Command line tool error

I should point out that the stand alone ff 3.0 works great (i can make, download, edit, and execute filters without issue). And even the command line tool seems to work fine as far as processing the task and outputting an image...it just then proceeds to lock up with the error above...this is rather frustrating as such a seemingly trivial bug is going to prevent me from using the tool.

Going to attempt to reinstall it on the windows drive just to eliminate that as an issue.

GMM: There appeared to be no way to remove the post erroneously entered into the general discussion area, I apologize as posting it in the bug report area made more sense.

Windows version is windows 8.1 (Version 6.3.9600 to be more specific).

I am using the windows 8 version of ff 3.0 (awaiting windows 8 key upgrade). I also attempted ff 4 beta but there did not seem to be a windows 8 specific version and either way it popped up as "expired" upon first use.

Does it happen with a specific filter, or any filter would fail for to render in the command-line tool?

Update: I received my beta 4 key as well as my windows 8 key and that resulted in the following (all i did was register the programs with the supplied key):

The batch ff 3 renderer now crashes BEFORE running the task (but exits without locking up, error pasted below).

The batch ff 4 renderer executes the tasks and outputs the images, it crashes bringing up a warning window (pictured below) and will not exit until the window is acknowledged. [update] After a bit of searching this is likely the bug specified on line 6 of the beta 4 bug list and likely a known issue ("windows 8 will produce an error message on exit").

Very odd...

ff 3 error:

Code

Filter Forge command line renderer, version 3.014. © 2006-2012 Filter Forge Inc. All rights reserved. Professional Edition Internal error. For details, see log file at C:\Users\jason\AppData\Local\Temp\\ FFX CmdRenderer.log. Exception caught at thread 00001F30 'Application': <class XFW::Kernel::SystemException> Access violation at address 005D1F93 (read at address 00000010). d:\school\cs229\project\MicroApache\www>

Notice it does not execute the tasks this time.

FF 4 beta error:

Filter Forge 3.014 Professional Edition
Build: Filter Forge x86-SSE2 3.014.28821.20722 Release-SSE2, June 25, 2013 11:55

Filter Forge 4.005 Professional Edition
Build: Filter forge x86 4.005.29655.30066 Release, September 12, 2013 14:22

GMM:

Safemode with minimal options loading had no effect (same error).

It should also be noted that this is a very new install of windows 8.1 with no third party firewalls or virus checkers operating.

Ahh well thanks, unfortunately I am somewhat up against a time limit (its part of a research project that has a due date on the order of weeks) and may have to explore alternatives. I think for most people this issue is not that vital; unfortunately for me it is crippling.

Ill check back over the next few days. Thanks for the quick response and I appreciate the back and forth.

GMM: you are awesome...I take back all those negative vibes I was sending your way

Works great and thanks.

Why would you need concurrent instances of the renderer? Filter Forge consumes 100% of the CPU resources, and running several instances won't make rendering faster.

I guess the reason is there is no shared access to settings, presets and other auxiliary files in the GUI version, and the command-line renderer inherits these restrictions -- but I'm not really sure.