Hi, I am having issues trying to get a quicktime generated from Deadline. This is the error message (has been edited to protect IP):
0: Loaded job: FMV_120_SH_03 (00f_050_x_52f3b92c)
0: INFO: Script plugin for Deadline 2.7.29178, built Aug 22 2007 14:02:42 R
0: INFO: >> Fusion Quicktime Generator for Deadline, 2007-03-21
0: INFO: job file: c:\deadline\slave\jobsData\00f_050_x_52f3b92c.job
0: INFO: Executable: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Fusion Render Slave\RenderSlave.exe”
0: INFO: Arguments: “/listen /verbose”
0: INFO: StartupDir: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Fusion Render Slave”
0: INFO: UseJobObject: true
0: INFO: HideDosWindow: false
0: INFO: ControlStdout: true
0: INFO: ControlStdin: false
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 100-400
0: INFO: Update timeout has been set to 14400 seconds
0: INFO: Executable: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Fusion Render Slave\eyeonScript.exe”
0: INFO: Arguments: ““c:\deadline\slave\plugins\createQT.eyeonscript” “P:\FMV_120_Dungeon\Shot_030_Final\FMV_120_SH_03_0100.tif” 100 400 “P:\FMV_120_Dungeon\Shot_030_Final\FMV_120_SH_03.mov” “None_raw” “C:\Program Files (x86)\Fusion Render Slave\RenderSlave.exe” 100 30 2 1 “” “FMV_120_SH_03” “24/01/2008 3:04:26 PM” “” 1.8 0 false “” “” “” 100 False”
0: INFO: StartupDir: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Fusion Render Slave”
0: INFO: UseJobObject: true
0: INFO: HideDosWindow: true
0: STDOUT:
0: STDOUT: eyeon Script Interpreter
0: STDOUT: Copyright © 2005 eyeon Software
0: STDOUT:
0: STDOUT: Connecting to Fusion…
0: STDOUT: Connected Successfully to Fusion, version 5.0
0: STDOUT: Missing frame strategy: Output Black
0: STDOUT: Writing Quicktime to P:\FMV_120_Dungeon\Shot_030_Final\FMV_120_SH_03.mov
0: STDOUT: Gamma = 1.8
0: STDOUT: Gain = 1
0: STDOUT: c:\deadline\slave\plugins\createQT.eyeonscript:514: attempt to call global TextPlus' (a nil value)<br> 0: STDOUT: stack traceback:<br> 0: STDOUT: c:\deadline\slave\plugins\createQT.eyeonscript:514: in main chunk<br> 0: INFO: Process return code: 1<br> Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error: <br> Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: Render did not complete successfully: c:\deadline\slave\plugins\createQT.eyeonscript:514: attempt to call globalTextPlus’ (a nil value)
Exception Details
RenderPluginException -- Exception during render: Render did not complete successfully: c:\deadline\slave\plugins\createQT.eyeonscript:514: attempt to call global `TextPlus' (a nil value)
RenderPluginException.Cause: JobError (2)
Exception.TargetSite: Void RenderTasks(Int32, Int32)
Exception.Source: DeadlinePluginLoader
Exception.StackTrace:
at Deadline.Plugins.PluginLoader.RenderTasks(Int32 startTask, Int32 endTask)
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()
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Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!
Brad
Hi Brad,
The quicktime generation script is failing when it tries to create the
TextPlus tool to add text to the quicktime movie. From looking at the
error message, it would appear that Fusion isn’t recognizing the
TextPlus tool. One quick test you can do is open up Fusion on the
machine that the render is failing on, select the Console tab, and then
try to execute this:
test = TextPlus({Height=200, Width=200, HorizontalJustification=0,
VerticalJustification=3, Size = 24})
This is similar to how the quicktime generation script is creating the
text tool, and executing this command should create a text tool in your
Comp. If this doesn’t work, maybe a reinstall of Fusion would help?
Cheers,
Hi Ryan, thanks for the help. It seems the problem may be quicktime based - we managed to run the suggested script without any problems. When trying to generate a quicktime we get the following error:
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Scheduler Thread - Plugin loaded in 0.17 seconds.
0: Loaded job: FMV_120_SH_03 (00f_050_x_6c126ccd)
0: INFO: Script plugin for Deadline 2.7.29178, built Aug 22 2007 14:02:42 R
0: INFO: >> Frantic Quicktime Generator Plugin for Deadline, 2005-06-16
0: INFO: job file: c:\deadline\slave\jobsData\00f_050_x_6c126ccd.job
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 100-400
0: INFO: Executable: “C:\Deadline\bin\DeadlineQuicktimeGenerator.exe”
0: INFO: Arguments: " -CreateMovie “P:\FMV_120_Dungeon\Shot_030_Final\FMV_120_SH_03_0100.tif” “c:\Deadline\slave\jobsData\quicktime_ExportSettings.xml” 100 400 30 “P:\FMV_120_Dungeon\Shot_030_Final\FMV_120_SH_03.mov”"
0: INFO: StartupDir: “C:\Deadline\bin”
0: INFO: UseJobObject: true
0: INFO: HideDosWindow: true
0: STDOUT: Input file: “P:\FMV_120_Dungeon\Shot_030_Final\FMV_120_SH_03_0100.tif”
0: STDOUT: Export settings file: “c:\Deadline\slave\jobsData\quicktime_ExportSettings.xml”
0: STDOUT: Start frame: 100
0: STDOUT: End frame: 400
0: STDOUT: Frame rate: 30
0: STDOUT: Output file: “P:\FMV_120_Dungeon\Shot_030_Final\FMV_120_SH_03.mov”
0: STDOUT:
0: STDOUT: Loading images
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: Error: Oops! An error occurred. (COM)
Exception Details
RenderPluginException -- Exception during render: Error: Oops! An error occurred. (COM)
RenderPluginException.Cause: JobError (2)
Exception.TargetSite: Void RenderTasks(Int32, Int32)
Exception.Source: DeadlinePluginLoader
Exception.StackTrace:
at Deadline.Plugins.PluginLoader.RenderTasks(Int32 startTask, Int32 endTask)
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()
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Does this help at all?
Cheers!
Brad
Hi Brad,
My gut reaction is that these two errors are unrelated. The first error
is from using Fusion to generate the quicktime, and for some reason
trying to create the TextPlus tool fails. The second error is from using
Apple’s quicktime libraries to generate the quicktime, which are failing
when trying to load in the images (unfortunately, the “Oops” error
message doesn’t tell us why). Try rendering with Apple quicktime again,
but this time try only rendering a couple of frames (5 at most) to see
if you still get this error message - maybe the problem is memory related?.
Cheers,