Rendering an animation overwrites existing files #74554

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Scott VanKirk · 2020-03-08T22:33:58+01:00

Scott VanKirk commented

2020-03-08 22:33:58 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 441.66

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.83 (sub 6), branch: master, commit date: 2020-03-06 22:46, hash: dcdcc23488

Short description of error
When you re-render an animation to an ffmpeg file, it overwrites existing file even when you have "overwrite" deselected

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
render an animation to an ffmpeg file

file is created
deselect "overwrite"
rerender
new file overwrites old file

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 441.66 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.83 (sub 6), branch: master, commit date: 2020-03-06 22:46, hash: `dcdcc23488` **Short description of error** When you re-render an animation to an ffmpeg file, it overwrites existing file even when you have "overwrite" deselected **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** render an animation to an ffmpeg file - > file is created deselect "overwrite" rerender - > new file overwrites old file

Scott VanKirk commented

2020-03-08 22:33:58 +01:00

Added subscriber: @ScottVanKirk

Jeroen Bakker commented

2020-03-09 08:01:19 +01:00

Added subscriber: @Jeroen-Bakker

Jeroen Bakker commented

2020-03-09 08:01:19 +01:00

If you select FFMpeg video the Overwrite option is disabled. This is shown as a greyed out property in the output panel indicating that this option isn't relevant.
I couldn't find the clarification in the manual indicating this.

Note that the overwrite option is implemented for image files to continue rendering where it stopped. See https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/output/animation.html#hints

If you select `FFMpeg video` the `Overwrite` option is disabled. This is shown as a greyed out property in the output panel indicating that this option isn't relevant. I couldn't find the clarification in the manual indicating this. Note that the overwrite option is implemented for image files to continue rendering where it stopped. See https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/output/animation.html#hints

Scott VanKirk commented

2020-03-09 14:43:31 +01:00

Okay, note that I was still able to deselect the Overwrite options after I selected FFMpeg video. Could I suggest two options instead of overriding one in a non-intuitive way? "Overwrite" and "Continue from last" or something like that?

Philipp Oeser commented

2020-03-10 15:28:54 +01:00

Added subscriber: @lichtwerk

Philipp Oeser commented

2020-03-10 15:28:54 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Archived'

Philipp Oeser closed this issue

2020-03-10 15:28:54 +01:00

Philipp Oeser self-assigned this 2020-03-10 15:28:54 +01:00

Philipp Oeser commented

2020-03-10 15:28:54 +01:00

Agree this could be improved, but it is not considered a bug (since it is already hinted at by disabling / greying out).

Thx for reporting, but the issue reported here is a request for modified/improved behavior and not a bug in current behavior. Closing as this bug tracker is only for bugs and errors.
For user requests and feedback, please use other channels: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Communication/Contact#User_Feedback_and_Requests
For more information on why this isn't considered a bug, visit: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Not_a_bug

Agree this could be improved, but it is not considered a bug (since it is already hinted at by disabling / greying out). Thx for reporting, but the issue reported here is a request for modified/improved behavior and not a bug in current behavior. Closing as this bug tracker is only for bugs and errors. For user requests and feedback, please use other channels: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Communication/Contact#User_Feedback_and_Requests For more information on why this isn't considered a bug, visit: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Not_a_bug

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Rendering an animation overwrites existing files #74554