I have been running into an error using AE CS6. When rendering, I keep running into a FLEXnet error telling me that I cannot cannot to the FLEXnet License Server manager. Is this something on the AE side or the Deadline side? I have attached my log file in-case it helps.
Thanks
Joel
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Error Message
Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Dialog popup detected: Title “FLEXnet License Finder”, Message “Your application was not able to obtain a license because the FLEXnet license server manager could not determine where to find the licensing data it needs. Please choose one of the following:”
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)
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Slave Log
0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: G0106-03_v013.aep - G0104-01 (001_050_001_48513213)
0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin AfterEffects
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “WARNING:(After Effects warning: .)" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "INFO:This project contains .” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “After Effects error: Unable to obtain a license." will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Error:.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "aerender ERROR.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “INFO:(The following layer dependencies are missing)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “PROGRESS: [0-9]+[:;][0-9][:;][0-9][:;][0-9]." will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression "PROGRESS:.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.*” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.is using the same serial number.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “Motion Sketch” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “The Smoother” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “Time Controls” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “Brush Tips” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “The Wiggler” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “Tracker Controls” will be ignored
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.After Effects.” will be handled by pressing “OK;Yes”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.On-line Registration.” will be handled by pressing “No”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “.Optical Flares License.” will be handled by pressing “panel”
0: INFO: Any popup windows with titles matching the regular expression “Tablet Version Mismatch” will be handled by pressing “OK”
0: INFO: About: After Effects Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 0-71
0: INFO: Synchronizing with network Font folder ‘\ZEUS\Athena\Network\AfterEffects\fonts’
0: INFO: Synchronizing to local Font folder ‘C:\WINDOWS\Fonts’
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\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS6\Support Files\aerender.exe”
0: INFO: Rendering to network drive
0: INFO: Render Argument: -project “O:\Projects\0206_Guardians\episodes\Ep_01\G0106-03\2d\AfterEffects\takes\G0106-03_v013.aep” -comp “G0104-01” -s 0 -e 71 -output “O:\Projects\0206_Guardians\episodes\Ep_01\G0104-01ax\2d\AfterEffects\output\G0104-01_comp_v001.mov”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS6\Support Files”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: has video RAM(MB): 0
0: STDOUT: aerender version 11.0x378
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Adding specified comp to Render Queue
0: STDOUT: WARNING:After Effects warning: The file G0104-01_comp_v001.mov from the output module Lossless does not have the correct file type extension. The recommended extension is .avi . The file will render correctly, but the OS will not be able to identify the type of data it contains.
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: 14/01/2013 11:38:36 AM: Starting composition G0104-01 .
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Render Settings: Best Settings
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Quality: Best
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Resolution: Full
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Size: 1920 x 1080
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Proxy Use: Use No Proxies
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Effects: Current Settings
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Disk Cache: Read Only
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Color Depth: Current Settings
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Frame Blending: On for Checked Layers
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Field Render: Off
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Pulldown: Off
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Motion Blur: On for Checked Layers
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS:
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Solos: Current Settings
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Time Span: Custom
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Start: 00000
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: End: 00071
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Duration: 00072
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Frame Rate: 23.976 (comp)
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Guide Layers: All Off
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Skip Existing Files: Off
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS:
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Output Module: Lossless
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Output To: O:\Projects\0206_Guardians\episodes\Ep_01\G0104-01ax\2d\AfterEffects\output\G0104-01_comp_v001.mov
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Format: AVI
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Output Info: None
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Include: Project Link
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Output Audio: Off
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Channels: RGB
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Depth: Millions of Colors
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Color: Premultiplied
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Resize: -
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Crop: -
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Final Size: 1920 x 1080
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Profile: -
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Embed Profile:
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS:
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Post-Render Action: None
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS:
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS:
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS:
0: STDOUT: PROGRESS:
0: WARNING: Detected popup dialog “FLEXnet License Finder”.
0: WARNING: ---- dump of dialog ----
0: WARNING: Button: Next>
0: WARNING: Button: <Back
0: WARNING: Button: Cancel
0: WARNING: #32770:
0: WARNING: Button: Specify the License Server System
0: WARNING: Button: Specify the License File
0: WARNING: Static: Your application was not able to obtain a license because the FLEXnet license server manager could not determine where to find the licensing data it needs. Please choose one of the following:
0: WARNING: Button:
0: WARNING: Static: Copyright © 1999-2008 Acresso Software Inc.
0: WARNING: Static: Your application was not able to find a license file or server for the FLEXnet License Server Manager. Choose the filename you want to use for a license file.
0: WARNING: Edit:
0: WARNING: Button: Browse
0: WARNING: Static: Enter the Computer Name of the License Server System. (Contact your System Administrator if you do not know this.)
0: WARNING: Edit:
0: WARNING: Static: Press Finish to return to the application.
0: WARNING: Static: The FLEXnet license finder has completed.
0: WARNING: ---- end dump of dialog ----
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Error Type
RenderPluginException
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Error Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask(TaskLogWriter tlw)
