Compressor won't do distributed processing with FCPX.

Running 4.1.3 with FCPX and Send to Compressor has all of the distributed processing groups greyed out in the selection drop down. I can only run compressor on This Computer.
If I export the file from FCPX and then drop that into Compressor from the finder it works fine. Is there a reason it is not working when directly connected?
I have deleted and reinstalled both apps but get the same results.

The thought is that the send to compressor menu items should have an option to use Compressor with distributed processing. Why can it not just export it to a temp location for me and then drop that into Compressor for me instead of requiring me to export it and then go open the finder and drop it in myself. There could be a second menu item "Send to Compressor (Distributed Encoding)" that you setup a defined temp location in preferences.
Not a huge deal to click a few extra things, but would be nice to have things connected a little better.
Side:
I got a 4k camera and was about get a 5k iMac when I realized by chance that the new 5k model does not support TDM and I cannot cycle through my screenless Macs. Big bummer.

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There's even a Qmaster forum!
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=954
Lot of good it will do you.
Qmaster totally blows, ask anyone on that forum.
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There are two or three folks on the Qmaster forum who HAVE THE FIRE and who BELIEVE! Read everything posted by jesusali and fitography before you start posting the same questions those poor guys have been dealing with for months.
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<div class="jive-quote">Hello, I've got a cluster of about 20 machines set up, and when I submit a job from compressor, I can look at all the parts being worked on through the batch monitor. Though I see it being broken into many small chunks, only three are being processed at once, and the others just say "Processing:" with nothing after it, or just "Waiting."< </div>
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bogiesan

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Having trouble setting up Distributed Processing / Qmaster

Hey Guys,
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I just upgraded to Final Cut Pro X and Compressor 4. As far as I can tell, the Qmaster settings now reside in the Compressor application itself, so I tried setting it up as best as I could using both the QuickCluster and managed cluster options (very similar to when using the older Qmaster) but no dice. I can see my controller's cluster from the secondary iMac, but it always displays submissions as "Not Available" and it does not help with processing. I've tried everything I can think of - I tried using FCS Remover for the older version of Final Cut, I tried looking around via terminal to see if there are any residual files & settings prior to the FCPX install, I've tried following as many instructions as I could find (including apple's official documentation on Compressor 4 on setting up a cluster) but NOTHING seems to work. I'm at a loss!!
Unfortunately, any documentation or refrences to issues with Qmaster / Distributed processing is related to older versions of Compressor and whatnot.
Can anyone help or have any suggestions? I have no idea how to get this working and I am having trouble finding anything useful online during my research
Perhaps someone is familiar and can help me set it up correctly? I'm verrrry new to Final Cut in general, so I appologize in advance if i'm a bit slow but i'll try to keep up!
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In spite of all Apple's hype I'm not sure distributed processing is actually working.
First I ran in to the problem with permisions on the /Users/Shared/Library/Application Support folder. There's some info about that in this discussion. You'll need to fix it on each computer you're trying to use as a node.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3139466?start=0&tstart=0
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Hey guys,
I have a network of three computers... I have distributed processing all set up on Compressor, and it runs really fast through the ethernet connection I have set up.
What's the absolute best way to set up this network?
The macbooks both have a firewire input, but that's not being used to transfer the data in this case... it's all ethernet.
The mac pro has 2 firewire ports... leaving one potentially open for a network.
Do you think it would be beneficial to set up a firewire network for these three computers, or is there any reason why a simple ethernet network is preferable?
Thanks in advance for all of your help...
Oh! One more question!
If I was going to set up a firewire network, how would I do it?
---Trav

Hi MrWizard.. do you have Compressor.app V4.1? (Dec 2013) installed or the older ones.? According to you sign you're on older OSX 10.7.5.
The idea you post is sound HOWEVER... it's somewhat fickle and troubesome.. I'm assuming old V3.4 Compressor/Qmaster later ....
Hardware:
You can CERTAINLY use the Firewire ports as NETWORKS NIC using IP over FW.. It certain works between TWO macs as Ive used it yeas back..
Assume you have a FW hub or use the single FW HUB in the MACPRO ... or scout around for a fw switch 800 (if they exist!) or just use a FW800 to 400 cables and an cheap legacy FW400 hub... I saw one once in Taipei!
Simply on each configure the Firewrie INTERFACEs in the System Preferences / Network .... (+ add interface etc etc), apply
Either
hard code (manual) an IP address (1.1.1.x) for each,
Install and deploy OSX SERVER on your MACPRO (IP - 1.1.1.1) and set up a simple DNS and domain "mrwizards.cool_network" for that FW subnet (1.1.1.1x) then DHCP server for that subnet so that when the two MACBOOM PROS connect tey get a an IP address such as 1.1.1.2-253 and assign machine names. Set the dsn serahc on each machine to add 1.1.1.1 (your macpro to resolve machine names0. More work however easier to manage.
test your local DNS between the machines or TRACEROUTE / PING the machines from each other and verify the IP path over the FW NICs works ok.
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The configurations takes patience and trial and error and some clear understanding of what you are trying ot acheive if its really worth the effort.
TRANSCODING over nodal cluster: AKA DISTRIBUTED SEGMENTED MULTIPASS TRANSCODING!
ON paper you'd imaging the throughput would be worth it. Sadly the converse is true!.. it often takes LONGER to use a bunch of nodes rather than submission on a SINGLE machine using a CLUSTER on a single machine....
the elapsed time for the submission relies on the processing speed of the slowest machine and its network connection
final assembly of the quicktime peices for the object
hmmmm often quickier just to use a single CLUSTER on the MACPRO!.
You MAY want to consider this option assuming the hardware you have mentioned:
what about this instead of FireWre NICS?
USE Gbit ETHERNET allaround.
Steps:
Set the WIFI on the host to use the WIFI only network for you usual internal activities and bonjour (.local) etc.. assume low IP traffic. - all works oK
OPTION: on the MACPRO dedicate EN0 (first ethernet NIC to WIFI router). Turn off WIFI on MACPRO.
Utilise the ETHERNET (EN0 - builit in ethernet) on the MACBOOKs (older ones? .. will be very slow BTW)
connect the MACPRO Second ETHERNET, and the MACBOOk (pros?) ethenets to a cheap 8 x port Ethernet HUB switch ($HK150 / €15) they are all switches these days). This gives you an isolated subnet... no router needed. Plug in the hub/switch and power on!
look at step 3. above .. QUICK START: just hard code IP addresses as follows in each SYSTEM PREF/network):
MAC PRO ip 1.1.1.1
MACBOOK (Pro) #2 : ip address 1.1.1.2
MACBOOK (Pro) #2 : ip address 1.1.1.3
test the 1.1.1.1-1.1.1.3 network... (ping or traceroute)
V3.5 Compressor and Qmaster for ye old FCS - dig in to QMASTER PREFS as:
MACPRO - set servces and ALSO MAKE CONTROLLER., set NETWORK INTERFACE to the interface on the ETHERNET 2 (not all). set instances to more than 1 one instance but NOT max! Tick MANAGED SERVICES
MACBOO (pro)'s set servces only, set NETWORK INTERFACE to the interface on the ETHERNET (not all). set instances to more than 1 one instance but NOT max! Tick MANAGED SERVICES
launch APPLE QADMINISTRATOR.app and make a managed cluster - easy (DONT waste your time with Quickcluster!.. just dont)
IMPORTANT: make sure teh SOURCE and TARGETS of ALL the pbjects tha the transcodes will use are AVAILALBE (mounted and access) on ALL the machines that you want to participate.
set up batch and make sure SEGMENTED is ticked in the inspector..... submit the job
See how you go.
However if you have Compressor V4.1 (dec 2013) then just set your network up and it should just work with out all teh voodoo in the previous steps.
Post your results for others to see.
Warwick
Hong Kong

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I've done my "homeworks".
I read various yet often quite similar posts about Compressor, which doesn't work properly with Leopard (Compressor 2.3 and later would work better, if I understand correctly) and found out there wasn't much I could do to fix this bug...
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Name: 16.9 for Web
Description: Web Compression
File Extension: mov
Estimated file size: 439.45 MB/hour of source
Audio Encoder
AAC, Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz
Video Encoder
Format: QT
Width: 640
Height: 360
Pixel aspect ratio: Square
Crop: None
Padding: None
Frame rate: (100% of source)
Frame Controls: Automatically selected: Off
Codec Type: H.264
Multi-pass: On, frame reorder: On
Pixel depth: 24
Spatial quality: 75
Min. Spatial quality: 25
Key frame interval: 24
Temporal quality: 50
Min. temporal quality: 25
Average data rate: 1.024 (Mbps)
Fast Start: on
Compressed header
requires QuickTime 3 Minimum
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How to open my project library progress in timeline with FCPX 10.1?

So I've been having a huge problem with FCPX 10.1 and I cannot, for the life of me, figure out even what I'm supposed to ask--much less what the answer is.
So here's the basic problem. I don't know how to open my complete progress of a project library in the timeline. I have 5 projects, and two of them, for some reason unbeknownst to me, I just double click to bring up in the timeline. The other three, however, won't. Let me clarify more. One of the projects is not even showing up in the new 'Projects' sub-menu when selecting my library. The other two are showing up in the 'Projects' sub-menu, but aren't showing as having any content. Their time shows as 0:00. Now for one of the projects I mentioned before (the one that isn't even showing up in the 'Projects' sub-menu,) I know that its editing was saved because I worked on it several different times (having closed and opened FCPx in between) However when I was working on that video, I never removed it from my timeline. So whenever I opened FCPx, my progress it would just automatically pop up in the timeline.
My problem is this: I do not know where to reliably find my progress for my various project libraries and to open them in the timeline every single time.
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I worked on a specific project 3 weeks ago and I can't find the progress for it anywhere. I don't want to open specific clips in the timeline. During that project session, I had put all of my clips in the timeline and was editing them in specific ways that required them all being on the timeline so I could get a very specific and seamless effect. How do I get all of that progress into the timeline?

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My positive experience with FCPX.

In an effort to present the other side of the coin on this forum, that FCPX can work very well, here is my story.
For the last 8 years I've been using Final Cut Express on an older Macs. It worked fine for my various projects, although the incessant rendering would be very frustrating. (I never did find the proper format to prevent it.) When Final Cut Pro X was released, I read about it's shortcomings, so I passed.
Five months ago I was planning to video my nephew's wedding so I looked closely at Final Cut Pro X, but was very daunted by how completely different it was from FCE. A few days later I was in my local Apple Store asking their video expert about the rendering in FCE, basically he said to get FCPX, which not only handles many formats, but renders in the background when needed, and has a lot more features than FCE.
I went home and looked at my first FCPX tutorial online and thought, OK, it looks like I'm going to have to start from scratch to learn it. My MacBook Pro was going on 6 years old, so I also decided to buy a new one that could handle FCPX. I had to stay on Snow Leopard OS 10.6.8 for one vitally important application that was not being upgraded, so I went to the Apple refurb site and found a 17" 2.2Ghz i7 late 2011 that fit the bill (I wanted the ExpressCard slot), marked down from $2600 to $1900, I grabbed it.
I immediately installed 16 GB of RAM, and replaced the internal drive with the one in my old laptop, a fairly new Seagate XT Hybrid 750 GB/16 GB HD/SSD. I then bought FCPX. (After completing one small project, I actually replaced the 750 hybrid with an OWC 960 GB dual platter RAID 0 internal SSD, wow, is it fast. I work my current project there, then when complete, move it to the 750 hybrid or a 3 TB I put in a Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt adapter .)
I have to admit that it took me a couple of days to let go of FCE and get used to the FCPX Events/Projects system, but I got through it. I did look at tutorials, but actually learned far more by exploring the menus, panes and icons, experimenting, trial and error, and reading this forum.
I finished the wedding video (32 minutes long) in about a week (learning as I went). It was shot with one camera, which forced me to do some creative editing by lifting, moving and zooming various pieces (and cutting around a very oblivious professional photographer), which gave me a multi-camera look. I added a title, transitions, adjusted dark scenes, leveled the audio in many places, diminished airplane and wind noise, and dropped in a sound effect of my nephew breaking a glass under foot (which did not actually break at the time).
I shared the wedding video to my AppleTV2, and to DVD (3 copies), and to YouTube, without any overt problems. Yes, each operation had it's learning curve, but I accomplished them all in a rather short time. The first time I uploaded it to YouTube, it took about 8 hours for a 1080 2.8 GB version, but when it was done, the YouTube site had a message that it was too long, I had to register to have longer than 15 minute videos. I then used FCPX to upload a 720 version (the actual original format), 985MB, which took about 2 hours (even with a 1 mbps upload internet service). It looks great via the YouTube app on my AppleTV2.
The only overt problem I have is a crash once in awhile either at launch or very shortly after, but I delete the prefs and continue on. I also installed some free plugins that seemed to cause some crashing, so I removed them, but the next time I opened the wedding project, I had all kinds of warning triangles. Turned out I used some of the plugins and FCPX warned that they were missing. It took a few minutes of searching this forum to learn how to get rid of those effects, I didn't even have to ask anyone.
I just bought two new 1080p AVCHD video cameras and really look forward to using them for a festival on Sunday where I'm playing with a ukulele orchestra (which I also took up a few months ago). I'm going to tackle the multicam operations with that project (something I did in my own way with FCE, even though it did not actually have that function).
My view of many of the posts on this forum is that either they have a system/hardware problem outside of FCPX, or they do not make enough of an effort to learn and understand FCPX. It takes diligence and patience, which in my experience, really does pay off. I used to dread doing tweaks in FCE, now I look forward to it in FCPX.

I'd just like to add my positive-ness with FCPX! I've used it from 10.0.1 and, since 0.3, I have loved it and raved about it when anyone asks. The multicam feature is amazing! I used to use Vegas MS for some casual editing and the biggest annoyance with FCPX at the start was the magnetic timeline but after a day or so I got used to it and now can't imagine using anything else. I've had the odd crash but they are few and far between. I won't say I haven't sworn at it a few times but the fault is usually mine in the end!
I use an upgraded 2012 MacBook Pro with 16GB memory and a Seagate Hybrid XT disc for my more "beefy" projects but I've found my 2011 MacBook Air works great with smaller projects (4GB RAM and 256GB SSD). Interesting article on fcp.co about MBAs and FCPX if anyone is considering purchasing one.
I tend to learn things as I go along; I know what I want to achieve and then work out how to get there, often with the help of the nice people in this forum . With FCPX, once you understand the basic structure it's not too difficult.
It seems one of the common themes is problems with importing AVCHD / MTS files. Since 0.3 I've never had any problems as long as I follow my basic rules -
Format the SD card in the camera just before use (use "low level" if offered for the first format) and shoot your footage. Use the same quality format on that card throughout the shoot.
Remove the card and plug it into the computer's card reader. Do NOT interfere with or modify the files in Finder in any way!
In FCPX create an archive from the card on a separate external disc. (If the card doesn't show up then try another card reader - there can be differences in USB chipset implementations).
Import to the events from the archive. Once done, repeat from 1.
Phil

After translation "buttoned" process with procedurecall don't work anymore

Hi all,
I have a application with a procedure called from a buttonclick which works fine before the translation.(en-us->nl) . After translation the application seems to work fine with the translated texts, except this buttonclick with procedure call.
When i delete the translation mapping all works fine again.
What's happening?
greetz,
Mark

Hi Scott,
Excuse me for not giving you the exact answers.
"My question again is: did the process associated with this button in the translated application not fire when you used this button?"
-- the process did not fire --
"Was that other button an "item button" or a "region position" button?"
-- It was a region position button --
"Why do you mention the conditions on the process? Are you just explaining that as part of the experiment ... "
-- yes, i didn't know of some of the conditions are involved with the disfunctionality of the button --
"If the other button is an item button and the original problem button is an item button, is it the case that one would fire the process but the other would not?"
-- as you read, that was not the case --
"A button in a region position caused this reaction." "I have no idea what you mean."
-- While building some new functionality in the form, i've noticed that on a certain moment the procedure/process (without the conditions, as described before) fires after a click on another region position button. --
"So what is your conclusion? That item buttons in translated applications won't allow associated processes to fire? That may be the case (and it would be a bug we would fix) but I want to know if this is your conclusion or if there is some uncertainty."
-- I'm new with translating an application and dissapearing functionality ;-)
Likewise functionality is soon needed in other parts of the application. If you wish i'll keep you informed.
Scott, thanks for your patience! Your first question about the kind of button did it for me.
Mark

How to use x264 with FCPX

I used the automatic installer for x264.
There were no instructions on how to use it with FCPX or compressor.
Can someone offer a tip?
Thanks
10.6.8
iMac 2009,1

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Get error from SQL AGENT: The SSIS Runtime has failed to enlist the OLE DB connection in a distributed transaction with error 0x8004D024

I am running SQL Agent that executes an SSIS process from sql server1. The SSIS process executes its SQL/tables/sp’s against another sql server2.
I get an error after adding data flow tasks with transaction supported within a sequence with transaction required. The error, “The SSIS Runtime has failed to enlist the OLE DB connection in a distributed transaction with error 0x8004D024 "The transaction
manager has disabled its support for remote/network transactions"
Prior to adding this sequence everything was working from sql agent, and there were other sequences with oledb destinations.
Everything works when running within SSIS Package.
I see this article on similar issue,
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/0bfa2569-8849-4884-8f68-8edf98a9b4fe/problem-to-execute-a-package-and-tasks-with-a-certain-transactionoption-property-i-need-help?forum=sqlintegrationservices
“I had similar issue and solved by setting the following on both the machines. Allow Remote Clients, Allow Remote Administration,
Allow Inbound Clients, Allow Outbound Clients, and TIP are enabled in Component Services/My Computer/Properties/MSDTC/Security Configuration.”
I don’t want to remove transaction required for the “Remove Duplicates from Staging” sequence.
Anyone seen this?
Greg Hanson

DTC was running on remote computer. The problem was it was no longer accepting transactions from remote servers. This was in SSIS so I had to turn to "Transaction Supported" for all Data Flow Transactions.
Greg Hanson

Alternative ways to use NAS with FCPX

So here is my dilemma, I would like to use my NAS to have an "archived" library of all my video files that I've worked on in FCPX. Thing is I've tried opening the library file directly from my NAS, but FCPX will not recognize it. It give me an error something that I have to use "SAN"... I've read some other threads where you can create sparse images but I don't want to have a set size as my "archived" library as it keeps growing. So I guess my question is, are there any alternative ways to utilize my NAS with FCPX. I want to be able to easily access these "archived" files every so often. TIA!

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