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“Unable to connect to background render”
EDIT – I fixed it. I set it to use 7 of 8 processors and it worked no problem. If someone else has this error, there’s your issue.
Just installed CS5, decided to test the new speed with a little Particular 2 emitter and a light. The RAM preview was FLYING, but when I hit “0” again to stop and play back, I got the error “Unable to connect to background render”.
Anyone know what this is and what causes it? I have AE set to use 13 of 16 gb of RAM and all 8 processors. Does that have anything to do with it?
Thanks!
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Jeremy,
Not sure what you mean by fixed it, but I’m having the same issue. However, I am using the new 12 core Mac Pro with 26 Gigs of RAM. It flies through the ram preview, but as soon as it is ready to play I get the error “Unable to connect to background render” in the info panel. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
EliElias Huch
Motion Graphics Designer
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I set After Effects to use only 7 of my 8 cores and never had this issue again.
Try setting it to use 10 or 11 of yours and see if that helps.
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I was having that problem as well. Have a quad core and Have 3 cores set to after effects, 8 gigs of ram. Changed the “RAM all location per background CPU” from 1, to 2 and it helped.
-Raine Vivian
http://www.rainevivian.net
http://www.seaboundesign.com -
Even 7 of 8 seems a bit low. I find the best results come from 6 of 8 on my machine and only 22 ram of 32.
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