rcontrib progress report

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Folks

Is there a way to know the progress of the rcontrib run? I am creating
images with rcontrib, and all I can see is the 2000+ images being updated
every now and then, without knowing when is this going to end.

Thanks

Ery

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You can look at the length of each output file as an indicator of percent completion. A 1920x1080 picture file will be approximately 1920x1080x4 bytes long when finished.

Hope this helps.
-Greg

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From: Ery Mailing-List <[email protected]>
Subject: [Radiance-general] rcontrib progress report
Date: October 27, 2014 4:36:39 AM PDT

Folks

Is there a way to know the progress of the rcontrib run? I am creating images with rcontrib, and all I can see is the 2000+ images being updated every now and then, without knowing when is this going to end.

Thanks

Ery

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I thought due to RLE, output file length was an unreliable predictor of time remaining. What am I getting wrong now?

-Rob

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From: Greg Ward <[email protected]>
Reply: Radiance general discussion <[email protected]>>
Date: October 27, 2014 at 10:43:50 AM
To: Radiance general discussion <[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rcontrib progress report

You can look at the length of each output file as an indicator of percent completion. A 1920x1080 picture file will be approximately 1920x1080x4 bytes long when finished.

Hope this helps.
-Greg

From: Ery Mailing-List <[email protected]>
Subject: [Radiance-general] rcontrib progress report
Date: October 27, 2014 4:36:39 AM PDT

Folks

Is there a way to know the progress of the rcontrib run? I am creating images with rcontrib, and all I can see is the 2000+ images being updated every now and then, without knowing when is this going to end.

Thanks

Ery
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He knows too much, and must be eliminated!

You are correct Rob, for normal picture output. However, rcontrib (and rtrace) don't apply run-length encoding to their output due to the way the programs are structured, so the simple calculation method works.

To apply the same trick to rpict output, you would have to run it through pfilt and see what it tells you in terms of %age complete.

Cheers,
-Greg

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From: Rob Guglielmetti <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rcontrib progress report
Date: October 27, 2014 1:52:33 PM PDT

I thought due to RLE, output file length was an unreliable predictor of time remaining. What am I getting wrong now?

-Rob

From: Greg Ward <[email protected]>
Reply: Radiance general discussion <[email protected]>>
Date: October 27, 2014 at 10:43:50 AM

You can look at the length of each output file as an indicator of percent completion. A 1920x1080 picture file will be approximately 1920x1080x4 bytes long when finished.

Hope this helps.
-Greg

From: Ery Mailing-List <[email protected]>
Subject: [Radiance-general] rcontrib progress report
Date: October 27, 2014 4:36:39 AM PDT

Folks

Is there a way to know the progress of the rcontrib run? I am creating images with rcontrib, and all I can see is the 2000+ images being updated every now and then, without knowing when is this going to end.

Thanks

Ery

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Ah, ok. Cool!

-Rob

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From: Greg Ward <[email protected]>
Reply: Radiance general discussion <[email protected]>>
Date: October 27, 2014 at 3:00:51 PM
To: Radiance general discussion <[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rcontrib progress report

He knows too much, and must be eliminated!

You are correct Rob, for normal picture output. However, rcontrib (and rtrace) don't apply run-length encoding to their output due to the way the programs are structured, so the simple calculation method works.

To apply the same trick to rpict output, you would have to run it through pfilt and see what it tells you in terms of %age complete.

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Rob Guglielmetti <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rcontrib progress report
Date: October 27, 2014 1:52:33 PM PDT

I thought due to RLE, output file length was an unreliable predictor of time remaining. What am I getting wrong now?

-Rob

From: Greg Ward <[email protected]>
Reply: Radiance general discussion <[email protected]>>
Date: October 27, 2014 at 10:43:50 AM

You can look at the length of each output file as an indicator of percent completion. A 1920x1080 picture file will be approximately 1920x1080x4 bytes long when finished.

Hope this helps.
-Greg

From: Ery Mailing-List <[email protected]>
Subject: [Radiance-general] rcontrib progress report
Date: October 27, 2014 4:36:39 AM PDT

Folks

Is there a way to know the progress of the rcontrib run? I am creating images with rcontrib, and all I can see is the 2000+ images being updated every now and then, without knowing when is this going to end.

Thanks

Ery
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Thanks Greg, yes that helps.

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On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 4:05 AM, Rob Guglielmetti < [email protected]> wrote:

Ah, ok. Cool!

-Rob

From: Greg Ward <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
Reply: Radiance general discussion <[email protected]>>
<[email protected]>
Date: October 27, 2014 at 3:00:51 PM
To: Radiance general discussion <[email protected]>>
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rcontrib progress report

He knows too much, and must be eliminated!

You are correct Rob, for normal picture output. However, rcontrib (and
rtrace) don't apply run-length encoding to their output due to the way the
programs are structured, so the simple calculation method works.

To apply the same trick to rpict output, you would have to run it through
pfilt and see what it tells you in terms of %age complete.

Cheers,
-Greg

*From:* Rob Guglielmetti <[email protected]>

*Subject:* Re: [Radiance-general] rcontrib progress report

*Date:* October 27, 2014 1:52:33 PM PDT

  I thought due to RLE, output file length was an unreliable predictor of
time remaining. What am I getting wrong now?

-Rob

From: Greg Ward <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
Reply: Radiance general discussion <[email protected]>>
<[email protected]>
Date: October 27, 2014 at 10:43:50 AM

  You can look at the length of each output file as an indicator of
percent completion. A 1920x1080 picture file will be approximately
1920x1080x4 bytes long when finished.

Hope this helps.
-Greg

*From:* Ery Mailing-List <[email protected]>

*Subject:* [Radiance-general] rcontrib progress report

*Date:* October 27, 2014 4:36:39 AM PDT

  Folks

Is there a way to know the progress of the rcontrib run? I am creating
images with rcontrib, and all I can see is the 2000+ images being updated
every now and then, without knowing when is this going to end.

Thanks

Ery

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