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1080i to SD DVD, I know…
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sounds like you missed something.
In the QMaster System Prefs, click Stop Sharing. Make in the Services section you have the Compressor row selected. Click on Options for Selected service. That brings up a menu for Number of Instances. Choose the largest number. Cick Ok. Then click Start Sharing.
All of that should be done before you begin Compressing in Compressor.
When you submit a batch to render in Compressor, Make sure you Choose your Quickcluster to render, not “This Computer”
Rob Grauert, Jr.
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Ok Rob…
The only part of this post that’s confusing for me is the menu for “number of instances”. In that menu I only see “This Computer” several times but no actual number. I selected all of them and hit ok. I don’t know if that’s what you meant.
Following the changes in Qmaster and some others suggested here I just submitted a batch of two 1080i files to be compressed. One is about 5 min long and the other about 35 minutes long.
I used the “Best 90 min” template with the following changes:
Video format tab- Field Dominance: Bottom First.
Frame Controls: On.
Resize Filter: Best.
Output fields: Same as source.
Deinterlace: Best.
Adaptive Details: checked.Also, the Dolby Digital Professional 2.0 template unchanged.
This has produced a time remaining of 16:02.27 as the batch only started about 10 minutes ago.
Again, thanks for all your help. I’ve been in the business over 12 years and have never run into a problem like this.
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This is what QMaster should look like:
-Click the Stop Sharing button in the bottom right corner
-Make sure Compressor is selected in that Services section in the middle of the window
-Click Options for selected services. This bring up the dialog box you see that says “Number of Instances” and I have 16 selected.
-Click Ok.
-Name your QuickClicker… I named my cluster “Robs_MacPro_QuickCluster”
-Click Start Sharing in the bottom right corner.When you go back to Compressor and click Submit in the Batch window, it’s bring up that second window where you click submit again, right? Before you click Submit the second time, change that drop menu from “This Computer” to whatever you named your Quickcluster
I hope this helps
Rob Grauert, Jr.
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Rob,
Here’s what I get when I click that option, keep in mind I only have the column for Compressor selected and not the one for Shake. I don’t think this makes a difference however.
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Sorry I don’t know why my image didn’t upload…
I got the 2nd part fine. When I click the “options for selected service” button, I don’t get that “number” you’re getting, instead I get this list.
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So as you can see in my previous post, I get that list. I’ve selected them all and clicked “ok”. Though I’m not sure if that’s correct. I think everything else is correct.
Again, thanks so much for your time. I’ve also downloaded the pdf on distributed processing and will read that to see if I can set up my other MacPro on a network with this one for large renders in the future.
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