Network Rendering: Options

Use the Options tab in the Sony Vegas Network Render Service window to set user options for the service.

  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 after login

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

Exit service when window is closed

Select this check box if you want to keep the service running after closing the window. If the check box is cleared, the service is minimized to the system tray when you close the window.

Hide window when minimized

Select this check box if you want to hide the Sony Vegas Network Render Service window when minimized. You can right-click the icon in the system tray and choose Show to make the window visible again.

When the check box is cleared, the Sony Vegas Network Render Service window minimizes like a normal window, and you can switch to it by pressing Alt+Tab or by clicking its icon in the status bar.

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 jobs from progress display after

Choose a setting to indicate how long jobs should be maintained on the Progress tab of the Sony Vegas Network Render Service window.

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 the speed of your 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.

If this setting yields only one segment for a rendering job, the job will be executed as a nondistributed job on the stitch host. For example, if you render a one-second project with the Default Segment Length set to 30 frames, only one segment can be created. Decrease the segment length if you want to use distributed rendering with short projects.