Apple Qmaster 3 - Manual (Page 77)

If you are accustomed to doing your work from Terminal shells, and you need or prefer
to run the distributed processing system from the command line with minimal use of
application interfaces, this appendix is for you.
Note: Although it is possible to use the command line to run an Apple Qmaster distributed
processing network, each Compressor service node (each computer providing Compressor
distributed processing services) must be logged in (with a Mac OS X user name and
password) for full functionality.
This chapter covers the following:
• Installing Apple Qmaster from the Command Line (p. 77)
• Using the Command Line for Distributed Processing (p. 78)
• Using Scripts to Run Apple Qmaster, Compressor, and Batch Monitor (p. 85)
Installing Apple Qmaster from the Command Line
Follow these steps to install Apple Qmaster software on each computer you want to use
for distributed processing. (All computers must be on the same subnet.)
Note: 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.
To install Apple Qmaster software from the command line
1 Copy the standalone installer package (AppleQmasterNode.mpkg) to the remote system.
Note: Do not alter the file hierarchy of the packages.
2 Log in to the remote system.
3 Enter the following command:
sudo installer -pkg AppleQmasterNode.mpkg -target /
Apple Qmaster processes start automatically after installation.
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