Command line issue

[jeremyb]

Hello,

I want to output an MP4 from tvpaint via the command line.

When I execute the george script via the command line, the script works, but generates a mp4 of some Kb.
it is not usable.
When I execute a part of this script via the custom panel (inside tvpaint) it works and I have a working MP4.

Here is m'y subprocess command line call with Python:

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    subprocess_publish_tvpp = (
                            f'{tvpaint_exec}'
                            f' "cmd=tv_loadproject {data.file.filepath}"'
                            f' "cmd=tv_WriteUserString VfxConfig ScenePath {data.file.filepath}"'
                            f' "cmd=tv_WriteUserString VfxConfig PlayblastPath {vfx_playblast_fullpath}"'
                            f' "cmd=tv_WriteUserString VfxConfig StartFrame {data.task.frame_in}"'
                            f' "cmd=tv_WriteUserString VfxConfig EndFrame {data.task.frame_out}"'
                            f' "script={tvpaint_grg_script}"'
                            f' "cmd=tv_Quit"'
                        )
    call(subprocess_publish_tvpp)

Here is my george script:

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tv_ReadUserString "VfxConfig" "PlayblastPath" ""
playblastPath = '"'result'"'

tv_ReadUserString "VfxConfig" "ScenePath" ""
ScenePath = '"'result'"'

tv_ReadUserString "VfxConfig" "StartFrame" ""
startFrame = result

tv_ReadUserString "VfxConfig" "EndFrame" ""
endFrame = result

tv_LockDisplay "Export Mov..."

tv_SaveMode
tv_SaveMode "Mode=1016"
tv_SaveMode
tv_ProjectSaveSequence playblastPath startFrame endFrame
tv_UnLockDisplay

here is george script inside tvpaint (WORKING)

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//globals
startFrame = 1000
endFrame = 1043
playblastPath = "A:\projects\episodes\proj_101\s0080\p0310\vfx\playblast\p0310.mp4"

exportMov()

FUNCTION exportMov()
    tv_LockDisplay "Export..."
    tv_SaveMode
    tv_SaveMode "Mode=1016"
    tv_SaveMode
    tv_ProjectSaveSequence playblastPath frameIn frameOut
    tv_UnLockDisplay
END

Is my execution syntax correct ?

[jeremyb]

On windows command line sended must be : "cmd=tv_loadproject filepath"
On linux command line sended must be : cmd="tv_loadproject filepath"

Quotation marks are positioned differently, and this is specific to the platform. I think... because if you switch it doesn't work.

Is there anything else that needs to be notified in the Args? or a specific order ?
By the way, there is no '--h' or '--help' Args ?

[Thierry]

MP4 export isn't supported in George (as I have said in the other topic), so we can't guarantee that your method will work.

Is there anything else that needs to be notified in the Args? or a specific order ?

We have a short page on arguments that can be used while launching the software in command line in our Online Documentation: https://www.tvpaint.com/doc/tvp11/index ... -arguments
You can pass a script in the arguments.

By the way, there is no '--h' or '--help' Args ?

There isn't.