Hi all,
Just completed our Beta installation of Deadline 6, with the Cinema 4D plugin also installed.
When I submit a job from within Cinema using the plugin, the job starts on the slave(s), but gives an error: No output image specified.
Version information:
Deadline Version: 6.1.0.54584 R
Cinema 4D R15.057
Submitter machine: Mac OS X 10.9.x, Cinema 4D R15.057
Slaves: Mac OS X 10.8.5/10.9.x
Hi,
Can you post the full log/error report so we can see this in context?
Thanks,
Mike
Hello Mike,
I have included the log for one render node:
[code]C13-003:b xjmaas$ bzcat 52e615a30cf11721364933fb.bz2
Error in CheckExitCode: Renderer returned non-zero error code, 234. Check the log for more information.
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks (System.String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, System.String& outMessage, FranticX.Processes.AbortLevel& abortLevel) [0x00000] in :0
RenderPluginException
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask (System.String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame) [0x00000] in :0
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask (Deadline.IO.TaskLogWriter tlw) [0x00000] in :0
0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: Melissa_Klaversma.c4d (52e6156e8bfed03dd9884248)
0: INFO: Executing plugin script /Users/ladmin/Library/Application Support/Thinkbox/Deadline6/slave/test-server/plugins/52e6156e8bfed03dd9884248/Cinema4D.py
0: INFO: About: Cinema 4D Plugin for Deadline
0: INFO: The current environment will be used for rendering
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 0
0: INFO: Starting Cinema 4D Task
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: Enforcing 64 bit build of Cinema 4D
0: INFO: Executable: “/Applications/MAXON/CINEMA 4D R15/CINEMA 4D.app/Contents/MacOS/CINEMA 4D”
0: INFO: Argument: -nogui -render “/Volumes/render/storage/test_Deadline/test002/test002/test002.c4d” -frame 0 0 -oresolution 1024 768
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “/Applications/MAXON/CINEMA 4D R15/CINEMA 4D.app/Contents/MacOS”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: Starting CINEMA 4D 15.057 …
0: STDOUT: Startup Directory: /Applications/MAXON/CINEMA 4D R15
0: STDOUT: Write Directory: /Users/ladmin/Library/Preferences/MAXON/CINEMA 4D R15_8C725DAB
0: STDOUT: Preferences Directory: /Users/ladmin/Library/Preferences/MAXON/CINEMA 4D R15_8C725DAB/prefs
0: STDOUT:
0: STDOUT: ==========================
0: STDOUT: – Drop To Floor v1.1 © 2009
0: STDOUT: ==========================
0: STDOUT:
0: STDOUT: msg: override imagesize to 1024 768
0: STDOUT: Loading Project: /Volumes/render/storage/test_Deadline/test002/test002/test002.c4d
0: STDOUT: Error: no output image specified
0: INFO: Process exit code: 234
Date: 01/27/2014 09:16:06
Frames: 0
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00:06
Job Submit Date: 01/27/2014 09:15:13
Job User: xjmaas
Average RAM Usage: 5801691136 (68%)
Peak RAM Usage: 6026616832 (71%)
Average CPU Usage: 30%
Peak CPU Usage: 50%
Slave Name: test-server
Version: v6.1.0.54584 R
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.8.5
Machine User: ladmin
IP Address: 10.0.32.16
MAC Address: c8:2a:14:1e:de:a8
CPU Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 4
CPU Usage: 28%
Memory Usage: 5.4 GB / 8.0 GB (67%)
Free Disk Space: 96.541 GB
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6750M[/code]
Hi,
Looks like you haven’t defined an output path & output filename for where to save the render output to?
The “-oimage” flag is missing from your job arguments. It should look something like this:
"/Applications/MAXON/CINEMA 4D R15/CINEMA 4D.app/Contents/MacOS/CINEMA 4D" -nogui -render "/Volumes/render/storage/test_Deadline/test002/test002/test002.c4d" -frame 0 0 -oresolution 1024 768 -oimage "/Volumes/render/storage/test_Deadline/test002/test002"You can test the above code by executing it in a terminal on your OSX slave machine. Does it produce any output to this directory?
"/Volumes/render/storage/test_Deadline/test002/test002"It looks like, if you don’t specify an output, C4D is trying to save the render output to this location, which may not exist or does not have the correct permissions?
"/Users/ladmin/Library/Preferences/MAXON/CINEMA 4D R15_8C725DAB"Hope this helps,
Mike
Hello Maike,
Thanks for the info. When I start the command from the terminal, including the -oimage parameter, the image is saved. Where do I specify the output path? As far as I have seen, their is no option in the Cinema 4D plugin?
