make media, tex, and video directories configurable via flags

manimlib/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import manimlib.config
+import manimlib.constants
 import manimlib.extract_scene
 import manimlib.stream_starter
 
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ def main():
     args = manimlib.config.parse_cli()
     if not args.livestream:
         config = manimlib.config.get_configuration(args)
+        manimlib.constants.initialize_directories(config)
         manimlib.extract_scene.main(config)
     else:
         manimlib.stream_starter.start_livestream(

manimlib/config.py

@@ -112,6 +112,18 @@ def parse_cli():
             action="store_true",
             help="Leave progress bars displayed in terminal",
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--media_dir",
+            help="directory to write media",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--video_dir",
+            help="directory to write video",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--tex_dir",
+            help="directory to write tex",
+        )
 
         # For live streaming
         module_location.add_argument(
@@ -192,7 +204,10 @@ def get_configuration(args):
         "start_at_animation_number": args.start_at_animation_number,
         "end_at_animation_number": None,
         "sound": args.sound,
-        "leave_progress_bars": args.leave_progress_bars
+        "leave_progress_bars": args.leave_progress_bars,
+        "media_dir": args.media_dir,
+        "video_dir": args.video_dir,
+        "tex_dir": args.tex_dir,
     }
 
     # Camera configuration

manimlib/constants.py

@@ -1,32 +1,40 @@
 import numpy as np
 import os
 
-# Initialize directories
-env_MEDIA_DIR = os.getenv("MEDIA_DIR")
-if env_MEDIA_DIR:
-    MEDIA_DIR = env_MEDIA_DIR
-elif os.path.isfile("media_dir.txt"):
-    with open("media_dir.txt", 'rU') as media_file:
-        MEDIA_DIR = media_file.readline().strip()
-else:
-    MEDIA_DIR = os.path.join(
-        os.path.expanduser('~'),
-        "Dropbox (3Blue1Brown)/3Blue1Brown Team Folder"
-    )
-if not os.path.isdir(MEDIA_DIR):
-    MEDIA_DIR = "./media"
-    print(
-        f"Media will be stored in {MEDIA_DIR + os.sep}. You can change "
-        "this behavior by writing a different directory to media_dir.txt."
-    )
-
-VIDEO_DIR  = os.path.join(MEDIA_DIR, "video")
-ASSETS_DIR = os.path.join(MEDIA_DIR, "assets")
-TEX_DIR    = os.path.join(MEDIA_DIR, "Tex")
-
-for folder in [VIDEO_DIR, ASSETS_DIR, TEX_DIR]:
-    if not os.path.exists(folder):
-        os.makedirs(folder)
+MEDIA_DIR = ""
+VIDEO_DIR = ""
+TEX_DIR = ""
+
+def initialize_directories(config):
+    global MEDIA_DIR
+    global VIDEO_DIR
+    global TEX_DIR
+    if not (config["video_dir"] and config["tex_dir"]):
+        if config["media_dir"]:
+            MEDIA_DIR = config["media_dir"]
+        else:
+            MEDIA_DIR = os.path.join(
+                os.path.expanduser('~'),
+                "Dropbox (3Blue1Brown)/3Blue1Brown Team Folder"
+            )
+        if not os.path.isdir(MEDIA_DIR):
+            MEDIA_DIR = "./media"
+        print(
+            f"Media will be written to {MEDIA_DIR + os.sep}. You can change "
+            "this behavior with the --media_dir flag."
+        )
+    else:
+        if config["media_dir"]:
+            print(
+                "Ignoring --media_dir, since --video_dir and --tex_dir were "
+                "both passed"
+            )
+    VIDEO_DIR  = config["video_dir"] or os.path.join(MEDIA_DIR, "video")
+    TEX_DIR    = config["tex_dir"] or os.path.join(MEDIA_DIR, "Tex")
+
+    for folder in [VIDEO_DIR, TEX_DIR]:
+        if not os.path.exists(folder):
+            os.makedirs(folder)
 
 TEX_USE_CTEX = False
 TEX_TEXT_TO_REPLACE = "YourTextHere"

manimlib/mobject/mobject.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from colour import Color
 import numpy as np
 
+import manimlib.constants as consts
 from manimlib.constants import *
 from manimlib.container.container import Container
 from manimlib.utils.color import color_gradient
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ def show(self, camera=None):
 
     def save_image(self, name=None):
         self.get_image().save(
-            os.path.join(VIDEO_DIR, (name or str(self)) + ".png")
+            os.path.join(consts.VIDEO_DIR, (name or str(self)) + ".png")
         )
 
     def copy(self):

manimlib/scene/scene_file_writer.py

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 from time import sleep
 import datetime
 
+import manimlib.constants as consts
 from manimlib.constants import FFMPEG_BIN
 from manimlib.constants import STREAMING_IP
 from manimlib.constants import STREAMING_PORT
 from manimlib.constants import STREAMING_PROTOCOL
-from manimlib.constants import VIDEO_DIR
 from manimlib.utils.config_ops import digest_config
 from manimlib.utils.file_ops import guarantee_existence
 from manimlib.utils.file_ops import add_extension_if_not_present
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def init_output_directories(self):
         scene_name = self.file_name or self.get_default_scene_name()
         if self.save_last_frame:
             image_dir = guarantee_existence(os.path.join(
-                VIDEO_DIR,
+                consts.VIDEO_DIR,
                 module_directory,
                 scene_name,
                 "images",
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def init_output_directories(self):
             )
         if self.write_to_movie:
             movie_dir = guarantee_existence(os.path.join(
-                VIDEO_DIR,
+                consts.VIDEO_DIR,
                 module_directory,
                 scene_name,
                 self.get_resolution_directory(),

manimlib/utils/tex_file_writing.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import os
 import hashlib
 
-from manimlib.constants import TEX_DIR
 from manimlib.constants import TEX_TEXT_TO_REPLACE
 from manimlib.constants import TEX_USE_CTEX
+import manimlib.constants as consts
 
 
 def tex_hash(expression, template_tex_file_body):
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def tex_to_svg_file(expression, template_tex_file_body):
 
 def generate_tex_file(expression, template_tex_file_body):
     result = os.path.join(
-        TEX_DIR,
+        consts.TEX_DIR,
         tex_hash(expression, template_tex_file_body)
     ) + ".tex"
     if not os.path.exists(result):
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def tex_to_dvi(tex_file):
             "latex",
             "-interaction=batchmode",
             "-halt-on-error",
-            "-output-directory=" + TEX_DIR,
+            "-output-directory=" + consts.TEX_DIR,
             tex_file,
             ">",
             os.devnull
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def tex_to_dvi(tex_file):
             "-no-pdf",
             "-interaction=batchmode",
             "-halt-on-error",
-            "-output-directory=" + TEX_DIR,
+            "-output-directory=" + consts.TEX_DIR,
             tex_file,
             ">",
             os.devnull

stage_scenes.py

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 import sys
 import importlib
 
+import manimlib.constants as consts
 from manimlib.constants import PRODUCTION_QUALITY_CAMERA_CONFIG
-from manimlib.constants import VIDEO_DIR
 from manimlib.config import get_module
 from manimlib.extract_scene import is_child_scene
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def stage_scenes(module_name):
     # }
     # TODO, fix this
     animation_dir = os.path.join(
-        VIDEO_DIR, "ode", "part2", "1440p60"
+        consts.VIDEO_DIR, "ode", "part2", "1440p60"
     )
     # 
     files = os.listdir(animation_dir)