- if (remote_backoff > 0) {
- LOG_GENERAL ("%1 was lost, but now she is found; removing backoff", server->host_name ());
+ optional<Data> encoded;
+
+ /* We need to encode this input */
+ if (server) {
+ try {
+ encoded = vf->encode_remotely (server.get ());
+
+ if (remote_backoff > 0) {
+ LOG_GENERAL ("%1 was lost, but now she is found; removing backoff", server->host_name ());
+ }
+
+ /* This job succeeded, so remove any backoff */
+ remote_backoff = 0;
+
+ } catch (std::exception& e) {
+ if (remote_backoff < 60) {
+ /* back off more */
+ remote_backoff += 10;
+ }
+ LOG_ERROR (
+ N_("Remote encode of %1 on %2 failed (%3); thread sleeping for %4s"),
+ vf->index(), server->host_name(), e.what(), remote_backoff
+ );