a couple ?s

[harpseal]

Hi, somewhat new to DVD-RB (awesome program, thanks JDOBBS!!!!) and have had a number of false starts, set-up issues, etc., but think I have it pretty much figured out. I do have a couple questions that I've checked the forums for but haven't found exactly the answers I'm looking for so here goes.

I know there is is RB Farm for encoding with multiple machines on a network, but what about support for multiple CPUs in a single machine? Is there anything special needed to take advantage of this? (I don't have one yet but am thinking of upgrading to such a setup.)

Lastly, if I'm in the middle of processing a batch is it possible to pause and restart the encode (roughly) where it left off? Will it try to re-process a completed project and/or start the last interrupted project from the beginning or will it restart from the last encoded file? (I've read it will restart from the last file in normal processing but nothing about batch. I'm in the middle of a 6 project batch or I'd test it myself.)

Thanks,
harpseal

[Skinleech]

I think CCE will automatically take advantage of any 2nd processors you may have.

You can pause and restart with DVDRB - it will just continue from the last successfully encoded file. YOu have to tell it do continue where it left off though (you will be prompted) otherwise it will start from scratch again.

[archaeo]

I think CCE will automatically take advantage of any 2nd processors you may have

Yes it will... I run dual processors and CCE automatically makes equal use of both. Check the affinity setting in Windows task manager just to make sure that both CPU 1&2 are working when CCE begins encoding.

[jdobbs]

Originally posted by Skinleech
You can pause and restart with DVDRB - it will just continue from the last successfully encoded file. YOu have to tell it do continue where it left off though (you will be prompted) otherwise it will start from scratch again. You have to be in three click mode, however...

[harpseal]

Originally posted by jdobbs
You have to be in three click mode, however...

I was just about to post that as I tried it and found that out. It erases the D2VAVS folder contents and starts over, I didn't let it get to the VIDEO_TS folder but I assume it would also ultimately overwrite those too. Would it still ask for permission to overwrite if I had the suppress warnings set to off?

Unfortunately 3 click somewhat defeats the purpose of batch mode running while away from the computer. Granted a warning would halt things too but only in a specific condition. Guess this should go into the future feature suggestion thread. :p

Thanks again jdobbs!

[jdobbs]

Unfortunately 3 click somewhat defeats the purpose of batch mode running while away from the computer. Gotta disagree. You can't stop a job while you are away from the computer, so how can you resume when you are away from the computer. Also, since 99% of the encoding time is in the ENCODE phase -- which is where the resume picks up (rebuilding only takes about 15 minutes) -- what exactly would you be missing?

[harpseal]

Originally posted by jdobbs
Gotta disagree. You can't stop a job while you are away from the computer, so how can you resume when you are away from the computer. Also, since 99% of the encoding time is in the ENCODE phase -- which is where the resume picks up (rebuilding only takes about 15 minutes) -- what exactly would you be missing?

Correct. But I most likely will come back to the computer at some point before it finishes. Let me give you a scenario and maybe I can get on the same page as you.

Say, for instance, I set up a six project batch. Each project takes from 5-6 hours to complete. As the batch could take 1.5 days and I won't always be there to hit process, encode, etc. each time DVD-RB is in one-click mode with warnings suppressed. Later I'm into the third project with about 70% of encode phase completed and I decide I want to, I dunno, burn a DVD (not one I'm currently working on obviously) and don't want to try to do both at the same time. Is there a way to interrupt the batch and restart it at the last file it was working on?

As I see it, and this could be wrong, the abort (or is it pause, seems to be a difference between the two to me) is not the issue as it's the same in batch, single project, one or three click, it is in the resume correct? If I resume the batch exactly as I left it, it will redo all the already completed and partial projects as it's still in one-click mode. I could keep the fully completed projects safe by removing them from the batch list I suppose (just realized that). But to keep the 4 hours of work on the partial project I need to restart the batch in three-click mode and as it doesn't let you change from three to one click on the fly I would have to be there for all the other remaining projects. I guess the workaround to that would be to batch the remaining unprocessed projects without the partial and finish it on it's own at a later time.

Well, I guess maybe I've just found workarounds to what I want to do. seems like ultimately I would be looking for either one-click to be able to resume a partially processed job, or for there to be a true pause function, knowing of course it would only pause at the end of processing the current file. I'll dig around the forums to see if it's mentioned why one-click doesn't do resume like three-click.

p.s.
Sorry for the length, I tend to be a bit long-winded

[raddygast]

I know this post is old, but is there any update on this?

Is it possible to pause a project within a batch, and then resume that batch without redoing all the completed projects?

Or is the only option to pause it, and then to load the particular uncompleted project, in 3 click mode, and then resume there? In which case you'd have to be around to hit REBUILD after the encode completes, then you'd have to start another batch for the remaining uncompleted (i.e. not yet begun) projects that were scheduled to start after the project that you interrupted.

Am I getting things right?

[jdobbs]

If you abort a batch job (notice the wording: "Abort" -- not pause), the only way to pick up where you left off is to do the job that was stopped alone (picking up where you left off), and then starting the batch over with the next job.