We tried to convert Maya scene file to MI through Deadline command script plugin using 1 slave.
the command like this...
render -r mi -file scene.mi scene.mb
it works well but 4 times slow...
- execute directly through cmd.exe > 3:40
- execute through BackBurner > 4:50
- execute through Deadline > 18:50
Does anyone have an idea solving this problem?
Deadline Build 2.5.2219
Maya 7.0.1
genki
sorry for my English.
Hi Genki,
I was unable to reproduce this problem. The tests I ran locally from a command prompt reported basically the same mental ray wallclock time as the Deadline job.
When you run your command through cmd.exe, are you saving the mi file locally, or to a network location? Sometimes Maya can be quite slow when saving files over the network, and I’m wondering if this might be the case here. Also, when you tried cmd.exe, did you run it on the same machine that ran the slow Deadline job? Maybe the problem is related to the machine the render is being executed on.
If you would like to post a test scene that reproduces the problem, along with the exact command line you are using, we could use that for testing.
Cheers,
Ryan Russell
Frantic Films Software
http://software.franticfilms.com/
(204)949-0070
Thanks for reply.
Yes, We save the MI file to network location. and run it on the same machine both cmd and deadline job.
Saving to local drive is same results.
Sorry , We can not post test scene. but exact command line is..
C:\PROGRA~1\Alias\Maya7.0\bin\Render.exe -r mi -exportPathNames "0010000000" -file Z:/test2.mi Z:/test2.mb
Z drive is our network drive.
We keep testing this.
Genki