Rendering storyboard slides in Showcase

[brainspoon]

Hi,

I am trying to render storyboard slides with a python script, but I have quite some trouble doing this.
The most difficult part is to define a specific frame rate and then render the slide at each frame.
Right now I am doing this with a loop that is controlled by messages.
But often frames are missed or they are closer together than the defined frame rate.
I hope someone can help me with this.

Here is a part of the script:

while not isFinished:
if not isPlaying:
isPlaying=True
self.sendMessage( "SLIDE_PLAY", ((self.mySlideId,),))
self.sendMessage( "AT_DELAY", (1.0/float(TheFramesPerSecond), "SLIDE_PLAY_PAUSE", ()))
if isPaused:
if not isRendering:
isRendering=True
self.sendMessageSync('RT_SWITCH_REQUEST', (True,))
self.sendMessageSync( "SAVE_SCREENSHOT_AT_RESOLUTION", (self.myDirectory + '/'+ root +'_'+ str(currentFrame) + ext,int(TheImageWidth),int(TheImageHeight),3,TheAntiAliasing,False,))
self.sendMessageSync('RT_SWITCH_REQUEST', (False,))
self.sendMessage("FRAMERENDER_FINISHED",())

if isRenderFinished:
if isPaused:
currentTime=timeInfo.getTime()
targetTime=currentTime+1.0/float(TheFramesPerSecond)
isPaused=False
self.sendMessage( "SLIDE_PLAY_RESUME", ())
self.sendMessage( "AT_TIME", (targetTime, "SLIDE_PLAY_PAUSE", ()))



def SLIDE_PLAY_STARTED(self, message):
global doRenderSequence
if doRenderSequence:
global isPlaying
isPlaying=True

def SLIDE_PLAY_PAUSED(self, message):
global doRenderSequence
if doRenderSequence:
global isPaused
isPaused=True

def SLIDE_PLAY_RESUMED(self, message):
global doRenderSequence
if doRenderSequence:
global isPaused
global isRenderFinished
isPaused=False
isRenderFinished=False

def SLIDE_PLAY_ENDED(self, message):
global doRenderSequence
if doRenderSequence:
global isFinished
global isPlaying
global isRendering
isFinished=True
doRenderSequence=False
isPlaying=False
isRendering=False

def FRAMERENDER_FINISHED( self, message 😞
global doRenderSequence
if doRenderSequence:
global isRendering
global isRenderFinished
global currentFrame
currentFrame+=1
isRendering=False
isRenderFinished=True

[AlbertoTorres]

Hello brainspoon.
Showcase 2011 I'm starting with Python and I have a lot of questions to run Python scripts.
- What version of Python I recommend and work with Showcase
- With the leading Showcase Python in your home directory is to schedule fuciente
- As a showcase office modules in python for the scripts, execute and debug.
- You can do debug with open and go Showcase correcting or not.
- Overall support to start with Python customize Showcase from the beginning, and that documentation is not very helpful Showcase to begin and continue.
- You know if there any Internet site specializing in Python Showcase where you can consult.

** Sorry for my English, which is not very good.

Thank you very much, in advance.