Failed to render aep file from deadline

[11112]

Hi guys,

I tried to render an AE project from Deadline recently, but the worker side always failed to render and shows the error or nothing after AE be opened.
(appears an error “Unable to execute script at line 1. Expected: ;” )

I copy the Full Command from worker log and run it on cmd, which get the same result. It seems like the command from Deadline is invalid?
However, the same project can be render successfully outside of deadline, have anybody ever met the same problem?

[anthonygelatka]

@11112

(appears an error “Unable to execute script at line 1. Expected: ;” )

Unable to execute script at line 1. Expected: )

Does your comp have special characters like *&/"` ? it maybe breaking the script

also which version AE & Deadline are you running and on which OS?

[11112]

hi, my comp doesn’t have special characters, and both the server and worker running with Adobe After Effects CC 2019 on Windows 20H2.

Thanks for your reply!

[anthonygelatka]

@11112

Unable to execute script at line 1. Expected: ;” )

There was also a post on here that showed the issue could also be with the filename

After Effects Error

Any ideas? Error Message Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): aerender ERROR: After Effects can not render for aerender. Another instance of aerender, or another script, may be running; or, AE may be waiting for response from a modal dialog, or for a render to complete. Try running aerender without the -reuse flag to invoke a separate instance of After Effects at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage) Slave Log …

Does this have the issue? Which version of Deadline are you running?

[11112]

My Deadline version is 10.1.15.

[anthonygelatka]

And is the file named correctly as explained in the other forum post?

Is everything named without special characters? As it sounds like something is breaking it?

You may want to create a ticket with Thinkbox so someone can investigate