Virtual Cluster SetUp Compressor 4

I've done everything that I see in the posted image using Compressor 4 but still no joy.

My virtual cluster in Compressor 3 worked just dandy but this time around, nada.

I'm choosing "Share this computer" from within Compressor 4> AppleQmaster pulldown

(The only difference with the supplied image is that my QuickCluster has the name of my machine in the field. Other than that, all the right boxes are checked.)

Any help with what was a decent setup in Compressor 3 and now is seemingly faltering in Compressor 4, would be gratefully received.

Set your Qmaster just like the image below... Click on Compressor options to set how many isnstances your going to use... Give your QuickCluster a name.

Here is Compressor 3.5 setup.

(Click on images to make them larger and clearer.)

iMac 27", 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, 16GB 1333MHz DDR3, 2TB HD + 256GB SSD, AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5•FCS 3•OS X 10.7 (Lion)•iPad 1&2•Apple Tv 2

StingRay67, Many thanks for getting me on the right track with setting up the virtual cluster in Compressor 4. David, Thank you for clarifying the settings. Could have sworn blue that I had them 'exactly' like this, but it appears I didn't because now I see my cluster in my 'Share Monitor" as well as everywhere else I was expecting to see it. (I guess I'll have to run faster or go for shorter runs now!)

Regards,

Lawrence

OK, next step hiccup....The cluster is working - bueno! The problem I'm having now is that I keep getting a message back from each render "badly formed string R30/1 0 NDF".

Then the job fails.

Blast! Help please?

David,

I am on a 12 core Mac Pro with 24 GB of Ram. What would you suggest for my amount of instances? I have 16 right now but it is failing consistently.

http://paperrockpictures.com/2011/05/26/setting-up-a-virtual-cluster-to-speed-up -compressor/