batch render - empty black fames

[DrDardis]

Hi Guys,

I am trying a batch render atm, but I am getting no love. Render fine in VFB for single frames while tuning, but blank in batch. Render-able Camera seems configured correctly, there is no real error aside from

!vrayOnCameraPhysicalOn 0

Which is confusing as the render-able camera definitely has the physical attributes enabled and working.

1/12/2012

Starting "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2010\bin\mayabatch.exe"
mental ray for Maya 2010 
mental ray: version 3.7.53.5, Jun 17 2009, revision 88216
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:40] V-Ray: V-Ray for Maya version 2.00.04 from Sep 14 2011, 12:25:32
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:40] V-Ray: V-Ray core version is 2.00.01
File read in 0 seconds.
Result: M:/Assignments/Term 5/Assignment 01/MAYA FILES/scenes/RENDER_v052__1128.mb

V-Ray: Starting render
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:47] V-Ray: Loading plugins from "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2010/vray/vrayplugins/vray_*.dll"
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:47] V-Ray: 103 plugin(s) loaded successfully
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:47] V-Ray: Finished loading plugins.
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:47] V-Ray: Exporting scene to V-Ray.
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray: Parsing light links time  0h  0m  0.0s (0.0 s)
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray: Translating scene geometry for V-Ray
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray warning: Unsupported texture VRayMtl
Warning: Unsupported texture VRayMtl
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray:  (Estimated time remaining:  0h  0m  0.3s): 18 % completed
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray: Total time translating scene for V-Ray  0h  0m  0.4s (0.4 s)
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray: Rendering.
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray: Pre-render export.
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray: Pre-render export
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray: Pre-render export done.
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray: Rendering frames.
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray: Updating frame at time 0.75
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray:  (Estimated time remaining:  0h  0m  0.1s): 56 % completed
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:48] V-Ray:  (Estimated time remaining:  0h  0m  0.1s): 70 % completed
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:49] V-Ray:  (Estimated time remaining:  0h  0m  0.2s): 81 % completed
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:49] V-Ray: Total time updating frame  0h  0m  1.1s (1.1 s)
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:49] V-Ray: Updating frame at time 1.00
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:49] V-Ray:  (Estimated time remaining:  0h  0m  0.1s): 37 % completed
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:49] V-Ray: Total time updating frame  0h  0m  0.1s (0.1 s)
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:49] V-Ray: Updating frame at time 1.25
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:49] V-Ray:  (Estimated time remaining:  0h  0m  0.1s): 70 % completed
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:50] V-Ray:  (Estimated time remaining:  0h  0m  0.2s): 81 % completed
[2012/Jan/12|20:51:50] V-Ray: Total time updating frame  0h  0m  1.1s (1.1 s)

etc...

Any nudge in the right direction will be helpful !

Thanks, Chris

[jermy]

just had a problem like that
posted here
http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbu...s-batch-render
you didn't say anything about that button, but sometimes people use it to test buffer frames quickly so i figured i'ld post a reply
...

[vlado]

Any nudge in the right direction will be helpful !Thanks, Chris

Can you post some more lines from the log (specifically where it says the number of triangles in the scene)?

Best regards,
Vlado

[DrDardis]

Hi Guys,

Thank-you for the replies. I have just come back to this scene with fresh eyes, and have worked out that the issues was with "zooShots", a script from multi camera shot setup. The changes/attributes were not being passed correctly by the zooShots node in Maya batch or when exporting for standalone. Baking all animated/connected attributes on the camera and deleting the shots node fixed the issue. It is slightly annoying as this is a one way step; I will look at the script at a later date and see whether I can find a better fix.

Jermy, good to know! I use that all the time.
Vlado, you are the busiest guy here, thanks for the reply but in this case it was user error (of sorts),

Kind Regards

Chris Dardis