AE CS3 is throwing out the following error:
Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): ErrorThe following layer dependencies are missing\m (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)
this doesn´t necessarily mean they are not rendering, sometimes they do, sometimes they don´t.
unfortunately we cannot always see the error report, because often we get the same error message from the deadline monitor we´ve got from 2.7:
Report " Renderslave_0003_20080917191208.errrorReport" could not be read because: There is an error in XML document (6, 20), (InvalidOperationException)
-> replace “Renderslave” with name of the render machine…
It is known that AE sometimes prints out messages that mess up our XML reader when the reports are saved, which prevents you from viewing them from the Monitor. We’ve tried to replace “bad” characters in the log, but that doesn’t always seem to work. We have an idea on how to display the reports anyways, and we’re looking into it.
The AfterEffects plugin is configured to error out when layer dependencies are missing, but you can tweak the plugin to ignore this message. Go to \your\repository\plugins\AfterEffects and open the AfterEffects.py file. Find this line:
and change it to this:
Basically, you’re telling python to ignore that line. In the future, perhaps we could add an option in the After Effects plugin configuration to ignore this error.
thanks, that seemed to do the trick…unfortunately we have another error:
[i][i]Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 7 (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)
Slave Log
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “Time Controls”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “Brush Tips”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “The Wiggler”
0: INFO: Ignoring popup windows with titles matching regex “Tracker Controls”
0: INFO: Handling popup windows with titles matching regex “.After Effects.” by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: About: After Effects Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 0-149
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Render Executable: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS3\Support Files\aerender.exe”
0: INFO: Render Argument: " -project “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Frantic Films\Deadline\slave\jobsData\080605_wachstumsregionen_d?39.aep" -comp “Seat_Master” -output "S:\united_visions\080529-477_uv_gtmc08_video\6_master\06_logoanimation-marken_master\markenlogos_LED\seat\seat_led_master[#####].tif” -s 0 -e 149 -mp"
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS3\Support Files”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
Repository time: 09/17/2008 20:44:35
0: STDOUT: aerender ERROR: No comp was found with the given name.
0: STDOUT: CFLVExporterApp::InitInstance
0: STDOUT: FLVExporter::FLVExporter
0: STDOUT: FLVExporter::GetSourceMediaType
0: STDOUT: FLVExporter::~FLVExporter
0: STDOUT: CFLVExporterApp::ExitInstance
0: INFO: Process exit code: 7
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 7 (FranticX.Processes.ManagedProcessAbort) (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)
Error Type
RenderPluginException
Error Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()[/i][/i]
the weird thing is the “aerender ERROR: No comp was found with the given name.”
because it also says that it loads it sucessful just a few lines higher…?
any tips are highly appreciated.
timor
p.s. a small feature request: would it be possible to change the color of the slave icon when it starts rendering? a visual feedback would be cool, because you are not sitting there and wondering why the workstation is so slow all of a sudden
The obvious question is if the project file actually contains a comp called “Seat_Master”? If you’re submitting from the Monitor, maybe there was a typo? Maybe a case sensitivity problem? Just throwing out some guesses here.
hmm, we figured it could that we used an “umlaut” in the name - stupid german language (funny thing is, this was submitted by a turkish artist and they even use more umlauts then we do).
but that didn´t seem to be the problem.
we submit out of AE like we always do (this seems to be sth. new in deadline3, as we´ve never had that before)
we now tried removing all unused footage in the comp but no avail…(btw: opening the scene on another render computer works perfectly)
we will try to narrow down the problem, i´ll let you know how it goes…
cheers,
timor
