Does -b really stand for background rendering or does it mean batch rendering? #104815

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Jonas-15 · 2024-06-06T09:28:18+02:00

Jonas-15 commented

2024-06-06 09:28:18 +02:00

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Does -b really stand for background? I want to open the Blender program when rendering via CLI (so not in background) but not passing -b results in an error saying „wm_main_playanim_intern: no filepath argument given“. Someone says here* that -b stands for batch rendering which would make more sense in this case.

https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/187085/cannot-render-from-cli-wm-main-playanim-intern-no-filepath-argument-given

**Page Information** File: `manual/advanced/command_line/render.rst` Blender Version: `4.1` Documentation Language: `en` [Permanent Link](https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/4.1/advanced/command_line/render.html) **Short description of error** Does -b really stand for background? I want to open the Blender program when rendering via CLI (so not in background) but not passing -b results in an error saying „wm_main_playanim_intern: no filepath argument given“. Someone says here* that -b stands for batch rendering which would make more sense in this case. * https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/187085/cannot-render-from-cli-wm-main-playanim-intern-no-filepath-argument-given

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dupoxy commented

2024-06-06 21:30:45 +02:00

looking here

-b, --background

    Run in background (often used for UI-less rendering).

Yes it really stand for background.

For help using Blender, please try one of the community websites: https://www.blender.org/community/

looking [here](https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/advanced/command_line/arguments.html#render-options) ``` -b, --background Run in background (often used for UI-less rendering). ``` Yes it really stand for background. For help using Blender, please try one of the community websites: https://www.blender.org/community/

Jonas-15 commented

2024-06-07 07:28:58 +02:00

Thanks for getting back to me. But how do I not run in background? If -b stands for background and not batch it should be possible to do that or am I misunderstanding this? But not using -b results in errors and there doesn't seem to be --foreground or -ui options or similar alternative to -b.

I had a chat about this in Blender chat and the only solution that seems to be possible is to make Blender cli run a python script that opens blender and renders from there (while still using -b?).

Thanks for getting back to me. But how do I not run in background? If -b stands for background and not batch it should be possible to do that or am I misunderstanding this? But not using -b results in errors and there doesn't seem to be --foreground or -ui options or similar alternative to -b. I had a chat about this in Blender chat and the only solution that seems to be possible is to make Blender cli run a python script that opens blender and renders from there (while still using -b?).

Aaron Carlisle commented

2024-06-07 07:58:08 +02:00

This is not a help forum, please use one on the community websites: https://www.blender.org/community/

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