[powerhaus]

someone should write a screen saver that allows users to select mxi files to return to and continue to render while the computer isn't in use.

that way, the files that you wouldn't mind cooking a little longer can be efficiently restarted on your computers free time. obviously, this wouldn't be for important deadline type renderings. just the ones that are kicking around all of our hard drives.

[cosmicrain]

hehehe nice idea!!!

[Tim Ellis]

iirc someone has coded a small program that does this. He's a member on these boards, but I can't remember who.

It is in one of the posts he made explaining it.


Tim.

[Cyberfish_Fred]

very good idea! there is already a network renderer for lightwave, with rendering screensaver......

[Maximus3D]

I agree, it's a good and clever idea!

/ Max

[ShockFire]

iirc someone has coded a small program that does this. He's a member on these boards, but I can't remember who.

It is in one of the posts he made explaining it.

I think that's me (in my 1000 hour render post)
I haven't made it into a screensaver though,
it just always renders (at low priority to make sure I can still use this box)
I'd say it wouldn't be hard to create a program that works as a rendering screensaver
Maybe I'll post my program (MaxwellQueue) some day, if there's enough interest

[Carl007]

...if there's enough interest.....

Well, I am very interested, OSX is preferred

/Carl

[Tim Ellis]

iirc someone has coded a small program that does this. He's a member on these boards, but I can't remember who.

It is in one of the posts he made explaining it.

I think that's me (in my 1000 hour render post)
I haven't made it into a screensaver though,
it just always renders (at low priority to make sure I can still use this box)
I'd say it wouldn't be hard to create a program that works as a rendering screensaver
Maybe I'll post my program (MaxwellQueue) some day, if there's enough interest

Yes sir it is you, thankyou for explaining. It was the similarity in your render queue that made me think of it.

I'm certainly interested.


Cheers,

Tim.

[thxraph]

ShockFire ==> i am interested !

i'm currently thinking on a web based render monitor built in AJAX/PHP over a linux/win/osx monitor (using maxwell as command line)
(AJAX is a xml based technology helpful to build crossplateform tools with multistandard GUI : web-html/web-flash/java/C++)

main feature are :
- upload mxs & texture as zip (or bzip2) from a form or ftp
- unzipping & mxi creation handled by server
- Manage network render for win, linux, osx
- Manage render nodes
- Preview current renders
- archive render as zip or/and per project render gallery
- connectivity to website

Module component such as textures & materiel browser, model browser are in study too

If anybody thinks this tools could be usefull, help is welcomed !
I would build this for my company BUT as a GPL opensource project: GPL meens FREE to use/copy/distribute/modify because i want everybody to profit AND everybody to improve it for community use

OK, before starting anything, theres some needed feature i wanted to askfor :
- be able to generate multiMXI for cooperative render purpose from the mxcl commandline
- be able to link cooperative render to img from commandline during render (with a indepedant mxcl)
- have a xml file to link mxs external file (like textures) could be usefull too, and will manage easier path modifications without having to build a new mxs (usefull for crossplateform cooperative renders)

i'd like to build it as a intranet/extranet programe, apache/php/mySQL/xml based, and TOTALY crossplateform, even if i always recommande linux for those applications...i use gentoo & LFS (from scratch)

C&C are welcomed, as additional ideas

best regards