Distributive Rendering with Compressor;

I have a cluster set up to render with Compressor and I am having troubles with my remote machines.
Whenever Ind the batch out, a window will pop up on the remote machines asking to reconnect the media it is about to compress. All of the media is located on a secondary hard drive on our master computer. The only clip that is asks to reconnect is a Render file but when I go to reconnect said file, I get the following error:
"There are no clips selected that have files associated with them."
I cannot search for a file to connect. Can anyone help me figure this out?

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.
The problem is fundamental. It's far too complicated to be useful. As an Apple pro app that has been around for several years, it should seamlessly and painlessly integrate with eveything. Instead, it takes paitence and lots of hidden or undocumented experimentation.
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.
So I am getting the same network error that a lot of people in the forum have been posting. Unfortunately, I havent read a solution that works.< </div>
I can NOT get them to show up as a cluster.
I see them in the list in QAdmin, but can't do anything with them.<
<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>
THe problems start when I'm sending the batch. First I got the "ContentAgnet server not found", and by reading in this discussion I fixed this. Now it sends the Batch, but after 2-3 seconds it fails. Why?< </div>
"Qmasteris a cruel joke.
If you visit the Qmaster forum (and post there instead of here because no one here uses Qmaster who doesn't already visit the Qmaster forum and that would be absolutely no one because it's useless), you will see Qmaster has never worked. Not for anyone. Not ever. It's a completely bogus application; unintuitive, impossible to setup, impossible to debug, and fundamentally useless. Demand a refund.
bogiesan " < (Imagine THAT!)
<div class="jive-quote">Qmaster is not bogus at all. It totally rocks. It could be a billion times better, but it still rules if you've got the computers available.
Now Seth, the important difference is in sending the Batch from FCP or directly from Compressor. Sending from FCP for the FIRST video export is pretty bogus in that you have to have a different install of FCP on EACH client computer and that each client must mount the source files that the FCP file uses.But forget about that for a minute. Where Qmaster starts to work well is in REPURPOSING and recompressing that FIRST exported file.Our workflow was to always export a DV NTSC version of our movie from FCP using a single Dual Processor G5. And then to use Qmaster and Compressor to repurpose that file into multiple other formats.<
bogiesan

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Can I distribute rendering through multiple computers?

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No...in my first post I said, quote; "FCP doesn't use distributed rendering...Compressor does."
You cannot use distributed rendering on FCP 7 or earlier. Not even sure it's possible with FCX, but I cannot comment on that as I don't use it. But I didn't hear any mention of it...I think I would have if it were possible as it's a big deal.
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How to activate distributed rendering?

Hi,
as importing many/bigger clips and rendering them in Final Cut Pro X takes some time i wanted to use the distributed rendering for that to use all the macs in the network. Starting Final Cut Pro X on all these machines did not seem to have any effect out of the box, and Final Cut does not contain no obvious settings to enable distributed rendering in the preferences. But some day i noticed the litte arrow at the background actions window at the last line "sharing". I clicked on it and share monitor opened up, but it just showed the local machine. As there was still nothing to configure here i became curious and searched a little and found out, that i would need something called "QMaster". As there was no obvious way to get this i purchased compressor, which seems to contain this. After installing qmaster i was able to setup each mach so that they are listed in the share monitor and are visible from each other. But: There is still no distributed rendering happing, and i am getting out of clues now on how to activate this feature for importing and rendering clips. Can anyone help me on getting the distributed rendering to work?
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I know, late response, but since this comes up on search I thought I'd post a hard-won answer.
The way to work with clusters today is via Compressor only. And Compressor can't work on a grid with something that's not entirely inside a QuickTime container. That's what it uses to slice and distribute the processing.
So the first thing you must do is Share the default Master File for your FCPX project. Set it to open in Compressor to save you a step. That will render the project into a ProRes file on the computer you share it from (so pick a fast one), which you may then transcode into any of your preferred delivery formats in Compressor across your cluster. Just drag up the preferred formats, click submit, and then pick your cluster to do the transcoding on.
This works out OK in practice; it's a lot easier for Apple to handle on their end because they just have to slice up a ProRes file for the different CPU's and then stitch it back together for delivery. They gave up on Compressor or Qmaster working directly with an unrendered FCPX project; I imagine there were too many bugs with various plugins and contingencies etc.
Pity they don't explain this more clearly though right in the program. They could have "Transcode on Cluster..." as a default Share destination, which would then tell you what you need to do, even though it would be exactly what I just described. But I guess that would violate Apple Minimalism.

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OK. Up until C4.0, Qmaster was a stand-alone application and accessible through the Preference Pane in Systems Preferences. In C4.0, and until 4.0.7, it became an embedded app – found within the Compressor.app file. That's why you don't ordinarily encounter the Qmaster file…you have to go digging to find it. (And it's altogether different in 4.1)
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we r using os 10.6.8 and 7.0.3 fcp,in that rendering with unlimited option out of memory warning is displayed, 10gb RAM.no stills are there.there are hd standard videos

What format are your sources and what are your sequence settings? I'd guess that you're working with h.264 material which is not fcp friendly. If so, use compressor to conver to prores422

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This is my present computer:
iMac 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo (2008 model)
4 gigs of 800 mhz ddr2 sdram (this is the max ram for this computer! )
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 512 MB
Hard drive: 465 gig (I use mainly external drives for editing)
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A friend suggested I pick up a used G5 Power PC.
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3 open PCI-Express expansion slots.
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4x USB 1 and 2
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Is this insanity or a smart move to move over to the older G5.
According to my friend, the older G5s are much better at processing video.
Is a dual 2 GHZ processor enough or would I need a 2.3 or 2.5?
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I am fairly sure that the old G5 will not perform anywhere near as well as the Intel iMac.
I don't know what you are doing that "Takes forever" but there are some settings in Compressor, which if selected, will take many times longer without producing much of an improvement.
Can you give specific examples of exactly what you are doing and with which settings/presets etc. together with the time taken, so that we can determine whether it is excessive or not.

Clusters with Compressor 2

Hi,
I'm trying to get a cluster set up to render some long files with Compressor & am not having too much success. I've read some of the discussions & would just like to know if it's really possible to get set up so it actually works properly.
Thanks for any assistance and/or tips!

Well I seem to have everything set properly. Both machines have Qmaster installed & Sharing is turned on. Right now I have the "Share this computer as" QuickCluster with services checked. I've also tried with the "Services and Cluster controller" button checked but nothing seems to happen. When I drag a file into the Compressor window, select my settings and click on "Submit" nothing happens. I opened the Activity Monitor on both machines to see if there was any action, but nothing.
You mention "Once all of the nodes are sharing they should show up in the Qmaster Admin window" but where is that window? Is it the "Services" window where the Share buttons for Compressor and Rendering are checked?
Thanks for the reply - I'll keep on trying!

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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

Distributed rendering via wifi

Could I setup distributed rendering via wifi: combining a 3.4 iMac 27inch and a Mac Pro 2.26 8-core?

Tom Wolsky wrote:
No, counterproductive. You would slow the process down, wasting time sending and receiving frames between the machines.
I'll second that. I've tried over WiFi and wired, (not gigabit) and it doesn't speed it up. Too much time wasted sending and receiving data. I do better setting up a quickcluster in Compressor, using the multi-cores to do the final rendering to the desired format.

Why does a H264 mov looks better with FCP then with compressor

Hi all,
I was wondering why I get better results with making .mov in FCP/ QT Conversion then with Compressor 3.
I've made a movie in FCP -(XDCam EX1080p 25 (35mb/s VBR). It must be exported to a H264 mov. 480x270. When I export it using FCP/QT Conversion it looks good.
After exporting a movie with the same settings in FCP ((XDCam EX1080p 25 (35mb/s VBR), I use it in Compressor. But after rendering it looks aliasing, even with the same settings as in FCP.
I want to work with compressor, so I can still work with FCP when I'm rendering a movie.
Any ideas?

does anybody know why?
In simple terms, in order to edit your footage, iMovie needs a certain amount of data about each frame.
In the compressed form stored on the all the necessary data isn't present, so the missing pieces have to be filled back in to allow you to edit. This process increases the file size.
Once you've edited your movie it can then be re-compressed.
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Motion- Exporting with Compressor

I'm new to Final Cut Studio, and I tried to export a movie the other day, I did it with Compressor, and in the final version, I saw that in random places, it dropped a lot of my effects. Is there a reason that this happened? It was fine when i viewed it it Compressor.

The answer is Compressor and Motion are both buggy software applications and have been since day one so instead of using the features the applications supposedly feature, we have learned to not use certain features for fear of the ceiling falling in on us in the middle of a project.
For example, some people will tell you not to do audio in Motion, even though it has some great audio features, because of bugs with audio. They'll tell you to use Final Cut Pro for your audio (and ignore those nifty audio behaviors in Motion).
If you are rendering Motion projects in Compressor, realize that it's still using the GPU and video memory on your video card. So if it's rendering and you are in Motion doing other project work, or in another application that uses the GPU, this issue you are having might be because you are spiking the GPU's capability or RAM at that spot so it drops the frames in Compressor. Just a guess. We don't know. Good luck.

Biggest beef with Compressor!

I have a couple of beefs with compressor, mostly to do with super high-contrasted footage, but my biggest one is probably also the most simple to solve. This is kind of hard to explain, so I will just give an example:
1. Drop a source file in so that it shows up in the batch.
2. Click on the inspector window so that it is brough to the front.
3. NOW, click on the 'Settings' pull-down for that piece of source. NOTHING. Why is that I must select the window by NOT clicking on the pull-down, and THEN I have to click on the pull-down? What is up with this annoying, but simple bug? No other app works this way...
Grumble grumble....

I was having problems with Compressor failing during launch for about 4 weeks. New Mac Pro (8 core), Apple store supported migration from the G5...all good except for Compressor. Crashing during launch everytime.
Followed the threads here but no solution would work. Including the Apple-suggested step by step. Multiple app deletes and fresh installs, but still no luck.
Then, I finally broke down and took my machine to a ProCare appt. and demanded that they have someone there who knew a thing or two. Well lucky me...
We narrowed it down to the Frameworks folder in Libary/Preferences under QMaster.
Here's a thought. During re-install, when it prompts you whether or not you plan to use your machine on a network to share rendering load, say NO. Unless this is really important to you, just say NO. I found that once I deleted the QMaster/Preferences/Frameworks file in my library, I was good to go. In fact, didn't even need QMaster all-together. Unless perhaps I dont' know I need it that is...
For now, I'm back to work and my clients are getting their media.
Many thanks to the Genius at Barton Creek, Austin, TX!

How do I create an MPG2 with Compressor that is neither 16:9 or 4:3?

I have a quicktime movie, exported from FCP which is 1280X800. I need to create an MPG2 also at 1280X800.
How do I do this?
Compressor only seems to create a 16:9 or 4:3 MPG2 regardless of the original source file.
Thanks.

A program Stream.
It's for a BrightSign video player (HD210) http://www.brightsign.biz/products/hd210.php
The Program Stream MPG2s that I create with Compressor work fine with the player but I just can't find a way of changing the dimensions to 1280X800.
Thanks.

Fatal error distributing forms with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

Fatal error distributing forms with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro.
I click
"Adobe Acrobat Pro/Formularer/Distribuer formularer/"
("Adobe Acrobat Pro/Forms/Distribute forms/")
and chose a form for distribution and in the picture "Distribute Form" chose
"Automatically download & organize responsees with Acrobat.com".
I then click "Next" and write an email-address to send it to (i.g. to my own)
and then click "Send".
The program quickly writes
"Authenticating email-addresses"
and then gives the following error message
"Borland Database er ikke installeret. Kan ikke indlæse tjenesteudbyder af Corel-adressekartotetek."
("Borland Database is not installed. Can not read load service provider of Corel address directory.")
When I clik "OK" I get the error message
"Adobe Acrobat has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
I have undeleted and reinstalled Adobe Acrobat many times without any effect.
The same procedure has been tried on another computer without any problem.
What is my problem and how do I resolve it ?
Operating System Windows XP
Has worked may times before
Same results with other files
No recent system hardware or software change

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