Trouble w Deadline4.1 & REDAlert (REDline)

Deadline
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Hi,
I am running some tests on our systems and trying to get REDline (the cmd version of REDALERT) to convert some .R3D files to Quicktimes. Everything seems all good upon submit, color settings are tweaked to a nice level, checked everything else I could think of, but I get a strange error.

Error log below…

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Error Message
Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 1. Check the log for more information.
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks (Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, System.String& outMessage) [0x00000] in :0

Slave Log
race:
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask (Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame) [0x00000] in :0
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask () [0x00000] in :0
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Constructor: REDAlert
0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: REDALERTTEST (000_050_999_57def2e0)
0: INFO: StartJob: initializing script plugin REDAlert
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression " : ([0-9]+)" will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: About: REDAlert Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1-500
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: Render Executable: “/usr/sbin/REDline”
0: INFO: Render Argument: -i “/Users/workstation/Deadline/slave/jobsData/A002_C025_072995_001.R3D” -o “A002_C025_072995_001.mov” --outDir “/Volumes/HushServe/PROJECTS/2010/07-089-Saatchi-Gushers/09_FCP/EXPORTS/SHOTS/NETRENDERTEST/” --format 10 --res 1 --start 1 --end 500 --QTsize 1 --colorSpace 13 --gammaCurve 14 --NR 500 --detail 1 --iso 320 --exposure -1.29 --contrast 0.17 --brightness 2.8 --drx 0.43 --kelvin 3008 --tint -23.03 --saturation 0.87 --redGain 0.73 --greenGain 0.8 --blueGain 1.08 --black 0 --white 100 --blackX 0 --blackY 0 --toeX 27 --toeY 23 --midX 42 --midY 50 --kneeX 61 --kneeY 75 --whiteX 100 --whiteY 100
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “/usr/sbin”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: INFO: Process exit code: 1
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 1. Check the log for more information.
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks (Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, System.String& outMessage) [0x00000] in :0

Error Type
RenderPluginException

Error Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask (Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame) [0x00000] in :0
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask () [0x00000] in :0

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Hi,

The actual problem is that REDLine is returning a non-zero exit code, which is an indication that something has gone wrong. The is coming from the stack trace that Deadline generates. Have you tried outputting to any other formats to see if the problem is QT-specific or not?

Another debugging test you can run is to open up a terminal on the render node that is producing this error and run this:

“/usr/sbin/REDline” -i “/Users/workstation/Deadline/slave/jobsData/A002_C025_072995_001.R3D” -o “A002_C025_072995_001.mov” --outDir “/Volumes/HushServe/PROJECTS/2010/07-089-Saatchi-Gushers/09_FCP/EXPORTS/SHOTS/NETRENDERTEST/” --format 10 --res 1 --start 1 --end 500 --QTsize 1 --colorSpace 13 --gammaCurve 14 --NR 500 --detail 1 --iso 320 --exposure -1.29 --contrast 0.17 --brightness 2.8 --drx 0.43 --kelvin 3008 --tint -23.03 --saturation 0.87 --redGain 0.73 --greenGain 0.8 --blueGain 1.08 --black 0 --white 100 --blackX 0 --blackY 0 --toeX 27 --toeY 23 --midX 42 --midY 50 --kneeX 61 --kneeY 75 --whiteX 100 --whiteY 100

Basically, what you’re doing is running the exact same command that Deadline is running. It would be interesting to see if can render the QT without Deadline involved. This will help us determine if this problem is specific to Deadline or not.

Cheers,

  • Ryan