Getting an error converting epub to mobi

thosrtanner · 03-10-2012, 05:30 AM

This is probably the relevant bit of the detailed log:

Decompressing text section 157
Converting text to OEB...
Reading text from file...
Detected input encoding as ISO-8859-2 with a confidence of 88.3062301073%
Auto detected paragraph type as block
Auto detected formatting as markdown
Running text through markdown conversion...
Python function terminated unexpectedly
child index out of range (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 191, 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 963, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 208, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\pdb_inp ut.py", line 32, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pdb\palmdoc\reader.py", line 73, in extract_content
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\txt_inp ut.py", line 169, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\txt\processor.py", line 106, in convert_markdown
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\markdown\markdown.py", line 391, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\markdown\blockparser.py", line 60, in parseDocument
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\markdown\blockparser.py", line 75, in parseChunk
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\markdown\blockparser.py", line 92, in parseBlocks
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\markdown\blockprocessors.p y", line 295, in run
IndexError: child index out of range

DiapDealer · 03-10-2012, 08:45 AM

For one thing... the input document (source) doesn't appear to be an ePub. Possibly it's one of the older TEXtREAd documents in a PDB/PRC container?

thosrtanner · 03-10-2012, 10:00 AM

it might be, i'm new to all this.

HarryT · 03-10-2012, 10:51 AM

What's the file extension?

03-10-2012, 05:30 AM	#1
thosrtanner Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: none	Getting an error converting epub to mobi This is probably the relevant bit of the detailed log: Decompressing text section 157 Converting text to OEB... Reading text from file... Detected input encoding as ISO-8859-2 with a confidence of 88.3062301073% Auto detected paragraph type as block Auto detected formatting as markdown Running text through markdown conversion... Python function terminated unexpectedly child index out of range (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 191, 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 963, in run File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 208, in __call__ File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\pdb_inp ut.py", line 32, in convert File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pdb\palmdoc\reader.py", line 73, in extract_content File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\txt_inp ut.py", line 169, in convert File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\txt\processor.py", line 106, in convert_markdown File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\markdown\markdown.py", line 391, in convert File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\markdown\blockparser.py", line 60, in parseDocument File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\markdown\blockparser.py", line 75, in parseChunk File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\markdown\blockparser.py", line 92, in parseBlocks File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\markdown\blockprocessors.p y", line 295, in run IndexError: child index out of range

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03-10-2012, 08:45 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	For one thing... the input document (source) doesn't appear to be an ePub. Possibly it's one of the older TEXtREAd documents in a PDB/PRC container?

03-10-2012, 10:00 AM	#3
thosrtanner Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: none	it might be, i'm new to all this.

03-10-2012, 10:51 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	What's the file extension?

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