Cannot Play Render Animation #39789

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opened 2014-04-19 00:32:42 +02:00 by Ghost · 16 comments

System Information
Win7, GTX650

Blender Version
Broken: 2.70.2,
Worked: 2.70

Short description of error
Cannot play any rendered animation. Neither by using CTRL+F11 nor by using the button on Menu->Render->Play Render Animation. I tried different versions of Blender (all above 2.70). One called "File 'C:\0000.png' not found". I use an other path for saving my render. There must be the problem.

I've removed the application data, tried out with factory settings, started Blender as Administrator - nothing has worked. I also moved the render results to C: but it also not worked. Now I am sure, that this is a bug.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Just render any animation (openGL or other way) and try to preview with a 2.70.2 (maybe also 2.70.1). I use builds from graphicall.org, e.g. 4ed16bc.

Greets, Hero

**System Information** Win7, GTX650 **Blender Version** Broken: 2.70.2, Worked: 2.70 **Short description of error** Cannot play any rendered animation. Neither by using CTRL+F11 nor by using the button on Menu->Render->Play Render Animation. I tried different versions of Blender (all above 2.70). One called "File 'C:\\0000.png' not found". I use an other path for saving my render. There must be the problem. I've removed the application data, tried out with factory settings, started Blender as Administrator - nothing has worked. I also moved the render results to C: but it also not worked. Now I am sure, that this is a bug. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Just render any animation (openGL or other way) and try to preview with a 2.70.2 (maybe also 2.70.1). I use builds from graphicall.org, e.g. 4ed16bc. Greets, Hero

Added subscriber: @ThomasDinges

Added subscriber: @ThomasDinges

Confirmed, I get "wm_main_playanim_intern: 'C:\tmp\0001.png' not an image file"

Confirmed, I get "wm_main_playanim_intern: 'C:\tmp\0001.png' not an image file"

Added subscriber: @Sergey

Added subscriber: @Sergey

@ThomasDinges, are there files in the folder? Can you open them with an image editor?

@ThomasDinges, are there files in the folder? Can you open them with an image editor?
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Added subscriber: @LukasTonne

Added subscriber: @LukasTonne
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Seems to work fine on linux (/tmp/0001.png etc). Probably a windows issue?

Seems to work fine on linux (/tmp/0001.png etc). Probably a windows issue?

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'
Campbell Barton self-assigned this 2014-04-30 03:07:38 +02:00

Looks like error in int -> bool cleanup, but worked in Linux.

Fixed 863352dfdc

Looks like error in `int` -> `bool` cleanup, but worked in Linux. Fixed 863352dfdc

Added subscriber: @PauloRJRJ

Added subscriber: @PauloRJRJ

Sorry, but this bug is back in 2.81.16.... I can't play my animations because it tries to write to C:\tmp, which does not exist. I also can't create it due to IT policies. What should I do other than mobilize my IT department just to create a directory?
image.png

Sorry, but this bug is back in 2.81.16.... I can't play my animations because it tries to write to C:\tmp, which does not exist. I also can't create it due to IT policies. What should I do other than mobilize my IT department just to create a directory? ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8328188/image.png)

Added subscriber: @ChristopherAnderssarian

Added subscriber: @ChristopherAnderssarian

@PauloRJRJ You need to change the render output location to something you are allowed to write to.
Blender will then read the rendered file(s) from that location.

@PauloRJRJ You need to [change ](https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/output/settings.html#output-panel) the render output location to something you are allowed to write to. Blender will then read the rendered file(s) from that location.

True! It's there. Thank you, sir. :-)

True! It's there. Thank you, sir. :-)

Added subscriber: @austin.m.d.elliott

Added subscriber: @austin.m.d.elliott

Ok, I have permissions to write to the directory and I get File 'C:\Users\myusernamehere\output0001', where are the double slashes coming from? I can't find a direct answer to the exact problem and mine might be a different issue...

Ok, I have permissions to write to the directory and I get File 'C:\\Users\\myusernamehere\\output0001', where are the double slashes coming from? I can't find a direct answer to the exact problem and mine might be a different issue...

In #39789#997708, @austin.m.d.elliott wrote:
Ok, I have permissions to write to the directory and I get File 'C:\Users\myusernamehere\output0001', where are the double slashes coming from? I can't find a direct answer to the exact problem and mine might be a different issue...

Hello, Austin, the double backslash is a good practice when setting Windows paths. Some programs written in C-like languages treat the backslash as an escape character. For example 'C:\temp\etc.txt' usually result in mysterious bugs because the '\t' is an escape sequence for the tab character.

> In #39789#997708, @austin.m.d.elliott wrote: > Ok, I have permissions to write to the directory and I get File 'C:\\Users\\myusernamehere\\output0001', where are the double slashes coming from? I can't find a direct answer to the exact problem and mine might be a different issue... Hello, Austin, the double backslash is a good practice when setting Windows paths. Some programs written in C-like languages treat the backslash as an escape character. For example 'C:\temp\etc.txt' usually result in mysterious bugs because the '\t' is an escape sequence for the tab character.
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