Frame buffer wish: alert by end of render

[Micha]

Hi,

often I need to render a lot of images with medium render times. I use use the time of a few minutes to leave my computer and do other things. It would be great if at the frame buffer a sound alert could be quick&easy enabled. So, I could be in garden and could hear through the open window, if the rendering is finish. Like baking meal in the oven.

Nice little addition could be if the user could choose a custom mp3/wav.

I'm using Vray of Rhino, but the frame buffer of 3dsmax is the same, so I ask here.

Ciao,
Micha

[Morne]

Well in max it's pretty simple to do that.
You could use my script to Skype call yourself: http://mornestudio.com/get-skype-call-render-done/

Or, you could use your own post render script to launch an mp3 of your choice.
If you have an mp3 called "night.mp3" save in a folder called "work" in your c: drive, then you can stick this command into any text editor and save it to something like "notify_me.txt".
Then just rename the extension txt to ms, so you'll have a file called "notify_me.ms".

 shelllaunch @"c:\work\night.mp3" ""

Then in max under render settings in the common tab, stick your "notify_me.ms" file into the POST-RENDER section of scritps.

As soon as a render is done, the mp3 will start playing

Not sure how to script this in Rhino, but I'm sure it's doable...

[Micha]

Hi Morne,

in Rhino scripts after rendering could be started if "batch render" is enabled. In this case Rhino is blocked during the rendering and if the rendering is finished Rhino is "working" again and the script started. This mode is needed for animations. But the user needs to decide and set the batch mode before a rendering is started. Also the blocked Rhino is not good for flexible use.

A frame buffer option would be the simpliest way, also for all Vray plugin versions.

Thank you,
Micha

[Syclone1]

Why dont you just use the one built into max? no scripts needed. Just go to "Customise> Rendering Tab> Render Termination Alert" in there you can set up a beep or drop in an audio file.