Share Monitor 4 User Manual
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1. To open Share Monitor from Final Cut Pro Do one of the following Double click Share Monitor in the Dock Share Monitor appears in the Dock when you submit a Share menu option such as sharing a project to Apple Devices Open the Background Tasks window choose Window gt Background Tasks or press Command 9 and click the Open button next to the Sharing item To open Share Monitor from Motion Do one of the following Choose Share gt Show Share Monitor Double click Share Monitor in the Dock Share Monitor appears in the Dock when you submit a Share menu option such as sharing a project to Apple Devices To use Share Monitor to view the status of your batch Open Share Monitor Do any of the following to view the batch processing details and take any necessary action To reveal information about the component parts of a batch job or target Click the disclosure triangle next to the item name To pause a job batch or target Click the corresponding Pause Resume button To restart the processing for an item Click the corresponding Pause Resume button To cancel a job batch or target Click its Cancel button Click the disclosure triangle next to an item to reveal more information Walking Pause Resume Debra sidewalking 6 mov Show Info Cancel E Debra sidewalking 6 HD for Apple Device When the progress bar reaches 100 percent your media file has been successfully transcoded and saved in the2. Manual for more information Share Monitor appears in the Dock when you start a share operation from either Final Cut Pro or Motion This chapter covers the following About the Share Monitor Main Window p 8 e About the Info Window p 11 e Viewing or Changing the Status of a Submitted Batch p 11 e Share Monitor and Distributed Processing p 13 Share Monitor Preferences p 14 About the Share Monitor Main Window Most of the Share Monitor controls are available in the Share Monitor main window Toolbar buttons User buttons Status buttons 1 This Computer This Computer Batch display Cluster list The Share Monitor main window includes the following sections General Interface For details about the toolbar buttons and the batch display see the next sections Batch display Provides a hierarchical display of batch job target and segment information for current and completed batches Also includes controls to pause resume cancel and get status for any individual batch job target or segment Toolbar Use the toolbar to adjust the display of items you are monitoring See Toolbar Buttons for details Clusterlist Displays a list of computers available for processing batches including This Computer the one using Share Monitor and all enabled Apple Qmaster processing clusters on your network Select any cluster in the list to monitor its activity User buttons Click the Me
3. button to display batches you submitted Click All to display all batches for the selected cluster For information about permissions and password protection see the Apple Qmaster and Distributed Processing chapter in the Compressor User Manual Status buttons Click the Active button to display batches that the selected cluster is currently processing Click Completed to display batches that the selected cluster has already completed Click All to display all batches for the selected cluster Chapter 1 Using Share Monitor Toolbar Buttons Share Monitor contains a toolbar with the following buttons that let you adjust the display of batch status information Note If the toolbar isn t visible when you open Share Monitor click the button in the upper right corner of the Batch window to open it Refresh Click Refresh to update the status of a selected cluster immediately rather than wait for the next update event Expand All Reveals all job target and segment information for every batch Collapse All Displays batch level information only Sort Order Switches the batch list between descending and ascending order Batch Display Batches jobs targets and segments are displayed in hierarchical nested views Each view in the batch view hierarchy contains a disclosure triangle Click the disclosure triangles to reveal the next level of the hierarchy For example click the disclosure triangle in a batch view to
4. Share Monitor 4 Copyright 2012 Apple Inc All rights reserved Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement The owner or authorized user of a valid copy of Compressor Final Cut Pro or Motion software may reproduce this publication for the purpose of learning to use such software No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes such as selling copies of this publication or for providing paid for support services The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries Use of the keyboard Apple logo Shift Option K for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of Apple may constitute trademark infringement and unfair competition in violation of federal and state laws Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate Apple is not responsible for printing or clerical errors Note Because Apple frequently releases new versions and updates to its system software applications and Internet sites images shown in this manual may be slightly different from what you see on your screen Apple 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino CA 95014 408 996 1010 WWW Jle com Apple the Apple logo Final Cut and Final Cut Pro are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Other company and product name
5. d Motion in this document refer to these versions About the Share Monitor Documentation The Share Monitor User Manual this document describes the Share Monitor application only For information about Compressor and how to create a complete network for Apple Qmaster processing see the Compressor User Manual available in Compressor Help e Share Monitor User Manual This brief document describes how to use Share Monitor to monitor the transcoding progress of batches and jobs Compressor User Manual This is a comprehensive document that describes the Compressor interface commands and menus and gives step by step instructions for using Compressor and accomplishing specific tasks It also explains how to set up and maintain a distributed processing network for use with Compressor or digital visual effects software packages It is written for users of all levels of experience Preface Final Cut Pro Help This document describes how to share your projects and use Share Monitor to view the progress Motion Help This document describes how to share your projects and use Share Monitor to view the progress Additional Resources There are a variety of Apple websites that you can visit to find additional information Compressor Website For general information and updates as well as the latest news on Compressor go to e http www apple com finalcutpro compressor Apple Service and Support Websites For software updates and a
6. designated destination folder Completed batch and job items are marked Successful and remain in the batch display Unsuccessful batch and job items are marked Failed and remain in the batch display Chapter 1 Using Share Monitor 3 Click the Show Info button for any item in the batch display to view information about that item 4 Openthe destination folder to view the newly transcoded output media file Share Monitor and Distributed Processing If you have set up an Apple Qmaster distributed processing system to process Compressor Apple Qmaster Final Cut Pro and Motion jobs Share Monitor will offer some additional features For example both administrators and client users can use Share Monitor to monitor the processing of submitted jobs Administrators can stop or cancel any batch as long as they have the administrator password for the cluster that is processing the batch and users can stop or cancel their own batches Share Monitor and Passwords There are different kinds of passwords that may affect how you use Share Monitor For more information see the Apple Qmaster and Distributed Processing chapter in the Compressor User Manual Administrator Password If you create this password administrators will need to know it in order to modify the selected cluster and to view the selected cluster s batches in Share Monitor To create an administrator password click the Security tab in Apple Qadministrator User Pas
7. er whose activity you want to view from the Cluster list View the batch processing details and take any necessary action Note Client users cannot modify other users batches When they select a batch or job submitted by another user the Cancel and Pause Resume buttons are not available For more details see Setting Share Monitor Preferences and Viewing or Changing the Status of a Submitted Batch Share Monitor Preferences You can use the Share Monitor Preferences window to configure several aspects of Share Monitor Most of the information displayed in Share Monitor can be shown or hidden using settings in Share Monitor preferences About the Share Monitor Preferences Window The Share Monitor Preferences window includes the following view options and network options Chapter 1 Using Share Monitor View Options Show Jobs Select this checkbox to show job views and target and segment views in the Share Monitor batch display Show Targets Select this checkbox to show target views and segment views in the Share Monitor batch display Show Segments Select this checkbox to show segment views in the Share Monitor batch display Update status every seconds field Enter the number of seconds between updates from processing computers to control how often Share Monitor information is updated The Status Interval setting in Apple Qadministrator cluster preferences takes precedence over the update frequency setting in S
8. hare Monitor preferences Share Monitor can provide new status information only as often as it receives it from the cluster controller as set in the Status Interval field ofthe Apple Qadministrator Cluster Preferences window For more information see Setting Preferences in the Apple Qadministrator User Manual Network Options Monitor non Bonjour hosts table This table displays information about remote host computers Add Remove button Use the button to add or remove information about remote host computers Remote Computer Address Dialog This dialog is displayed when you click the Add Remove button in the main Preferences window Use this dialog to enter IP addresses or ranges for manually selected computers Host Host IP address range buttons These buttons control whether this dialog is in IP address mode in which you enter a specific address or IP address range mode in which you enter a range of addresses Host Use this mode to enter a host name and IP address for a specific remote computer Host IP address range Use this mode to enter a name and set of range numbers Range From Range To for a range of remote IP addresses Setting Share Monitor Preferences Use the Share Monitor Preferences window to configure several aspects of Share Monitor To set Share Monitor preferences Choose Share Monitor gt Preferences or press Command Comma The Share Monitor Preferences window opens Any changes you ma
9. he window displays the full text of status messages on any batch job target or segment such as Name Submission Time Owner Time Elapsed Time Remaining Percent Complete and Status Click the Show Log button to display text information on any batch job target or segment in a Console window This information is useful for troubleshooting distributed processing issues and it can be saved to a file and processed with XML tools and UNIX scripts The following table lists the service labels used in logs and email notifications Processing Notification Local Compressor service servicecontroller com apple stomp transcoder Distributed Compressor service servicecontroller com apple stomp transcoderx Distributed Apple Qmaster servicecontroller com apple qmaster executor service Viewing or Changing the Status of a Submitted Batch You open Share Monitor to see the status of a submitted batch and all the jobs contained within it To open Share Monitor from Compressor Do one of the following Click Share Monitor in the Batch window Select the Automatically launch Share Monitor preference to have Share Monitor open each time you submit a batch To open Share Monitor from Apple Qmaster Click Share Monitor in the toolbar Chapter 1 Using Share Monitor 11 12 Share Monitor also opens automatically each time you submit a batch To open Share Monitor from Apple Qadministrator Choose Cluster gt Show Share Monitor
10. ke to the Share Monitor preference settings take effect only when you click OK If you make changes but decide not to use them click Cancel Chapter 1 Using Share Monitor 15
11. nswers to the most frequently asked questions for all Apple products go to the general Apple Support webpage You ll also have access to product specifications reference documentation and Apple and third party product technical articles e http www apple com support For software updates documentation discussion forums and answers to the most frequently asked questions for Compressor go to http www apple com support compressor Preface Welcome to Share Monitor Using Share Monitor 7 Just as Printer Setup Utility allows you to view print jobs submitted to a printer Share Monitor lets you view the status of batches submitted for processing For example Share Monitor displays each batch s name details of where it originated the percentage of completion and the estimated time before completion Batches not yet running appear as pending Each batch job target and target segment includes status information and a progress bar as well as buttons you can use to pause resume cancel and get the status of a transcode that is currently in progress Note The most popular use of Share Monitor is viewing the progress of the Compressor transcoding batches and Final Cut Pro or Motion sharing operations By default Share Monitor does not automatically open when you submit a Compressor batch To have Share Monitor open automatically in Compressor preferences select Automatically launch Share Monitor See the Compressor User
12. reveal the jobs contained within the batch and click the disclosure triangle in a job view to reveal the targets contained within the job Chapter 1 Using Share Monitor 10 Note Completed tasks appear in the same view area Batch view LL This Computer P Lola rolis eyes CU Job view Target view Segment views Batch view Displays the batch name the number of jobs and targets contained within the batch the date and time on which the batch was submitted the name of the user who submitted the batch and the status Job view Displays the name the number of targets and segments contained within the job the input file type displayed as an icon and the status Target view Displays the type displayed as an icon the name the number of segments that the target has been broken down into and the status Segment view When a batch is being processed using a cluster this displays a description a time based or frame based description of the portion of the target being processed the machine name service node that the segment is being processed on the status and the machine type displayed as an icon Segment information is available only while a batch is being processed Chapter 1 Using Share Monitor About the Info Window To get detailed information about any submitted batch job target or segment click its Show Info button to open a window showing information for that item T
13. s mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective companies Mention of third party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance or use of these products Preface Chapter 1 a uu u 11 11 13 14 Contents Welcome to Share Monitor About Share Monitor About the Share Monitor Documentation Additional Resources Using Share Monitor About the Share Monitor Main Window About the Info Window Viewing or Changing the Status of a Submitted Batch Share Monitor and Distributed Processing Share Monitor Preferences Welcome to Share Monitor Share Monitor is an easy to use application for viewing or adjusting the status of batches and jobs processed by Compressor Apple Qmaster Final Cut Pro and Motion This preface covers the following About Share Monitor p 5 About the Share Monitor Documentation p 5 Additional Resources p 6 About Share Monitor You use Share Monitor to monitor the transcoding progress of batches and jobs You can pause resume cancel and get the status for any submitted batch or any individual job target or target segment You can also use Share Monitor to view detailed history for recently completed batches and jobs Important Share Monitor 4 is designed to work closely with Final Cut Pro X and later and Motion 5 and later All mentions of Final Cut Pro an
14. sword If you create this password users will need to know it in order to submit batches to the selected cluster and to view those batches in Share Monitor To create a user password click the Security tab in Apple Qadministrator Service Node Password If you are setting up a QuickCluster other users will be required to enter this password before being allowed to submit remote requests to the computer If you are setting up a cluster to use with Apple Qadministrator an administrator will be required to enter this password before being allowed to add the computer to a cluster To create a service node password select the Require password checkbox in the Apple Qmaster Sharing window of Compressor Viewing or Changing Batch Status for Distributed Processing Depending on how you open Share Monitor the application may have slightly different views with different levels of control Chapter 1 Using Share Monitor 13 14 To view or change batch status Open Share Monitor in one of the following ways Administrators who want to see or modify the status of batches Choose Cluster gt Show Share Monitor when Apple Qadministrator is open Users who want to see the status of batches and modify the status of their own batches Use the Share Monitor window that opens when you open it from Compressor Apple Qmaster Final Cut Pro or Motion For more information see Viewing or Changing the Status of a Submitted Batch Choose the clust
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