Selecting more than one file to queue a render ?

[Tartiflette]

Hi.

The title says it all...

I'm testing right now Indigo RT with Blendigo exporter and i'd like to know if there is a way to add more than one file at a time in the render queue in Indigo GUI ?

I ask this because i have done some tests with animation from Blender (with Blendigo) but on Mac OS X it keeps launching a new iteration of Indigo if the "autostart" button is ticked.
So it's far from ideal when you have 250 frames to render !!

So i tested the "export" feature by unticking "autostart", but then i figured i couldn't add more than one file at a time in the render queue which would end up like tedious task if you have a lot of frames to render...
I have also tested the solution on Luxrender and it appears to be able to load more than one file in a row, so my question are :
Did i overlook something here or is this something to be implemented in Indigo ?
How do you guys do when you have to render animations and you want to use Indigo ?

Thanks a lot and keep the good work, Indigo is a really impressive render engine !

[Headroom]

This is currently not possible. I ran into the same problem and reported it in the main Blendigo 2.5 thread.

Blendigo behaves the same on Windows and OSX in that it launches instances of Indigo for every new frame to be rendered and Indigo 3 does not allow one to select more than one file at a time to the render queue, which leaves animation efforts a little in the dust currently. Drag & Drop does not work either.

Doug (the Author of Blendigo) has in on his ToDo list and has responded that he'll implement int into Blendigo by using Indigo's new render queue feature.

[Tartiflette]

Hey, thanks a lot for the reply.

So let's hope for something like blendigo helping with the render queue, then.

Because as it is now, Indigo is unfortunately unusable for animations, giving the fact there are as much iterations of Indigo launched as there are frames to render (!!?!) or each frame needs to be added one by one in Indigo GUI, which is not something anyone would want to consider.

Too bad because Indigo RT is a real deal (even more at that introduction price...) and i'd like to add it to Blender, now that the exporter is working with 2.5x.


Cheers,
Laurent aka Tartiflette

[StompinTom]

I mentioned how nice it would be to have Drag 'n' Drop and/or be able to select multiple files (with Shift and Ctrl) in the Open Scene dialog. Hopefully we'll see these soon!

[Zom-B]

...Indigo 3 does not allow one to select more than one file at a time to the render queue, which leaves animation efforts a little in the dust currently...

This isn't correct!
Indigo supports a xml based "render-Q List file" loading that defines all the wanted igs files and set it into the Q.
I just forgot the extension name -.-'

Latest Cindigo build uses it and it is a cross platform solution to export animations!

[Tartiflette]

This isn't correct!
Indigo supports a xml based "render-Q List file" loading that defines all the wanted igs files and set it into the Q.
I just forgot the extension name -.-'

Latest Cindigo build uses it and it is a cross platform solution to export animations!

Hey, THAT is a good news !
Now, what would be interesting is a way to load the xml file in Indigo, so that animations rendering isn't a problem, while waiting for Blendigo to come up with a smart solution... or for Indigo with multiple files loading capability !
(or drag & drop possibility, i'm a Mac user, after all !! )


Cheers,
Laurent aka Tartiflette

[Headroom]

...Indigo 3 does not allow one to select more than one file at a time to the render queue, which leaves animation efforts a little in the dust currently...

This isn't correct!
Indigo supports a xml based "render-Q List file" loading that defines all the wanted igs files and set it into the Q.
I just forgot the extension name -.-'

Latest Cindigo build uses it and it is a cross platform solution to export animations!

That answer was a little superfluous as I still can't render my animation from Blender/Blendigo. Perhaps some information on the structure of the queue list file would be helpful. That way I can export-only from Blender and then maybe manually create the list file, which is likely much less work than going through the file selection process the Indigo UI offers and selecting a single file to be added to the queue 600 times!

[Zom-B]

That answer was a little superfluous as I still can't render my animation from Blender/Blendigo.

I just tell what Indigo is capable of and how Cindigo uses it. Its on you Blendigo users to requat integration of that feature

Perhaps some information on the structure of the queue list file would be helpful.

Look what I found on my HDD

IGQ File Format:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no" ?>
<render_queue>
    <item>
        <scene_path>C:\Users\bernd\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12_00908CD1\quickrender\quickrender_frame000000.igs</scene_path>
        <halt_time>-1</halt_time>
        <halt_spp>-1</halt_spp>
    </item>
    <item>
        <scene_path>C:\Users\bernd\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12_00908CD1\quickrender\quickrender_frame000001.igs</scene_path>
        <halt_time>-1</halt_time>
        <halt_spp>-1</halt_spp>
    </item>
    <item>
        <scene_path>C:\Users\bernd\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12_00908CD1\quickrender\quickrender_frame000002.igs</scene_path>
        <halt_time>-1</halt_time>
        <halt_spp>-1</halt_spp>
    </item>
    <item>
        <scene_path>C:\Users\bernd\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12_00908CD1\quickrender\quickrender_frame000003.igs</scene_path>
        <halt_time>-1</halt_time>
        <halt_spp>-1</halt_spp>
    </item>
    <item>
        <scene_path>C:\Users\bernd\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12_00908CD1\quickrender\quickrender_frame000004.igs</scene_path>
        <halt_time>-1</halt_time>
        <halt_spp>-1</halt_spp>
    </item>
</render_queue>

Set the Halt parameter the way you like!

Afaik there is a bug atm, since the file always overwrites itself... I thing a file save setting will be needed in the IGQ file in the future...

[fused]

I added the ability to add multiple scene files to the queue for the next version.

[Tartiflette]

I added the ability to add multiple scene files to the queue for the next version.

Cool, that's a great news for us "poor" blendigo users who would like to render animations with Indigo ! And thanks a lot Zom-B for its explanation of IGQ files, it could be helpful to avoid adding manually 250 files to the queue while waiting for the next Indigo version to be released !


Cheers,
Laurent aka Tartiflette

P.S. : BTW, Indigo is so cool as a render engine that i took advantage of the special offer and bought IndigoRT, so i might end up posting some renders in the near future.

[Headroom]

I added the ability to add multiple scene files to the queue for the next version.

Excellent and greatly appreciated! I've been waiting for it. More eagerly since Monday --> http://www.indigorenderer.com/forum/vie ... 7&start=30

[Headroom]

That answer was a little superfluous as I still can't render my animation from Blender/Blendigo.

I just tell what Indigo is capable of and how Cindigo uses it. Its on you Blendigo users to requat integration of that feature

Perhaps some information on the structure of the queue list file would be helpful.

Look what I found on my HDD

IGQ File Format:

Code: Select all

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no" ?>
<render_queue>
    <item>
        <scene_path>C:\Users\bernd\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12_00908CD1\quickrender\quickrender_frame000000.igs</scene_path>
        <halt_time>-1</halt_time>
        <halt_spp>-1</halt_spp>
    </item>
    <item>
        <scene_path>C:\Users\bernd\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12_00908CD1\quickrender\quickrender_frame000001.igs</scene_path>
        <halt_time>-1</halt_time>
        <halt_spp>-1</halt_spp>
    </item>
    <item>
        <scene_path>C:\Users\bernd\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12_00908CD1\quickrender\quickrender_frame000002.igs</scene_path>
        <halt_time>-1</halt_time>
        <halt_spp>-1</halt_spp>
    </item>
    <item>
        <scene_path>C:\Users\bernd\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12_00908CD1\quickrender\quickrender_frame000003.igs</scene_path>
        <halt_time>-1</halt_time>
        <halt_spp>-1</halt_spp>
    </item>
    <item>
        <scene_path>C:\Users\bernd\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12_00908CD1\quickrender\quickrender_frame000004.igs</scene_path>
        <halt_time>-1</halt_time>
        <halt_spp>-1</halt_spp>
    </item>
</render_queue>

Set the Halt parameter the way you like!

Afaik there is a bug atm, since the file always overwrites itself... I thing a file save setting will be needed in the IGQ file in the future...

Thank you very much! I'll try tonight how far I can get with that information.

[Headroom]

@Zom-B

Thanks again for your help! Creating the queue file is easy and opening it with Indigo also worked flawlessly. I guess my computer has got it's work cut out for a few days.