Apple Compressor (4.1.2) - Manual (Page 91)

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Advanced
Use the controls in the Advanced pane to adjust additional distributed processing settings.
These advanced controls are intended for network administrators and other users with
networking experience.
For more information about distributed processing, see Transcode batches with multiple
computers on page 98.
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Enable additional Compressor instances: This property activates additional instances of
the Compressor application, which can potentially speed transcoding. After selecting the
checkbox, you can choose the number of additional instances from the pop-up menu. For
more information, see
Create additional instances of Compressor on page 97.
Note: If your system doesn’t have enough memory or processor cores, this option is dimmed
and not available.
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Use network interfaces: When you’ve allowed others to share your computer, you can restrict
distributed processing activity to the network interface that you specify in the pop-up menu.
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Enable Port Range: When you’ve allowed others to share your computer, you can select this
checkbox to set the ports on which distributed processing is run. After selecting the checkbox,
enter the number at which you want to start the port range and the number of ports you
want the range to contain.
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Reset Queue: Click to reset the queue of Compressor jobs. After you click this button, you can
choose to reset the queue and cancel all pending jobs, or reset the queue and then restart any
pending jobs.
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