Compressor 4 - Stage 4: Submitting Processing Jobs in the Sample Part-Time Distributed Processing Setup

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Submitting Processing Jobs in the Sample Part-Time Distributed

Processing Setup

After you finish

Stage 3: Mounting the Media Storage Volumes

, each one of these

computers can be used to submit jobs for distributed processing.

Because of the way access has been configured in

Setting Up for Part-Time Distributed

Processing with Shake

, all file pathnames are conveniently consistent and simple for the

purposes of specifying them in Compressor, in Shake scripts, and in Apple Qmaster,
assuming that:

• Users place the source media on a mounted media volume (one of the FireWire drives).

• Users place the Shake scripts on a mounted media volume.

• All folders and files on the shared media volumes have read-and-write access enabled

for everyone (for Owner, Group, and Others). You can configure this access setting by
selecting the folder or file and choosing File > Get Info.

These three assumptions are important because they ensure that all the computers have
read-and-write access to all the source files and output destinations.

Stage 5: