What format is best to create from chm file

romanas · 09-11-2008, 12:54 PM

Hello, i am new owner of iliad and i have few chm files wich are 200mb. Im a resident-doctor and i need these book for learning. but with fbreader as i read is imposible to open big files.
I wanna to ask what format is best if i wanna to reformat from chm?
And what programs are best to do this?
Maybe there is another program to read big chm on iliad?

wallcraft · 09-11-2008, 01:01 PM

The Windows MobiPocket Reader is supposed to be able to import CHM and output MOBI, but it does not always work.

RWood · 09-11-2008, 01:43 PM

I have used the ABC Amber CHM Converter with great results. It does convert the data (text) within the CHM file and also converts the graphics that are included. Output options include the standard offerings of PDF, DOC, RTF, etc. It preserves the original links from the CHM file. I have included a PDF conversion of the program's CHM help file as an example of the output the program creates.

They also say that they will soon be offering LRF format for Sony Readers; but, sadly not in the current version. There is a link to the software in the MobileRead Wiki. It is a commercial program that does offer a free trial period of a prior version.

Another program I have tried with mixed results (and a higher price tag) is AIK Research Labs' chm2web.

ashkulz · 09-11-2008, 02:52 PM

Extract to HTML and then use whichever tool you prefer to read/convert it.

romanas · 09-12-2008, 09:54 AM

its very hard for me totaly newbee to understand how to creat mobipocket file. When im extracting chm file into html there are a lot of directories and a lot of html files. In tutorial book is very simple and my file for me is to difficult

wallcraft · 09-12-2008, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by romanas

its very hard for me totaly newbee to understand how to creat mobipocket file. When im extracting chm file into html there are a lot of directories and a lot of html files. In tutorial book is very simple and my file for me is to difficult

Did importing the CHM directly via Windows MobiPocket Reader fail? What the Reader does internally is create the HTMLs and then converts them to MOBI, but the other tools that RWood mentioned may do a better job of getting to the HTML stage.

If I was using ABC Amber CHM Converter I would try either single file HTML or LIT output. Single file HTML should be easy to make into MOBI, except that the file is huge. LIT is also very easy to convert to MOBI, and this may be better if the conversion was done well by ABC. First "explode" the LIT, using ConvertLIT, into an OEB ebook (HTMLs, IMAGEs, and an .opf metadata file), then convert this to MOBI using MobiPocket Creator by giving it the .opf file. MOBI is a derivative of the OEB file format, and so works very well from expoded LITs.

romanas · 09-13-2008, 07:06 AM

Thank you for your help. Its very useful for me. I dowloaded abc chm converter tiral version and converted chm into single html file. Now its simple to create mobi book using harryT tutorial. But again I have few problems...
1. I created prc file and it works on mobireader on my pc very vell with all hyperlinks from content list. But when i download it to iliad hyperlinks in content menu dont work. Where is the problem???
2. Is it possible to see content list as a tree in mobi files?

genome2k · 09-21-2008, 05:54 AM

This is an interesting topic.

I am also a physician like Romanas and I still need the Cecil Textbook of Medicine 23rd Ed which is in CHM format.

09-11-2008, 12:54 PM	#1
romanas Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 38 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Irex iLiad ebook edition, DR1000s	What format is best to create from chm file Hello, i am new owner of iliad and i have few chm files wich are 200mb. Im a resident-doctor and i need these book for learning. but with fbreader as i read is imposible to open big files. I wanna to ask what format is best if i wanna to reformat from chm? And what programs are best to do this? Maybe there is another program to read big chm on iliad?

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wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The Windows MobiPocket Reader is supposed to be able to import CHM and output MOBI, but it does not always work.

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ashkulz Addict Posts: 350 Karma: 705 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Kindle 1/REB 1200	Extract to HTML and then use whichever tool you prefer to read/convert it.

09-12-2008, 09:54 AM	#5
romanas Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 38 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Irex iLiad ebook edition, DR1000s	its very hard for me totaly newbee to understand how to creat mobipocket file. When im extracting chm file into html there are a lot of directories and a lot of html files. In tutorial book is very simple and my file for me is to difficult

09-13-2008, 07:06 AM	#7
romanas Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 38 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Irex iLiad ebook edition, DR1000s	Thank you for your help. Its very useful for me. I dowloaded abc chm converter tiral version and converted chm into single html file. Now its simple to create mobi book using harryT tutorial. But again I have few problems... 1. I created prc file and it works on mobireader on my pc very vell with all hyperlinks from content list. But when i download it to iliad hyperlinks in content menu dont work. Where is the problem??? 2. Is it possible to see content list as a tree in mobi files?

09-21-2008, 05:54 AM	#8
genome2k Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: iRex ILIAD	This is an interesting topic. I am also a physician like Romanas and I still need the Cecil Textbook of Medicine 23rd Ed which is in CHM format.

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