Console Rendering

mike_muda · December 29, 2004, 4:42pm

How to render image with blender without running desktop environment like KDE or Gnome (no graphical interface)?
I have Mandrake 10.1 commercial linux.
I tryed typeing something like this:
./blender -b file.blend

Blender answer was:

"‘import site’ failed; use -v for traceback

blender quit"

No image was rendered

Please HELP!

z3r0_d · December 29, 2004, 5:27pm

C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender&gt;blender -h
Blender V 2.35
Usage: blender [options ...] [file]

Render options:
  -b &lt;file&gt;     Render &lt;file&gt; in background
    -S &lt;name&gt;   Set scene &lt;name&gt;
    -f &lt;frame&gt;  Render frame &lt;frame&gt; and save it
    -s &lt;frame&gt;  Set start to frame &lt;frame&gt; (use with -a)
    -e &lt;frame&gt;  Set end to frame (use with -a)&lt;frame&gt;
    -a          Render animation

Animation options:
  -a &lt;file(s)&gt;  Playback &lt;file(s)&gt;
    -p &lt;sx&gt; &lt;sy&gt;        Open with lower left corner at &lt;sx&gt;, &lt;sy&gt;
    -m          Read from disk (Don't buffer)

Window options:
  -w            Force opening with borders
  -W            Force opening without borders
  -p &lt;sx&gt; &lt;sy&gt; &lt;w&gt; &lt;h&gt;  Open with lower left corner at &lt;sx&gt;, &lt;sy&gt;
                        and width and height &lt;w&gt;, &lt;h&gt;

Game Engine specific options:
  -g fixedtime          Run on 50 hertz without dropping frames
  -g vertexarrays       Use Vertex Arrays for rendering (usually faster)
  -g noaudio            No audio in Game Engine
  -g nomipmap           No Texture Mipmapping
  -g linearmipmap       Linear Texture Mipmapping instead of Nearest (default)

Misc options:
  -d            Turn debugging on
  -noaudio      Disable audio on systems that support audio
  -h            Print this help text
  -y            Disable OnLoad scene scripts, use -Y to find out why its -y
  -P &lt;filename&gt; Run the given Python script (filename or Blender Text)
  -R            Register .blend extension
  -v            Print Blender version and exit

so, you probably want
blender -b filename.blend -a
or
blender -b filename.blend -f 60

[leading ./ omitted, you ought to be able to figure it out]

it looks like you just forgot to tell it WHAT to render.

mike_muda · December 30, 2004, 5:21am

“blender -b filename.blend -a”
IT WORKS!
Thanks!

Another small question:
How to define name and location of rendered file?
I have
“/tmp/0001.tga”
but i want to have
“/mnt/win_c2/render1.tga”

S68 · December 30, 2004, 6:11am

The output file name is in the Rendering Buttons window… so you must set it with the GUI and then save the file

Stefano

sundialsvc4 · December 30, 2004, 6:14am

I use this, through a Makefile, for all “real” renders because it works very fast.