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[Support #JDN-807839]: writeMovie produces an error when run in a script in the nightlies. [1178]

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  • Subject: [Support #JDN-807839]: writeMovie produces an error when run in a script in the nightlies. [1178]
  • Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:22:49 -0700
> 
> Hi, guys!
> 
> We just got a user report that writeMovie isn't working correctly in -V.
> 
> Bob tried IDV, and gets an error there, too.  We haven't had a chance to
> look at it here yet, but I figured you'd want to know about this one right
> away since it looks like it's a problem in your latest stable release.  Jon
> is the SSEC programmer assigned to this, but he's out sick today.
> 
> - Becky
> 
> 

Hi Becky,
      I think I understand this problem a little better now, when there is some 
connection problem to the server, somehow one of the image in the movie is 
broken, and caused the exception in the write movie. It is difficult to 
reproduce it.


Yuan
> 
> ----==== Inquiry ====----
> 1178
> 
> ----==== Summary ====----
> writeMovie produces an error when run in a script in the nightlies.
> 
> ----==== Request ====----
> 2011-12-07 - Bob Carp
> This is also giving the same error in the IDV. I tried IDV 3.0u1 dated 11/29 
> and 3.0u2 dated 12/5.
> 
> 2011-12-07 - Bob Carp
> Joleen reported that writeMovie is giving an error in the McV nightly dated 
> 12/7. I tried this on my Windows 7 machine and saw the same error (with the 
> exception of the suffix numbers being slightly different).
> 
> The script is:
> 
> # Open the bundle
> loadBundle("/Users/joleenf/mcidas/bundles/AMS2012.mcvz",None,500,500)
> pause()
> #Save movie
> writeMovie("/Users/joleenf/Documents/powerpoint/AMS201201/movies/test.gif")
> 
> The error is:
> 
> ERROR: Error capturing image
> unknown suffix: image_0_2011_12_06_14_45_UTCpng
> java.lang.Exception: unknown suffix: image_0_2011_12_06_14_45_UTCpng
> at ucar.unidata.ui.ImageUtils.writeImageToFile(ImageUtils.java:949)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.ImageUtils.writeImageToFile(ImageUtils.java:916)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageGenerator.processImage(ImageGenerator.java:5042)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.grabImageAndBlock(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:1734)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.runAnimationCapture(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:1164)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.access$400(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:115)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber$5.run(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:1071)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091)
> 
> I tried this in McV 1.01 and there were no errors from running the script.
> 
> 
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> 
> http://dcdbs.ssec.wisc.edu/inquiry-v/index.php?inquiry=1178
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JDN-807839
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Emergency
Status: Open