User Guide
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Installing the Apple Intermediate Codec
The Apple Intermediate Codec is not currently installed with Apple Qmaster.
To download and install the Apple Intermediate Codec, go to:
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http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/appleintermediatecodec101.html
Note:
Shake and several other Apple software packages also install the Apple
Intermediate Codec.
Cluster Settings for Extended Transcoding Sessions
If you are using Compressor 2.0 or later for distributed processing, and you anticipate a
transcoding session that will last up to seven days or longer, you must make an
adjustment in the Advanced section of the Apple Qmaster Preferences Pane. By default,
temporary process files may remain on a cluster’s scratch location for seven days before
they are automatically deleted. You can increase this value (the number of days) in the
Apple Qmaster pane in System Preferences.
To extend the time process files remain on a cluster’s scratch location:
1
On the cluster controller, open the Apple Qmaster pane in System Preferences.
2
If any Apple Qmaster services are enabled on this computer, click Stop Sharing to
temporarily turn them off.
3
Click Advanced to open the Advanced pane.
4
In the Delete Files Older Than __ Days field, enter the number of days you expect the
session to take, plus a day or two extra, just in case.
5
Click Setup to return to the Setup pane.
6
Click Start Sharing.
Previous Release Information About Apple Qmaster 2.0.1
Apple Qmaster 2.0.1 is a maintenance release of Apple Qmaster that provides
improved reliability.
Shake Jobs and Non-Zero Exit Status
Using Apple Qmaster, you can quickly create and submit a batch of Shake jobs for
distributed processing. The new “Ignore script failures” checkbox allows you to determine
whether Apple Qmaster should continue rendering all the frames of the script in the
event that Shake returns a non-zero UNIX command result. (In Apple Qmaster 2 and
previous versions, a job would always fail if any segment returned non-zero.) By default,
this checkbox is not selected. Select the checkbox if Apple Qmaster should ignore
non-zero UNIX command results.