Distributed rendering in Maya batch render line

[bigbossfr]

Hi,
It is possible to add an option in mayabatch render line to add distributed rendering ?

Like : Render -r vray -distributedRendering [192.128.31.1,192.150.125.152] /bla.mb

?

I know in Vray standalone it is possible.
I can manage the renderfarm. I see they are a server_list.tmp file, a server_status.tmp file, but if i have multiple renderbatch, all batch read the server_list.tmp file...

[vlado]

Hm, will make a note to look into it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[pechart]

Just wanted to bump this up. Some flags for DR and host selections would be nice.

[vlado]

You might be able to do it with a pre-render MEL script that modifies the V-Ray render settings and the DR nodes list file accordingly.

Best regards,
Vlado

[pechart]

That was my second idea, too. Where's the file located? We have the vray builds installed on our repository, will that become a problem when using the file?

[vlado]

You can look at the vrayDR.mel script - it has MEL functions for reading/writing the file. It should not matter where V-Ray has been loaded from.

Best regards,
Vlado

[pechart]

Nice, looks like what I need. Thanks!

EDIT: But I have to check out, how I can use several of the config files for different render jobs.

[bigbossfr]

It was my first problem...

[pechart]

It was my first problem...

And did you find a solution?

[bigbossfr]

No :/
We used standalone to use DR on the renderfarm.

[pechart]

Hmm, ok. I'm just trying to hack some python code for choosing the host and clients before rendering and distributing the files to the specified machines. Maybe it works. Dunno, maybe i have to limit it to our dispatcher, though. And most likely it will be windows only.