Batch Monitor and Compressor do nothing when I submit...

Hey, guys,
I've re-install the whole OS and Final Cut Studio 2,
I use Compressor to encode my video clip,
after setup the format and the destination,
I click the "submit" Button, the batch job send to Batch Monitor,
but Compressor and Batch Monitor do nothing, the status bar didn't run.
Compressor's CPU usage is only about 0.x %.
Any body have the same problem?
How to solve this problem?

hi Thomas!
I have norton 2005 and turned it off when I downloaded itunes and I get the same result. quicktime will open for me however.
NIS 2005 is the usual suspect with "symptomless launch suppression".
first try:
b noir, "itunes wont open" #6, 02:11pm Oct 3, 2005 CDT
... but if no joy with that, try:
Lorraine M, "NIS/i-tunes problem rectified" #2, 01:51am Oct 17, 2005 CDT
keep us posted.
love, b

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http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6563672
It's unfortunate that a 'Bad Taste' was left after that reply from the guy who called you a 'nitwit' - I didn't even pay attention to his name - at least you have one demiankz - and took the time to start this post. I humbly thank you.
At any rate, I was determined to find out - because I have always been struggling to 'Allow' it and last night I decided to 'block' it.
Does anyone know what is the right setting?
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1) when the popup comes up (leave it up) - Open the firewall, unlock the settings padlock at the bottom left (if it is locked) -
2) find batch monitor and whatever the setting is - force a toggle i.e. if it is "allow" select "block" and visa versa - back to whatever you desire it to be. Just to force it to recognize you are changing it.
3) NOW answer the popup to match whatever you toggled to in the firewall.
4) lock the padlock again.
I've compressed a lot of jobs and I notice once I perform this it goes away for my entire job, provided I leave it alone until it finishes.
If you do something like browse the internet or work on other things, the message tends to pop up again.
Of course, after your job finishes, you will have to do this again - and that's why I wish people would keep responding to this post until we get an answer.
Persistence causes results. Negativity just causes - well, just ignore that.
At least attempt to be helpful, which I felt I have tried. It may work, it may not, or it may cause someone to recognize what the real problem is.
Good luck and hope we get an answer soon!
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hi Thomas!
I have norton 2005 and turned it off when I downloaded itunes and I get the same result. quicktime will open for me however.
NIS 2005 is the usual suspect with "symptomless launch suppression".
first try:
b noir, "itunes wont open" #6, 02:11pm Oct 3, 2005 CDT
... but if no joy with that, try:
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keep us posted.
love, b

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Cannot cancel a job in Batch Monitor
Posted: Jun 6, 2007 4:40 AM
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I sumbitted a Compressor 3 job, a 10-sec Motion project that I wanted to encode in Flash using the On2 plugin (I also have Flash 8 installed). This kind of job was routine with Compressor 2 and took very little time.
With Compressor 3, things look weird. I submitted the job and almost 25 minutes later it was still sitting in the job list of the Batch Monitor, its progress bar empty, no processor activity reported. I decided to cancel this job but was not successful. I quit Batch Monitor, trashed permissions of both Compressor 3 and Batch Monitor, deleted the Motion project that was the source of the encode, re-installed Compressor 3 - nothing helps.
Now whenever I submit a new job it lands in the queue which is being halted by the old indestructible job. This defective job does not progress and I cannot cancel it. If I Reset Background Processing, this job comes back as a new job and sits there ticking off new time. The log follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<services>
</services>
If anyone can tell me how to get rid of this job without erasing the hard drive, I will be very grateful.
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Re: Cannot cancel a job in Batch Monitor
Posted: Jun 6, 2007 11:56 PM in response to: George Bazhenov
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Sounds similar to the problem I described in this thread.
This is how I deleted the entire queue when I couldn't cancel in Batch Monitor:
1) In the Finder, select the menu item Go->Go to Folder...
2) Enter /var/spool/qmaster
3) Trash the folder(s) that you see in that folder
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I found this thanks George

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Hi,
I desperately need your help.
My problems started a couple of months ago when a less than 2-hour project in Final Cut was converted by compressor into a 6-gig file.
Following basic troubleshooting steps described in FAQ, I deleted user preferences and the program went back to normal.
Yesterday my 1 hour and 30 minutes project was converted into 5 gig file. My troubles started all over again. This time I also tried to delete user preferences but now it DIN"T WORK.
I decided to remove and reinstall compressor and Qmaster following by the steps described at
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1888?viewlocale=en_US
All went well, BUT now when I export my project using compressor, batch monitor doesn't launch! And when I look into Applications->Utilities I don't SEE THE BATCH MONITOR program at all!
Maybe I have not installed the entire thing necessary for normal performance of the compressor application? (when I reinstalled compressor, I checked Compressor and Qmaster boxes only, and unchecked final cut pro, DVD studio pro and the rest of the applications I did not need to reinstall)
Please advise.
Regards,
Tatiana
P.S. I'm using FCP 5.0 not the newest FCP studio 2.0

Thank you for your reply!
Still trying to figure out what's going on.
I checked the option it IS on. Thank you for your suggestion, though.
Regarding Batch Monitor as a separate program, yes I know that I should look for it in the UTILITIES folder. But it is NOT THERE! How can it be possible if I reinstalled Compressor AND Apple Qmaster?
Any thoughts?
Maybe I did or did not delete some file(s) before the reinstallation? What should have I done before plugging in the installation dvd with the Final Cut Pro 5.0? I followed all steps described in the basic troubleshooting section on the Apple web site. Ironically, I got into even more trouble
I appreciate your help.
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