Should this project still work? Error reading record begining at data offset XX

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$ chrome_tabs Current\ Tabs moo.html
Processing begins...
Error reading record begining at data offset 27.
Error caused by: unpack requires a bytes object of length 4.
Traceback follows for debugging:

---------------EXCEPTION BEGINS---------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/david/bin/chrome_tabs", line 544, in load_iter
    command = read_command(f)
  File "/Users/david/bin/chrome_tabs", line 480, in read_command
    return read_tab_restore_command(command_buffer, command_id)
  File "/Users/david/bin/chrome_tabs", line 520, in read_tab_restore_command
    state = WebHistoryItem.from_bytes(state_blob[4:]) # first 32bits is the internal pickle size. We dont' need it.
  File "/Users/david/bin/chrome_tabs", line 225, in from_bytes
    return cls.from_stream(f)
  File "/Users/david/bin/chrome_tabs", line 276, in from_stream
    doc_state_count, = struct.unpack("<i", f.read(4))
struct.error: unpack requires a bytes object of length 4
----------------EXCEPTION ENDS----------------

NB: No further records will be read.
Processing finished.

$ chrome_tabs Last\ Session moo.html
Processing begins...
Error reading record begining at data offset 57.
Error caused by: unpack requires a bytes object of length 4.
Traceback follows for debugging:

---------------EXCEPTION BEGINS---------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/david/bin/chrome_tabs", line 544, in load_iter
    command = read_command(f)
  File "/Users/david/bin/chrome_tabs", line 480, in read_command
    return read_tab_restore_command(command_buffer, command_id)
  File "/Users/david/bin/chrome_tabs", line 520, in read_tab_restore_command
    state = WebHistoryItem.from_bytes(state_blob[4:]) # first 32bits is the internal pickle size. We dont' need it.
  File "/Users/david/bin/chrome_tabs", line 225, in from_bytes
    return cls.from_stream(f)
  File "/Users/david/bin/chrome_tabs", line 276, in from_stream
    doc_state_count, = struct.unpack("<i", f.read(4))
struct.error: unpack requires a bytes object of length 4
----------------EXCEPTION ENDS----------------

NB: No further records will be read.
Processing finished.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
OSX 10.9.5

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by david.kr...@gmail.com on 6 Feb 2015 at 4:38

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hi,

Honestly I think the code needs rewriting for more recent versions of 
Chrome/Chromium. The structure hasn't changed completely, but there are, 
nevertheless, major, breaking changes. Also the Chromium codebase has been 
re-organised a fair bit, so I will have to track down the code that's 
responsible for the files now.

Unfortunately I can't commit any time imminently to a rewrite with other more 
pressing projects on the go. I do intend to at some point, I just can't say 
when).

Original comment by i...@ccl-forensics.com on 6 Feb 2015 at 4:45

[GoogleCodeExporter]

OK, good to know.. it would be great if you put some notice for others though.

Do you have some link with new SSNS structure? Maybe I can try to parse it 
either in python (update your code) or in Ruby

Original comment by david.kr...@gmail.com on 6 Feb 2015 at 4:56

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I don't have a link - there's a link in the project front page to the blog 
where I first looked at it, but as I say, I don't know where Google have moved 
some of the pertinent code in the (massive) Chromium codebase, so you'd have to 
go searching for it.

Original comment by i...@ccl-forensics.com on 6 Feb 2015 at 5:02

[cclgroupltd]

Old version was acknowledged to be broken on newer versions of Chrome. New version should work with these files.