[Radiance-general] rtcontrib issue (stuck on p.16 of understanding rtcontrib tutorial)

[Greg Ward]

You need a -bn option.  The new version of rtcontrib (now called rcontrib) prints an error message when it's missing. The original version attempts to muddle through, but can create incomplete output in the process.

-Greg

> From: kyle konis <kskonis at gmail.com>
> Date: June 30, 2012 2:00:33 PM PDT
> 
> Having sorted out my Radiance v4.1 installation, i am proceeding along
> in AXEL's rtcontrib tutorial and have encountered a bizarre error when
> i try to render the 145 + 1 images (p.16) that make up the sky
> hemisphere:
> 
> vwrays -ff $vw | rtcontrib @rtc.opt -ffc \
> $(vwrays -d $vw) -V+ -f tregenza.cal -b tbin  \
> -o images/patches/p%03d.hdr \
> -m sky_glow testroom_whitesky.oct
> 
> 
> All of the 146 images are about 1.4 MB, but when i try to open them in
> Photosphere, i get the following error message :
> 
> 
> "Truncated file: unexpected EOF (scanline 597)"
> 
> 
> Is there something obvious i am missing here?
> 
> It appears that others have successfully worked their way through this
> section, so perhaps again it is a setting on my machine.
> 
> However, i have SUCCEEDED in generating the 146 images for an interior
> view from Andy's 3-phase tutorial (uses many of the same scene files)
> as such:
> 
> 
> vwrays -ff -vf views/back.vf -x 600 -y 600 | \
> rtcontrib `vwrays -vf views/back.vf -x 600 -y 600 -d` -ffc \
> -fo -o images/vmx/window_%03d.hdr \
> -f cal/klems_int.cal -b kbinS -bn Nkbins -m windowlight \
> -ab 2 -ad 1000 -ds .15 -lw 1e-4 model_vmx.oct
> 
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated !
> 
> -Kyle
> 
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