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An Introduction to Avid|DS Remote Processing
Workstation Setup & Administration Guide • 115
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An Introduction to Avid|DS Remote Processing
Processing, or rendering, is a normal and necessary part of the Avid|DS
workflow, as with any system that handles complex compositing and effects.
Unfortunately for editors, artists, and their clients, processing takes up time
and resources on the workstation being used, and can present frequent and
lengthy interruptions to the creative process.
Instead of waiting for Avid|DS to process your effects, you can send a
processing job to a remote workstation that is running Avid|DS RP (remote
processor) and continue working on your sequence.
You can install the remote processing software on any number of workstations
on your network, and send processing jobs to any one of them. Avid|DS RP
processes the effects, returns the cache media to the Avid|DS client storages,
and notifies the client workstation when the job is complete. You can specify
where the caches will be stored, either on a shared storage device or on your
local workstation.
Avid|DS uses a mail-type system to communicate with the remote processing
station. An Outbox contains all the jobs that you sent out for processing, and
an Inbox contains all the jobs that have returned. When a job returns from the
remote processing station, Avid|DS receives a mail notifying it that the job is
complete. The caches generated from the processing are automatically linked
back to your current project.
Remote Processing
Concepts
Before you begin configuring your workstations for remote processing, there
are a few terms you need to understand:
Client Workstation: This is the workstation on which Avid|DS is installed.
The client workstation is where the processing request is initiated. The request
is sent to the remote processing station, and the result is eventually returned
to the client.
Remote Processing Station: This is the station where the Avid|DS RP
application is installed. The RP station can be configured as a master or a slave
in the Avid|DS workgroup. Avid|DS does not run on this workstation. Instead,
the remote processing station handles requests from the client workstation
and updates the client’s timeline as each request is processed. Remote
You cannot send requests from earlier versions of Avid|DS to
Avid|DS RP version 6. You can only send requests from Avid|DS
version 6 to Avid|DS RP version 6.
Avid|DS RP only supports uncompressed media. You can, however,
process your caches remotely using lower resolutions. For more
information, refer to Processing Effects on a Remote Processing Station
on page 129 of the Avid|DS Compositing & Effects Guide.