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multi computer rendering in FCP
Hi, I am wondering if it’s possible at all to use other computers (Mac or PC) available on our studio network to render or export timeline in Final Cut Pro? Last two days I was exporting one hour video to H264 with some effects applied and it was ridicules… fans was blowing whole 2 days and nights and poor processors was heated up whole that time and I do not like it.
thank you in advance for any tip or suggestion,
Andrew -
5 Replies
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Not within FCP, but you could kick out a movie in the timeline native codec and then use Compressor which would distribute.
Peter
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Thank you, Peter! Is it possible to distribute the process among PC machines too? On our network we have one quad core PC with fastest RAM and I was wondering if i can engage that monster too.
Andrei
G5 Dual 2.7 Ghz, 4.5 Gb RAM
DVD Studio Pro 4, Final Cut Pro 5, Compressor 2 -
Might be wrong, but i don’t think so.
Peter
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Andrei,
This is exactly what Compressor is designed for… distributed rendering. The new FCS 2 (Compressor 3) makes the process of creating a “render farm” very easy. We’ve been experimenting with it for the past week and have achieved some extraordinary results. We’ve also had quite a few random failures. The good news is that when it works, and if you’re hitting enough idle computers, your render times for DVD and h.264 creation decrease to next to nothing. In our case we’re harnessing around 30 G-5’s and what used to take hours is now minutes. We will unexplicably have random “hangs” where one “chunk” of process seems to get lost, ruining the entire process. Usually, a “do over” is successful.
Getting all thes computers to play nice with each other can be frustrating. There’s plenty of settings that you may not be familiar with, and then there’s the “IT” component of networking all the computers. Allow yourself enough time for testing and experimenting BEFORE you actually need to depend on it. Once you’re comfortable with the workflow, it really IS a giant leap forward.
mark
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Thank you Mark! it is great to hear about rendering farm feature of the Compressor 3. My FCS2 pack is on the way and i can not wait to try it 🙂
thank you all for your kind replies,
AndreiG5 Dual 2.7 Ghz, 4.5 Gb RAM
DVD Studio Pro 4, Final Cut Pro 5, Compressor 2
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