Hi,
we’re having trouble generating Quicktime settings on Mac OS through the ‘Create Settings’ dialogue of the Quicktime Submitter.
- The ‘Movie Settings’ window of Quicktime opens behind all the Deadline Monitor windows and is thus not accessible. The workaround so far is to move all Deadline windows so the center of the screen is empty and the controls become accessible. This must happen before clicking ‘Create Settings’ as it’s not possible to move any of those windows after clicking the ‘Create Settings’ button.
- When going the workaround route it’s possible to click ‘Settings…’, choose the desired codec and its options and click ‘OK’.
When trying to select the options under ‘Size…’ it’s impossible to click anything in the following dialog window - including ‘OK’ and ‘Cancel’ and also the Monitor windows are completely inaccessible. Only a reboot fixes this. When not trying to adjust any of the settings under ‘Size…’ it’s no problem completing the process and save a settings file. - When asking for the settings file’s location it suggests .xml as extension. But the resulting file looks nothing like an xml file. Not sure if this a bug.
- To be able to get to those settings and put them into a settings file we tried a workflow using AppleScript suggested here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5901692/applescript-quicktime-pro-save-export-settings
When using that settings file (attached) the Quicktime job resulted in this error:
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Error
Error: The Quicktime settings file submitted with this job (1920x1080p_rsz_prores422hq.qts) was created on Windows, so it cannot render on an OSX machine.
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks (System.String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, System.String& outMessage, FranticX.Processes.AbortLevel& abortLevel) [0x00000] in :0
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Type
RenderPluginException
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Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask (System.String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame) [0x00000] in :0
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.a (Deadline.IO.TaskLogWriter A_0) [0x00000] in :0
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Log
2015-08-19 16:28:20: BEGIN - imac.local\justind
2015-08-19 16:28:20: 0: Plugin will be reloaded because a new job has been loaded, or one of the job files or plugin files has been modified
2015-08-19 16:28:20: 0: Loaded plugin Quicktime (/Volumes/deadlinerepo/plugins/Quicktime)
2015-08-19 16:28:20: 0: Start Job timeout is disabled.
2015-08-19 16:28:20: 0: Task timeout is disabled.
2015-08-19 16:28:20: 0: Loaded job: kit_rnd_000_000_comp_v011_mw_left.0000001 (55d48f7f22cd8b1060a4de8d)
2015-08-19 16:28:20: 0: INFO: Executing plugin script /Users/justind/Library/Application Support/Thinkbox/Deadline7/slave/imac/plugins/55d48f7f22cd8b1060a4de8d/Quicktime.py
2015-08-19 16:28:20: 0: INFO: About: Quicktime Plugin for Deadline
2015-08-19 16:28:20: 0: INFO: The job’s environment will be merged with the current environment before rendering
2015-08-19 16:28:20: 0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1-100
2015-08-19 16:28:37: 0: INFO: Stdout Redirection Enabled: True
2015-08-19 16:28:37: 0: INFO: Asynchronous Stdout Enabled: True
2015-08-19 16:28:37: 0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
2015-08-19 16:28:37: 0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
2015-08-19 16:28:37: 0: INFO: QT Popup Handling Enabled: False
2015-08-19 16:28:37: 0: INFO: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.* Popup Handling Enabled: False
2015-08-19 16:28:37: 0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
2015-08-19 16:28:37: 0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
2015-08-19 16:28:37: 0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
2015-08-19 16:28:37: 0: INFO: Running as user: justind
2015-08-19 16:28:37: 0: INFO: Executable: “/Applications/Thinkbox/Deadline7/Resources/deadlinequicktimegenerator”
2015-08-19 16:28:38: 0: An exception occurred: Error: The Quicktime settings file submitted with this job (1920x1080p_rsz_prores422hq.qts) was created on Windows, so it cannot render on an OSX machine.
2015-08-19 16:28:38: at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks (System.String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, System.String& outMessage, FranticX.Processes.AbortLevel& abortLevel) [0x00000] in :0 (Deadline.Plugins.RenderPluginException)
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Details
Date: 08/19/2015 16:25:06
Frames: 1-100
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00:31
Job Submit Date: 08/19/2015 16:15:27
Job User: matthiasw
Average RAM Usage: 1903244288 (45%)
Peak RAM Usage: 1905410048 (45%)
Average CPU Usage: 3%
Peak CPU Usage: 12%
Used CPU Clocks: 22320
Total CPU Clocks: 744000
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Slave Information
Slave Name: imac
Version: v7.2.0.10 R (f26c85d44)
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.7.3
Machine User: justind
IP Address: 192.168.1.98
MAC Address: c8:2a:14:23:d3:2b
CPU Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 4
CPU Usage: 19%
Memory Usage: 1.8 GB / 4.0 GB (44%)
Free Disk Space: 93.542 GB
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
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Ideally we will never need that AppleScript workflow to generate a settings file, of course, if we could just access the Quicktime settings from Deadline’s Quicktime submission dialogue.
This is with:
Mac OS 10.7.3
QT 7.7.1 (2315)
QT Player 7.6.6 (1709)
Deadline 7.2.0.10
Cheers,
Holger
1920x1080p_rsz_prores422hq.zip (1.68 KB)