Total time of batch render

[highend3djojan-]

How can v print the start time and end time (or the total render time) of a bath render?

And

Where is the code which prints:
"// Result: Rendering with Maya Software... // " and "// Result: Rendering Completed. See mayaRenderLog.txt for information. // "
in Maya?

What i need is to get info on the total render time.

[thnkr]

Look up the docs for timerX

[highend3djojan-]

that i knw.. but WHERE can i put that command? ofcourse not in mayaBatchRender.mel - i tried tht.

[nowayfra]

You could use the Pre and Post render MEL options in the Render Settings -> Render Options to get the precise render time but i think thats nothing for batches because the command line renderer doesnt spit out print code for each frame startet from there. Instead, print the render times to a file. Therefore type
into Pre render MEL: global int $renderTime = 0; $renderTime = timerX;
into Post render Mel: getRenderTime();
Into your Expression Editor start a new Expression and copy into it:

global proc getRenderTime()
{
    global int $renderTime;
    string $mode = filetest -f "c:/renderTimes.txt" ? "a" : "w";    
    $fileId = fopen "c:/renderTimes.txt" $mode;
    fprint $fileId("render time: " + timerX -st $renderTime + "\n");
    fclose $fileId;
};

[highend3djojan-]

Thnx man.