Comment 9 for bug 804829

Hi Eli,

I've installed the 64-bit version (thanks for pointing that out), and the
conversion has now been running for 8 hours. Current memory consumption 3,5
GB for a 15 MB epub file. I'll revert here once it finishes.

Martin

On 28 November 2016 at 23:57, Stuart Flicker <email address hidden> wrote:

> Eli,
>
> I hope that the week has started well for you.
>
> This problem was fixed ages ago when the 64 bit version of Calibre was
> released.
>
> Thank-you for following up with me.
>
> Stuart
>
> On 11/28/2016 11:57 AM, Eli Schwartz wrote:
> > calibre cannot fix the problem of your computer not having enough RAM to
> > complete the conversion.
> >
> > Make sure you are using 64-bit calibre on a 64-bit OS. Otherwise calibre
> > cannot even access all the RAM your computer has (32-bit processes are
> > capped at 2 GB).
> >
> > Try adding more RAM to your computer (or just use a computer with more
> > RAM).
> >
> > If neither of those help, then you are simply out of luck, the book is
> too big/complex.
> > It is that simple.
> >
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804829
>
> Title:
> Memory error converting large book
>
> Status in calibre:
> Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> I tried to convert a very large book 230 MB from mobi to epub. I am
> running Windows 7 64bit with 8 GB of memory.
> The book was purchase from Mobilibrary. I can up load it if you want,
> but is is 230,330,916 bytes.
> I understand this might just be to big to convert.
> The error details
> calibre, version 0.8.8
> ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (My Big Fat
> Library)
>
> Convert book 1 of 1 (My Big Fat Library)
> Resolved conversion options
> calibre version: 0.8.8
> {'asciiize': False,
> 'author_sort': None,
> 'authors': None,
> 'base_font_size': 0.0,
> 'book_producer': None,
> 'change_justification': u'original',
> 'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(.,
> 'chapter|book|section|part\\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
> 'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
> 'comments': None,
> 'cover': u'c:\\users\\gmaddry\\appdata\\local\\temp\\calibre_0.8.8_
> tmp_hryqud\\calibre_0.8.8_w4zgyw.jpeg',
> 'debug_pipeline': None,
> 'dehyphenate': True,
> 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
> 'disable_font_rescaling': False,
> 'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False,
> 'enable_heuristics': False,
> 'epub_flatten': False,
> 'extra_css': None,
> 'extract_to': None,
> 'fix_indents': True,
> 'flow_size': 260,
> 'font_size_mapping': None,
> 'format_scene_breaks': True,
> 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
> 'input_encoding': None,
> 'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at
> 0x05C55CB0>,
> 'insert_blank_line': False,
> '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
> 0x05C55E90>,
> 'page_breaks_before': u"//*[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': u'c:\\users\\gmaddry\\appdata\
> \local\\temp\\calibre_0.8.8_tmp_hryqud\\calibre_0.8.8_pv3u_m.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': u'',
> '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,
> 'tags': None,
> 'timestamp': None,
> 'title': None,
> 'title_sort': None,
> 'toc_filter': None,
> 'toc_threshold': 6,
> 'unwrap_lines': True,
> 'use_auto_toc': False,
> 'verbose': 2}
> InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running
> on c:\users\gmaddry\appdata\local\temp\calibre_0.8.8_tmp_hryqud\
> calibre_0.8.8_n6zzib.mobi
> Extracting text...
> Extracting text...
> Python function terminated unexpectedly
> (Error Code: 1)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "site.py", line 132, in main
> File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point
> File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 181, in main
> File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 31,
> in gui_convert_override
> File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25,
> in gui_convert
> File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 922,
> in run
> File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 204, in
> __call__
> File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\mobi\input.py", line 27, in convert
> File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\mobi\reader.py", line 312, in
> extract_content
> File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\mobi\reader.py", line 866, in
> extract_text
> MemoryError
>
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