The New York Times fails

NSILMike · 11-05-2021, 01:29 PM

I've run it twice today, and it fails with "Aborted, taking too long."
It appears to stop at 30 minutes.

kovidgoyal · 11-06-2021, 01:08 AM

Restore your abort long jobs setting under Preferences->Miscellaneous

NSILMike · 11-06-2021, 07:43 AM

Thanks. Will try 40 minutes to start.

rasteps · 11-21-2021, 07:02 PM

I have to manually restart NY Times almost every day. And most times 2 or 3 times a day. It gets hung up on one article or another and stops. If the articles weren't good, I would have abandoned this recipe ages ago.

In fact, this recipe is the only reason I keep asking for a restart button in the Jobs menu.

mjfriedman · 11-24-2021, 05:18 PM

I believe that in another friend some smart people concluded the recipe hangs on large images. There is some way to tweak the recipe to avoid those images but I could not quite follow the instructions. Would be glad if some kind soul might post the steps, in language suitable for liberal arts majors for whom using Calibre is at the bleeding edge of their capabilities!

kovidgoyal · 11-24-2021, 09:25 PM

delete lines 150 - 155 in the recipe that will prevent loading of "lazy loaded" images.

rasteps · 11-26-2021, 06:56 PM

hmm... images... well, the images are a good part of the articles, so restarting the job every day it is. Anybody besides Kovid knows how to code a Restart button? He's way too busy.

mjfriedman · 12-01-2021, 12:49 PM

Apologies but how do I open the NYT (print) recipe so I can delete lines 150-155? And what would be the corresponding lines in the WSJ (print) recipe?

kovidgoyal · 12-01-2021, 08:42 PM

Right click ont he fetch news button, choose add or edit custom news source and choose the recipe you want to edit in the resulting dialog.

mjfriedman · 12-01-2021, 09:30 PM

Thanks again. Can you advise which lines to delete in the WSJ (print) recipe?

kovidgoyal · 12-02-2021, 12:26 AM

There arent any wsj images dont require special handling (beyond the slideshow ones).

mjfriedman · 12-02-2021, 06:39 PM

Got it. For me WSJ "sticks" more frequently than NYT

mjfriedman · 12-03-2021, 08:13 AM

"Restore your abort long jobs setting under Preferences->Miscellaneous"

Done. Is there any setting that amounts to 'Abort After X Minutes Then Retry'? I think that would solve 90% of the hang issue....

kovidgoyal · 12-03-2021, 09:31 AM

No, there is no automatic retry.

11-05-2021, 01:29 PM	#1
NSILMike Guru Posts: 735 Karma: 35936 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Shrewsury, MA Device: Lenovo Android Tablet	The New York Times fails I've run it twice today, and it fails with "Aborted, taking too long." It appears to stop at 30 minutes.

11-21-2021, 07:02 PM	#4
rasteps Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle, Android phone	I have to manually restart NY Times almost every day. And most times 2 or 3 times a day. It gets hung up on one article or another and stops. If the articles weren't good, I would have abandoned this recipe ages ago. In fact, this recipe is the only reason I keep asking for a restart button in the Jobs menu. Last edited by rasteps; 11-21-2021 at 07:08 PM.

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11-06-2021, 01:08 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,853 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Restore your abort long jobs setting under Preferences->Miscellaneous

11-06-2021, 07:43 AM	#3
NSILMike Guru Posts: 735 Karma: 35936 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Shrewsury, MA Device: Lenovo Android Tablet	Thanks. Will try 40 minutes to start.

11-24-2021, 05:18 PM	#5
mjfriedman Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis	I believe that in another friend some smart people concluded the recipe hangs on large images. There is some way to tweak the recipe to avoid those images but I could not quite follow the instructions. Would be glad if some kind soul might post the steps, in language suitable for liberal arts majors for whom using Calibre is at the bleeding edge of their capabilities!

11-24-2021, 09:25 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,853 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	delete lines 150 - 155 in the recipe that will prevent loading of "lazy loaded" images.

11-26-2021, 06:56 PM	#7
rasteps Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle, Android phone	hmm... images... well, the images are a good part of the articles, so restarting the job every day it is. Anybody besides Kovid knows how to code a Restart button? He's way too busy.

12-01-2021, 12:49 PM	#8
mjfriedman Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis	Apologies but how do I open the NYT (print) recipe so I can delete lines 150-155? And what would be the corresponding lines in the WSJ (print) recipe?

12-01-2021, 08:42 PM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,853 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Right click ont he fetch news button, choose add or edit custom news source and choose the recipe you want to edit in the resulting dialog.

12-01-2021, 09:30 PM	#10
mjfriedman Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis	Thanks again. Can you advise which lines to delete in the WSJ (print) recipe?

12-02-2021, 12:26 AM	#11
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,853 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There arent any wsj images dont require special handling (beyond the slideshow ones).

12-02-2021, 06:39 PM	#12
mjfriedman Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis	Got it. For me WSJ "sticks" more frequently than NYT

12-03-2021, 08:13 AM	#13
mjfriedman Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis	"Restore your abort long jobs setting under Preferences->Miscellaneous" Done. Is there any setting that amounts to 'Abort After X Minutes Then Retry'? I think that would solve 90% of the hang issue....

12-03-2021, 09:31 AM	#14
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,853 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, there is no automatic retry.