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Note: Before you start rendering, verify that the remote renderer has access to the folder and is logged in.

On the renderer, choose Run from the Start menu to display the Run dialog. In the Open box, type the UNC path to the folder (\\renderer\media\ in our previous example). If you're prompted to log on, type your username and password.

Creating file mappings automatically

1.Right-click the icon in your system tray and choose Show from the menu to display the Sony Vegas Network Render Service window.

2.Select the File Mappings tab. The tab displays a list of local folders and their universal paths.

3.From the Action menu, choose Auto-Fill File Mappings. Shared folders on the local machine are added to the list as universal paths.

However, no mappings will be added in the following circumstances:

•If all shared folders are already listed in the table.

•If the computer does not have any shared folders.

•If your user account does not allow you to create or modify folder sharing.

Removing file mappings

1.Right-click the icon in your system tray and choose Show from the menu to display the Sony Vegas Network Render Service window.

2.Select the File Mappings tab. The tab displays a list of local folders and their universal paths.

3.Right-click a mapping and choose Delete File Mapping from the shortcut menu to delete it. Click a blank row in the table. Choose Delete All File Mappings to delete all file mappings.

Setting render service options

1.Right-click the icon in your system tray and choose Show from the menu to display the Sony Vegas Network Render Service window.

2.Select the Options tab.

Item

Description

Enable rendering

Select this check box if you want the local computer to be available as a renderer.

Automatically run

Select this check box if you want to start the service automatically after logging in to the Windows operating

after login

system.

 

 

Exit service when

Select this check box if you want to keep the service running after closing the window. If the check box is

window is closed

cleared, the service is minimized to the system tray when you close the window.

Exit Vegas when idle

Select this check box if you want to close the instance of Vegas software that is launched by the network render

 

service when no jobs are in the queue.

 

If the check box is cleared, the application continues running until you close it or exit the service.

 

 

Remove completed

Choose a setting to indicate how long jobs should be maintained on the Progress tab of the Sony Vegas

jobs from progress

Network Render Service window.

display after

 

 

 

Default segment length

Choose a setting to indicate the number of frames per segment when using distributed rendering.

Adjusting this value can increase performance slightly depending on the complexity of the project and your specific rendering computers.

If the setting yields more than 90 segments for a rendering job, the segment length for that job is automatically increased to limit the number of segments.

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