Return-Path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4861533 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:29:51 +0200 Received: from Elliot-Steeles-iMac.local (pD955A275.dip.t-dialin.net [217.85.162.117]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrbap1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LkSR1-1TpS4K2DIB-00cOjL; Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:31:45 +0200 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.20.0.090605 Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:31:34 +0200 Subject: Network rendering From: Elliot Steele To: After List Message-ID: Thread-Topic: Network rendering Thread-Index: Ac2g1IgRpmm98tVDwU6AzUclGJTrsA== In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3432058304_4554551" X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:i9llpLU3Xle9j73QhPti5d9vw6yIga+8uujD81BDkfz JXGSXPTNW/bU3gUyk+Aahgb/b7QT3jmhKm9g+fM1PVWPCuQrYn STbzB1ZxPGmP+dkm4Y+yf/g8v1luI5Zfla6YTnjI84CdCKgVDN WSHQmXPO9DWfO4rHfTxrARiE4wPdClx7VkAPhLMMN4d0SuHv5+ Wt6LLXjuky0ZsQJwvkDmdiC5f6l9lew2gnA84xi2Fiz3GDX7KI sVQZo9gC8DPnr6/VCgZ7xtpSck/sOKidWkP+YqDOknFxd7SekQ 85JoQQLhG3GmjLnJY1XHvip6/Z6zdcmXthfAzYSDxdInCJzvhv cf/5CswxzguzlaPIiVSg+fyJBoId30bbaiwHr5zYG > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3432058304_4554551 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Evening (or morning for some I guess!) chaps & chapesses, I=B9ve got a small render farm which I have been using for 3dsmax (using the standard Backburner) & would like to use the farm to render some quite long renders (10k frames, taking 24hrs on a 12-Core Mac Pro). The way my 3dsmax renders work is that I set up the render in max, submit the job to Backburner & that=B9s it. The process takes as long as it takes to save the file & to send it off (not long!). The individual render nodes open the submitted file & pull any referenced externally referenced scenes (xrefs) or maps from their original locations. The way I understand the AE way of network rendering is that I must first collect the project & all source files into the =B3watch=B2 folder & then the render nodes will do their stuff. If this is correct, why must all the source files be =B3collected=B2? Are the render nodes unable for some reason to read them from their original locations? The problem I have is that for a particular project the source files are in the 10s of GB & copying them every time I want to submit a network job is madness. Do I understand the process correctly? Is there a way of submitting jobs without collecting all the source files? Does anyone use an alternative method (maybe using a commercial solution?) to network render in AE? Many thanks for any thoughts! Elliot Steele ----------------------------------------------------------------------- digitalMEDIA Technik GmbH Am Berg 20 91809 Wellheim tel.: 08427 985011 fax: 08427 985012 handy: 0172 8410163 E-Mail: elliot.steele@digitalmediatechnik.de HRB 5012, Amtsgericht Ingolstadt Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer Elliot Steele USt-Nr: 124/124/40585 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --B_3432058304_4554551 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Network rendering Evening (or morning for some I guess!) chaps & chapesses,

I’ve got a small render farm which I have been using for 3dsmax (usin= g the standard Backburner) & would like to use the farm to render some q= uite long renders (10k frames, taking 24hrs on a 12-Core Mac Pro).

The way my 3dsmax renders work is that I set up the render in max, submit t= he job to Backburner & that’s it. The process takes as long as it = takes to save the file & to send it off (not long!).
The individual render nodes open the submitted file & pull any referenc= ed externally referenced scenes (xrefs) or maps from their original location= s.

The way I understand the AE way of network rendering is that I must first c= ollect the project & all source files into the “watch” folde= r & then the render nodes will do their stuff.
If this is correct, why must all the source files be “collected”= ;? Are the render nodes unable for some reason to read them from their origi= nal locations?
The problem I have is that for a particular project the source files are in= the 10s of GB & copying them every time I want to submit a network job = is madness.

Do I understand the process correctly? Is there a way of submitting jobs wi= thout collecting all the source files?

Does anyone use an alternative method (maybe using a commercial solution?) = to network render in AE?

Many thanks for any thoughts!

Elliot Steele

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digitalMEDIA Technik GmbH

Am Berg 20
91809 Wellheim

tel.: 08427 985011
fax:  08427 985012
handy: 0172 8410163

E-Mail: elliot.steele@digitalmediatechnik.de

HRB 5012, Amtsgericht Ingolstadt
Geschäftsführer Elliot Steele
USt-Nr: 124/124/40585

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