(Resolved) Cannot create output image file: Invalid argument (22)

[tronotrond]

This might be a Deadline issue, but this same workflow was working fine during the beta. So I am unsure what has changed except upgrading to final V-Ray release. (Now running the nightly build from Sept 10th)

I'm setting up my scene as normal in Houdini. My output path is the normal <filename>.$F4.exr (also tried ${F4})
I export the vrscene, per frame, and from the Deadline Monitor I go and submit a Vray Standalone job. The jobs fails with the error
Cannot create output image file "P:/_Temp/Trond/20K/bop.<frame04>.exr": Invalid argument (22)

I've tried different paths, UNC paths and more or less anything I can think of. Still same error comes up.
I also tried with V-Ray standalone - and V-Ray for Houdini standalone (following the guides you've provided)

In Deadline you do have the option to set a new, custom output path when submitting the job. Using a single # in the file name to be replaced with the frame number.
This prevents the job from failing. Even though I write to the same location and same output name. Except it doesn't replace the # with the frame. So each rendered frame replaces the same image file over and over. There are no numbers added to the filename.

[Gosho.Genchev]

Hey there,

I'll check on my end but would really appreciate it if you could check whether this happens only when submitting through Deadline. We had an issue that sounds similar and it was related to Standalone in particular - right as we released the official V-Houdini builds, a minor change was made to the way the output path is handled to support the $AOV variable. The change was not picked in Standalone right away so an update was required.

Can you please try rendering the VRScene with Standalone manually, without using Deadline in-between. If the same problem occurs, the only suggestion I have is getting the latest Standalone build (currently update 2.1) from the Downloads section.

Cheers!

[bdancer]

You have some outdated Standalone that does not support that output filename syntax - there is nothing you could do except update (or just use "vray.exe" from VFH).

[tronotrond]

You have some outdated Standalone that does not support that output filename syntax - there is nothing you could do except update (or just use "vray.exe" from VFH).

Thanks! Yeah, that did it! I thought I was trying with the latest V-Ray for Houdini as standalone, but had a path error that made Deadline fallback to 41002. Using 42001 did the trick.