Speedgrade CC only renders one frame for 30 minutes

Question

Graded a simple, straight, 30 minute clip in Speedgrade CC. Render to Prores LT.
It went through the entire render process, but the movie has only a single frame for the entire 30 minutes.
This was nothing but a simple primary gain and contrast grade. Nothing else.

Answer 1

I wouldn't say Sg is a badly compromised program ... if one takes a car and tries to make it do the work of a truck, well ... one will be unhappy with the car, but is it really the fault of the makers of the car?
Speedgrade has it's glitches, and no one on the planet can tell you more about them than the guys that created it or those that are working it behind the scenes. But Speedgrade is designed to be a grading program ... not an NLE or an encoding program. It has those functions simply so that for some who say just want to do quick dailies probably doing quick & dirty grading of un-trimmed "clips" just to get something out for directors to see if what they shot will work. In my experience, for that use you need to know exactly how it needs setting, and have your presets stored.
The whole idea of this software is to be part of a group ... each program specialized into one set of problems, rather than each trying to be an equal Swiss-Army knife. And in use, it works quite well (for most of us most of the time) though there are a few glitches. Such as say, key-framed masks that at times can be problematic. Be that as it is, use the program for what it is designed for. Within that, it can be pretty awesome.