11-30-2018, 10:29 AM
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Conversion Going For Over 24 Hours
Attempting to convert a epub file to mobi. The original file is 5.0MB.
Tried several times and it stalled around 47% before cancelling. Then decided to let it keep going overnight and woke to find it was at 67%. It's now been going for 1 day and 11 hours and is still at 67%. Here is the current log: Spoiler:
Last edited by theducks; 11-30-2018 at 01:40 PM. Reason: Used SPOILER tag instead |
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11-30-2018, 01:41 PM
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47% is a major Grind point that can take forever.
Calibre rule: Let it grind away until it errors out ( or gets done) |
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11-30-2018, 01:45 PM
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Good to know. 1 day and 15 hours in, I'll just let it keep going.
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12-04-2018, 06:43 AM
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Now over 5 days into the conversion and still at 67% as it has been for several days. No change in the log. What are the chances it'll actually finish vs it's just stuck at this point?
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12-04-2018, 07:13 AM
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if its going let it go, it will finish unless it runs out of memory
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12-05-2018, 11:35 PM
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It's now over 7 days in on a 220 page book. Is it really doing anything? The hard drive the book are stored on is completely spun down and not even in use. The log hasn't advanced one bit since day 1. I've had a 5 year old laptop process a 3.2GB text file of hashtags in a fraction the time of this.
Is this really still converting or has it given up long ago at this point? Spoiler:
Last edited by theducks; 12-06-2018 at 04:31 AM. Reason: Please use SPOILER tags for logs |
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12-06-2018, 12:17 AM
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look at cpu usage if you want to see if it is still converting.
And the number of pages is irrelevant, what matters is the type of markup/css used. |
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12-15-2018, 05:28 PM
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I would cancel the conversion, open the Calibre editor, run Check Book, and then have Calibre fix any errors automatically. Then run the conversion again. There could be some kind of coding error(s) that is or are causing the conversion to not complete. I've found books that need to have certain errors fixed before the conversion will work.
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12-17-2018, 11:03 AM
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Tried on my Mac and it resulted in 7973 errors. Warning [1 / 7973] OEBPS/EntitledConsumer_C1-C2-1.xhtml (line: 13 column: 66) This CSS construct is not recognized. That means that it most likely will not work on reader devices. Consider replacing it with something else. Tried repairing. First time took 8+ hours. Running the check again it seems they're still there. Running the repair again results in it finishing after a few minutes but again seems the errors are all still there when the check is run again. |
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12-17-2018, 11:10 AM
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Some errors need a Human to dig out what was wrong.
Also 'repairing' a repair usually just compounds the problems. The original 'repair' did not get what was wron correct and made a change, but it was not the correct place to change. A mess. Start OVER with the original. Read, CONSIDER what solution makes sense and fix each item |
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12-17-2018, 01:11 PM
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Going to give up on this one. Seems it's full of errors and the conversion has been running for 18 days and 14 hours without success. It's never going to complete at this point. I'll just read a different book unless the publisher can provide me with one in a different format.
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12-17-2018, 03:51 PM
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BR |
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12-17-2018, 03:52 PM
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It's marketing book, so there's a good amount of formatting.
Changing the file extension from .epub to .jpg and then emailing it to Amazon, they're able to convert it and send it to my Kindle without issue but it appears sideways (flipped 90º) so reading it is an issue. |
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12-17-2018, 04:25 PM
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Changing the file extension from a compressed folder extension (epub) to an image extension (jpeg) makes no sense to me. After renaming it can you open it in an image viewer.
Why didn't you buy the book from Amazon, they surely would ship a format that works on your KPW without any need to convert. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-17-2018 at 04:29 PM. |
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12-17-2018, 04:27 PM
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Amazon doesn't accept .epub files emailed to them but they do accept .jpg. Seems the system then understands that it's not in the proper format and converts it before making it available to download to the device. Seems silly but it works.
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