Return-Path: Received: from mail-qc0-f169.google.com ([209.85.216.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4750254 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:45:56 +0200 Received: by qcsd16 with SMTP id d16so2717519qcs.28 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:48:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=from:mime-version:content-type:subject:date:in-reply-to:to :references:message-id:x-mailer:x-gm-message-state; bh=d/Ppd0kJWqRo2eZW/8B318U5Fc7b4mm8cV/3tVUlBvk=; b=UC2hUp10P0XujL9myhm4zAj53K9th9q9vR/iG5DVVTIYWu4miuJMIOPpy+90sVT16+ XQJwhlgFuuBVuxhNFPerATBcgxryMJVfpieRUzaWwMudX3l7THxh6KIQw/NFaADKtN/c ktF5MahfGvyxxU5bEONzuXj22pVkEASMP+ewkZaJVrZwzF5mx12LgprG6e4cSr3RQNta g7UXEk7OP3MmPpOauAPkWgEMx+YQcDBbcKDPcg+wr52MF7hRvTvPjIKm8RfiszyY9E9n 4QSIsQDSHfoGrjlrOUOXNZQhTQ3vUwZbeAD1b55erD3LnoxvEzrTl8iEGI/xbC4nO07S EvhA== Received: by 10.229.105.145 with SMTP id t17mr7192552qco.123.1339994925685; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:48:45 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.44] (c-50-131-59-130.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. [50.131.59.130]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gy9sm39181583qab.22.2012.06.17.21.48.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:48:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Phil Spitler Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-157-910469972 Subject: Re: [AE] AErender hangs at start Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:48:42 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: <0A991A9E-1CE0-4B04-A203-F352B1874D4B@bonfirelabs.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkI3g92hBdrx9CNRXI0KOP2DUIL4oq6vT2n0+0MPyP+4zcD54kpGlKJuCdkEgYxZI+zIb1k --Apple-Mail-157-910469972 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii We have the same issue when we use Smedge as or render farm manger. Phil Phil Spitler | Associate Creative Director | Bonfire Labs | t : = 415.394.8200 | c : 415.571.3139 | Bonfirelabs.com "Get Social" - http://www.facebook.com/bonfirelabs On Jun 17, 2012, at 9:45 PM, Chris Zwar wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Just asking a question about something we've seen for years, and never = really thought to ask about before. > We have a Mac-based Deadline render farm, and all the slaves use the = AErender application to render - exactly the same as Lloyd's BG Render = script. It's the Adobe supplied render engine that comes with After = Effects. > Sometimes, on the individual slaves, the AErender application launches = and just hangs without beginning to actually render. We've never = figured out why this happens. It's not due to any errors such as fonts, = plugins, mounted drives etc etc. We just re-queue the render and = chances are it will begin working properly. Every so often we have to = kill all the orphaned aerender/ aerendercore processes that are sitting = there doing nothing except wasting memory. It doesn't seem to be = anything to do with Deadline itself, and we've never seen a pattern with = the projects that render normally and those that tend to stall. > Any suggestions as to what causes this? >=20 >=20 > -Chris >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to --Apple-Mail-157-910469972 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii We = have the same issue when we use Smedge as or render farm = manger.

Phil

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On Jun 17, 2012, at 9:45 PM, Chris Zwar wrote:

Hi,

Just asking a question about something = we've seen for years, and never really thought to ask about = before.
We have a Mac-based Deadline render farm, and all the slaves = use the AErender application to render - exactly the same as Lloyd's BG = Render script.  It's the Adobe supplied render engine that comes = with After Effects.
Sometimes, on the individual slaves, the AErender = application launches and just hangs without beginning to actually = render.  We've never figured out why this happens.  It's not = due to any errors such as fonts, plugins, mounted drives etc etc. =  We just re-queue the render and chances are it will begin working = properly.  Every so often we have to kill all the orphaned = aerender/ aerendercore processes that are sitting there doing nothing = except wasting memory.  It doesn't seem to be anything to do with = Deadline itself, and we've never seen a pattern with the projects that = render normally and those that tend to stall.
Any suggestions as to = what causes this?


-Chris





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