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• All the computers in the setup need read-and-write access to any volumes that will be
specified as the source location or output destination for files, including Shake scripts.
(An appropriate way to configure this access is included in the sample configuration
procedure below.)
Stage 1:
Installing Compressor and/or Apple Qmaster
The necessary components of Compressor or Apple Qmaster need to be installed on each
computer. See
Stage 1: Installing the Software
for more information.
On any given Final Cut Studio system or network, the Compressor and Apple Qmaster
versions (numbers) and the version of QuickTime must all match. For example,
Compressor 3.0.5 will work only with the 3.0.5 version of Apple Qmaster, and no other
version. In this example, the correct version of QuickTime is QuickTime 7.5.5 or later.
Non-matching configurations are not supported.
Important:
The Compressor distributed processing feature for Dolby Digital Professional
(AC-3) and Final Cut Pro is limited to computers that have Final Cut Studio installed.
Stage 2:
Setting Up Media Storage
Make sure each computer has the necessary available storage, preferably a dedicated
media volume. For example, give each computer a second volume, such as a FireWire
drive, that is used for media. Each computer can use this volume for all source and
destination files associated with distributed processing.
If you are a Compressor user, you can skip to one of the following chapters to complete
the setup of your part-time distributed processing system:
•
•
If you are a Shake user and you cannot consolidate all of the necessary source files (Shake
scripts, media files, and so on) on a single-cluster storage volume, skip to
for Distributed Processing with Shake
before going on to stage 3.
Stage 3:
Creating a Cluster
First, use the Apple Qmaster pane of System Preferences to enable cluster controlling on
one of the computers and enable the processing services on all the computers (making
them service nodes). Then, you can assemble these computers as a cluster.
Apple Qadministrator may not be necessary. See
for detailed
instructions.
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Chapter 3
Preparing a Network for Distributed Processing