Linking Mac's to reduce render times?

[recordprod]

I've got a few Mac's and was wondering if linking them using Xgrid would really reduce render times in Final Cut? The big snag that I see is that I think I have to have OSX Server installed on one which is expensive.

Has anyone tried this and seen much faster renders?

Cheers!

Mike

 

[Laslo Panaflex]

You can install FCS on multiple systems and use apple qmaster to do distributed renders over the network, no server needed. You will need to have multiple FCS licenses though, a unique license for each machine that you want to render.

More info here:

http://www.apple.com/support/qmaster/

This solution only works for Maya, Shake and Compressor renders, not renders within FCP.

 

[-DH]

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3675433&#3675433

 

[tehybrid]

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3675433&#3675433

great link on the subject. discussions.apple is one of the best resources one can use