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Hi,

New problem since going from 17.3.1 build 6 to 17.4.2

I use Backburner to start FusionRenderNode like this :


C:\FusionNode\FusionRenderNode.exe \\pathtocompfile.comp /cleanlog /verbose /render /start %tp1 /end %tp1 /step 1 /status /quiet /quit

Now have this error:


Seems the /quit doesn't make process exiting with normal code 0

Another problem we always had:
With option /log C:\logfile.log sometimes rendernodes machine write "Loading comp ..." log line in the comp file !! Making next render impossible, comp file being rubish.

Could we at least know if BM is working on such issue ?

No more network rendering with 17.4 is just a no-no

This actually prevent us to move up to 17.4

Maybe related:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=151021

Over on WSL I just posted a work-around script for macOS or Linux users. It wraps Fusion Render Node and detects the true return code, then exits with that code. It should enable a render manager to work properly again.

Here's the script. Further details and instructions are in the post linked above.

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#!/bin/bash
# RenderNodeWrap.sh - a simple wrapper for Fusion Render Node, capturing and returning the correct return code
log() {
    echo "[$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] RenderNodeWrap.sh: $@"
}

RN="/Applications/Blackmagic Fusion 17 Render Node/Fusion Render Node.app/Contents/MacOS/Fusion Render Node"
logfile=$(mktemp /tmp/RenderNodeWrap.XXXXX) || { log "ERROR! Couldn't make temp file to log to."; exit 1 ; }

log "launching RenderNode with command line: $RN ${@}"
"$RN" "${@}" 2>&1 | tee "$logfile"
errcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
if (( errcode == 0 ))
then # RenderNode completed successfully
    log "Render Node ran successfully."
else # RenderNode returned error code != 0, so we need to work out the real error code
    log "Render Node indicated failure (return code: $errcode), getting true return code."
    errcode=$(tail -5 "$logfile" | awk -e '/Auto-exiting with errcode/ { print $4 }' )
    log "Return code from log is: $errcode"
    if [[ "$errcode" == "" ]]
    then
        log "Couldn't find return code in log, indicating an error (eg composition not found.)"
        errcode=1
    fi
fi

rm "$logfile"
log "Exiting with return code: $errcode"
exit "$errcode"

Many thanks, I will try to do something like than on windows. maybe python or a simple autoit.

Of course lot better solution in BM hands

Same problem with 17.4.3