Redcode plugin scrambled xserve display

[david_winters]

Just installed the recode codec on our xserve, now I get the following on the monitor after logging in. The login screen is ok, but the display is scrambled after that. HELP! This is my office file and email machine, I'd hoped to use it as a batch node to convert redcode to QT / DPX. All services are running correctly but the display is scrambled.

Is there a way to uninstall via command prompt / terminal?

[Graeme Nattress]

Just remove it from the /Library/Quicktime folder.

Graeme

[Adrian T.]

Try to remove the "REDCODE.QT.component" file from ~/Library/QuickTime and reboot.

[Adrian T.]

Graeme beat me on that :tongue:

[david_winters]

Thanks guys. Just discovered if I hot patch the ext monitor cable in / out a few times it forced the display to reset. It's working now, directly via VGA monitor and via remote desktop. The xserve display cards suck, wonder if I can install a better card in one of the slots.

[Rob Lohman]

big lebowski: your path is incorrect as well, it doesn't start with ~/ but with /. In other words it's the library under the root of the drive, not under your user path

[BASSAM MSSALATIE]

Thanks guys. Just discovered if I hot patch the ext monitor cable in / out a few times it forced the display to reset. It's working now, directly via VGA monitor and via remote desktop. The xserve display cards suck, wonder if I can install a better card in one of the slots.

hope you got lucky with graphics cards there is a lot of threads about them
just update us please ..cause iam planning to get one xserve :devil:

[Adrian T.]

big lebowski: your path is incorrect as well, it doesn't start with ~/ but with /. In other words it's the library under the root of the drive, not under your user path

Yup, you're right of course. It was very late here when I wrote that. :blink:

[david_winters]

Red QT codec installed appears to cause the xServe video display to scramble locally, after logging in. When attempting to connect over Remote Desktop, Remote Desktop never connects. If I unplug the local DVI/VGA cable on the back of the xServe and re-patch the local out corrects (no scramble) and Remote Desktop connects.

Sometimes IMAP and AFP services would fail when box was not in use for Red purposes. Service failure (hang) required VGA cable re-patch to reset the scramble, which yields a viewable display but "beach ball of death" requiring a hard boot. Experienced this routine about 5 times over a 48 hour period.

Attempting to launch REDCINE produces the same result (scramble). After a $500 visit by our xServe IT guy we are back up and running. AFP and IMAP happy, Red codec and Redcine removed, Red Alert installed and running happy.

The xServe is a stock quad core purchased in May 2007, with stock apple video card added (default config is no video card).

Would love to get REDCINE up and running on the xServe so we can use the box for batch processing overnight, without killing IMAP and AFP services. Or, if this is a unsolvable conflict between IMAP, AFP and REDCINE, Codec, we'll purchase a new 8 core xServe which will have no web related services, to be used as a render node for aapl Compressor, AE, and Redcine.

Thanks for the rapid assistance.
- Winters

[Rob Lohman]

The xserve boxes don't have a graphics card that would enable you to run REDCINE. I have no idea why it would mess up your display with the QuickTime codec though.

I would advice to get a Mac Pro for serious work instead of an xserve. There will be command line tool soon to leverage a server farm for example.

[david_winters]

Is it possible to install the approved video card in an xServe?

[Rob Lohman]

No idea david.... probably not.

[Gunleik Groven]

So what you're saying is basically:
Get a bunch of MacPro's and stuff them in the closet with FibreChannel, and a Fibre switch instead of a rack of Xserves?

Because of GPU, right?

They can still be controlled over Remote Desktop, but it would have been nice if it had an effect to put more GPUs in each...

Or am I messing things up here?

Of course a SAN and a RAID or two is in the mix as well, but just for the processing.

(Trying to set up a RedCine/Qmaster thingy here)

Gunleik

[Rob Lohman]

We're also going to release a command line tool very soon, so that might work better for you?