# Batch render (9)

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/batch-render-9/61102
**Category:** Xsi
**Tags:** developers
**Created:** [May 24, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/batch-render-9/61102 "2001-05-24T18:35:19Z")
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### Author: ![johnnymech](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@johnnymech](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/johnnymech)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/batch-render-9/61102/1 "2001-05-24T18:35:19Z")

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My current scene is having major problems rendering in XSI so I have been trying to start a batch render with the following   
xsi -r -scene "G:pathscene.scn" -pass "default\_pass" -output i:outputpath"

Now this works fine except that it only renders one image. What is the proper syntax to specify frames to be rendered. If i add in -startf and -endf after default\_pass it gives me the error "unknown command"   
I have my scene saved with all settings etc. I just need the basic command from prompt to start the whole things from start to finish.

Thanks in advance

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### Author: ![michaelk](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@michaelk](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/michaelk)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/batch-render-9/61102/2 "2001-05-31T00:21:22Z")

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try this:

xsibatch -r -scene c:myprojectScenesmyscene.scn -pass My\_Pass -startframe 1 -endframe 100 -step 1 -continue

xsibatch is nice because it doesn't open another dos shell after you execute the command. this allows you  
to telnet to other machines and start renders (as with soft -R). the -continue option tells xsibatch to quit that  
render when it is finished and move to the next line in your .bat file.