17 :: 19 After Effects Error: zero denominator converting ratio denominators

Hi,
I've been getting this error after I installed AE on a fresh installation of Windows. Google has a collection of complicated explanations.
Mylenium has a nice blog about error messages, but it also has a big explanation.
So I stated thinking: Fresh install... codecs! What am I using?
I disabled all mp4 layers and the error went away.
So if you're getting 17 :: 19, you might want to check for something simple like Advanced Video Codec footage without Quictime, FFDshow or Core installed.

I think I found "my" problem. I don't know if other will solve this issue the same.
It turns out that a certain .AVI file rendered from Cineform Studio will not work in a network render, onl yin the stand alone AE software.
I rendered that .AVI out from AE as a .AVI and now I don't get the error. So apparently, the Cineform format won't work on a network render.
By the way, that might be a really good feature request!

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