Share Monitor 4 User Manual
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Contents Preface Chapter 1 5 5 5 6 7 8 11 11 13 14 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 3
Preface 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.
• 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: • http://www.apple.
Using Share Monitor 1 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.
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 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.
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.
Note: Completed tasks appear in the same view area. Batch view 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.
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. The 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.
Share Monitor also opens automatically each time you submit a batch. µ To open Share Monitor from Apple Qadministrator Choose Cluster > Show Share Monitor. To open Share Monitor from Final Cut Pro Do one of the following: µ 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.
3 Click the Show Info button for any item in the batch display to view information about that item. 4 Open the 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.
To view or change batch status 1 Open Share Monitor in one of the following ways. • Administrators who want to see or modify the status of batches: Choose Cluster > 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.
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.
