (110)\Streams of Silver - R. A. Salvatore.prc
Extracting text...
Adding anchors...
Extracting images...
Cleaning up HTML...
Parsing HTML...
Converting style information to CSS...
Creating OPF...
Parsing all content...
Parsing Salvatore_R.-eams_of_Silver.html ...
Forcing Salvatore_R.-eams_of_Silver.html into XHTML namespace
Parsing styles.css ...
Property: Unknown Property name. [28:14: tab-interval]
Property: Unknown Property name. [28:32: text-justify-trim]
Generating default TOC from spine...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
Detected chapter: Book 1:
Detected chapter: Book 2:
Detected chapter: Book 3:
Auto generated TOC with 35 entries.
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Parsing stylesheet.css ...
Property: Unknown Property name. [14:1: tab-interval]
Property: Unknown Property name. [16:1: text-justify-trim]
Trimming 'images/00003.jpg' from manifest
Creating PDB Output...
Converting XHTML to PML markup...
Converting Salvatore_R.-eams_of_Silver.html to PML markup...
Generating table of contents...
Python function terminated unexpectedly
unexpected end of regular expression (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 99, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 24, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 852, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pdb\output.py", line 58, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pdb\ereader\writer.py", line 45, in write_content
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pdb\ereader\writer.py", line 108, in _index_item
File "re.py", line 186, in finditer
File "re.py", line 245, in _compile
sre_constants.error: unexpected end of regular expression


Can anyone tell me what is wrong, or pass it on to the developers?

[user_none]

It's already been brought to my attention. It was a typo and has been corrected. It will work properly in the next release.

[silinthar]

Thanks.


BTW, do you know of a e-reader for the blackberry that supports epub that i can upload from my comp to my phone?

[kueriou]

Just downloaded the newest version today when prompted (shows as ""), and today I got this during a convert:

Retrieving document metadata...
Error (7854): Missing 'endstream'
Error (7919): Missing 'endstream'
Error (7854): Missing 'endstream'
Error (7919): Missing 'endstream'
Error (32961): Missing 'endstream'
Generating manifest...
Rendering manifest...
Parsing all content...
Parsing index.html ...
Failed to parse content in index.html
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\reader.py", line 159, in _manifest_prune_invalid
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\base.py", line 1060, in fget
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\base.py", line 789, in _parse_xhtml
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\preprocess.py", line 431, in __call__
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\preprocess.py", line 152, in __call__
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\preprocess.py", line 133, in dehyphenate
  File "re.py", line 190, in compile
  File "re.py", line 245, in _compile
error: unexpected end of regular expression

Spine item 'id1' not found
Python function terminated unexpectedly
  Spine is empty (Error Code: 1)

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by kueriou

Just downloaded the newest version today when prompted (shows as ""), and today I got this during a convert:

The error previously reported in this thread was fixed in 0.6.38. What version of calibre are you running? To respond "Are you sure you fixed it?" 37 versions later is unfathomable.

Submit a detailed bug report with the book attached and hopefully it will get looked at.

[ldolse]

The error details show this has nothing to do with pdb output. This is a bug in hyphen handling that was introduced with .7.20 - It only affects books which have strings containing regex meta-characters which are also hyphenated on line breaks. This should primarily affect pdf files, but it could also affect other file types if preprocessing is enabled under structure detection. Only workaround is to downgrade to .7.19 or wait til .7.21 which will include a fix for this error.

[kueriou]

Thanks for the quick response, guys.

I realized after I posted that the error was not the same as the one I was CC'ing on. And I've gone back to .7.19 now, which seems to work just fine for the time being.

Thanks again for your help.