PLY Import Error in Blender 3.6

[TanJinxia]

Hi! I'm using Stop-motion-OBJ plugin in Blender 3.6 and getting this error when trying to import PLY files: "RuntimeError: Error: PLY Importer: failed importing, no". The error happens when the plugin calls bpy.ops.wm.ply_import to load a sequence of PLY files. Why is this happening and how can I fix it?
My setup is Blender 3.6 + macOS + latest Stop-motion-OBJ plugin.
The PLY files work fine when imported manually in Blender, but fail when using the plugin's batch import feature. Any help would be appreciated!Hi!

[neverhood311]

I don't think I've seen this error before. Are there any PLY files in your mesh sequence that are intentionally empty? If so, try importing one of those by itself (not using Stop Motion OBJ) and see if you still get the error. If the same error occurs, you have a few options. These options assume that you're generating the meshes with your code and have some ability to make changes. If possible, you could create the sequence as OBJ files instead of PLY files. I know for a fact that the OBJ importer properly handles empty files. Alternatively, when generating a mesh, you could check for an empty mesh and add a tiny triangle somewhere that won't be visible. If neither of these work, or if blender doesn't fail to load the empty mesh, send me a small selection of files from your sequence. I'm on vacation, so I won't be able to get to it for a few weeks. Justin

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