Setup guide

Run the software
Overview
Once GUID-25446F29-3FA9-4AB4-878F-972996FDC947 is installed and licensed, send jobs from your Creative
Finishing applications to the background processing network. The background processing network refers to
all the nodes on the physical network that are used for background processing.
The following procedures provide a general overview for doing background processing and assumes that the
network is configured properly, including the TCP/IP settings.
Submitting Jobs to the Background Processing Network
When the Creative Finishing application is properly configured, a Burn button appears in the clip library
or in various application modules. Click this button to submit a setup, timeline, or clip as a background
processing job. Refer to the application help for details.
The Burn button appears when Burn-related settings are configured in the init.cfg file of Linux applications,
or in the Smoke Setup utility of Smoke for Mac OS X. However, this button's appearance does not mean that
the background processing network is operational. Always check the status of the network using the
Backburner Monitor before submitting jobs to Burn.
Monitoring and Managing Burn Jobs
You can preview results for jobs by viewing the _Burn_ library in the clip library of an Creative Finishing
application. As you are previewing your result, the clip may appear semi-rendered. Frames are not processed
sequentially, so it is important to wait until the processing tasks are finished and the clip is completely
processed.
■ The Background I/O window in your Creative Finishing application. See your application help.
■ The browser-based Backburner Monitor. See the latest Backburner User Guide for details.
■ The Windows-based Backburner Monitor application. See the latest Backburner User Guide for details.
■ The browser-based Backburner Monitor included in Autodesk WiretapCentral. See the WiretapCentral
chapter in your application help for details.
Previewing Results
To preview a result:
1 Open the clip library. See your application help.
2 Open the _Burn_ library. Submitted jobs appear with a name that identifies the machine, the date and
time of the job, as well as the job type. Jobs that require a render node equipped with a GPU contain
the string “gpu” in their name. The _input reel contains jobs and source clips that are sent as input to
Burn for processing over the network. The _output reel indicates the rendered result that is copied
back to the Linux workstation. A clip labelled PENDING RENDER indicates that the clip is being
rendered by Burn.
3 To refresh the view of the rendered result, press the F hot key.
Troubleshooting
1 Restart Backburner Manager and Backburner Server (page 86) and shut down and restart all Burn and
Backburner components, including all Creative Finishing applications that submit jobs to Burn,
Backburner Manager. This may be enough to fix the problem.
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