[Closed] Submit to backburner with dependencies

Changed my direction on this and seems to be working now.
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=5563105#post5563105

Ok I did end up using your code. I just modified it to work with ffmpeg. It is now a 1 button press to an FLV on are render farm. Here is the script.

 macroScript FLVrenderer
 category:"Mikes"
 toolTip:""
(
 /* CONNECT TO THE NETWERK MANAGER */
  m = netrender.getmanager()
  c1 = m.connect #automatic "255.255.255.0"
  
  -- Batch it max (PEN) runs through a folder of files opening them and submitting them via this script
  localFileName = maxFilePath + maxFileName
  
  --saves the settings
  saveMaxFile localFileName
  
  -- Will be used in the mxs submit and dosCommand dependencies!
  jobName = (filterString maxFileName "." )[1] --  < add some extra string here to allow to sent unique jobs
  
  /* WHEN CONNECTION AND FILE SUCCESFULLY COPIED */
  if c1 then
  (
   /* SUBMIT JOB */
   -- Easy BB submit
   job = m.newjob file:localFileName
   job.name = jobName
   job.includeMaps = true --turn on "Include Maps"
   job.submit() --this uses all servers for the job

   
   /* FILE SETTINGS */
   -- Set the parameters that ffmpeg needs
   startTime = "%%04d"
   fPath =  getFilenamePath rendOutputFilename 
   s1 = toLower fpath
   s2 = "[\\\	ta_server\\3d]( http://forums.cgsociety.org/)  model library\\" 
   s3 = " z:\\"
   filePath = substituteString s1 s2 s3 
   
   fileName = (getFilenameFile rendOutputFilename )
   fileNameExt = getFilenameType rendOutputFilename
   
   vInput = filePath + fileName + startTime + fileNameExt
   
   ffmpeg = @"z:\ffmpeg.exe "
   vScript1 = @"-f image2 -i " + vInput 
   vOutput1 = @" -b 700k -vcodec flv -y " + filePath + fileName  + ".flv"
   scriptJobName1 = jobName + "_FLV"
   
   print ffmpeg + vScript1 + vOutput1
   
   /* OUTPUT1 - UNCOMPRESSED AVI */
   -- Build stringStream
   jobString1 = stringStream ""
   
   -- Create jobname
   format "-jobName:% " scriptJobName1 to:jobString1
   
   -- SET THE DEPENDENCY!
   format "-dependencies:% " jobName to:jobString1
   
   -- Add netmask
   format "-netmask:255.255.255.0 " to:jobString1
	
   -- Add execution string
   format "% " (ffmpeg + vScript1 + vOutput1) to:jobString1
   
   -- max root
   maxRoot = pathConfig.GetDir #maxroot
   
   -- Build command string
   cmd = "cmdjob.exe " + (jobString1 as string) 
   
   -- Execute it
   DOSCommand cmd
   
  )
)

Cool thanks for posting! Posting any altered or different scripts doing the same thing here would be great and a good resource! I have noticed my self that there is a difference in submitting the open scene simply with “newJob()” and submitting a saved scene with a job that started like “job = m.newjob file:localFileName”… anybody else experienced that? The later form rendered fields for example while the first doesn’t, just like it drops all render settings when you create a job with “file:…”.

-Johan

I have never used the newjob file:, I have always used 3dsmaxcmd and HiddenDOSCommand to submit jobs from other files.

-Eric

I could use a little help. I am trying to modify this for batch rendering. everything seems to be working but it is not sending the dependant jobs.

 /* CONNECT TO THE NETWERK MANAGER */
  m = netrender.getmanager()
  c1 = m.connect #automatic "255.255.255.0"
  
  --gets the number of jobs
   vNum = batchRenderMgr.numViews

  --for loop to dynamiclly change bview ot the numbers of veiws
  for v = 1 to (vNum) collect (
   bview = v
   -- gets the index number 
   bNum = batchRenderMgr.GetView bview
   --gets the name of the view
   bname = bNum.name
   --gets the start frame of veow
   sframe = bNum.startFrame
   --gets the end frame of veiw
   eframe = bNum.endFrame
   --output width
   bwidth = bNum.width
   --output height
   bheight = bNum.height
   --camera
   bcamera = bNum.camera
   --scene state
   bstate = bNum.sceneStateName
   --gets the output path, file name and extension
   bout = bNum.outputFilename
   -- Batch it max (PEN) runs through a folder of files opening them and submitting them via this script
   localFileName = maxFilePath + maxFileName 
   -- Will be used in the mxs submit and dosCommand dependencies!
   jobName = (filterString maxFileName "." )[1] --  < add some extra string here to allow to sent unique jobs
  
  /* WHEN CONNECTION AND FILE SUCCESFULLY COPIED */
  if c1 then
  (
   /* SUBMIT JOB */
   -- Easy BB submit
   job = m.newjob file:localFileName
   job.name = jobName + " " + bname
   job.fromFrame = sframe
   job.toFrame = eframe
   job.outputWidth = bwidth
   job.outputHeight = bheight
   job.includeMaps = true --turn on "Include Maps"
   job.submit() --this uses all servers for the job

   
   /* FILE SETTINGS */
   -- Set the parameters that ffmpeg needs
   startTime = "%%04d"
   fPath =  bout
   s1 = toLower fpath
   s2 = "[\\\	ta_server\\3d]( http://forums.cgsociety.org/)  model library\\" 
   s3 = " z:\\"
   filePath = substituteString s1 s2 s3 
   fileName = bout
   fileNameExt = getFilenameType bout
   filePathOut = (filterString filePath ".")[1]
   vInput = filePath + startTime + fileNameExt
   
   ffmpeg = @"z:\ffmpeg.exe "
   vScript1 = @"-f image2 -i " + vInput 
   vOutput1 = @" -b 700k -vcodec flv -y " + filePathOut + ".flv"
   scriptJobName1 = jobName + "_" + bname + "_FLV"
   
   depJob = jobName + "_" + bname
   
   /* OUTPUT1 - UNCOMPRESSED AVI */
   -- Build stringStream
   jobString1 = stringStream ""
   
   -- Create jobname
   format "-jobName:% " scriptJobName1 to:jobString1
   print jobString1
   -- SET THE DEPENDENCY!
   format "-dependencies:% " (jobName + "_" + bname) to:jobString1
   
   -- Add netmask
   format "-netmask:255.255.255.0 " to:jobString1
	
   -- Add execution string
   format "% " (ffmpeg + vScript1 + vOutput1) to:jobString1
   print jobString1
   -- max root
   maxRoot = pathConfig.GetDir #maxroot
   
   -- Build command string
   cmd = "cmdjob.exe " + (jobString1 as string) 
   
   -- Execute it
   DOSCommand cmd
   
  )
 ) 

Turns out it was the spaces I was adding in the jobString. I changed them to dashes and we have a batch render to FLV. I was unable to pass scene states or render presets to the net work. I could grab them but not pass. Anybody have any ideas on that.

macroScript batchFLVrenderer
 category:"Mikes"
 toolTip:""
(
/* CONNECT TO THE NETWERK MANAGER */
  m = netrender.getmanager()
  c1 = m.connect #automatic "255.255.255.0"
  
  --gets the number of jobs
   vNum = batchRenderMgr.numViews
  --for loop to dynamiclly change bview ot the numbers of veiws
  for v = 1 to (vNum) collect (
   bview = v
   -- gets the index number 
   bNum = batchRenderMgr.GetView bview
   --gets the name of the view
   bname = bNum.name
   --gets the start frame of veow
   sframe = bNum.startFrame
   --gets the end frame of veiw
   eframe = bNum.endFrame
   --output width
   bwidth = bNum.width
   --output height
   bheight = bNum.height
   --camera
   bcamera = bNum.camera.name
   --scene state
   bstate = bNum.sceneStateName
   --gets the output path, file name and extension
   bout = bNum.outputFilename
   -- Batch it max (PEN) runs through a folder of files opening them and submitting them via this script
   localFileName = maxFilePath + maxFileName 
   -- Will be used in the mxs submit and dosCommand dependencies!
   jobName = (filterString maxFileName "." )[1] --  < add some extra string here to allow to sent unique jobs
  
  /* WHEN CONNECTION AND FILE SUCCESFULLY COPIED */
  if c1 then
  (
   /* SUBMIT JOB */
   -- Easy BB submit
   job = m.newjob file:localFileName
   job.name = jobName + "_" + bname
   job.fromFrame = sframe
   job.toFrame = eframe
   job.outputWidth = bwidth
   job.outputHeight = bheight
   job.renderCamera = bcamera
   job.includeMaps = true --turn on "Include Maps"
   job.submit() --this uses all servers for the job

   
   /* FILE SETTINGS */
   -- Set the parameters that ffmpeg needs
   startTime = "%%04d"
   fPath =  bout
   s1 = toLower fpath
   s2 = "[\\\	ta_server\\3d]( http://forums.cgsociety.org/)  model library\\" 
   s3 = " z:\\"
   filePath = substituteString s1 s2 s3 
   fileName = bout
   fileNameExt = getFilenameType bout
   filePathOut = (filterString filePath ".")[1]
   vInput = filePath + startTime + fileNameExt
   
   ffmpeg = @"z:\ffmpeg.exe "
   vScript1 = @"-f image2 -i" + vInput 
   vOutput1 = @" -b 700k -vcodec flv -y " + filePathOut + ".flv"
   scriptJobName1 = jobName + "_" + bname + "_FLV"
   
   depJob = jobName + "_" + bname
   
   /* OUTPUT1 - FLV */
   -- Build stringStream
   jobString1 = stringStream ""
   
   -- Create jobname
   format "-jobName:% " scriptJobName1 to:jobString1

   -- SET THE DEPENDENCY!
   format "-dependencies:% " (jobName + "_" + bname) to:jobString1
   
   -- Add netmask
   format "-netmask:255.255.255.0 " to:jobString1
	
   -- Add execution string
   format "% " (ffmpeg + vScript1 + vOutput1) to:jobString1

   -- max root
   maxRoot = pathConfig.GetDir #maxroot
   
   -- Build command string
   cmd = "cmdjob.exe " + (jobString1 as string) 
   
   -- Execute it
   DOSCommand cmd
   
  )
 )
)