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To control whether Content Agent automatically opens
Do one of the following:
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Select the “Auto launch Content Agent” checkbox to have Content Agent open
automatically when the computer is started.
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Deselect the “Auto launch Content Agent” checkbox to have Content Agent not open
until Compressor is opened.
Content Agent is a background process that Compressor uses to transfer source files to
other nodes in an Apple Qmaster cluster and to receive the transcoded files back from
those nodes. Generally, Content Agent is not needed until you are ready to submit a
batch using distributed processing. There may be times, however, when having the
Content Agent open automatically when the computer starts can help a transcode process.
For example, if a computer loses power and automatically restarts while a large batch is
being processed, having Content Agent restart can automatically get the transcode
process to resume running.
To control whether Compressor remains running after a batch has been submitted
through it by another application (such as Final Cut Pro)
Do one of the following:
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Select “Quit upon submitting batches from other applications” to have Compressor quit
once the batch has been submitted.
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Deselect “Quit upon submitting batches from other applications” to have Compressor
continue running once the batch has been submitted.
To control whether thumbnail images are displayed for each job in a batch
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Select “Display job thumbnails” to have Compressor display the images.
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Deselect “Display job thumbnails” to have Compressor not display the images.
To control cluster options (for distributed processing scratch storage settings)
1 Click the Cluster Options pop-up menu.
2 Choose one of the following.
• Copy Source to Cluster as Needed: Instructs Compressor to copy source files to a cluster’s
scratch storage location as needed.
• Always Copy Source to Cluster: Requires Compressor to always copy source files to a
cluster’s scratch storage location.
• Never Copy Source to Cluster: Prevents Compressor from copying source files.
• Never copy files to/from server: Prevents Compressor from copying any files. Either all
the files are in the correct locations, or the batch fails.
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