CCE Doesn't encode anything :(

[speck58]

Using the newest version of batchccews and cce sp 2.70.02. I have the same setup on a different computer and it works fine but when I try to run it on a different one it does some weird stuff. It seems dif4u rips everything fine but when batchccews starts up it never starts cce and spits this out in the log file.

18:52:56 Starting Job: VTS__01_P01.I-BFF.16~9_1
18:52:57 RoBa First part started.
18:52:58 RoBa first part complete.
18:52:58 RoBa Second part started.
18:52:59 RoBa second part complete.
18:52:59 Failed - Pulldown will not run - missing source file
18:52:59 Job: complete in 3 seconds

Similar output exists for all encoding jobs.

I'm pretty sure that the instalations are the same so I'm at a loss as to why it doesn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Trahald]

could be it doesnt like the ecl and is closing.. can you turn the 'debug output' option on and then do it again.. and then paste the new log(just the part from 'starting job... ' to 'failed - pulldown...')

then

open cce on your own.. drop a .avs file into it.. and save the .ecl and paste that here

[speck58]

Here's the info you asked for.

Please keep in mind that I have the same install on another computer which works. fyi.

[speck58]

Ok... this lame problem was driving me crazy and since I hadn't got a reply I've been searching everywhere for a solution but to no avail. However, after reading Trahald's request for info a few more times i started to compare the ECL's from the failed encodes, the ones on my desktop computer (which works) and the manual saved ECL from CCE and I noticed that these were the only different settings:

gop_m=0
gop_nm=0
gop_hdr=0

versus 3,4,12 in the working ECL's.

After altering these settings in the template hive for batchccews, everything seems to be working fine.

I have no idea why these settings were zeroed out in my other installation.

Also, can anyone explain to me what these settings are for exactly?

[Zeul]

The gop information tells the encoder the sequence of I,P,B frames to encode. PAL/FILM is normally 3/4 and NTSC 3/5

[Trahald]

wow... that was weird.. i can add a sanity check to make sure that if any of those values are 0 that 3/4/12 is written instead.