Apple Compressor 3 - Manual (Page 355)

4 Enable file sharing on the computer where the scratch disk (Media1) is located (in the
Sharing pane of System Preferences, click Services and then select Personal File Sharing).
5 On each computer in the intended cluster, mount the scratch disk you specified in step
3 (in the Finder sidebar, click Network, navigate to the computer that contains the Media1
disk, click Connect, and select Media1).
6 In Compressor preferences, specify cluster options settings:
a Choose Compressor > Preferences, or press Command-Comma (,).
The Preferences window appears.
b Choose “Copy Source to Cluster as Needed” from the Cluster Options pop-up menu.
7 In Final Cut Pro, choose File > Export > Using Compressor.
Compressor opens with the selected media file (the Final Cut Pro sequence) in the Batch
window.
8 In Compressor, double-click the selected file and play it in the Preview window to verify
the integrity of the clip.
9 In the Batch window, assign settings and destinations to the selected file as necessary.
10 Choose the intended cluster from the Cluster pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of
the Batch window.
11 Click Submit.
To export a Final Cut Pro sequence as a QuickTime reference movie and submit it to
Compressor for distributed processing
1 Make sure all of the source media files and render files for your Final Cut Pro project are
on a hard disk that can be shared (mounted) by all the computers in the cluster that will
process the job. (The following instructions use an example of a shared hard disk named
Media1.)
If you copy all the media files to another hard disk for this purpose, you may need to
reconnect the media files in Final Cut Pro before proceeding.
Important: The hard disk you use to store the media files may not be a startup disk for
any computer in the cluster.
2 In Final Cut Pro, choose File > Export > QuickTime Movie.
3 In the Save dialog, make sure that the Make Movie Self-Contained checkbox is not selected.
4 Save the QuickTime reference movie to the same hard disk (Media1) used to store media
files in step 1.
5 Enable file sharing on the computer where the scratch disk (Media1) is located (in the
Sharing pane of System Preferences, click Services and then select Personal File Sharing).
355 Appendix B Solving Problems