tv-player | help | loading [ flipbook, animation, clip + sequence player ]

tv-player supports command line parameters when starting the application (tv-player.exe).
This is quite useful if you want to include tv-player in an existing workflow or pipline.

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In case your are not satisfied with the current command line support please contact us.

To load a sequence pass a single file name or folder name including the full path e.g.:

tv-player.exe "c:\data\media\test\test_01.0001.tga"
tv-player.exe "c:\data\media\test\"

You can also add a settings file name (.tvps) to load a specific configuration, e.g.:

tv-player.exe "c:\data\test_01.0001.tga" "c:\data\ntsc.tvps"

together with a sound file name (.wav) to load a sound file, e.g.:

tv-player.exe "c:\data\test_01.0001.tga" "c:\data\ntsc.tvps" "c:\media\speech.wav"

Specifying a project file name (.tvpp) to load an existing project is also valid, e.g.:

tv-player.exe "c:\data\media\current_project.tvpp"

It is highly recommended to put all file names in "double quotes".

tv-player always expects an image file name in the following format:

path	name	number	extension
c:\data\media\	test_01.	0001	.tga

The path can be either a drive path (c:\data\media\) or an UNC path (\\Server1\media\).
tv-player supports any digit length of ordinal frame numbers but all files of an sequence must have the same amount of digits . The frame number have to be the last part of the file name, but in front of the extension.
An image extension starting with a . is always required.

List of valid wild cards

@ or ? substitute a single char in the name or number.
# or * substitute the entire frame number.
wildcards in path or extension may work but are currently not officially supported.

Valid examples:

	\\Server1\media\test_??.#.tga	loads all frames of all tests (same as next line)
	\\Server1\media\test_??.####.tga	loads all frames of all tests
	C:\media\test_01.00??.tga	loads frames 0-99 of test 01

tv-player supports unix style file names. All unix filenames will be mapped to drive C:\, e.g:

/tmp/previews/render_01234.tga -> C:\tmp\previews\render_01234.tga

Better suggestions are welcome!

tv-player.exe imagefile|path [-singleframe]
tv-player.exe imagefile|path [settingsfile] [soundfile]
tv-player.exe imagemask [startframe[-endframe] [step]] [settingsfile] [soundfile]
tv-player.exe projectfile

Symbol	Description	Example
imagefile	full qualified image filename without wildcards
path	full qualified path to a folder
imagemask	image file name with path where the number is replaced by wildcard(s)
settingsfile	filename of a tv-player settings file with extension *.tvps
soundfile	filename of a uncompressed wave sound file with extension *.wav
projectfile	filename of a tv-player project file with extension *.tvpp

startframe	number of start frame	123
-endframe	number of end frame, works only together with startframe	123-244
step	load only every step frame, works only together with start/endframe	2

-singleframe	loads only the very first frame, operates tv-player like an image viewer

\|	means or
[]	for optional parameter(s)

tv-player.exe \\server1\media\layer_#.tga 120-340 2 c:\media\speech.wav c:\tvp\ntsc.tvps

Loads every 2nd frame of sequence layer_#.tga from frame 120 to frame 340,
also loads a sound and settings file.

tv-player.exe c:\media\zbuffer_0123.tga -singleframe

Loads only c:\media\zbuffer_0123.tga and supress automatic sequence detection