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175Compressor User Guide
Configure SMB for use with automatic file sharing
To use the automatic file sharing features of Compressor, SMB file sharing must be turned
on, guests must be allowed access to shared folders, and a helper tool must be installed.
1. In the macOS Finder, choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
2. Click Sharing.
3. In the Sharing preferences pane, select the File Sharing checkbox on the left to turn on
file sharing.
To confirm that SMB sharing is on, click the Options button and verify that the “Share
files and folders using SMB” checkbox is selected.
4. In System Preferences, click Users & Groups.
To modify preferences, you may have to click the Unlock button and enter your
password.
5. Choose Guest User and select the “Allow guests to connect to shared folders” checkbox
to turn it on.
Transcode a batch using a group of shared computers
After you’ve created a shared computer group and added computers to the group, you can
configure and submit a batch of jobs for transcoding as you normally would.
1. In Compressor, before clicking the Start Batch button, click the “Process on” pop-up
menu and choose the group of computers that you want to use to process your batch.
2. Click Start Batch.
If this is the first time you’ve started a job using distributed processing or you’ve
recently updated Compressor, you may receive a prompt to install a helper tool. If
so, enter your password and click Install Helper.
View the progress or history of a batch that was transcoded by a group of shared
computers
After submitting a batch to be transcoded by a group of shared computers, you can find
information about the transcoding status.
• In Compressor, open any of the following views:
• Active view: After you submit a batch, the Compressor window automatically
switches to Active view to show the progress of the transcode.
• Completed view: Click the Completed button at the top of the Compressor window.
After a batch is transcoded, information about the job, including the settings and job
action used to transcode the source file, is displayed here.
• Network Encoding Monitor: Choose Window > Network Encoding Monitor (or press
Command-E). The Network Encoding Monitor displays information about how your
computer is being shared, including processor usage, batch processing information,
disk space usage, and data activity.
• Logs window: Click the Open All Logs button in the Network Encoding Monitor
to display the Logs window. You can use the log information displayed here for
troubleshooting distributed processing issues. You can save this information to a
file and process it with XML tools and UNIX scripts.
Important: The log file is deleted when you close the Logs window.