QMaster not working

You've got to tell us EXACTLY what you've tried. That said, I don't think reinstalling will be necessary.


In my opinion, things work most reliably NOT using "Quickcluster," instead use the QM System Preferences Pane to set up 1 computer as the "Services Controller" and the other as "Services Only."

Make sure that in the Preferences Pane each checkbox under MANAGED is checked. Also, you have to turn off the FIREWALL option in each computer's SHARING Preferences.

Then, on the Controller computer, launch Apple QAdmin and set up a new Cluster. + sign, name it, choose the Controller Computer's Name as the Cluster Controller, CLICK APPLY. Then in the bottom of the screen each computer you designated as a MANAGED Service will appear. You should be able to drag and drop each one into the Cluster. Click APPLY when done. Quit the program.

Now you should be able to submit jobs using the QMaster program.

You need to print out the User Guides for QMaster AND "Getting Started with Compressor and QMaster" over and over again. Leave a copy in the bathroom, and another on your bedside. You need to read them repeatedly because new things keep sinking in and they are written rather opaquely.

On screen reading will never work. You need paper to master this stuff.

Good Luck.

ok I have Final Cut Studio 5 and my friend has Shake
4 and I've tried installing Qmaster from BOTH of them
after removing it completely and all I'm getting is
it saying its starting its stoping its starting and
repeating is there anything I can do to fix it?

What do you mean when you say it says starting and stopping? Where do you see this?

I could send you a script that removes just Qmaster, and then you can reinstall it. Before doing that, you should check your console.log and see if the processes are crashing or not.

Send me an email at theblacklantern@REMOVEgmail.com with your crash logs, and I'll send you a remover so you can do a clean install without wiping your hard drive.