CBR/Z character-support for inner filenames

drMerry · 05-11-2011, 12:09 PM

More and more I get errors reading cbr / cbz files.
Pages not shown (only the blue ?)

When I open the files in winrar, the problem (almost) always is the filename of the pictures.
If it is not in [-A-Za-z0-9_ .] (dot like \.) calibre can't open the file.

Is it possible to add more characters?
I had some foreign letters (Alpha, Beta) but also often a # (in comic / magazine series)
Support of this would be very appreciated

Keep up the good work!

kovidgoyal · 05-11-2011, 12:11 PM

calibre supports non ascii characters in filenames just fine, when they are properly encoded in the zip file in UTF-8. If they are not so encoded, then calibre has to guess their encoding and that guessing can fail.

drMerry · 05-11-2011, 01:03 PM

so that's the point.
That makes live more easy. I just have to rebuild the zip / rar with right encoding.
Wouldn't that be a easy task for calibre to do during import? Or is that a very heavy task to perform (in that case maybe an indicator of encoding type so you can manual perform this action?)

kovidgoyal · 05-11-2011, 03:16 PM

The problem is calibre does not know the right encoding to start with, so there's no way to fix it automatically. You could in theory have a plugin that allows the user to specify an encoding and then the plugin fixes the file names, but such a manual step would not fit well with calibre's normal workflow.

05-11-2011, 12:09 PM	#1
drMerry Addict Posts: 293 Karma: 21022 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NL Device: Sony PRS-650	CBR/Z character-support for inner filenames More and more I get errors reading cbr / cbz files. Pages not shown (only the blue ?) When I open the files in winrar, the problem (almost) always is the filename of the pictures. If it is not in [-A-Za-z0-9_ .] (dot like \.) calibre can't open the file. Is it possible to add more characters? I had some foreign letters (Alpha, Beta) but also often a # (in comic / magazine series) Support of this would be very appreciated Keep up the good work!

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05-11-2011, 12:11 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,269 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre supports non ascii characters in filenames just fine, when they are properly encoded in the zip file in UTF-8. If they are not so encoded, then calibre has to guess their encoding and that guessing can fail.

05-11-2011, 01:03 PM	#3
drMerry Addict Posts: 293 Karma: 21022 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NL Device: Sony PRS-650	so that's the point. That makes live more easy. I just have to rebuild the zip / rar with right encoding. Wouldn't that be a easy task for calibre to do during import? Or is that a very heavy task to perform (in that case maybe an indicator of encoding type so you can manual perform this action?)

05-11-2011, 03:16 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,269 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The problem is calibre does not know the right encoding to start with, so there's no way to fix it automatically. You could in theory have a plugin that allows the user to specify an encoding and then the plugin fixes the file names, but such a manual step would not fit well with calibre's normal workflow.

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