05-16-2018, 03:49 PM | #436 | |
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Any way to add the ability to point to the temp dir from the command line? I mean, if they are going to keep doing this, it wouldn't hurt. Last edited by HowlerX; 05-16-2018 at 03:55 PM. Reason: a suggestion |
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05-16-2018, 08:11 PM | #437 | |
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If you can find the proper subdirectory within your temp directory containing the book created by the Previewer, you can zip the contents up and then change the file extension from .zip to .kpf. You should be able to convert the resulting file using this plugin. |
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05-18-2018, 11:07 PM | #438 |
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Sweet. Thanks for the tip!
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05-21-2018, 04:09 PM | #439 |
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Version 1.19.0 - 21 May 2018
Allow conversion of comics with Guided View produced using Kindle Create version 1.6 in Early Access mode under Windows. Fix error when converting KPF files produced by Kindle Create version 1.6: "CorruptError: malformed database schema (?)" Improve location number generation. Fix cover image metadata not being set correctly for comics. Fix page numbers in a NAV page-list were being ignored if landmarks were also present. Allow the ".last" CLI function to work with recent Previewer versions. (Fixes error: "No Kindle Previewer KDF database file found. No conversion results are available.") Detect Previewer versions up to 3.22. |
05-27-2018, 10:24 AM | #440 |
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Kindle Previewer and KFX conversion
I moved the Kindle Previewer app to the same directory as is my Calibre library (per the instructions, if I followed them correctly). But I can't get a book to convert successfully to KFX, they all said Failed when trying to convert.
Can anyone tell me what step I am missing or doing incorrectly? Will this conversion work for any ebook type, mobi, epub, azw, etc? |
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If that does not help you will need to post the log from a failed conversion so that I can see what is going wrong. See "Dealing with Conversion Errors" in the first post of this thread for instructions on how to do that. It should in most cases, but the results may be better from some formats (epub, azw3) than from others (mobi, pdf). Some content cannot be converted to KFX, such as large HTML tables. |
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If the ASIN method didn't work ...
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It worked for me, hope this helps |
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Hi jhowell;
I'm using the last version of your plugin and the last version of CALIBRE PORTABLE. Since I have installed Kindle Previewer not in the default location, I want to use the command line interface in order to build a .kfx ebook. But when I run the following command: Code:
calibre-debug -r "KFX Output" -- book.last The plugin is properly installed accordingly your instructions (and when I open the Calibre GUI, I can see the option of a .kfx output (but I can't use it because, as I said before, my Kindle Previewer is not in the default location). What am I doing bad? Thank you very much in advance. Regards Rubén |
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You should be able to make it work by setting an environment variable to indicate where the configuration directory is located. For example if calibre portable is installed in "C:\Calibre Portable" use: set CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY=C:\Calibre Portable\Calibre Settings Then run the calibre-debug command. |
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Many thanks for your answer. I did what you said me, and regrettably, I can't run your plugin. If I open a console in the Calibre plugin folder, the "calibre-debug.exe" is not found (even with the path of that file added to the system variables of windows7); and if I open a console in the Calibre folder, your plugin is not found. I must be doing something wrong, but what? |
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You can unzip the plugin file, edit, and re-zip it. In the "kfxlib" folder the file "generate_kpf.py" has the code that runs the Kindle Previewer. In that file change the line near the beginning of the file: TEST_PROGRAM_PATH = None to point to the folder where the program was installed. Something like: TEST_PROGRAM_PATH = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Kindle Previewer 3" (Note the need for double backslashes for Windows paths.) Added: I will add a tweak to the next release of the plugin that allows the program location to be configured without having to edit any files. Last edited by jhowell; 06-12-2018 at 07:54 AM. |
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06-12-2018, 01:29 PM | #450 |
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By the way, could it be possible for you to make a KDF Input plugin for Calibre in order to process that "kind of ebook" with KFX Output?
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