Default movie image directory

Hi, What is the default image directory when rendering on a movie on OS X? ChimeraX crashed while I was rendering (due to running out of space) and it seems like the images are taking up a lot of space somewhere. Thanks, -da

Hi Daniel, ChimeraX is probably using the Python standard tempfile module to make the directory for the images it is saving. So if you searched online for where python tempfile makes directories that could help find it. A more direct method would be just record a brief movie and see where it puts it. I see in the movie command documentation there is a movie status command, so try “movie record ; movie status ; movie reset” and see what it logs. I got /var/folders/randomstuff.... Tom
On Nov 15, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Daniel Asarnow <asarnow@msg.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hi, What is the default image directory when rendering on a movie on OS X? ChimeraX crashed while I was rendering (due to running out of space) and it seems like the images are taking up a lot of space somewhere.
Thanks, -da _______________________________________________ ChimeraX-users mailing list ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu Manage subscription: https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimerax-users

Great, thanks. I found them in a subfolder therein. -da On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 6:28 PM Tom Goddard <goddard@sonic.net> wrote:
Hi Daniel,
ChimeraX is probably using the Python standard tempfile module to make the directory for the images it is saving. So if you searched online for where python tempfile makes directories that could help find it. A more direct method would be just record a brief movie and see where it puts it. I see in the movie command documentation there is a movie status command, so try “movie record ; movie status ; movie reset” and see what it logs. I got /var/folders/randomstuff....
Tom
On Nov 15, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Daniel Asarnow <asarnow@msg.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hi, What is the default image directory when rendering on a movie on OS X? ChimeraX crashed while I was rendering (due to running out of space) and it seems like the images are taking up a lot of space somewhere.
Thanks, -da _______________________________________________ ChimeraX-users mailing list ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu Manage subscription: https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimerax-users
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