Configure Smoke on Mac OS X

Set these OS X system preferences for every user account that will use the application:

• Firewall: The OS X firewall must be off (default setting), otherwise it blocks incoming network connections.
• Function Keys: By default the application uses keyboard shortcuts that conflict with the OS X default settings. In Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts >, disable shortcuts using the function keys (F1, F2), control key, or option meta key. If the Mac has an Apple keyboard, enable Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys at Keyboard > Keyboard tab.
• Spotlight: In the Privacy tab, add the media cache storage volume to the list of locations Spotlight does not search.
• Sound: If you are using an AJA I/O device, ensure it is not selected for sound output.

To configure an application using the Setup utility:

1. Open the utility. It is located in Applications > Autodesk > [Product] > Utilities.
2. Discard unsaved changes with Reload.
3. Save your changes using Apply.

To edit the parameters directly in the application configuration file, click Manual Edit. Settings are stored in the locations specified in each setting's description.

General

Video Device

Sets the video output device used to connect the VTR or broadcast monitor.

Audio Device

Sets the audio output device to be used. If your Mac is equipped with an AJA device, select AJA. If it is equipped with a Blackmagic Design device, select BMD. Otherwise, select CoreAudio to use the default sound card of your workstation. You can only use the audio device that matches the video device. Similarly, you can only use CoreAudio if neither AJA nor BMD is set as the video device.

Reserved Application Memory

Sets the amount of memory allocated to frame buffers used by modules such as the Player, Action, Input/Output clip. Unless you require specific settings for other applications, set to Automatic; the amount of memory is reserved according to the amount of system RAM:

• 32 GB or more: 33 per cent of RAM is allocated to the application.
• Less than 32 GB: 50 per cent of RAM is allocated, up to 4GB, or up to 3GB if less than 11.5GB RAM.

Default Web Browser

Sets the web browser used by the application. To use the Mac's default browser, set to open.

Default Shortcut Profile

Sets the keyboard shortcut selected by default when creating new user profiles in the application.

Menu Bar

Sets whether the menu bar is displayed in the application.

Table of Contents Location

Sets the path where the online HTML and ASCII tables of contents of archives are saved when archiving.

Single Screen

Note: Displayed only if multiple screens are detected on the system.

Restricts the UI of the application to the main display.

UI Magnification

Note: Displayed only if a high resolution (HiDPI) monitor is detected on the system.

Sets the UI magnification.

Preview

Specifies the device used for the broadcast monitor connected through an AJA or Blackmagic Design device.

Enable entries for the resolutions of projects, as well as the resolutions supported by the hardware configuration. If a device is changed after installation, these settings must be updated.

If no sync is connected to the workstation, enable some free-run timings for broadcast monitoring: enable the timings with a SyncSource = freesync.

Vtr

If an AJA or Blackmagic Design device is connected to a VTR, enable the timings that might be used with the connected VTR. AJA devices support 3G-SDI connections. Blackmagic Design devices do not.

Media Storage

This is the path to where the Media Cache and rendered frames are stored. It is recommended to use a fast drive, and not to use the system drive. Manual edit must be used to delete a storage volume.

For more details, see Configure the Media Cache Storage on Mac OS X.

ID

An index uniquely identifying the storage, assigned by the Setup application at creation time. Ranges from 0 to 7, and is not editable directly.

Name

A label to identify the media storage. Required.

Location

Path to the media files on your storage device. Do not select the root of a drive as your media storage folder. Create a subfolder to hold all your media files in one place. The recommended folder name is Autodesk Media Storage/. Required.

8-bit Integer, 10-bit Integer, 12-bit Integer and 12-bit Packed Integer, 16-bit Float

The file formats used when writing frames of those bit depths to the storage. Optional.

Jpeg Compression

Can be set from 0 (lowest compression, highest quality) to 100 (highest compression, lowest quality). Optional.

Backburner

Configure background processing manager.

Manager Hostname

The network name of the workstation running the Backburner Manager. In a standalone setup, use the default setting, localhost.

In a Burn environment, enter the name of the workstation running Backburner Manager. Selects the Backburner Manager used by the application.

Configure Wacom pen buttons

1. Open the System Preferences / Wacom Tablet panel.
2. If Grip Pen does not appear in the Tool section, touch the pen on the tablet.
3. Select the Pen tab.
4. Ensure the top pen button is assigned to the double-click function, and that the bottom pen button is assigned to the right-click function.

Advanced network configuration

If the system is not using the correct network interface, for example wifi vs. ethernet, the local interfaces which should be used can be specified in /usr/discreet/cfg/network.cfg. Documentation about the syntax is in the file itself. A default device and a fallback device for data transfer and for multicasting can be hard coded in the file.