[BUG] Invalid value for '--folder': Directory 'slides' does not exist.

[ManimLearn]

Hi, I have just download manim slides and try out a simple example, but I've run into this problem. How can I fix it? Thank you.

[jeertmans]

Hello! This error, while not clear, indicates that you did not render the animations first, as rendering the animations should create that missing folder. Can you confirm?

[jeertmans]

See #98.

[ManimLearn]

See #98.

Hi, I have seen the post, but I still couldn't get it to work. How do I remove those 3 lines that you mentioned in post #98? This is the output after rendering my scene. (Sorry, I'm not good with coding :( )

[jeertmans]

@ManimLearn looks like the rendering process did not end very well (despite the code=0).

Can you include the full command and terminal output here? Not just the end.

[ManimLearn]

@jeertmans Here is the full terminal output. To rendered the scene I use Manim Slideview so I just Ctrl + S.

Manim Extension XTerm Serves as a terminal for logging purpose.

Extension Version 0.2.13

MSV c:\Users\Admin>"manim" "c:\Users\Admin\Thuyết minh nckh.py" thuyetminhNCKH Manim Community v0.18.1

[08/07/24 16:57:25] INFO Animation 0 : Using cached cairo_renderer.py:88 data (hash :
3977891868_2543504905_2231324
57)
[08/07/24 16:57:26] INFO Animation 1 : Using cached cairo_renderer.py:88 it/s] data (hash :
2852726489_1653248266_2105569
795)
INFO Combining to Movie file. scene_file_writer.py:617 it/s] INFO scene_file_writer.py:737 File ready at
'C:\Users\Admin\media\vid
--- Logging error --- Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\logging.py", line 170, in emit self.console.print(log_renderable) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\console.py", line 1673, in print with self: File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\console.py", line 865, in exit self._exit_buffer() File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\console.py", line 823, in _exit_buffer self._check_buffer() File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\console.py", line 2027, in _check_buffer legacy_windows_render(buffer, LegacyWindowsTerm(self.file)) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich_windows_renderer.py", line 17, in legacy_windows_render term.write_styled(text, style) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich_win32_console.py", line 442, in write_styled self.write_text(text) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich_win32_console.py", line 403, in write_text self.write(text) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 19, in encode return codecs.charmap_encode(input,self.errors,encoding_table)[0] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u1ebf' in position 8: character maps to Call stack: File "", line 198, in _run_module_as_main File "", line 88, in _run_code File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Scripts\manim.exe__main.py", line 7, in sys.exit(main()) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1157, in call return self.main(*args, kwargs) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1078, in main rv = self.invoke(ctx) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1688, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1434, in invoke return ctx.invoke(self.callback, ctx.params) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 783, in invoke return callback(args, kwargs) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\manim\cli\render\commands.py", line 120, in render scene.render() File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\manim\scene\scene.py", line 239, in render self.renderer.scene_finished(self) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\manim\renderer\cairo_renderer.py", line 269, in scene_finished self.file_writer.finish() File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\manim\scene\scene_file_writer.py", line 457, in finish self.combine_to_movie() File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\manim\scene\scene_file_writer.py", line 667, in combine_to_movie self.print_file_ready_message(str(movie_file_path)) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\manim\scene\scene_file_writer.py", line 737, in print_file_ready_message logger.info("\nFile ready at %(file_path)s\n", {"file_path": f"'{file_path}'"}) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\logging__init__.py", line 1539, in info self._log(INFO, msg, args, kwargs) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\logging__init.py", line 1684, in _log self.handle(record) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\logging__init.py", line 1700, in handle self.callHandlers(record) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\logging\init.py", line 1762, in callHandlers hdlr.handle(record) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\logging\init__.py", line 1028, in handle self.emit(record) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\logging.py", line 172, in emit self.handleError(record) Message: '\nFile ready at %(file_path)s\n' Arguments: {'file_path': "'C:\Users\Admin\media\videos\Thuy\u1ebft minh nckh\1080p60\thuyetminhNCKH.mp4'"} INFO scene_file_writer.py:737 File ready at
'C:\Users\Admin\media\vid
--- Logging error --- Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\logging.py", line 170, in emit self.console.print(log_renderable) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\console.py", line 1673, in print with self: File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\console.py", line 865, in exit self._exit_buffer() File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\console.py", line 823, in _exit_buffer self._check_buffer() File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\console.py", line 2027, in _check_buffer legacy_windows_render(buffer, LegacyWindowsTerm(self.file)) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich_windows_renderer.py", line 17, in legacy_windows_render term.write_styled(text, style) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich_win32_console.py", line 442, in write_styled self.write_text(text) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich_win32_console.py", line 403, in write_text self.write(text) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 19, in encode return codecs.charmap_encode(input,self.errors,encoding_table)[0] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u1ebf' in position 8: character maps to Call stack: File "", line 198, in _run_module_as_main File "", line 88, in _run_code File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Scripts\manim.exe\main.py", line 7, in sys.exit(main()) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1157, in call__ return self.main(args, kwargs) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1078, in main rv = self.invoke(ctx) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1688, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1434, in invoke return ctx.invoke(self.callback, ctx.params) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 783, in invoke return callback(*args, kwargs) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\manim\cli\render\commands.py", line 120, in render scene.render() File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\manim\scene\scene.py", line 247, in render logger.info( File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\logging__init__.py", line 1539, in info self._log(INFO, msg, args, kwargs) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\logging__init__.py", line 1684, in _log self.handle(record) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\logging\init.py", line 1700, in handle self.callHandlers(record) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\logging\init.py", line 1762, in callHandlers hdlr.handle(record) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\logging\init__.py", line 1028, in handle self.emit(record) File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\rich\logging.py", line 172, in emit self.handleError(record) Message: 'Rendered thuyetminhNCKH\nPlayed 2 animations' Arguments: ()

[jeertmans]

As you can read in the terminal output, you have an error rendering the animations, that starts at:

File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 19, in encode
return codecs.charmap_encode(input,self.errors,encoding_table)[0]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u1ebf' in position 8: character maps to
Call stack:

This is very likely caused by your string, as it contains non utf-8 characters. Maybe you can try to wrap your strings with "my_string".encode("utf-8")?

I will close this issue as this is more related to Manim, or even Rich (which is used to print to the console), rather than Manim Slides.