Improve Blender file parsing.

utilities/blender_worker.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+import json
 import re
 from utilities.render_worker import *
 
@@ -126,6 +127,18 @@ def run_python_expression_in_blend(path, python_expression):
         raise FileNotFoundError
 
 
+def run_python_script_in_blend(path, python_path):
+    if os.path.exists(path) and os.path.exists(python_path):
+        try:
+            return subprocess.run([BlenderRenderWorker.renderer_path(), '-b', path, '--python', python_path],
+                                  capture_output=True)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Error running python expression in blender: {e}")
+            pass
+    else:
+        raise FileNotFoundError
+
+
 def pack_blender_files(path):
     # Credit to L0Lock for pack script - https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/243935
     pack_script = "import bpy\nbpy.ops.file.pack_all()\nmyPath = bpy.data.filepath\nmyPath = str(myPath)\n" \
@@ -153,22 +166,21 @@ def pack_blender_files(path):
     return None
 
 
-def get_cameras_in_scene(path):
+def get_scene_info(path):
-    cam_script = "import bpy;print('CAM:' + str([x.name + '@' + str(x.lens) for x in bpy.data.cameras]))"
 
+    scene_info = None
     try:
-        results = run_python_expression_in_blend(path, cam_script)
+        results = run_python_script_in_blend(path, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
-
+                                                                'get_blender_info.py'))
         result_text = results.stdout.decode()
-        p = re.compile('CAM:\[(.*)\]')
+        for line in result_text.splitlines():
-        match = p.search(result_text)
+            if line.startswith('SCENE_DATA:'):
-        if match:
+                raw_data = line.split('SCENE_DATA:')[-1]
-            cameras = match.group(1).replace("'", "").split(",")
+                scene_info = json.loads(raw_data)
-            cameras = [{'name': x.split('@')[0].strip(), 'lens': x.split('@')[-1].strip()} for x in cameras]
+                break
-            return cameras
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f'Error getting file details for .blend file: {e}')
-    return None
+    return scene_info
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

utilities/get_blender_info.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import json
+import bpy
+
+# Get all cameras
+cameras = []
+for cam_obj in bpy.data.cameras:
+    user_map = bpy.data.user_map(subset={cam_obj}, value_types={'OBJECT'})
+    for data_obj in user_map[cam_obj]:
+        cam = {'name': data_obj.name, 'lens': cam_obj.lens}
+        cameras.append(cam)
+
+data = {'cameras':  cameras,
+        'frame_start': bpy.data.scenes[0].frame_start,
+        'frame_end': bpy.data.scenes[0].frame_end,
+        'resolution_x': bpy.data.scenes[0].render.resolution_x,
+        'resolution_y': bpy.data.scenes[0].render.resolution_y}
+
+data_string = json.dumps(data)
+print("SCENE_DATA:" + data_string)