Multi-Machine rendering

Hi,
I'm trying to create a little rendering farm for After Effect.
I follow this tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3sSmaGrRig
I've 2 computers for test the rendering a main one and a render node.
The shared and watched folder is on the node, I can acces it from the main without any issue.
I do the collect on the watchfolder I4ve no error messages but on the render node I can see this:
It says the render control file is incorrect for my project. Due to the fact it is after effect who create the file I assume it is a bug...
Both computer are on MAC OSX 10.9.2 (one powerbook:Main and one iMac: Render node) and they are on the same switch for test purpose.
I use my CC license on both computer. I place the AE render only file and have no licence issue.
Does anyone know how I can correct this and have a multimachine rendering working?
Thanks for your support and best regards,
Cara

Hi Mylenium,
The source movie is flat - one video track only. I've switched QT Prefs on both nodes (testing now with one of each hardware type) to "Safe (GDI Only)" and both have "High Quality" enabled in QT Prefs.
The newer nodes DO have a GPU graphics adapter, while he older ones do not (on-board graphics), but I would assume that turning off the DirectX in QT Prefs and not choosing "Render using OpenGL" in the comp makes that irrelevant, right?
When I re-encode the source as something different (tried Uncompressed 8-bit and Sorenson 3 so far) the two nodes render the same. When I encode back to Photo-JPEG, the discrepancy returns. So it does seem to be specific to this codec (or at least not to all of them). Exporting directly from QT Player as an image sequence produces matching output, too, so it does seem to be happening in AE CS3.
Does the color profiles possibility still apply, given this new info? If so, how can I check / compare them?
--Rob
Rob LaRose Systems Administrator Imaginary Forces 646.486.6868 office 646.486.4700 fax www.imaginaryforces.com<http://www.imaginaryforces.com/

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