Batch blender

gistfile1.py

from os import mkdir
from os.path import exists, join
from subprocess import Popen


#blender = 'c:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\Blender.exe'
blender = '/Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/blender'

# filepath = 'c:\Users\studio\Dropbox\files\'
filepath = '/Users/mark/Dropbox/files/'

# output = 'c:\Users\studio\Dropbox\results\batch\'
output = '/Users/mark/Dropbox/results/batch/'

files = [
    'handle-a.blend',
    'handle-b.blend',
    'handle-c.blend',
]

def setup(config, index):
    config.update({
        'blender':blender, 
        'filepath':filepath,
        'output': output,
        'dir':'render-part-%s' % index,
        'target': 'Scene'
    })
    
    outputpath = join(config['output'],config['dir'])
    if not exists(outputpath):
        mkdir(outputpath)
    config['outputpath'] = outputpath
    
    return config

jobs = [
    {'file':files[0], 'start':2000, 'end':2002, },
    {'file':files[1], 'start':2000, 'end':2002, },
    {'file':files[0], 'start':4000, 'end':4002, },
    {'file':files[1], 'start':4000, 'end':4002, }
]

cmd = '{blender} -b {filepath}{file} -x 1 -o {outputpath}/ -F PNG -s {start} -e {end} -S {target} -a'

idx = 0
for job in jobs:
    p = Popen( cmd.format(**setup(job, idx)).split(' ') )
    p.wait()

    idx += 1