Network Render on one computer?

memoir wrote on 5/14/2004, 5:23 PM
I have a dual proc machine with Vegas 5. Can (and How?) I use the network rendering on this single box and get more juice out of my procs? I notice on renders that task manager shows around 50% to 55% usage and while sometimes it's nice to have the other 50-45% available to do other stuff I am wondering how I can use more proc power when I need more render speed.

Any help greatly appreciated!!
-Scott

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Spot|DSE wrote on 5/14/2004, 5:57 PM
Nope, can't be done. Network means sending out to appropriate IP addresses on your system, sharing resources. The proc's on your computer are doing what Vegas will allot them to do.
Great idea though! user defined threading...
BJ_M wrote on 5/14/2004, 6:06 PM
(sorry SPOT)

yep -- easy to do and this is how i am running both local dual cpu box and other dual boxs on render farm ..

see thread here

http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=274290&Page=0
BJ_M wrote on 5/14/2004, 6:08 PM
a side note to this -- either using both render engines or if you want to shut one down -- this is THE WAY for batch proccessing the way it should be also ..

Orcatek wrote on 5/14/2004, 8:07 PM
You can use virtual PC to run another computer virtual computer on your box. I've have not tried network render this way, but I do use it to run multiple copies of software that don't allow 2 to run at once on the same box.


B_JM wrote on 5/14/2004, 10:03 PM
it is far easier to just set up two render nodes
Spot|DSE wrote on 5/14/2004, 10:28 PM
I knew you could use Virtual PC, but from what I was shown with another product doing a similar thing, render times didn't decrease at all.
I stand corrected, and guess I'll have to give this a shot on my duallies. I'm curious how it will handle it, mostly because I'm already seeing the proc slammed at 98-100% most of the time. Thanks for the pointer and education, BJ_M!

<never mind, just realized that I can't effectively use network rendering anyway because I'm rendering to m2v.
SonyPJM wrote on 5/17/2004, 12:14 PM

If you're only using one machine (your editing machine), the MPEG-2
format restriction does not apply. The restriction only applies to
rendering on a remote machine.