epub file too large?

Stasia · 08-22-2024, 12:27 AM

I'm working to combine shorter stories into 'collections' so that I have all the connected stories in a series in one file. This has been great.

I just finished one, closed the file, then realized I forgot to have Sigil generate a TOC and now Sigil won't open the file. It just crashes as soon as it tries. It'll open other files, but not this one.

Is there a file size maximum?

I'm on Windows 11, using Sigil 2.3.0

DNSB · 08-22-2024, 12:42 AM

I've opened and edited a 800MB epub file with Sigil without issues. Can you try opening the epub with a zip utility ( I use 7Zip under Windows) and see if it reports any errors. As a last resort, you can extract the files into a temp directory and then insert them into a new ePub document in Sigil.

DiapDealer · 08-22-2024, 07:43 AM

Remember there's a difference between a huge epub with a lot of reasonably sized xhtml files, and a huge epub with a few giant-sized files. The latter will always cause slowdowns. But not crashes in my experience.

KevinH · 08-22-2024, 08:22 AM

Sigil should never crash. Could you have run out of memory or disk space?

Try the following as a workaround:

1. manually unzip the epub using your favorite unzipping/archive tool
2. Use the FolderIn plugin to navigate to your unzipped folder and ask it to load the unpacked/unzipped epub files.
3. Save to new epub with new name.

08-22-2024, 12:27 AM	#1
Stasia Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2024 Device: sigil	epub file too large? I'm working to combine shorter stories into 'collections' so that I have all the connected stories in a series in one file. This has been great. I just finished one, closed the file, then realized I forgot to have Sigil generate a TOC and now Sigil won't open the file. It just crashes as soon as it tries. It'll open other files, but not this one. Is there a file size maximum? I'm on Windows 11, using Sigil 2.3.0

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08-22-2024, 12:42 AM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 40,487 Karma: 156983616 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I've opened and edited a 800MB epub file with Sigil without issues. Can you try opening the epub with a zip utility ( I use 7Zip under Windows) and see if it reports any errors. As a last resort, you can extract the files into a temp directory and then insert them into a new ePub document in Sigil.

08-22-2024, 07:43 AM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,039 Karma: 199464182 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Remember there's a difference between a huge epub with a lot of reasonably sized xhtml files, and a huge epub with a few giant-sized files. The latter will always cause slowdowns. But not crashes in my experience.

08-22-2024, 08:22 AM	#4
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,156 Karma: 5450818 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Sigil should never crash. Could you have run out of memory or disk space? Try the following as a workaround: 1. manually unzip the epub using your favorite unzipping/archive tool 2. Use the FolderIn plugin to navigate to your unzipped folder and ask it to load the unpacked/unzipped epub files. 3. Save to new epub with new name.

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