AE Deadline 7 - Stub received bad data

Deadline
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Hey there,

Just upgraded from Deadline 6 to 7 and submitted a job from After Effects CC 2014 (Update: Most anything we submit fails in the same way). The job fails right away with the following error:

Error starting “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2014\Support Files\aerender.exe” for user “mtrender” in “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2014\Support Files” : The stub received bad data.
(System.Exception)
at FranticX.Processes.ChildProcess.InternalLaunch(String executable, String arguments, String startupDirectory)
at FranticX.Processes.ChildProcess.Launch(String executable, String arguments, String startupDirectory)
at FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcess.Execute(Boolean waitForExit)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel)

The render string works if I render locally via command line and the only thing that’s changed on the machines is the Deadline client. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Vaughn

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Hello Vaughn,

I wanted to check and see if you are using the ‘run as user’ feature of Deadline? If so, can you verify if turning it off helps? Thanks.

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Thanks for the reply. I actually just uninstalled the repo and database and started again from scratch. Things seem to be working alright right now. I will try turning that on to see if that was, in fact, the problem.

V

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Great, keep us informed