Setup guide

BackburnerManagerHostname
The BackburnerManagerHostname keyword serves two functions:
■ It locates the Backburner Manager on your rendering network. Enable this keyword if you are running
an Autodesk Backburner Distributed Queueing System in your facility or will be using Cleaner
®
XL to
encode jobs exported from the application. All four BackburnerManager keywords must be set correctly
for jobs to be sent to the rendering network.
■ It enables the Background Wire
®
and Background Proxies buttons in the application; they are otherwise
greyed out. Uncomment both the BackburnerManagerHostName and BackburnerManagerPort keywords
to enable the buttons.
The BackburnerManagerHostname keyword uses the following syntax
BackburnerManagerHostname <host_name>
where <host_name> is the hostname of the Windows
®
workstation that is running Backburner Manager.
Example of use
BackburnerManagerHostname titan.saturn.com
BackburnerManagerPriority
The BackburnerManagerPriority keyword sets the priority for jobs created on your application for Backburner
Manager on your rendering network. Enable this keyword if you are running an Autodesk Backburner
Distributed Queueing System in your facility or will be using Cleaner XL to encode jobs exported from the
application. All four BackburnerManager keywords must be set correctly for jobs to be sent to the rendering
network.
The BackburnerManagerPriority keyword uses the following syntax
BackburnerManagerPriority <priority>
where <priority> is a value from 0 to 100, where 0 is highest priority and 100 is lowest. The default is
50.
Example of use
BackburnerManagerPriority 25
BackburnerManagerGroup
The BackburnerManagerGroup keyword defines the group of machines to which jobs created in your software
application will be submitted. Enable this keyword if you are running an Autodesk Backburner Distributed
Queueing System in your facility or will be using Cleaner XL to encode jobs exported from the application.
All four BackburnerManager keywords must be set correctly for jobs to be sent to the rendering network.
The BackburnerManagerGroup keyword uses the following syntax
BackburnerManagerGroup <group_name>
where <group_name> is the name of a group of computers on an Autodesk
®
Burn
®
rendering network.
Example of use
BackburnerManagerGroup renderfarm1
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