Could you make available a way of de-serializing BG renderer for us freelancers who move from studio to studio so no one else has the luxury of my account when im not there. Thanks.
Is it safe to assume this works well with CC? It isn't listed under compatibility but I just watched a couple of videos where Mathias and Nick from GreyScaleGorilla are using it with Cineware.
Hi, I'm having a problem using BG Render. When it launches I get a lot of "No such file or directory" and:
aerender Error: After Effects error: Error in output for render queue item 6, output module 1. Can not create a file in directory /Volumes/Graphics Drive/Napa 2013/finished-NAPA 2013. Try checking write permissions.
I have "ignore ownership" set for the drive that contains the .aep as well as read and write permissions for everyone. Oh-I'm on a mac.
Hi, I'm having a problem using BG Render. When it launches I get a lot of "No such file or directory" and:
aerender Error: After Effects error: Error in output for render queue item 6, output module 1. Can not create a file in directory /Volumes/Graphics Drive/Napa 2013/finished-NAPA 2013. Try checking write permissions.
I have "ignore ownership" set for the drive that contains the .aep as well as read and write permissions for everyone. Oh-I'm on a mac.
It is definitely a permissions issue. If you can't set the permissions for that drive then try rendering to another location where you know you have write permissions.
i'm having some trouble with “stack overrun” errors, when rendering via BG Render from After Effects CS5. The error does not appear when rendering directly in the AE Render Queue. The setup is pretty simple: a bunch of layers parented to a null, which is animated with a “time*x” expression on Y position. I'm sure i've done similar setups a hundred times before without any problems. I thought stack overruns usually happen when there are too many cascading dependencies between too many layers - which definitely isn't the case here (only one layer has an expression applied).
Do you have any idea what could be causing the problem? I'm on a MacPro Quad, OS 10.6.7, AE CS5 and BG Render 2.12.
i'm having some trouble with “stack overrun” errors, when rendering via BG Render from After Effects CS5.
Please open a support ticket and include screenshots of any errors you are seeing. Please include these details and well as anything else you think might be relevant. The more details you can provide the more likely we will be able to help you.
I then rendered out a avi file with the same load error message. Still no logs.
Not a deal breaker but whats wrong?
Are you on mac or windows? BG Renderer logs are only created on mac due to limitations in windows and the way the After Effects command line renderer works.
is it faster than the render with after effects or adobe encoder ?
Yes, it will render faster as there is no UI overhead. Unless you know what you are doing you should leave the Max Mem and Cache settings at their default values. Also you do not have enough ram to do MP rendering so do not choose that option, instead use the "Save BG Launcher" option and launch 2-3 instances. Please watch the tutorial for more details on how to do this.
I'm trying out this amazing script right now. I watched a tutorial of a guy that used multiple BG render windows on a single computer to render a image sequence extremely fast. I tried the technique on my own and found that it works perfect for image sequences. But, when two windows try to save the same frame at the same time one window will crash out and stop rending. I was wondering if you could update the script to where if it comes across that error that it will continue rendering. Not just stop if it tries to save over a same frame. Know what I mean?
Thanks anyway for your great scripts. Keep'em coming,
But, when two windows try to save the same frame at the same time one window will crash out and stop rending.
I have only experienced this problem on over-scheduled networks. Meaning that the odds that two frames get written at the same time is extremely low but if the network is overloaded then the writes get queued and that's when you'll see two or more writes being done at the exact same time. Unfortunately there isn't much that can be done here as it has to do with the server and not BG Renderer
I just purchased your great script and it was running perfectly. I tried creating a portable folder on my PC and that worked great too. But since I did that it quit working. I tried changing all the settings but every time I hit BG Render, the file saves and the black render window doesn't come up - nothing happens after. I hope it's a simple fix. Any tips on what could've happened?
I just purchased your great script and it was running perfectly. I tried creating a portable folder on my PC and that worked great too. But since I did that it quit working. I tried changing all the settings but every time I hit BG Render, the file saves and the black render window doesn't come up - nothing happens after. I hope it's a simple fix. Any tips on what could've happened?
I just purchased your great script and it was running perfectly. I tried creating a portable folder on my PC and that worked great too. But since I did that it quit working. I tried changing all the settings but every time I hit BG Render, the file saves and the black render window doesn't come up - nothing happens after. I hope it's a simple fix. Any tips on what could've happened?
You can delete your AE prefs to reset BG Renderer
That got BG Renderer to work again, but every time I start a render with the app option I run into the same issue. I really don't want to delete my AE prefs every time I use the app rendering option. Am I missing something?
Hi Lloyd, would you happen to know what the proper command line for FFmpeg would be to take an image sequence from BG Render Pro, and create a ProRes 4444 (with alpha) from it? Thanks!
would you happen to know what the proper command line for FFmpeg would be to take an image sequence from BG Render Pro, and create a ProRes 4444 (with alpha) from it? Thanks!
Here's a sample command using the xlib264 codec. You'll have to experiment with making it work with ProRes:
would you happen to know what the proper command line for FFmpeg would be to take an image sequence from BG Render Pro, and create a ProRes 4444 (with alpha) from it? Thanks!
Here's a sample command using the xlib264 codec. You'll have to experiment with making it work with ProRes:
One issue i've noticed however is that if I run multiple instances of BG Render Pro, I'll inevitably run into an issue where every instance is trying to render out the final movie. Do you think in a future update it would be possible to add a check to see if all frames are present before initializing a write out to ffmpeg? That would alleviate that issue I think.
Another issue I'm seeing is that even with all CPU being used, my renders are still coming out almost 2x slower than using AE's GUI render (no MP). Would you know why that is?
Do you think in a future update it would be possible to add a check to see if all frames are present before initializing a write out to ffmpeg? That would alleviate that issue I think.
Yes this is definitely something planned for a future version.
Another issue I'm seeing is that even with all CPU being used, my renders are still coming out almost 2x slower than using AE's GUI render (no MP). Would you know why that is?
Are you using plugins that use the GPU such as Element3D? aerender should be faster than the main GUI unless there is some GPU stuff happening in the GUI.
can you add feature that adds start time and/or rendered comp(s) (name or even number on Render Queue list) to title of console (aerender) window? this would be very helpfull when many of renders are started simultanously (an example one render per core) to distinguish windows and terminate some or control which are finished or not.
It is not officially supported in CS6 but it runs fine in CS6. You can download the free trial and try it for yourself before buying. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance.
Love the script! The fact that I can keep working in AE while rendering is amazing!
I am having trouble starting multiple instances...
I am trying to start multiple instances. I have started them directly from BG Render as well as saving a launch file. I launch a render from BG Render and everything works fine. I am outputting to ProRes QT. Render settings are set to Best Settings and ProRes. When I try to launch a second instance, I keep getting an error:
aerender Error: After Effects error: Rendering error while writing to file /Volumes/ShurTech 03 MAIN/SL2012-051 - Natl Sales Mtg Open/Rendered Movies/2014 Movies/Main Comp_Image_P4-1.mov. Unable to delete existing file. (-1610153460)
aerender version 10.5x253
PROGRESS: Launching After Effects...
PROGRESS: ...After Effects successfully launched
When I switch to Multi-Machine Settings I get the error:
"Launching aerender...
WARNING:After Effects warning: Skip Existing Files is available only with ONE output module of type Sequence."
What am I doing wrong? Can I not do multiple instances when outputting to ProRes QT?
I work on two computers - a Mac and a PC. Will BG Renderer Pro allow me do my primary work on OSX but to export the small applets made for Windows? Ideally, I like to be able to have a situation where I easily send files over to render on my Windows box.
Hi Lloyd, Your programme is one of the best plugins we have used. We liked it so much we bought it for the whole office a year or so back. Are you planning to support After Effects CC? We were able to get BGR working on CS6 but CC just doesnt like it.
Hi Lloyd, Your programme is one of the best plugins we have used. We liked it so much we bought it for the whole office a year or so back. Are you planning to support After Effects CC? We were able to get BGR working on CS6 but CC just doesnt like it.
Regards
BG Renderer is not officially supported on CC yet but it should work. Please open a support ticket and describe your issue in as much detail as possible including screenshots whenerer possible.
Hi Lloyd, great script, but I have a problem. On my machine I have all After Effects Versions from CS4 up to CS6 installed. When I run BG Renderer in CS6 however, he uses the aerender-engine from CS5 and fails to render the file as the aep is created with a newer AE version - of course since I am in CS6. How can I make BG Renderer always use the CS6 Render-Engine?
Hi Lloyd, great script, but I have a problem. On my machine I have all After Effects Versions from CS4 up to CS6 installed. When I run BG Renderer in CS6 however, he uses the aerender-engine from CS5 and fails to render the file as the aep is created with a newer AE version - of course since I am in CS6. How can I make BG Renderer always use the CS6 Render-Engine?
Sounds like your prefs might be corrupted. I would recommend deleting your AE prefs to see if it fixes the problem.
It's been said that BG Renderer doesn't work with Element 3D Because of the GPU issue, i made a test with Element 3D and managed to render a comp withBG Renderer and Element 3D Ver. 1.5 work fine with no errors at all but when i rendered with an upgrade to Element 3D Ver. 1.6 the same error mentioned above popes out. Is there any solution to that problem or maybe i need to refer this problem to Andrew (Video Copilot) to solve it.
P.S. I use BG Renderer v2.03 and when i render the comp in After Effects inside renderer there is no errors there.
Is there any solution to that problem or maybe i need to refer this problem to Andrew (Video Copilot) to solve it.
P.S. I use BG Renderer v2.03 and when i render the comp in After Effects inside renderer there is no errors there.
Yes, as that is an Element 3D error I would contact them for help. Also you are running an older version of BG Renderer, i would very strongly advice you to upgrade. You can find the latest version in the 'My Downloads & Licenses' section of your user account.
Do you have any idea what could be causing the problem? I'm on a MacPro Quad, OS 10.6.7, AE CS5 and BG Render 2.12.
Thanks & Regards
Axel
Actually I have the latest imac version from apple and I'm looking for super fast render ..
but I could't understand the Max Mem and the Max Ram cache .. what should I do to get faster render ?
this is my imac specification
3.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5
8GB of 1600MHz DDR3 memory
ffmpeg -i \"[outputFilePath][outputFileName]\" -vcodec xlib264 -vpre slow -crf 22 -threads 0 \"[outputFilePath][outputFileNameNoExt].mp4.png sequence to ProRes 422HQ (notice the %05d.png added, so ffmpeg knows there is an image sequence):
ffmpeg -r 30 -i [outputFilePath][outputFileNameNoExt]%05d.png -c:v prores_ks -profile:v 3 -pix_fmt yuv444p10le [outputFilePath][outputFileNameNoExt].mov.png sequence to H264:
ffmpeg -r 30 -i [outputFilePath][outputFileNameNoExt]%05d.png -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -pix_fmt yuv420p [outputFilePath][outputFileNameNoExt].mp4One issue i've noticed however is that if I run multiple instances of BG Render Pro, I'll inevitably run into an issue where every instance is trying to render out the final movie. Do you think in a future update it would be possible to add a check to see if all frames are present before initializing a write out to ffmpeg? That would alleviate that issue I think.
Another issue I'm seeing is that even with all CPU being used, my renders are still coming out almost 2x slower than using AE's GUI render (no MP). Would you know why that is?
Thanks!
this would be very helpfull when many of renders are started simultanously (an example one render per core) to distinguish windows and terminate some or control which are finished or not.
Is it already possible to use it with cs 6?
I am trying to start multiple instances. I have started them directly from BG Render as well as saving a launch file. I launch a render from BG Render and everything works fine. I am outputting to ProRes QT. Render settings are set to Best Settings and ProRes. When I try to launch a second instance, I keep getting an error: