Compressor job controller, compressor trancoder

After quitting FCP7 my computer refuses to stay in sleep mode. Consulting Activity Monitor, I see that the above mentioned two processes are in red, and I have to force quit them. Are these things related, and is there a fix?

Also getting this.
Just bought the upgrade yesterday.
I haven't output anything via compressor.
I have converted some old projects.
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Sending image sequence job to compressor in command line : how to set the framerate?

Hello,
In Compressor, when you import a image sequence, it's possible to set the framerate and add an audio file before choosing a preset and lauching the encoding task.
I want to dlo the same thing with command line. I know how to send a compressor job with command line, but no how to add theses settings.
In the compressor command line help, we've got this :
Job Info: Used when submitting individual source files. Following parameters are repeated to enter multiple job targets in a batch
          -jobpath <url> -- url to source file.
                                           -- In case of Image Sequence, URL should be a file URL pointing to directory with image sequence.
                                           -- Additional parameters may be specified to set frameRate (e.g. frameRate=29.97) and audio file (e.g. audio=/usr/me/myaudiofile.mov).
So there are also framerate and audio parameters in command line but i've no idea how to write the command line with theses parameters
Here is an example of command line for Compressor (by Apple) :
./Compressor ‑clusterid tcp://127.0.0.1:51737 ‑batchname myBatch ‑jobpath /Volumes/Source/ShortClips/NTSC24p.mov ‑settingpath /Users/stomper10/Library/Application\ Support/Compressor/PhotoJPEG.setting ‑destinationpath /Users/machinename/Movies/myDestinationFilename.mov.
Thank you for your help!

You can see in the command sh running-config command
show running-config : Displays the current access point operating configuration
Use the guest-mode SSID configuration mode command to configure the radio interface (for the specified SSID) to support guest mode. Use the no form of the command to disable the guest mode.
[no] guest-mode .
Here is the guideline for usage
The access point can have one guest-mode SSID or none at all. The guest-mode SSID is used in beacon frames and response frames to probe requests that specify the empty or wildcard SSID. If no guest-mode SSID exists, the beacon contains no SSID and probe requests with the wildcard SSID are ignored. Disabling the guest mode makes the networks slightly more secure. Enabling the guest mode helps clients that passively scan (do not transmit) associate with the access point. It also allows clients configured without a SSID to associate.
Examples
This example shows how to set the wireless LAN for the specified SSID into guest mode:
AP(config-if-ssid)# guest-mode
This example shows how to reset the guest-mode parameter to default values:
AP(config-if-ssid)# no guest-mode

Compressor Jobs fail

Everytime I upload or analyze a file to my FCS I get a,
Encountered error using Compressor: /././HAL/DVCPROHDAudio.plugin/Contents: dlopen
error.
I can run Compressor jobs locally on my FCS Box, but every job that goes through the final cut server system fails. If I watch the server's Dock, while the jobs are running through compressor bounces in the dock but never launches.
I've uninstalled FCServer using FCS remover and reinstalled, no help at all.
Anyone had this issue before? I saw one thread on the boards that was similar but the stated solution (uninstall, reinstall) did not work for me.

Unfortunately, this did not solve the issue. I can now ingest content but when using Duplicate to create another instance of a media asset transcoded in a different format I get.
"Error: EREQERROR Compressor job resulted in error - Failed"
Has anyone seen this before?

Batch Monitor Does Not Show Compressor Jobs

On one of my systems, Batch Monitor is not showing current compressor jobs, even though the jobs are running in the background -- and running and completing successfully. On the other systems, all jobs are shown in Batch Monitor as they are being compressed.
All processing is done on the local machine (no clusters). All jobs are submitted using the Compressor application....the jobs are basically conversions from one codec of QuickTime to another.
I saw a post regarding this issue, but it didn't appear to be resolved. Any suggestions?
G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4.6)

So...guess what I learned?
How many cables do you have plugged into your monitor? The set came with a white and blue, and I plugged both in. Apparently, this causes the issue as the two cables are intended to provide dual screens.
Unplug the blue cable from both the computer and the monitor, and then press the "Windows" button with the letter p at the same time. Make sure "Computer only" is selected from the pop-up window, and press enter. This, according to an HP support tech, should fix the problem.
The instructions should make it more clear that both cables are not to be plugged in to a single monitor, but this may also be common sense to people who have experience with dual monitors.
I have not yet left my computer unattended to see if this fixes the problem, so let's keep our fingers crossed.

Can you resume a paused job in compressor??

I was running a job in compressor 3.0.5 when I needed to pause the job. I walked away for a few min and my computer went into sleep mode. I can no longer resume the job.
is there any way to recover my lost 7 hours?
the folder that i was outputting to has the -vide01-MPEG-2 3.7Mbps 2-pass.m2v-3.qmpause

lornalily wrote:
Am I able to use my FCP 7 to export mov files which then I will upload to compressor 4?
Yes. Or you can continue to use C3.5, which is what I typically do. There's not a lot of difference between C4 and C3.5. Is there some capability you're looking for specifically?
Also I heard that if you have FCP7 the compressor 4 when downloaded stops it working. Is this true?
No. it's not true. If you follow Apple's installation recommendations, all the apps will co-exist nicely.
Good luck.
Russ

How do I solve this error message Exception Details: System.Exception: Unable to ExecuteModuleActionURI : Module/Jobs/Controller/Applications/Action/Apply/JobID/915337

Server Error in '/' Application.
Unable to ExecuteModuleActionURI : Module/Jobs/Controller/Applications/Action/Apply/JobID/915337
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Exception: Unable to ExecuteModuleActionURI : Module/Jobs/Controller/Applications/Action/Apply/JobID/915337
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[Exception: Unable to ExecuteModuleActionURI : Module/Jobs/Controller/Applications/Action/Apply/JobID/915337]
BiteCMF.Util.Xsl.ExtensionObjects.BiteExtensionObject.ExecuteModuleActionURI(String moduleActionURI, String location) in C:\Users\mbailey.REDANT\Desktop\Projects\Changeboard\BiteCMF\Util\XSL\ExtensionObjects\BiteExtensionObject.cs:63
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System.Xml.Xsl.Runtime.XmlExtensionFunction.Invoke(Object extObj, Object[] args) +1292307
System.Xml.Xsl.Runtime.XmlQueryContext.InvokeXsltLateBoundFunction(String name, String namespaceUri, IList`1[] args) +806
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http://ww2.cs.fsu.edu/~rosentha/linux/2.6.26.5/docs/DocBook/libata/ch07.html#excatATAbusErr wrote:
ATA bus error means that data corruption occurred during transmission over ATA bus (SATA or PATA). This type of errors can be indicated by
ICRC or ABRT error as described in the section called “ATA/ATAPI device error (non-NCQ / non-CHECK CONDITION)”.
Controller-specific error completion with error information indicating transmission error.
On some controllers, command timeout. In this case, there may be a mechanism to determine that the timeout is due to transmission error.
Unknown/random errors, timeouts and all sorts of weirdities.
As described above, transmission errors can cause wide variety of symptoms ranging from device ICRC error to random device lockup, and, for many cases, there is no way to tell if an error condition is due to transmission error or not; therefore, it's necessary to employ some kind of heuristic when dealing with errors and timeouts. For example, encountering repetitive ABRT errors for known supported command is likely to indicate ATA bus error.
Once it's determined that ATA bus errors have possibly occurred, lowering ATA bus transmission speed is one of actions which may alleviate the problem.
I'd also add; make sure you have good backups when ATA errors are frequent

How to share a job with Compressor 4.1?

Can anyone explain how to set up Compressor on two or more computers to share a coding job? I was never successful, neither with the old versions nor the new one. I have connected two computers running Mavericks via Ethernet. They appear in the preferences list of Compressor as inactive and can be selected (with a tick). Starting a job produces no error. Only the little network monitor window shows some activity: "inactive" (in white or yellow), sometimes: "not found" (in red). The computer which sends the job waits endlessly.
I deactivated the firewall, connected the computer with DHCP or fixed IP but no success. What else do I have to do?

Hi Steffen, hats off to you for gathering this valuable information! I'm going to title this post:
Setup Distributed Node Processing for Distributed Segmented MULTIPASS Transcoding in Compressor.app V4.1 (2013 version)
Summary:
A quick look at those logs of yours.., Qmaster is having trouble accessing its cluster storage and probably your transcode source and target elements.
This is a bit of a giveaway - looks like the part time helpers at Apple didn’t look at it hard enough
msg="CSwampService::startupServer: servicecontroller:com.apple.stomp.transcoderx couldn't advertise server, error = error: DNSServiceRegister failed: CRendezvousPublisher::_publish"/>
<mrk tms="412112937.953" tmt="01/22/2014 20:48:57.953" pid="1975" kind="begin" what="log-session"/>
<mrk tms="412113195.964" tmt="01/22/2014 20:53:15.964" pid="1975" kind="begin" what="service-request" req-id="D6BAF26C-DD43-4F29-BD72-81BC9CF25753:1" msg="Processing."></mrk>
<log tms="412113209.037" tmt="01/22/2014 20:53:29.037" pid="1975" msg="Shared storage mount failed: exception = CNFSSharedStorage::_subscribe: command [/sbin/mount 127.0.0.53:/Users/steffen/Library/Application Support/Compressor/Storage/21D262F0-BF7EC314/shared] failed, error = 61"/>
Let’s look at this and then propose a clean method of establishing and consolidating your cluster.
Simply the Bonjour service is having a hard time trying to find you and also qmaster been running ragged trying to mount your Cluster 21D262F0-BF7EC314 storage.
Let's fix it.
Basics for the above with Compressor v4.1 and Qmaster.
much has been abstracted from the user to help easy implentation and use. This is good me thinks!
avoid ticking every option that is available on each host , such facilities aggravate and add to the complexity of your workflow environment
isolate the network subnets to use for all host access, file system paths, communication, diagnosis, monitoring and finally data transfer (see later)
use source objects that will develop segments that will be distributed for processing. A 3 minute clip generally won't segment to cause distribution.
review any workflow gains by distributed transcoding: slow node hols up process and additional time to assemble qt segments. A cluster dedicated to an iMac or macpro can often be faster. (Have several clusters defined and submit accordingly (long , most and short )!!)
All elements/objects used in the source and any target folders SHOULD (not must) be mounted and accessible by each Qmaster node. You can use sym links I recall. For reasons of efficiently and easy of diagnosis.
So.. I'd propose you try and test your setup as follows .
Try this and start from beginning. Do your best to perform these work instructions. Try also not to deviate if u can
Simple Architecture Approach:
Your main Macbookpro or main work mac (refered to by you as "master") shall be designated the qmasterd controller that services batch submissions AND that also provides transcode services.
The other macs ("service or slave nodes) will ONLY perform transcoding services and will NOT accept batch submissions. The slaves / service nodes will not be able to send their jobs to your master controller for transcoding for example.
Keep it simple! and please follow these steps.
Step 1: Quiesce your clusters and Qmaster
in Compressor.app v4.1 / Preferences / Shared Computers, stop / disable all hosts (both your macs) from automatic file sharing - tick it OFF (it causes issue u have).. More later
In Compressor.app v4.1 / Preferences / My Computer, stop / disable all hosts (both your macs) stop allowing others to add batches to your host. Slide to OFF
On all hosts, quit or force out compressor.app v4.1
On all hosts (macs) use activity monitor.app or unix ps command to Force Quit ( or kill) any currently running qmasterd task and any compressord tasks if you can.
On all hosts, purge | clean out | delete the Qmaster and compressor structures. This is documented by several of us on this forum but fundamentally you want to preserve your settings and destination templates and delete the rest. Do these sub-steps on all hosts where u intend to deploy compressor/Qmaster for your distributed transcode processing
a. Navigate to /Users/shared/library/Application Support/ and delete the Compressor folder if it exists. By all means use the osx Finder to put it in the trash or just use the faithfully unix rm command to delete it immediately without serialisation : rm -rf /Users/Shared/Library/Application Support/Compressor
b. Navigate to your home directory ~/Library/Application Support/Compressor and move or copy any personalised values to your desktop so we can reinstate them later. Copy these two folders if they exist.
Settings
Layouts
And also copy /move any customised destination templates that u used. These are files ending in ".template"
Now using the Finder or unix command delete your ~/Library/Application Support/Compressor folder and all it's objects such: rm -rf ~/Library/Application Support/Compressor
c. Dismount (+E or drag into trash) any shared file systems you have manually or automatically shared between your hosts. (Your two macs) . Turn off any auto mounts you may have setup in login items for Qmaster and your source and target libraries.
d. After you have done Steps 1a - 1c on all your hosts ,
then RESTART
and log back into your hosts
attempt to delete the trash on each.
6. Check the activity monitor and confirm there are no compressord sub tasks running. Qmasterd might be running. That's ok
Step 2: set up your dedicated network for your transcoding cluster .. Important!
In this step you will isolate your cluster network to a dedicated subnet. BTW ,o DNS is needed unless you get exotic with many nodes!
You will:
use the macs Wifi network as your primary network for NON TRANSCODING work such as email, internet , iChat, iCloud and bonjour (.local) I'm assuming u have this in place
use the Ethernet on your macs as your dedicated Qmaster cluster subnet.
For this procedure will make an IP address range 1.1.1.x subnet and manually assign the IP addresses to each host. Ofcourse you can use a smart DHCP router if u have one or a simple switch and use OSX SERVER.app erver 10.9 ($HK190 , €19) on your MAcbookpro... The later for another time
a). using system preferences/network on your controller mac("master"), configure the built in Ethernet to manual IP address of 1.1.1.1 Yes yes, dhcp would be nice if we also had a dns for this subnet to identify each host (machine name) however we don't. Leave the subnet default to 255.255.255.0, and router to 1.1.1.1 .. It's not escaping anywhere! ( very private LAN for your cluster! )
b) repeat step 2a to set the other "slaves" service node only macs whose built in Ethernet to 1.1.1.2 , 1.1.1.3 and so on
c) connect these hosts (macs) ethernets together in a dedicated hub / zoned switch or if only two macs, just use a cat5/cat6 Ethernet cable
d) on each host (mac) using system preferences/network check for a Green light against the built in Ethernet
e) on each host (mac)system preferences/network to make a new network configuration (so that you can fall back incase of error) : using system preferences/network make a new network location on each mac
- edit the Location listbox, edit and DUPLICATE the current location
- select and over type the name and change it to "qmaster work" or some name u like save and close the dialogue
- back in sys prefs / network select your new location "qmaster work" (from the location list box and "apply"
- now click the gear wheel icon on lower left and Reorder the network interfaces so that the WIfi is top (first) followed by Builtin Ethernet .
- click "apply"
- confirm Ethernet is still green status
Do this on each host (mac) .. The slave/service nodes
f) on each host (mac) verify that you can address each mac over you new subnet. There's many ways to do it however do it simply via the /applications/utilities/Terminal.app.
From mac #1 whose IP address is 1.1.1.1,
Enter:
traceroute 1.1.1.2 press return and one line should come back.
ping 1.1.1.2 and a continuous lines appear with packets and time is ms. Watch 3-4 then use control+C to stop
Do the same to the other nodes you may have such as 1.1.1.3 etc
Repeat the above from the other hosts. For example from one of the service (slave) macs say 1.1.1.2, t
Test the network path back to your main mac 1.1.1.1: using terminal.app from that slave,
Enter:
traceroute 1.1.1.1 press return and one line should come back.
ping 1.1.1.1 and a continuous lines appear with packets and time is ms. Watch 3-4 lines then use control+c to stop
At this point you should have a solid network path between your hosts over Ethernet on the subnet 1.1.1.x
Step 3: mount all filesystems over the Ethernet 1.1.1.x subnet that are to be used for transcoding source (input | read ) and target (output | to be written )
Simplicity is important at this stage to make sure you know what being accessed. This is one reason for disabling all the automatic compressor settings
You will use the Finder's "Connect to Server" (+k) from each slave (server) node to access the source and target filesystems on your master mac for the transcoding.
These can be saved as favourites in the "Connect to Server" dialogues
Do this:
A) locate the volumes / filesystems and folders on your mac master where your source objects is contained. Do the same for where the final distribution transcode is to be written with you user access.. "Steffen"
B) On each slave mac, use the Finder's "connect to server" dialogue to MOUNT those folders as network volumes on your slave macs
mount the Source folder. Finder / Go / Connect to Server or +K
enter "[email protected]//Users/steffen/movies/my-fcpx-masters. ( choose you source directory path) .
Click connect & password and use the "+" sign to save as favourite
- mount the target folder. Finder / Go / Connect to Server +k
- enter "[email protected]/users/movies/my-fcpx-transcodes. ( choose your target directory path) . Click connect n password and use the "+" sign to save as favourite
Do these for all your slave macs. Remember you are specifying file paths over the 1.1.1.x subnet
Obviously make sure your slaves have read and write access. Yes and you could also mark these folders and Shared in Finder info then everyone can see them ... your choice
C) verify your access: on each slave use the finder to create a ftest older in those recently mounted volumes. Delete the test folder.
So now all your networks and workflow folders are all mounted and accessible by your slave hosts and it's user
step 4: Set up Compressor v4.1 and Qmaster
Care is initially required here NOT to click needlessly on options.
Recall that you purged most of the compressor.app v4.1 state information on step 1. ?
Compressor.app v4.1 will appear new when u start it.
on the master mac 1.1.1.1 , launch compressor.app v4.1
open compressor v4.1 preferences (command+,)
using compressor.app V4.1 preferences:
My Computers tab: turn OFF . Don't allow others to process on this computer
Share Computers tab: UNTICK (disable) automatically share files.
Advanced tab: WHen Sharing My Computer listbox: select Ethernet as the preferred network interface 1.1.1.x). Don't use all interfaces : - trouble
Do not specify additional instances yet! Less to troubleshoot
On each slave mac 1.1.1.2 -1.1.1.x
launch compressor.app v4.1
open compressor v4.1 preferences (command+,)
using compressor.app preferences:
My Computers tab: turn ON (yes ON) to allow others to process their stuff on this slave computer
Share Computers tab: UNTICK (disable) automatically share file
Advanced tab: WHen Sharing My Computer listbox select Ethernet as the preferred network interface 1.1.1.x). Don't use all interfaces : - trouble
Do not specify additional instances yet! Less to troubleshoot !
On the master mac, 1.1.1.1
using Compressor.app v4.1, select destinations and add a new CUSTOM destination and navigate the dialogue to your target folder you specified in step 3b ~/movies/my-fcpx-transcodes as an example.
Use this custom destination on the batch later
in Compressor.app V4.1 preferences/Shared Computers, click the plus "+" sign in bottom left cornet to create a new cluster called "unnamed ".
- click in the name and change the name to "Steffenscluster" (I'm not connected to my network as I do this..)
- tick on the slaves 1.1.1.2 to 1.1.1.x to add the to your new cluster .. assumethee are on the right in a list.
Your cluster "Steffenscluster" is now active!
Care care! One more thing to do. You SHOULD make the cluster storage for master 1.1.1.1 available to all your slaves. This is important for this test !!
On the master 1.1.1.1, Use the finder to verify that you have these directories built from compressor.app v4.1
/Users/Shared/Library/Application Support/Compressor
and your own home directory: ~/Library/Application Support/Compressor
Dig deeper for the /storage folder in each to see the hexadecimal named folder that represents this cluster "Steffencluster"!
These should be manully mounted on each slave. Recall we DISABLED automatic file sharing.
on each slave mac 1.1.1.2 - 1.1.1.x, mount the masters cluster storage file systems. Do this for verifying access of each cluster Slave
on each slave mac, use the Finder's "connect to server" dialogue to MOUNT those folders as network volumes on your slave macs
mount Qmaster cluster storage folder
Use Finder / Go / Connect to Server or +k
enter "[email protected]/Users/Shared/Library/Application Support/Compressor/Storage
Click connect & password and use the "+" sign to save as favourite
- mount users Qmaster cluster storage folder
Use Finder / Go / Connect to Server or command+k
enter "[email protected]/Users/steffen/Library/Application Support/Compressor/Storage
Click connect & password and use the "+" sign to save as favourite
This you may have 4 new network volumes (file systems) mounted on each mac slave over your dedicated 1.1.1.x subnet!
Step5: submit a job
On master mac 1.1.1.1 launch the new compressor.app v4.1 "Network Encoder Monitor " .. Use +E . new in COmpressor.app V4.1
You should see all your nodes all cluster service points for your master and slaves. Heres you see just one (this macbookair!)
On each host (mac) Launch the activity monitor.app and filter compressord .. There they are on each host!
Nearly there.
On the mac that's the master 1.1.1.1 (controller )
Submit a job:
Use finder to move some footage etc that more than 15 mins for example into your source directory folder from step 3b (eg ~/movies/my-fcpx-masters.)
In compressor.app v4.1 Add this +I to the batch
Drag your custom destination on to the batch
Set your encoding setting (apple devices best)
Open the inspector in compressor.app and select "video" and make sure MULTIPASS is checked. Then change to frame controls at your leisure. Better means slower
Select the General tab and make sure JOB SEGMENTING is ticked!
Now cross fingers and submit it (or +B)
Step 6: Monitoring the Workflow Progress
In compressor.app v4.1 Use the active tab to watch the progress
Open the disclosure triangle and see the segments
Unfortunately u can really see which node is processing. (No more share monitor .. btw for those who care.. thats buried now in /Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/PlugIns/Compressor/CompressorKit.bundle/Contents/Embedde dApps/Share Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/Share Monitor
Look at the network encoder monitor (cmd + E) to see the instances processing your work
Lots of small and overdetailed steps here Steffen and its worth working through.
Simply all these things need to be availble to get your cluster to work EVERYTIME.
I might update this and post a more detailed disalogue/transcript on my blog and post it here.
Epilogue:
I for one rather like the new compressor.app V4.1. Qmaster is buried and works well when not teased or unintentionally fooled.
I would like the ability to :
specify the location of the qmaster cluster storage rather than have it in the root systems file system - I used to have it on my disk array
compressor to be applescriptable
Post your results for others to see.
Warwick
Hong Kong

Error Message sending a job to compressor and Blu-Ray

I am having trouble with a job in FCP 7 and sending it to compressor. it runs and about 20 minutes until completion I get a failed message. "Failed: Quicktime Error: 0" on my m2v file. What could be causing this issue?
I also get a quicktime error while trying to send my project from Share to blu-ray?
Any help would be appreciated!

If I am right, error 0 means that you cannot copy the source onto the destination.
Sure that you have enough space for your project ? or that your project is not too big for FCP ?
Just occured to me with a still that was too big ...

Having difficulty starting a Compressor job using a cluster

The batch monitor will error out- something having to do with timing out before Qmaster can open it's storage area on the host machine (not sure if that makes sense). Anyway, the cluster i created, has 2 service nodes, both with Final Cut, and DVDSP4 installed. I've never been able to submit a job to the cluster. It will always error out.

Are you submitting directly from Final Cut using "Export to Compressor"? Are you using a quickcluster, or a managed cluster? Do you see your nodes in Qadministrator? Do you have shared storage? If not did you turn on "Personal File Sharing" in system preferences and enable applesharing in network prefs on both machines. Did you disable the firewall?
I'm not in front of my computers, but there is a setting in the Compressor settings that allows you to change "Always copy files to cluster storage", "Never", etc Try changing that to always. I really don't know if it will help, but it got me hung up on my setup for ahwhile. Did you change the cluster storage in sys prefs on either machine? (You shouldn't) Also try resetting the nodes by stopping the services on them, then holding option-apple and click reset.
Finally, see if you can post the exact error that you are receiving. There is a log file somewhere in "/var/log" that might help to narrow down the problem.
I use NFS with a Managed cluster, but if you are using Appleshare I think you should be able to go to the Go->Connect to Server from finder and connect to your machine by typing in the IP address or hostname.
There's some ideas to get you started.
~half.italian

Trying to submit a job for Compressor

I'm having trouble submitting my sequence once it's been imported into Compressor.
After performing the necessary steps then clicking on the submit button the window
displays the name and priority, but for the cluster it displays "no value". So I click on submit again, then a warning appears stating: "Unable to submit to queue"
Please restart or verify your Compressor installation is correct.
I've tried to restart which didn't work either.
I've also tried going into the QMaster under system preferences, but that seems to be fine. Please help me!

I have been experiencing the same issue with Compressor, unable to submit a job to be compressed.
This issue started recently, after the Pro App update.
I am using Compressor 3.5, there are no current updates available in "Software Update".
I have not tried reinstalling Final Cut Studio yet, I would like to avoid that if possible. I'm sure there is a software update fix coming soon... In the mean time, I am unable to use compressor.

Compressor Job Fail Quicktime Error -120

The program quits before it even starts compressing after I click "Submit" There is no error message or any indication of why the attempt failed. Except a grey message to the side that says QuickTime Error -120
I'm using the presets. Trying to convert a QT movie (Current Settings) to a YouTube file.
Still using Compressor 3.5.3
OS 10.5.8
I trashed the prefs and started over, but the same error continues to occur.
It's odd, this is the first time it's happening. I'm taking following the same steps I've always taken.

OK.. just now out of curiosity I went back into my prefs.
Deleted 2 Quicktime P.Lists
Deleted Compressor P.List again
And just for the heck of it deleted my Final Cut User Data and Final Cut P.List
Instead of putting the word YouTube in the file name for either name, I took that out.
Clicked Submit and renamed the file once.. then the second drop down asked me to rename and I named it a different name with no spaces.
Now it's processing fine.
Not sure what I did, but something worked.

Compressor jobs fail when using a 6 instance cluster

Hello all,
The last week or so, any file I send to Compressor and use my quick cluster with 6 instances fail. Not only does it fail it locks up my entire system!
Does anybody know what's going on?
Thanks

This works great when bringing files into compressor to be converted to other formats, such as a QuickTime Movie... but, I have not had any luck trying to export this way directly from FCP. I've tried on multiple machines and I always get the error "Failed - HOST ["Machine Name".local] Final Cut Pro.app generated an error or unexpectedly quitUser aborted Media Server. Then it tries to cancel the export but just sits there until I either Force Quit FCP, stop sharing in Apple Qmaster or restart the machine. Should this be working as far as sending FCP projects to compressor for export, or will it only work by bringing in an already exported file? Anyone have any ides or suggestions?

Compressor jobs come up as failed continually

I am a novice with this program I admit but am following instructions via help menu and checked troubleshooters but clearly I am doing something wrong. I have loaded my 8 minute reel in a .mov file and want to convert it to a MPEG-4 Webcasting... have repeated process several times and it appears to process in the history window as per usual, but when it gets thru to the end it says FAILED!Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated!

I'm having a similar situation. I waited more than 60 hours for a BluRay encode, and now that it gets to burning the disc, Create Disc ejects the blank disc I had inserted the entire time and asks for a disc to be inserted.
Create Disc message:
"Please insert the dual layer media to burn the disc "name".
Option to Cancel Burn only.
I've tried inserting a few different types of DVD-DL media, and I know they're blank, but it eventually ejects them. Sometimes I'm getting a Compressor message telling me I don't have enough space on the disc to complete the operation, but when I look at the encoded file I see it's only about 4GB.
I previously ran a test on 3.5 minutes with the new Compressor with these settings, and the end result was beautiful. So I committed to the 60+ hours to encode the full project and now this...
Anyone know if I cancel this burn if I can use DVDSP to try burning it later? Any solutions?

Can't submit job in Compressor 4

Hi guys. Compressor decided to stop working on me. I can't even submit a batch, much less get any clusters to work. I've tried resetting the background processes, trashed preferences, restarted... did it all again... removed Compressor using FCS Remover, re-installed, did it all again. And still, nothing. I click the submit button and it takes me to the screen to choose a cluster. Not only can I not get my clusters to work, but I can't even submit a batch (despite setting up my cluster as usual). I posted a screenshot here. Any help is appreciated. I have to get some DVD's out before EOB Tuesday. Otherwise, I'm doomed.

Hey Russ... I did originally try resetting background processing as elluded to in my original post... forgot to mention I also tried Compressor Repair. Both didn't work. I didn't know about trashing the Qmaster folder to the trash... tried it... didn't work either. I finally resorted to removing anything and everything related to Compressor/FCPX/Motion and the old FCS (which I haven't touched in over a year... think I'm done with the older suite). Then, I reinstalled Motion, FCPX and Compressor... and that worked!
I guess trashing all pro apps and re-installing is the way to go in the future. The whole process takes less than 20 minutes and would have saved me a day of headache had I just done that to begin with. Thanks for the suggestions though!

16:9 Setting in Compressor 3 versus Compressor 2? URGENT...

I just upgraded to FCS2 from FCS and I have a question about Compressor 3.
In Compressor 2 you had 4:3 and 16:9 presets for each sample preset (i.e. 120 minute DVD Best Quality). In Compressor 3 you no longer have this, just one preset for each bitrate/number of passes. I see you can manually specify aspect ratio, but I want to make sure I am not missing anything else.
So, if I drop in my source, add an MPEG-2 preset (120 minute video) and then modify the aspect ratio drop down to 16:9, is there anything else I need to do to get the same result as the 16:9 preset in Compressor 2?
Thanks!
Jason

So, if I drop in my source, add an MPEG-2 preset (120 minute video) and then modify the aspect ratio drop down to 16:9, is there anything else I need to do to get the same result as the 16:9 preset in Compressor 2?
There shouldn't be anything else you need to do.
By the way, it should automatically detect aspect ratio (via the anamorphic flag in DV/SD QT files) but I suppose setting it manually couldn't hurt.

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