News Download Conversion Error

[JeffGeorge]

The news listing in calibre that I have subscribed to has recently started ending in error. The error dialog box is titled Conversion Error and the text is Failed: Fetch news from Gamespot.com Reviews. These are the details:

Spoiler:

calibre, version 1.6.0 (win32, isfrozen: True)
Conversion Error: Failed: Fetch news from Gamespot.com Reviews

Fetch news from Gamespot.com Reviews
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 1.6.0
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InputFormatPlugin: Recipe Input running
Using custom recipe
Failed feed: All Reviews
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1585, in parse_feeds
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 203, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 255, in _mech_open
httperror_seek_wrapper: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

Failed feed: PC Reviews
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1585, in parse_feeds
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 203, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 255, in _mech_open
httperror_seek_wrapper: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

Failed feed: XBOX 360 Reviews
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1585, in parse_feeds
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 203, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 255, in _mech_open
httperror_seek_wrapper: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

Failed feed: Wii Reviews
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1585, in parse_feeds
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 203, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 255, in _mech_open
httperror_seek_wrapper: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

Failed feed: PlayStation 3 Reviews
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1585, in parse_feeds
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 203, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 255, in _mech_open
httperror_seek_wrapper: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

Failed feed: PlayStation 2 Reviews
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1585, in parse_feeds
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 203, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 255, in _mech_open
httperror_seek_wrapper: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

Failed feed: PlayStation Portable Reviews
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1585, in parse_feeds
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 203, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 255, in _mech_open
httperror_seek_wrapper: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

Failed feed: Nintendo DS Reviews
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1585, in parse_feeds
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 203, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 255, in _mech_open
httperror_seek_wrapper: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

Failed feed: iPhone Reviews
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1585, in parse_feeds
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 203, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.4-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 255, in _mech_open
httperror_seek_wrapper: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

Python function terminated unexpectedly
No articles found, aborting (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 189, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1035, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 241, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\recipe_ input.py", line 114, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 980, in download
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 1153, in build_index
ValueError: No articles found, aborting

What does all of this mean?

[JeffGeorge]

Any calibre expert here that can maybe help me straighten this out?

[JeffGeorge]

*bump*

Is there anyone that can decipher the error message?

I thought about trying to refresh the news feeds that are available in calibre but I don't see a way to do that. Can this be done?

[PeterT]

It looks like the layout of the Gamespot web site changed and the original RSS links no longer exist.

[JeffGeorge]

Thanks for explaining the issue to me. So how would I go about removing that from the list of newsfeeds in calibre? Where does calibre get the feeds from? I'm sure I have many items listed that no longer work or have been modified.

[newez]

Make a New Recipe From RSS Feeds Listed on Gamespot..
http://www.gamespot.com/feeds/

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