Playblast From Command Line (again)

[locvio]

hi I want to playblast from commandline on XP..
I've got the mel command working.. And from articles I know that
no way to get around maya UI opening.

However, I've seen an article previously (from joojaa, I believe) where
code was given for using HardwareRenderBuffer, and only
one panel of UI needs to be opened. If joojaa or someone
else can pont me to it, or give me the code would be great..

basically, working on my own batch process for playblasting multiple scenes, and trying to
minimize the time needed to load up new scenes... by avoiding the extraneous
windows opening (hypershade, outliner, whatever else)..

thanks,

Alex

[joojaa]

search docs for MAYA_OVERRIDE_UI

in oractice you make a batch script that reads (on windows a bit different for linux and mac):

set MAYA_OVERRIDE_UI=yourMalScriptThatMakesJustHWbufferWindow.mel
maya %* &

then execute maya form taht batch.

Just out of curiosity isnt this a bit obsolete you could just use the hardware render instead.