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Inspiring
November 6, 2018
Question

multiple aerender instances show multiple "Repeated Frame" messages when run in parallel

  • November 6, 2018
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I'm running several instances of aerender, and the logs keep showing this "Repeated Frame" message:

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:00 (1): 2 Seconds

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:01 (2): 0 Seconds

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:01 (2): 0 Seconds

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:02 (3): 1 Seconds

Repeated frame 2

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:02 (3): 0 Seconds

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:03 (4): 0 Seconds

Repeated frame 3

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:03 (4): 1 Seconds

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:04 (5): 0 Seconds

Repeated frame 4

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:04 (5): 1 Seconds

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:05 (6): 0 Seconds

Repeated frame 5

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:05 (6): 1 Seconds

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:06 (7): 0 Seconds

Repeated frame 6

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:06 (7): 0 Seconds

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:07 (8): 0 Seconds

Repeated frame 7

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:07 (8): 1 Seconds

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:08 (9): 0 Seconds

Repeated frame 8

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:08 (9): 1 Seconds

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:09 (10): 0 Seconds

Repeated frame 9

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:09 (10): 0 Seconds

PROGRESS:  0:00:12:10 (11): 0 Seconds

Repeated frame 10

... and so on.

It seems to be rendering the same frame twice.

It doesn't happen when I run the same job in only one instance.

The final render seems to be OK, but does anyone know what this means and how to prevent it?

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4 replies

Aktuba Ink
Aktuba Ink
Participant
December 18, 2018

Don't have time to test right now (on a deadline) but I'm sure it was stuck much longer that 0 seconds on those frames – my render also didn't finish properly. Rendering sound separately now and adding it using an old QT7 pro.

Aktuba Ink
Aktuba Ink
Participant
December 18, 2018

Just experienced this as well, using Render Garden.

Seems that rendering the proes-file with audio output causes this for me. Turning off audio-output in the render queue fixes it.

Not sure how I'd output something with sound now – I'd have to add it later.

Martin_Ritter
Martin_Ritter
Legend
December 18, 2018

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Aktuba%20Ink  thank you for finding out!

I just recognized, that the repeated frames in the output is always 0 secs rendering time. So, maybe this is just an output message and it doesn't affect overall rendering? Could you may make a little speed-test?

    d0g0
    d0g0Author
    Inspiring
    November 7, 2018

    I tried running the same aerender command manually, and it does show many frames being rendered twice:

    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:00 (1): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:01 (2): 1 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:01 (2): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:02 (3): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:02 (3): 1 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:03 (4): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:03 (4): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:04 (5): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:04 (5): 1 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:05 (6): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:05 (6): 1 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:06 (7): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:06 (7): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:07 (8): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:07 (8): 1 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:08 (9): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:08 (9): 1 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:09 (10): 0 Seconds
    PROGRESS:  0:00:00:09 (10): 1 Seconds

    Why would it do this?

    command:

    $ "/Applications/Adobe After Effects CC 2018/aerender" -project "/Volumes/Common/_Automation/testing/YV-v6.6-template.aep" -OMtemplate YesDVC -comp "YV2" -output "/Volumes/Common/_Automation/testing/test4/output.mov" -s 0 -e 9 -v ERRORS_AND_PROGRESS

    Martin_Ritter
    Martin_Ritter
    Legend
    November 7, 2018

    Where is this command-line from? How do you set up your render garden?

    I'm wondering about rendering into a MOV with multiply instances, which isn't working. You can only use parallel-rendering in combination with image sequences.

    Also, it's using the output module template YesDVC, whatever this is.

    d0g0
    d0g0Author
    Inspiring
    November 8, 2018

    Command line is written by hand.

    This is NOT rendering multiple instances. Just one.

    No parallel rendering.

    Output module makes no difference, whether Lossless or this DVCPRO.

    Martin_Ritter
    Martin_Ritter
    Legend
    November 7, 2018

    Did you separate your comp into smaller pieces before rendering and if not, have you checked the skip frames option in the render queue?

    *Martin

    d0g0
    d0g0Author
    Inspiring
    November 7, 2018

    martinr84659894  wrote

    Did you separate your comp into smaller pieces before rendering and if not, have you checked the skip frames option in the render queue?

    *Martin

    Yes, each instance is rendering a separate range of frames.

    And there is no render queue involved, each process renders a comp by name, with no "-i" setting.

    Martin_Ritter
    Martin_Ritter
    Legend
    November 7, 2018

    I've never seen such a output before...

    What's the command line you are using, what does the whole environment look like?

    Do you get more repeated frames when you start 3 processes on parallel?

    On a sidenote: have a look at RenderGarden | by Mekajiki

    They are using an AE script for separating the comp and python scripts, to launch aerender.exe.

    *Martin

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