Muster with XSI

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  • 6th June 2007 at 2:06 pm #14189

    I got an error when using Muster with XSI render:
    “The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.”

    and I got some reference from this link:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318746

    but It seems there’s no error like the above link describes.

    help please…

    7th June 2007 at 10:30 am #14684

    If you submit the log of the chunk, it could be easier to give suggestions.

    Regards.

    8th June 2007 at 9:16 am #14685

    Hi Leonardo.

    I’ve been testting Muster 5.2 based distributed rendering with XSI 6.0 , 3ds Max 9.0 in windows server 2003, and got some error messeges from both of them

    for XSI:
    1. calling XSIBatch.bat, and using UNC scene path:
    [MUSTER]Spawning process C:SoftimageXSI_6.0ApplicationbinXSIBatch.bat inside C:SoftimageXSI_6.0Applicationbin using the following command line flags:

    [MUSTER]-r -startframe 25 -endframe 26 -step 1 -verbose “prog” -scene “\RfserverdigiManRootproductionASP_RnDxsiPrjScenesxsiRenderTestDisp.scn”

    The system cannot find the path specified.

    [MUSTER]Process terminated with the following exit code: 1

    2. calling XSIBatch.bat and using drive mapping path:
    [MUSTER]Spawning process C:SoftimageXSI_6.0ApplicationbinXSIBatch.bat inside C:SoftimageXSI_6.0Applicationbin using the following command line flags:

    [MUSTER]-r -startframe 25 -endframe 26 -step 1 -verbose “prog” -scene “Y:ASP_RnDxsiPrjScenesxsiRenderTestDisp.scn”

    The Filename, Directory Name, or Volume Label Syntax Is Incorrect.

    [MUSTER]Process terminated with the following exit code: 1

    3. calling “XSIBatch.exe” and UNC path, everything is ok, but you’d setup the Envirenment Variables manually.

    and for Max, all the renderclient radomly encounter errors like this:
    [MUSTER]Spawning process C:Program FilesAutodesk3ds Max 93dsmaxcmd.exe inside C:Program FilesAutodesk3ds Max 9 using the following command line flags:

    [MUSTER]-v:5 -start:2 -end:2 -nthFrame: 1 Y:ASP_RnDMaxProjscenesrenderTest.max

    6/6/2007 18:24:56 PM; Parsing scene: “Y:ASP_RnDMaxProjscenesrenderTest.max”

    6/6/2007 18:24:56 PM; 1 frames initialized

    6/6/2007 18:24:56 PM;

    Max install location: C:Program FilesAutodesk3ds Max 9

    6/6/2007 18:24:56 PM; Max file being rendered: Y:ASP_RnDMaxProjscenesrenderTest.max

    6/6/2007 18:24:56 PM; Renderer: Default Scanline Renderer

    6/6/2007 18:25:06 PM; Max is ready

    6/6/2007 18:25:09 PM; Frame 2 assigned

    6/6/2007 18:25:09 PM; Max is going down

    6/6/2007 18:25:10 PM; Error rendering frame 2: An unexpected exception has occurred in the network renderer and it is terminating.

    6/6/2007 18:25:10 PM; Send End of Job command to Max

    6/6/2007 18:25:11 PM; Job Completed with Error(s) – see above

    6/6/2007 18:25:11 PM; Total elapsed time 00:00:05

    6/6/2007 18:25:11 PM; Max is down

    6/6/2007 18:25:11 PM; Error occured while rendering job.

    [MUSTER]Process terminated with the following exit code: 3



    any help is appreciated!

    9th June 2007 at 1:54 am #14686

    Ok, regarding XSI, the next service release will include a modified template that allows you to set the environmental variables on a client basis using the management console.

    Regarding Max,as the log says, it’s an unexpected exception,I suppose you’re rendering a basic scene, so it may be something related to your file server ? As you see, it’s the max batch render that’s crashing just before starting the render. I may suppose it crashes when loading textures or other stuff.

    You said in happens randomly. What’s the frequence of this behaviour ?

    11th June 2007 at 7:42 am #14688

    Thanks for your reply,

    there are always 3-4 of 5 clients that’ll break down, we also tried Spider, same errors comed up…
    so i guess it’s a stability issue about 3dsmaxcmd.exe calling…

    11th June 2007 at 11:03 am #14689

    Never heard about such kind of crashes, I suggest you to check your file server as well as your licensing configuration.

    Regards.

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