From effdd17d42bcf6d5aa9729ddabf5024608aad46d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julius Jacobsohn <julius.jacobsohn@hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 16:16:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add extra hint for COLMAP path Not having the "lib" folder in PATH results in some cryptic errors about missing DLLs. --- docs/nerf_dataset_tips.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/nerf_dataset_tips.md b/docs/nerf_dataset_tips.md index 705153f..5e123a6 100644 --- a/docs/nerf_dataset_tips.md +++ b/docs/nerf_dataset_tips.md @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ See [nerf_loader.cu](src/nerf_loader.cu) for implementation details and addition ## Preparing new NeRF datasets -Make sure that you have installed [COLMAP](https://colmap.github.io/) and that it is available in your PATH. If you are using a video file as input, also be sure to install [FFmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org/) and make sure that it is available in your PATH. +Make sure that you have installed [COLMAP](https://colmap.github.io/) and that both its `bin` and `lib` folder are available in your PATH. If you are using a video file as input, also be sure to install [FFmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org/) and make sure that it is available in your PATH. To check that this is the case, from a terminal window, you should be able to run `colmap` and `ffmpeg -?` and see some help text from each. If you are training from a video file, run the [scripts/colmap2nerf.py](/scripts/colmap2nerf.py) script from the folder containing the video, with the following recommended parameters: -- GitLab