Hi all,
I’m not having any luck with frame numbering when I override the output.
I’ve been using Deadline with Houdini now for about 6 months. It’s great.
Just recently we discovered the Draft feature and I’d like to use it. Only thing is it requires me to override the output at submission. And I can not get it to work. What is the syntax for frame numbering?
This is for the Houdini
Everything I’ve tried gives me a single frame that gets continually over written. e.g:
test.###.jpg : test.###.jpg
test_###.jpg : test_###.jpg
test.#.jpg : test.#.jpg
test.$F03.jpg : test.001.jpg
I’ve tried leaving the output file off and only the directory, but that results in an output fail.
For ‘override output’ the Deadline 5 docs say to use ‘#’, and there’s nothing about it in the Deadline 6 docs.
Couldn’t find a version number for the ‘SubmitHoudiniToDeadline.py’, but we’re using Deadline 6.2
Any help would be appreciated.
'cheers,
Simeon
Just a quick update: I believe we’re using Deadline version 6.1.0.54665 R (according to the Monitor at least).
Cheers,
Daniel
Hi,
Are you trying to set the padding that Houdini accepts? Could you provide specific steps to reproduce and maybe a render log or two which show the same file getting written to but for different frames? What happens if you don’t provide any padding and just define the output filename as: “test_.jpg”
Cheers,
Mike
Hi,
here’s a screengrab of my submission window. All the settings I have in there work - except for the ‘Override Output’ section. If I leave it unticked then the output set in ‘/out/mantraLEFT’ works normally. Here you can see I tried ‘test_.jpg’ That had no luck.
Here’s a partial copy/paste of a completed task for that job. (I’ve also attached two log files. One with ‘override’ disabled and working, and one using ‘override’ and not working.)
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Log
0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: ShannonHead_16_TEST.hip (5345e1c9dbb00527dcd5a9d9)
0: Skipping R: because it is already mapped
0: INFO: Executing plugin script C:\Users\Deakin Motion.Lab\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\SIMEON\plugins\5345e1c9dbb00527dcd5a9d9\Houdini.py
0: INFO: About: Houdini Plugin for Deadline
0: INFO: The current environment will be used for rendering
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1-10
0: INFO: Starting Houdini Job
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: Executable: “C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.314\bin\hython.exe”
0: INFO: Argument: “C:\Users\Deakin Motion.Lab\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\SIMEON\plugins\5345e1c9dbb00527dcd5a9d9\hrender_dl.py” -f 1 10 1 -o “R:/crackUp_houdiniHead/images/shannonHead_TEST/test_.jpg” -d /out/mantraLEFT “R:/crackUp_houdiniHead/ShannonHead_16_TEST.hip”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 13.0.314\bin”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: [‘C:\Users\Deakin Motion.Lab\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\SIMEON\plugins\5345e1c9dbb00527dcd5a9d9\hrender_dl.py’, ‘-f’, ‘1’, ‘10’, ‘1’, ‘-o’, ‘R:/crackUp_houdiniHead/images/shannonHead_TEST/test_.jpg’, ‘-d’, ‘/out/mantraLEFT’, ‘R:/crackUp_houdiniHead/ShannonHead_16_TEST.hip’]
0: STDOUT: Start: 1
0: STDOUT: End: 10
0: STDOUT: Increment: 1
0: STDOUT: Output: R:/crackUp_houdiniHead/images/shannonHead_TEST/test_.jpg
0: STDOUT: Extension: jpg
0: STDOUT: Driver: /out/mantraLEFT
0: STDOUT: Input File: R:/crackUp_houdiniHead/ShannonHead_16_TEST.hip
0: STDOUT: Warnings were generated during load.
0: STDOUT: Error loading: R:/crackUp_houdiniHead/ShannonHead_16_TEST.hip
0: STDOUT: Warning:
0: STDOUT: /obj/AutoDopNetwork/flipsolver1:
0: STDOUT: Skipping unrecognized parameter “killunmoveable”.
0: STDOUT: Skipping unrecognized parameter “seed”.
0: STDOUT: ROP type: ifd
0: STDOUT: Enabled Alfred style progress
0: STDOUT: Set verbosity to 3
0: STDOUT: Rendering frames 1 to 10
0: STDOUT: reading from stdin/obj/stereocamrig1/view_center_frustum/null (0 primitives)
0: STDOUT: reading from stdin/obj/meshing/MESH_OUT (541 primitives)
0: STDOUT: Generating Image: R:/crackUp_houdiniHead/images/shannonHead_TEST/test_.jpg (1280x720)
0: STDOUT: Plane[C]: Cf+Af[4] (8-bit integer)
0: STDOUT: SampleFilter: alpha
0: STDOUT: PixelFilter: gaussian 2 2
0: STDOUT: VEX Type: vector4
0: STDOUT: Gamma: 1
0: STDOUT: Dither: 0.5
0: STDOUT: Gain: 1
0: STDOUT: White point: 1
0: STDOUT: Load Time: 3.12u 0.62s 0.88r
0: STDOUT: Memory: 62.40 MB. VM Size: 459.97 MB
0: STDOUT: VEX Shaders Loaded
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/mislighting.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/mislighting.vfl
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/pbrlighting.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/pbrlighting.vfl
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_multi.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_multi.vfl
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_single.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_single.vfl
0: STDOUT: op:/shop/mantrasurface op:/shop/mantrasurface
0: STDOUT: op:/shop/mantrasurface op:/shop/mantrasurface
0: STDOUT: Thread Count: 8
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 0%
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 1%
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 2%
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 3%
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 4%
…
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 97%
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 98%
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 99%
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 100%
0: STDOUT: Threading Efficiency: 796.09%
0: STDOUT: Unified Cache: 0.00 KB of 3.99 GB used
0: STDOUT: Object /obj/meshing displaced 7.45333e-006 (bounds set to 0)
0: STDOUT: Render Time: 3.06u 1.56s 3.03r
0: STDOUT: Memory: 273.35 MB of 273.35 MB arena size. VM Size: 753.47 MB
0: STDOUT: Peak Geometry Objects: 3
0: STDOUT: reading from stdin/obj/stereocamrig1/view_center_frustum/null (0 primitives)
0: STDOUT: reading from stdin/obj/meshing/MESH_OUT (576 primitives)
0: STDOUT: Generating Image: R:/crackUp_houdiniHead/images/shannonHead_TEST/test_.jpg (1280x720)
0: STDOUT: Plane[C]: Cf+Af[4] (8-bit integer)
0: STDOUT: SampleFilter: alpha
0: STDOUT: PixelFilter: gaussian 2 2
0: STDOUT: VEX Type: vector4
0: STDOUT: Gamma: 1
0: STDOUT: Dither: 0.5
0: STDOUT: Gain: 1
0: STDOUT: White point: 1
0: STDOUT: Load Time: 2.80u 0.78s 0.35r
0: STDOUT: Memory: 62.39 MB. VM Size: 459.97 MB
0: STDOUT: VEX Shaders Loaded
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/mislighting.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/mislighting.vfl
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/pbrlighting.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/pbrlighting.vfl
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_multi.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_multi.vfl
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_single.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_single.vfl
0: STDOUT: op:/shop/mantrasurface op:/shop/mantrasurface
0: STDOUT: op:/shop/mantrasurface op:/shop/mantrasurface
0: STDOUT: Thread Count: 8
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 0%
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 1%
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 2%
…
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 98%
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 99%
0: STDOUT: ALF_PROGRESS 100%
0: STDOUT: Threading Efficiency: 795.07%
0: STDOUT: Unified Cache: 0.00 KB of 3.99 GB used
0: STDOUT: Object /obj/meshing displaced 7.68877e-006 (bounds set to 0)
0: STDOUT: Render Time: 3.52u 1.24s 2.38r
0: STDOUT: Memory: 274.30 MB of 274.30 MB arena size. VM Size: 754.41 MB
0: STDOUT: Peak Geometry Objects: 3
0: STDOUT: reading from stdin/obj/stereocamrig1/view_center_frustum/null (0 primitives)
0: STDOUT: reading from stdin/obj/meshing/MESH_OUT (576 primitives)
0: STDOUT: Generating Image: R:/crackUp_houdiniHead/images/shannonHead_TEST/test_.jpg (1280x720)
0: STDOUT: Plane[C]: Cf+Af[4] (8-bit integer)
0: STDOUT: SampleFilter: alpha
0: STDOUT: PixelFilter: gaussian 2 2
0: STDOUT: VEX Type: vector4
0: STDOUT: Gamma: 1
0: STDOUT: Dither: 0.5
0: STDOUT: Gain: 1
0: STDOUT: White point: 1
0: STDOUT: Load Time: 2.49u 1.24s 0.36r
0: STDOUT: Memory: 62.39 MB. VM Size: 459.97 MB
0: STDOUT: VEX Shaders Loaded
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/mislighting.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/mislighting.vfl
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/pbrlighting.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/pbrlighting.vfl
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_multi.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_multi.vfl
0: STDOUT: C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_single.vfl C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.314/houdini/vex/Surface/physicalsss_single.vfl
0: STDOUT: op:/shop/mantrasurface op:/shop/mantrasurface
0: STDOUT: op:/shop/mantrasurface op:/shop/mantrasurface
0: STDOUT: Thread Count: 8
Job_2014-04-10_overrideOnAndNotWorking.txt (49.4 KB)
Job_2014-04-10_overrideOffAndWorking.txt (51.5 KB)
Hi,
Specifying $F04 in the output file override should work. If it doesn’t, can you send us a job log report when the output is set like this?
test_LEFT.$F04.jpg
Hi Mike,
I tried ‘test_LEFT.$F04.jpg’ and it gives me the same result: test_LEFT.0001.jpg that gets continually overwritten.
I’ve attached the output log.
'cheers,
Simeon
Job_2014-04-11.txt (51.5 KB)
Any luck on this problem?
Sim.
Hey Simeon,
Sorry for the delay. This problem has been assigned to the developers, and we were actually going to start looking into it today. Hopefully we’ll have some news soon.
Cheers,
Ryan
Hey Simeon,
I think I’ve found a workaround to this problem. Go to \your\repository\plugins\Houdini and make a backup copy of hrender_dl.py. Then unzip the attached file to the same folder. Submit a new job with ‘test_LEFT.$F04.jpg’ as the output file name and let me know if this outputs the frames properly.
Thanks!
Ryan
hrender_dl.zip (1.41 KB)
