Never .ending RAR convert

theducks · 03-08-2011, 11:32 AM

I tried to convert a RAR archive to EPUB and ran over night with no progress.
The subject should have bee a 'quick convert' as others in the group were done in a minute.
The log indicated a loop (about 20K lines of this )

Spoiler:

What I found, after opening the RAR, was it just contained other RAR's, each with a 'chapter' (each were a valid HTML package).
I realize that the Outer Archive (wrapper) did not enclose a valid book ( Would having an index.html make it valid? ), .
Is a Rar within a RAR, even valid?
Shouldn't Convert have aborted the convert on it's own?

Is Calibre 'too Liberal' on allowing drag and drop (main library) of Archives without a whimper on content (metadata was constructed from file name)?

kovidgoyal · 03-08-2011, 11:34 AM

It certainly should have aborted. Open a ticket and attach the file.

theducks · 03-08-2011, 12:10 PM

#9337

03-08-2011, 11:32 AM	#1
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,269 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Never .ending RAR convert I tried to convert a RAR archive to EPUB and ran over night with no progress. The subject should have bee a 'quick convert' as others in the group were done in a minute. The log indicated a loop (about 20K lines of this ) Spoiler: Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 352, in get_file_type_metadata File "site-packages\calibre\customize\builtins.py", line 347, in get_metadata File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\metadata\rar.py", line 41, in get_metadata ValueError: No ebook found in RAR archive Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 352, in get_file_type_metadata File "site-packages\calibre\customize\builtins.py", line 347, in get_metadata File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\metadata\rar.py", line 41, in get_metadata ValueError: No ebook found in RAR archive What I found, after opening the RAR, was it just contained other RAR's, each with a 'chapter' (each were a valid HTML package). I realize that the Outer Archive (wrapper) did not enclose a valid book ( Would having an index.html make it valid? ), . Is a Rar within a RAR, even valid? Shouldn't Convert have aborted the convert on it's own? Is Calibre 'too Liberal' on allowing drag and drop (main library) of Archives without a whimper on content (metadata was constructed from file name)?

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03-08-2011, 11:34 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It certainly should have aborted. Open a ticket and attach the file.

03-08-2011, 12:10 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,269 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	#9337

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