Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 208)

Chapter 7 Advanced functions 208
Submission command option Description
‑clusterid
address:port number>
Optionally, you can use ‑clusterid to enter the
cluster ID (IP address) and port number instead of
using
‑clustername . (When you enter the cluster
ID and port number, less time is required to find the
cluster on the network.) Enclose the IP address and
port as follows:
"tcp://:"
Also, if your cluster requires a password,
you must supply a password that is set for
QuickClusters in the Apple Qmaster Sharing
window in Compressor, or for manually created
clusters, in Apple Qadministrator. The format is
‑clusterid [username:password]@
address>: . The user name is not checked,
so it can be any user name, but the password
must be valid. You can also use
‑password with
‑clusterid as follows:
‑clusterid @:
‑password Use Compressor
‑show to see a cluster’s IP address and port number
(clusterid).
‑priority Specifies the priority level for a job.
‑jobpath Specifies the location of the source file.
‑settingpath Specifies the location of the settings for the job.
‑destinationpath Specifies the destination file URL for the job.
‑info Gives detailed information for a batch or a job.
‑timeout Use to specify the number of seconds before
Compressor can quit when looking for a cluster.
The default value is 30. A value of 0 puts no limit on
the timeout and allows Compressor to browse the
network for as long as it needs to find the cluster.
‑show Shows the ID information for the cluster specified
with
‑clustername or ‑clusterid , or for all
clusters if no cluster is specified.
‑help Displays information regarding the required
parameters for the
Compressor command.
Example: Compressor commands
Following are examples of code for submitting common Compressor commands.
Cluster names and IDs on a local network
The following command lists all of the cluster names and IDs on the local network.
/Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS/Compressor ‑show ‑timeout 10
This command has the following elements:
•
Identifies where Compressor is located (the quotation marks are used because of the space in
“Final Cut Pro”).
•
Shows all cluster names and IDs found.
•
Sets the command to time out after 10 seconds.