any way to “render in the background?”

Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

any way to “render in the background?”

Posted by Tad Newberry on January 30, 2013 at 1:08 am

i’m 99.9% sure the answer is still “no”, but just thought i would ask. it would sure be nice to be able to render out a project and work on another one. i guess there’s always the overnight or my beloved while-i-watch-Honey-Boo-Boo time to do it…

do any of you run FCP on a second machine? i’m sure they sell such a license, i’ve just never lurked into it…

thanks for helping out a bonehead!
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Tad Newberry replied 13 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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Michael Gissing
January 30, 2013 at 1:14 am

No background render in FCP7. I believe that a FCS3 license allows for a second install but only one machine can be internet connected at a time.

This has been discussed here before so try searching this forum or check the Apple site
Tad Newberry
January 30, 2013 at 1:36 am

Thanks Michael. I did do a quick search for background render, but failed to search for the second machine thing. Thanks!

thanks for helping out a bonehead!
__________________________

FCS3
2.66 GHz Quad-Core Mac Pro
6GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
…and a few TeraBytes o’ storage
(then it’s on to PetaBytes, ExaBytes and MosquitoBytes!)
Neil Patience
January 30, 2013 at 1:45 am

The single user license states

This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single computer at a time. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time.

However Michael is correct in that it does allow you a 2nd install however this is meant to be for “back-up”

If you install same licence key on 2 machines that are on the same network you will get a warning that says something along the lines of:-

There is already a computer running using that licence key – and Final Cut will then close on the 2nd machine. Of course you can get around this by not having them network connected and then they will both run fine.

best wishes
Neil
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Jeff Meyer
January 30, 2013 at 5:49 am

You can send jobs to Compressor and work in Final Cut while Compressor is busy, but it doesn’t tend to work very well.
Tad Newberry
January 30, 2013 at 8:10 pm

: )

Ya…and my favorite dumb mistake to find in the morning: “Error – Disk full” (why can’t it tell you that BEFORE a 5 hour render?) Oh well, i’ve learned the hard way.

thanks for helping out a bonehead!
__________________________

FCS3
2.66 GHz Quad-Core Mac Pro
6GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
…and a few TeraBytes o’ storage
(then it’s on to PetaBytes, ExaBytes and MosquitoBytes!)

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