REDrushes crashes with ProRes export

[Nick Meyer]

Hi everyone,

did anyone experience REDrushes crashing after a couple of files when exporting to ProRes 422 files? It usually happens after like 20 files.

I tried several other export options (DVCpro HD, MJPEGA, ...) with no crashes - even after 40 or more files.

Is this a known bug somehow? What else could I use to export my r3d-files over night in a batch?

Cheers

Nick

 

[Nick Meyer]

Maybe a workaround: Is there any way to change the size of the transcoded files in Final Cut Pro when I use "log & transfer". So that Log & Transfer doesn't create 4K ProRes Files, but maybe 1280x720 files?

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I personally haven't experienced that and I have RedRushes batch processing regularly on two systems. What are your system specs, OS version, QT version, what type of volume are you writing to, etc..

 

[Nick Meyer]

Hey.

2x 3.2 Ghz Quad Core, Mac Os 10.5.6, QT 7.6...I'm writing to the same drive (software raid-drive) where my r3d-files are located.

 

[BigLu]

How many clips are you trying to do in 1 single batch,
how do you have your settings set up number of clips at 1 time and processors.

I have had problems when i do to many clips i try to keep it under 80 clips in 1 single batch.

 

[Nick Meyer]

Seems that rendering to a different drive where my r3d-files are NOT located is the solution. So far no crashes...

 

[Uli Plank]

Should be faster too…

 

[Nick Meyer]

Seems that rendering to a different drive where my r3d-files are NOT located is the solution. So far no crashes...

...not!

:angry01:

Tried to render over night on a different drive...in the morning my Mac welcomed me with a crash report. Really have no idea what else to do.

 

[Nick Meyer]

The next "funny" thing: I'm doing another (maybe the hundreth :blink: ) test of converting with REDrushes and right now the batch looks like frozen. By accident I clicked on the RED logo in REDrushes and then the batch refreshes to the actual status. REDrushes and me don not really make a good team.

 

[Uli Plank]

Are you sure you don't have some bad RAM in your machine? RR is using it to it's full extent.

What's happening to you looks so unpredictable, and RR is working well here…

 

[Nick Meyer]

Uli,

maybe you got a point there. I'm gonna test my RAM with Memtest now.

Thank you so far.

 

[Uli Plank]

Which Memtest? Apple's is not very capable, try the one in Applejack.
Or take some RAM out in pairs.

 

[Nick Meyer]

Which Memtest? Apple's is not very capable, try the one in Applejack.
Or take some RAM out in pairs.

Just bought this: http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php

 

[Nick Meyer]

Memtest showed no errors. Still don't know what causes the crashes of REDrushes.

 

[nuelsen]

Nick

When it crashes what does the OSX Activity Monitor look like?