Podcast Producer and Xgrid setup - Jobs don't run

I've successfully setup an xserve here to be part of an OD setup, setup xgrid which is running successfully, and have Podcast Producer up and running and successfully running on the xgrid. However, when i open up podcast producer and go through the workflow process and submit, nothing happens except for temp folders stacking up in the podcast recording directory.
Only thing I could find was this error in the podcast producer logs:
Sat Nov 03 00:07:37 -0400 2007 -- Unknown exception while kicking off xgrid jobs: Fail to set key base: Base directory in /Volumes/Puma/Publisher/Podcast/Recordings/32E631A1-0B26-495B-B363-66FDDDDB233B /properties.plist

Not sure if this will fix your problem, but I was having the same problem until I looked at the specs for XGrid, it has to run on an Intel Mac. This is where you can get the specs:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306737
Here is what is in the doc:
Podcast Capture requirements
Any Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
iSight camera (built-in or external) or FireWire DV camcorder
Podcast Producer Server requirements
Any Mac running Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard
Xsan for optional cluster file services
Podcast Producer Xgrid rendering requirements
Any Intel-based Macintosh Server or Intel-based desktop Mac (a Mac Pro, for example)
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard
At least 1 GB of memory (RAM) plus 512 MB of additional RAM per processor core
At least 50 GB of available disk space
Xsan for optional cluster file services
Quartz Extreme-enabled video chipset
Note: Quartz Extreme support can be verified in the Graphics section of Apple System Profiler.
Note: If a system is providing multiple Podcast services (for example, Podcast Producer and Podcast Producer Xgrid rendering), the system needs to meet both requirements.

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I'll give this a shot. Thanks!
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Many thanks for your response.
Unfortunately when I access to
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Question:
Do you know whether with EhP1 the Extractor jobs are also calling "E2E_EXTRACTOR_CONTROLLER"?
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I've got a brand new mini server & I'm trying to get PodCast Producer to work (it did work for a while and then stopped). Both PodCast Producer and XGrid seem to start fine. PCast startup log indicates that all startup tests pass. The Server log shows "Xgrid is not available, watcher cannot perform Xgrid operations".
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Here is the full Podcast Producer Server Log, if anyone can see the problem and how to fix it....
Thu Dec 10 12:14:38 -0500 2009 -- Queuing Xgrid Job for Podcast Producer Job ID: 16
Thu Dec 10 12:14:38 -0500 2009 -- Using workflow bundle: /Network/Servers/ilex.conncoll.edu/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/Server/Workfl ows/DEFA1587-A650-426E-92DA-01C5EB811705.pwf
Thu Dec 10 12:14:38 -0500 2009 -- Assembling Metadata for recording: /Network/Servers/ilex.conncoll.edu/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/UUIDs/9CF6B03 3-43F7-48E7-B9F9-CD8B36EB0114.prb
Thu Dec 10 12:14:38 -0500 2009 -- Unable to resolve admin user: admin
Thu Dec 10 12:14:38 -0500 2009 -- Adding User Metadata: /Network/Servers/ilex.conncoll.edu/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/UUIDs/9CF6B03 3-43F7-48E7-B9F9-CD8B36EB0114.prb/Contents/Resources/Working/user_metadata.plist
Thu Dec 10 12:14:43 -0500 2009 -- Cached Workflow: /Network/Servers/ilex.conncoll.edu/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/Server/Workfl ows/DEFA1587-A650-426E-92DA-01C5EB811705.pwf as /Network/Servers/ilex.conncoll.edu/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/UUIDs/9CF6B03 3-43F7-48E7-B9F9-CD8B36EB0114.prb/Contents/Resources/Working/DEFA1587-A650-426E- 92DA-01C5EB811705.pwf
Thu Dec 10 12:14:43 -0500 2009 -- Set permissions on '/Network/Servers/ilex.conncoll.edu/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/UUIDs/9CF6B0 33-43F7-48E7-B9F9-CD8B36EB0114.prb/Contents/Resources/Working/DEFA1587-A650-426E -92DA-01C5EB811705.pwf' to '770' recursive ownership: podcastxgrid5C34C647-87C0-4078-8D5C-97C8E1D2D029:pcastserver
Thu Dec 10 12:14:43 -0500 2009 -- Wrote Xgrid job batch file: /Network/Servers/ilex.conncoll.edu/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/Server/Jobs/2 E7386B9-06B5-4F3F-A964-60B069BF4E1B_job.xml
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Thu Dec 10 12:14:43 -0500 2009 -- =============================================================
Thu Dec 10 12:14:43 -0500 2009 -- Xgrid Job: 15 is Prepared
Thu Dec 10 12:14:45 -0500 2009 -- Xgrid Job: 15 is Failed
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Processing CaptureController#file_upload (for 136.244.14.116 at 2009-12-10 12:14:37) [POST]
Session ID: 0ac1faa1ac97254a1c3cb1474d16e7fd
Parameters: {"locepisodewarn"=>"Please specify an episode title.", "locfilewarn"=>"You must specify a file to upload.", "source_file"=>#<File:/tmp/CGI20091210-280-1xp591x-0>, "workflowselectwarn"=>"You must choose a workflow", "title"=>"eric archer", "action"=>"file_upload", "loc_episode"=>"Episode", "loc_description"=>"Description", "controller"=>"capture", "description"=>"description", "workflow_select"=>"DEFA1587-A650-426E-92DA-01C5EB811705"}
Completed in 392ms (View: 0, DB: 3) | 200 OK [https://ilex.conncoll.edu/podcastproducer/capture/file_upload]
Completed in 6ms (View: 1, DB: 0) | 200 OK [https://ilex.conncoll.edu/podcastproducer/capture/fileuploadprogress]
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