Re: [FCP-L] QMaster - The lurking mystery within FCS

As has been mentioned you have to disable QMaster to send to
Compressor from a FCP sequence. But that does not mean that you only
get one core from FCP in this scenario.

If you look at Activity Monitor while sending to Compressor from a
Sequence with QMaster disabled versus QT file in Compressor with
QMaster enabled you will see that there are differences between
different codecs in how many cores are used and how efficiently those
cores are used.

MPEG2 seems to be the most efficient with QMaster disabled using the
equivalent of 2-3 cores out of 4 on my system. H.264 closer to 2 out
of 4.

James

On Nov 5, 2009, at 10:56 PM, David W. Carroll wrote:

> I guess maybe the other way to approach the question... in FCS are all
> 8 cores doing work most of the time?
>
> I was at an editors workshop tonight. Half the group claimed to get
> realtime effects & export from the timeline. They claimed all cores
> were processing.
>
> The other half insisted QMaster was the only way to get all cores
> working on the clip via Compessor.
>
> Dave
>
> Sent from my totally cool iPhone!
>
> On Nov 5, 2009, at 10:53 PM, Rainer Standke <lists@standke.com> wrote:
>
> > Interesting. You can certainly submit it that way, but it inevitably
> > fails, at least here. They should document that properly if it's not
> > possible to do, or better yet disable it somehow.
> >
> > Rainer Standke
> > XMiL Workflow Tools
> > http://www.xmil.biz
> >
> > On Nov 5, 2009, at 19:34 , Tim McLaughlin wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Nope. Can't do it.
> > >
> > > The only way to use a Cluster is with a self-contained file.
> > >
> > > I hope this changes some day...
> > >
> > > Tim McLaughlin
> > > Avid and Final Cut Pro Editor
> > > http://www.mcltim.com
> > > Phone (847) 358-0277
> > > Cell (847) 370-4379
> > >
> > >
> > >> To: FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com
> > >> From: dave@carrollhome.com
> > >>
> > >> Is it possible to send a clip from the timeline in FC to
> Compressor
> > >> and have it use all (8 in my case) cores?
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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