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There was a bug for a while whereby generated bk2s would be corrupted. Can I see your bk2 files?

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Sure man, here you go:
From my google drive

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Ok, this one doesn't appear to be corrupted. Will take a closer look.

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Seems to work for me, though that second error is (obliquely) indicative of the file not being found.

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Also make sure ffmpeg is installed and in PATH. This script is for converting to .mp4, which it does via ffmpeg. If you want a realtime view you can use the -v option (but you'll need to pass it a player utility)

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Right so I installed ffmpeg and added to my path and everything has come to life so that's awesome! Thanks so much for you time and effort helping me sort this out I really appreciate it.

I didn't see anywhere in the README that suggested that ffmpeg was a prerequisite for rendering to video is it somewhere I just didn't see? If not would you like me to make a PR to add this info to the README? Maybe we can save others from falling into the same trap.

Also whilst I have your ear, when I run the playback script Python takes up some resources and obviously does a few things but I don't actually see any output from it. Is there any resources where I can read up about exactly what "playing back" means and what it's doing or if you have the time could you write a paragraph or two here explaining what that script is attempting to achieve? Because when I read playback I had assumed this was achieving essentially what the playback script with -v was achieving but apparently I'm mistaken. If I learn this maybe I could add it to my potential PR.

Thanks again

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Yeah, there's a lot of stuff that's not clearly documented. I should make a list of what needs documentation still.

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