[Bf-committers] [Bf-blender-cvs] SVN commit: /data/svn/bf-blender [25307] trunk/blender: Added back rendered animation playback (in a sense), with a

[Christopher Cherrett]

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Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] [Bf-blender-cvs] SVN commit:   
 /data/svn/bf-blender [25307] trunk/blender: Added back    rendered 
animation playback (in a sense), with a
From: Christopher Cherrett <stuff at trackingsolutions.ca>
To: bf-blender developers <bf-committers at blender.org>
Date: 12/11/09 09:09
> -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] [Bf-blender-cvs] SVN commit:   
>  /data/svn/bf-blender [25307] trunk/blender: Added back    rendered 
> animation playback (in a sense), with a
> From: Martin Poirier <theeth at yahoo.com>
> To: bf-blender developers <bf-committers at blender.org>
> Date: 12/11/09 08:39
>   
>> --- On Fri, 12/11/09, Carsten Wartmann <cw at blenderbuch.de> wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> Matt Ebb schrieb:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Revision: 25307
>>>>            http://projects.blender.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php?view=rev&root=bf-blender&revision=25307
>>>> Author:   broken
>>>> Date:     2009-12-11 09:05:05
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> +0100 (Fri, 11 Dec 2009)
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Log Message:
>>>> -----------
>>>> Added back rendered animation playback (in a sense),
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> with a 
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> customisable player.
>>>>
>>>> You can choose a player in User Preferences -> File
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Paths. You can 
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> choose a plan custom command line, otherwise there are
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> presets available
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> for the Blender 2.4 player or DJV (where it will give
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> it the correct filename, 
>>>
>>> Djv seems to have problems when it gets a path like
>>> "//render\" from 
>>> Blender. It then errors with "Cannot open
>>> file://render\0000.png" which 
>>> is no wonder as the "//" is a Blender special thingy.
>>>
>>> I wonder if we should get rid of "//" and use a more common
>>> "./" as 
>>> current directory? Not sure if this works on all
>>> platforms.
>>>     
>>>       
>> // is relative to the blend file, not the current directory.
>>
>> But you're right, it should be expended before it's passed to external programs (there's a function to do that already).
>>
>> Martin
>>
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>
> It is working great here!
>
> Nice enhancement!
>
> Can you put a play button in the render settings like it was before? I 
> could not figure out how to playback till I read your commit notes.
>
> Thanks!
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I think I would personally stick to djv over the old blender player. It 
is very robust.