Gibberish converting from Azw4

jediknight36 · 06-02-2022, 02:32 PM

Im new here, so I apologize if this is super rough.

Im converting a book LGBTQ+ Support and Care from Amazon. It is copyright protected. Im not sure how to create a extract/sample. I tried to attach the origional file but it doesnt seem to take.

There was no bug report. It seems to think everything went well

Conversion Log for pdf:

Spoiler:

Conversion log for epub:

Spoiler:

Moderator Notice
Please use spoiler tags for logs

The output file is attached. Ideally, we need this as a pdf, as well as epub. Both come out as garbeled

Im using all default options except on epub, I have to raise the split larger files up, I moved it to 10,000 kb
Included are the epub, the pdf, and a word doc I tried.

Pediatric Collections_ LGBTQ__ - American Academy Pediatircs.docx

Pediatric Collections_ LGBTQ__ - American Academy Pediatircs.epub

Pediatric Collections_ LGBTQ__ - American Academy Pediatircs.pdf

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2022, 10:42 PM

if its drmed it wont convert. You need to remove the drm first.

pdurrant · 06-03-2022, 05:29 AM

Use KindleUnpack plug-in to extract the PDF from the AZW4 wrapper. (Don't use calibre convert, as that always converts to ePub first)

jediknight36 · 06-03-2022, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Use KindleUnpack plug-in to extract the PDF from the AZW4 wrapper. (Don't use calibre convert, as that always converts to ePub first)

Ive used the Kindle Unpack and it ends up the same. I went to the github for KindleUnpack and they are saying it doesnt have DRM, which cant be right.

https://github.com/apprenticeharper/...ent-1146276658

Here's the log from that:

Spoiler:

jediknight36 · 06-03-2022, 04:10 PM

Well now that Ive complained, its working. Thanks all!

pdurrant · 06-04-2022, 02:09 AM

That azw4 book certainly didn't have DRM. The log you posted didn't seem to be running KindleUnpack. I'm glad it's working now.

06-02-2022, 02:32 PM	#1
jediknight36 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 2139372 Join Date: Jun 2022 Device: none	Gibberish converting from Azw4 Im new here, so I apologize if this is super rough. Im converting a book LGBTQ+ Support and Care from Amazon. It is copyright protected. Im not sure how to create a extract/sample. I tried to attach the origional file but it doesnt seem to take. There was no bug report. It seems to think everything went well Conversion Log for pdf: Spoiler: Convert book 1 of 1 (Pediatric Collections: LGBTQ+: Support and Care Part 3: Caring for Transgender Children) DeDRM v7.2.1: Trying to decrypt yx_emt33.mobi Using Library AlfCrypto DLL/DYLIB/SO Using Library AlfCrypto DLL/DYLIB/SO MobiDeDrm v1.0. Copyright © 2008-2020 The Dark Reverser, Apprentice Harper et al. Decrypting Mobipocket 4 ebook: Pediatric Collections: LGBTQ+: Support and Care Part 3: Caring for Transgender Children Found 0 keys to try after 0.1 seconds Crypto Type is: 0 This book is not encrypted. Decryption succeeded after 0.1 seconds DeDRM v7.2.1: Finished after 0.1 seconds Conversion options changed from defaults: pdf_serif_family: 'MS Shell Dlg 2' read_metadata_from_opf: 'C:\\Users\\jedik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_p vlca73k\\2rxl1blh.opf' pdf_sans_family: 'MS Shell Dlg 2' verbose: 2 cover: 'C:\\Users\\jedik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_p vlca73k\\ayvphqa6.jpeg' Resolved conversion options calibre version: 5.43.0 {'asciiize': False, 'author_sort': None, 'authors': None, 'base_font_size': 0.0, 'book_producer': None, 'change_justification': 'original', 'chapter': "//[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., " "'\\s((chapter\|book\|section\|part)\\s+)\|((prolog\|p rologue\|epilogue)(\\s+\|$))', " "'i')) or @class = 'chapter']", 'chapter_mark': 'pagebreak', 'comments': None, 'cover': 'C:\\Users\\jedik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_p vlca73k\\ayvphqa6.jpeg', 'custom_size': None, 'debug_pipeline': None, 'dehyphenate': True, 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True, 'disable_font_rescaling': False, 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False, 'embed_all_fonts': False, 'embed_font_family': None, 'enable_heuristics': False, 'expand_css': False, 'extra_css': None, 'filter_css': '', 'fix_indents': True, 'font_size_mapping': None, 'format_scene_breaks': True, 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4, 'input_encoding': None, 'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x091B4478>, 'insert_blank_line': False, 'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5, 'insert_metadata': False, 'isbn': None, 'italicize_common_cases': True, 'keep_ligatures': False, 'language': None, 'level1_toc': None, 'level2_toc': None, 'level3_toc': None, 'line_height': 0.0, 'linearize_tables': False, 'margin_bottom': 5.0, 'margin_left': 5.0, 'margin_right': 5.0, 'margin_top': 5.0, 'markup_chapter_headings': True, 'max_toc_links': 50, 'minimum_line_height': 120.0, 'no_chapters_in_toc': False, 'no_inline_navbars': False, 'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.OutputProfile object at 0x091B45E0>, 'page_breaks_before': "//[name()='h1' or name()='h2']", 'paper_size': 'letter', 'pdf_add_toc': False, 'pdf_default_font_size': 20, 'pdf_footer_template': None, 'pdf_header_template': None, 'pdf_hyphenate': False, 'pdf_mark_links': False, 'pdf_mono_family': 'Courier', 'pdf_mono_font_size': 16, 'pdf_odd_even_offset': 0.0, 'pdf_page_margin_bottom': 72.0, 'pdf_page_margin_left': 72.0, 'pdf_page_margin_right': 72.0, 'pdf_page_margin_top': 72.0, 'pdf_page_number_map': None, 'pdf_page_numbers': False, 'pdf_sans_family': 'MS Shell Dlg 2', 'pdf_serif_family': 'MS Shell Dlg 2', 'pdf_standard_font': 'serif', 'pdf_use_document_margins': False, 'prefer_metadata_cover': False, 'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False, 'pretty_print': False, 'pubdate': None, 'publisher': None, 'rating': None, 'read_metadata_from_opf': 'C:\\Users\\jedik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_p vlca73k\\2rxl1blh.opf', 'remove_fake_margins': True, 'remove_first_image': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5, 'renumber_headings': True, 'replace_scene_breaks': '', 'search_replace': '[]', 'series': None, 'series_index': None, 'smarten_punctuation': False, 'sr1_replace': None, 'sr1_search': None, 'sr2_replace': None, 'sr2_search': None, 'sr3_replace': None, 'sr3_search': None, 'start_reading_at': None, 'subset_embedded_fonts': False, 'tags': None, 'timestamp': None, 'title': None, 'title_sort': None, 'toc_filter': None, 'toc_threshold': 6, 'toc_title': None, 'transform_css_rules': '[]', 'transform_html_rules': '[]', 'uncompressed_pdf': False, 'unit': 'inch', 'unsmarten_punctuation': False, 'unwrap_lines': True, 'use_auto_toc': False, 'use_profile_size': False, 'verbose': 2} DeDRM v7.2.1: Trying to decrypt rkuo_k4_.mobi MobiDeDrm v1.0. Copyright © 2008-2020 The Dark Reverser, Apprentice Harper et al. Decrypting Mobipocket 4 ebook: Pediatric Collections: LGBTQ+: Support and Care Part 3: Caring for Transgender Children Found 0 keys to try after 0.1 seconds Crypto Type is: 0 This book is not encrypted. Decryption succeeded after 0.1 seconds DeDRM v7.2.1: Finished after 0.1 seconds InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running on C:\Users\jedik\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_pvlca73k \29o7miw2.mobi Extracting text... Adding anchors... Extracting images... Cleaning up HTML... Parsing HTML... Malformed markup, parsing using html5-parser Converting style information to CSS... Creating OPF... Parsing all content... Parsing styles.css ... Parsing index.html ... Initial parse failed, using more forgiving parsers Parsing index.html as HTML HTML 5 parsing failed, falling back to older parsers Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\parse_utils.py", line 211, in parse_html File "calibre\utils\xml_parse.py", line 26, in safe_xml_fromstring File "src/lxml/etree.pyx", line 3237, in lxml.etree.fromstring File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1896, in lxml.etree._parseMemoryDocument File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1777, in lxml.etree._parseDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1082, in lxml.etree._BaseParser._parseUnicodeDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 615, in lxml.etree._ParserContext._handleParseResultDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 725, in lxml.etree._handleParseResult File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 654, in lxml.etree._raiseParseError File "<string>", line 127 lxml.etree.XMLSyntaxError: Attribute _ redefined, line 127, column 1172 During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\parse_utils.py", line 218, in parse_html File "calibre\utils\xml_parse.py", line 26, in safe_xml_fromstring File "src/lxml/etree.pyx", line 3237, in lxml.etree.fromstring File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1896, in lxml.etree._parseMemoryDocument File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1777, in lxml.etree._parseDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1082, in lxml.etree._BaseParser._parseUnicodeDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 615, in lxml.etree._ParserContext._handleParseResultDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 725, in lxml.etree._handleParseResult File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 654, in lxml.etree._raiseParseError File "<string>", line 127 lxml.etree.XMLSyntaxError: Attribute _ redefined, line 127, column 1172 During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\parse_utils.py", line 224, in parse_html File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\parse_utils.py", line 105, in html5_parse ValueError: HTML 5 parsing resulted in a tree with nesting depth > 100 Forcing index.html into XHTML namespace Stripping comments from index.html Generating default TOC from spine... Merging user specified metadata... Detecting structure... Auto generated TOC with 0 entries. Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes... Source base font size is 12.00000pt Removing fake margins... Cleaning up manifest... Trimming unused files from manifest... Trimming 'images/00001.jpg' from manifest Trimming 'images/00002.jpg' from manifest Creating PDF Output... Converting input as a text based book... Merged 2 instances of ArialMT reducing size from 106.8 KB to 81.3 KB Merged 2 instances of Arial-BoldMT reducing size from 84.4 KB to 58.9 KB Merged 2 instances of Arial-BoldItalicMT reducing size from 85.4 KB to 62.2 KB PDF output written to C:\Users\jedik\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_pvlca73k \c7l0docc.pdf Conversion log for epub: Spoiler: Convert book 1 of 1 (Pediatric Collections: LGBTQ+: Support and Care Part 3: Caring for Transgender Children) DeDRM v7.2.1: Trying to decrypt o8psqtx5.mobi Using Library AlfCrypto DLL/DYLIB/SO Using Library AlfCrypto DLL/DYLIB/SO MobiDeDrm v1.0. Copyright © 2008-2020 The Dark Reverser, Apprentice Harper et al. Decrypting Mobipocket 4 ebook: Pediatric Collections: LGBTQ+: Support and Care Part 3: Caring for Transgender Children Found 0 keys to try after 0.1 seconds Crypto Type is: 0 This book is not encrypted. Decryption succeeded after 0.1 seconds DeDRM v7.2.1: Finished after 0.1 seconds Conversion options changed from defaults: read_metadata_from_opf: 'C:\\Users\\jedik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_p vlca73k\\hyum7c26.opf' verbose: 2 cover: 'C:\\Users\\jedik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_p vlca73k\\lumdjwxb.jpeg' flow_size: 10000 Resolved conversion options calibre version: 5.43.0 {'asciiize': False, 'author_sort': None, 'authors': None, 'base_font_size': 0.0, 'book_producer': None, 'change_justification': 'original', 'chapter': "//[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., " "'\\s((chapter\|book\|section\|part)\\s+)\|((prolog\|p rologue\|epilogue)(\\s+\|$))', " "'i')) or @class = 'chapter']", 'chapter_mark': 'pagebreak', 'comments': None, 'cover': 'C:\\Users\\jedik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_p vlca73k\\lumdjwxb.jpeg', 'debug_pipeline': None, 'dehyphenate': True, 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True, 'disable_font_rescaling': False, 'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False, 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False, 'embed_all_fonts': False, 'embed_font_family': None, 'enable_heuristics': False, 'epub_flatten': False, 'epub_inline_toc': False, 'epub_toc_at_end': False, 'epub_version': '2', 'expand_css': False, 'extra_css': None, 'extract_to': None, 'filter_css': '', 'fix_indents': True, 'flow_size': 10000, 'font_size_mapping': None, 'format_scene_breaks': True, 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4, 'input_encoding': None, 'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x08F25478>, 'insert_blank_line': False, 'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5, 'insert_metadata': False, 'isbn': None, 'italicize_common_cases': True, 'keep_ligatures': False, 'language': None, 'level1_toc': None, 'level2_toc': None, 'level3_toc': None, 'line_height': 0.0, 'linearize_tables': False, 'margin_bottom': 5.0, 'margin_left': 5.0, 'margin_right': 5.0, 'margin_top': 5.0, 'markup_chapter_headings': True, 'max_toc_links': 50, 'minimum_line_height': 120.0, 'no_chapters_in_toc': False, 'no_default_epub_cover': False, 'no_inline_navbars': False, 'no_svg_cover': False, 'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.OutputProfile object at 0x08F255E0>, 'page_breaks_before': "//[name()='h1' or name()='h2']", 'prefer_metadata_cover': False, 'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False, 'pretty_print': True, 'pubdate': None, 'publisher': None, 'rating': None, 'read_metadata_from_opf': 'C:\\Users\\jedik\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_p vlca73k\\hyum7c26.opf', 'remove_fake_margins': True, 'remove_first_image': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5, 'renumber_headings': True, 'replace_scene_breaks': '', 'search_replace': '[]', 'series': None, 'series_index': None, 'smarten_punctuation': False, 'sr1_replace': None, 'sr1_search': None, 'sr2_replace': None, 'sr2_search': None, 'sr3_replace': None, 'sr3_search': None, 'start_reading_at': None, 'subset_embedded_fonts': False, 'tags': None, 'timestamp': None, 'title': None, 'title_sort': None, 'toc_filter': None, 'toc_threshold': 6, 'toc_title': None, 'transform_css_rules': '[]', 'transform_html_rules': '[]', 'unsmarten_punctuation': False, 'unwrap_lines': True, 'use_auto_toc': False, 'verbose': 2} DeDRM v7.2.1: Trying to decrypt 2385u5_z.mobi MobiDeDrm v1.0. Copyright © 2008-2020 The Dark Reverser, Apprentice Harper et al. Decrypting Mobipocket 4 ebook: Pediatric Collections: LGBTQ+: Support and Care Part 3: Caring for Transgender Children Found 0 keys to try after 0.1 seconds Crypto Type is: 0 This book is not encrypted. Decryption succeeded after 0.1 seconds DeDRM v7.2.1: Finished after 0.1 seconds InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running on C:\Users\jedik\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_pvlca73k \8j0m2ix7.mobi Extracting text... Adding anchors... Extracting images... Cleaning up HTML... Parsing HTML... Malformed markup, parsing using html5-parser Converting style information to CSS... Creating OPF... Parsing all content... Parsing index.html ... Initial parse failed, using more forgiving parsers Parsing index.html as HTML HTML 5 parsing failed, falling back to older parsers Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\parse_utils.py", line 211, in parse_html File "calibre\utils\xml_parse.py", line 26, in safe_xml_fromstring File "src/lxml/etree.pyx", line 3237, in lxml.etree.fromstring File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1896, in lxml.etree._parseMemoryDocument File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1777, in lxml.etree._parseDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1082, in lxml.etree._BaseParser._parseUnicodeDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 615, in lxml.etree._ParserContext._handleParseResultDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 725, in lxml.etree._handleParseResult File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 654, in lxml.etree._raiseParseError File "<string>", line 127 lxml.etree.XMLSyntaxError: Attribute _ redefined, line 127, column 1172 During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\parse_utils.py", line 218, in parse_html File "calibre\utils\xml_parse.py", line 26, in safe_xml_fromstring File "src/lxml/etree.pyx", line 3237, in lxml.etree.fromstring File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1896, in lxml.etree._parseMemoryDocument File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1777, in lxml.etree._parseDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1082, in lxml.etree._BaseParser._parseUnicodeDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 615, in lxml.etree._ParserContext._handleParseResultDoc File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 725, in lxml.etree._handleParseResult File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 654, in lxml.etree._raiseParseError File "<string>", line 127 lxml.etree.XMLSyntaxError: Attribute _ redefined, line 127, column 1172 During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\parse_utils.py", line 224, in parse_html File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\parse_utils.py", line 105, in html5_parse ValueError: HTML 5 parsing resulted in a tree with nesting depth > 100 Forcing index.html into XHTML namespace Stripping comments from index.html Parsing styles.css ... Generating default TOC from spine... Merging user specified metadata... Detecting structure... Auto generated TOC with 0 entries. Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes... Source base font size is 12.00000pt Removing fake margins... Cleaning up manifest... Trimming unused files from manifest... Trimming 'images/00001.jpg' from manifest Trimming 'images/00002.jpg' from manifest Creating EPUB Output... Splitting markup on page breaks and flow limits, if any... Looking for large trees in index.html... No large trees found This EPUB file has no Table of Contents. Creating a default TOC EPUB output written to C:\Users\jedik\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_pvlca73k \3_z1y6db.epub Moderator Notice Please use spoiler tags for logs The output file is attached. Ideally, we need this as a pdf, as well as epub. Both come out as garbeled Im using all default options except on epub, I have to raise the split larger files up, I moved it to 10,000 kb Included are the epub, the pdf, and a word doc I tried. Pediatric Collections_ LGBTQ__ - American Academy Pediatircs.docx Pediatric Collections_ LGBTQ__ - American Academy Pediatircs.epub Pediatric Collections_ LGBTQ__ - American Academy Pediatircs.pdf Last edited by theducks; 06-03-2022 at 04:35 AM. Reason: spoilered

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06-02-2022, 10:42 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,339 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	if its drmed it wont convert. You need to remove the drm first.

06-03-2022, 05:29 AM	#3
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,934 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Use KindleUnpack plug-in to extract the PDF from the AZW4 wrapper. (Don't use calibre convert, as that always converts to ePub first)

06-03-2022, 04:10 PM	#5
jediknight36 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 2139372 Join Date: Jun 2022 Device: none	Well now that Ive complained, its working. Thanks all!

06-04-2022, 02:09 AM	#6
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,934 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	That azw4 book certainly didn't have DRM. The log you posted didn't seem to be running KindleUnpack. I'm glad it's working now.

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