Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux® Workstations

Type:
-v
-H
-V
-i
-r
--red-frames
Type:
-c
-J
To start the application using a command line option, open a terminal and type:
-
For example, smoke -h.
To see a list of all start-up options, use the -h option.
NOTE Running the application start-up command with the -h option does not launch the application.
Media Storage-Related Start-up Options
The following table lists the start-up options that enable you to initialize the storage, delete clips from a
project, or troubleshoot missing frames.
To:
Initialise the media storage volume (all projects).
WARNING When you use the -v option, all data on the storage is deleted, with no possibility
of recovery.
NOTE Initialising the storage also removes all audio clips from the project.
Specify the remote host name.
Specify the media storage name.
Remove all clips from the project.
Initialise only the Desktop or Edit Desk for the selected project.
Activate repair mode. This option enables vic to search the media library and replace
missing frame ids with a LOST frame label. In the library, the names of impacted clips
appear red. When these clips are loaded into the record timeline, the names of the affected
segments also appear red. Lost frames are displayed with the LOST label over them. The
flag set on clips is not permanent, so resaving the clip will remove the red from the
names.
Project Management-Related Start-up Options
The following table lists the start-up options that enable you to specify a custom application configuration
file, as well as choose the default user and project the application starts with.
To:
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Use a configuration file other than the default, where is the name of
the file. The specified file supersedes the default configuration file. If you do not use this
option, the application looks first for init.cfg, and if that is not found, it looks for flame.cfg,
inferno.cfg, smoke.cfg, or conform.cfg.
Define the project that appears in the Project Management menu when you start the
application, where is the name of the project you want to use.
If you start the application with both the -J and -U options, the application bypasses the
Project Management menu.