Problem with Scan For Missing Output option

Deadline
1

We have a job that needs to be rendered, and in our job file shows something like:

[...]
  <OutputDirectories>
    <string>G:\shows\XXXXX\AB\AB_032_0170\Elements\AB_032_0170_PreComp_Alpha\v001\XXXXX_Precomp</string>
    <string>G:\shows\XXXXX\AB\AB_032_0170\Elements\AB_032_0170_PreComp_Alpha\v001</string>
  </OutputDirectories>
  <OutputFileNames>
    <string>AB_032_0170_PreComp_Alpha_v001_XXXXX_Precomp.#####.exr</string>
    <string>AB_032_0170_PreComp_Alpha_v001.#####.sgi</string>
  </OutputFileNames>
[...]

This job has be erroring out, and when I right click and go to “Scan for missing output,” and it’ll say that all frames for path:
G:\shows\XXXXX\AB\AB_032_0170\Elements\AB_032_0170_PreComp_Alpha\v001\XXXXX_Precomp[b]AB_032_0170_PreComp_Alpha_v001_XXXXX_Precomp.#####.exr[/b]
are in the right place, yet apparently we’re missing all files:
G:\shows\XXXXX\AB\AB_032_0170\Elements\AB_032_0170_PreComp_Alpha\v001[b]AB_032_0170_PreComp_Alpha_v001_XXXXX_Precomp.#####.exr[/b]

So it’s almost like deadline isn’t reading the multiple output filenames… Is there a fix for this?

-Brett Bronson

2

Hi Brett,

Which version of Deadline are you using? Deadline 3.1 SP1 (3.1.0.36430) has a much improved Scan For Missing output feature, and I just tested it here and it works fine when scanning multiple outputs.

Cheers,

  • Ryan
3

Hey Ryan,

I am using Deadline Version: 3.1.0.36430

-Brett

4

Hi Brett,

I gave your original post a second read through, and now I understand what the problem was. I didn’t realize it was appending the wrong file name to the correct path. We’ve tracked this down and the bug will be fixed in the upcoming Deadline 4.0 release around the end of November. Thanks for pointing this out.

Unfortunately, there are no workarounds in the meantime.

Cheers,

  • Ryan