Backburner Preferences

Backburner Manager box

Select the hostname of the Backburner Manager system that handles background jobs submitted by the workstation.

Backburner Group box

Specifies a server group (a preset group of render nodes) used to process jobs submitted by the application. By default, Backburner Manager assigns a job to all available render nodes capable of processing it. If you have a dedicated group of render nodes for processing jobs, set the value to the name of the render node group.

Burn Priority field

Displays the priority for renderings jobs, from 0 (highest priority) to 100 (lowest). Editable.

Wire Priority field

Displays the priority for transfers from and to this workstation, from 0 (highest priority) to 100 (lowest). Editable.

Cache Priority field

Displays the priority for caching imported media on this workstation, from 0 (highest priority) to 100 (lowest). Editable.

Export Priority field

Displays the priority for exporting clips from this workstation, from 0 (highest priority) to 100 (lowest). Editable.

Note: Regarding the different priorities, be careful when setting new values or you might end up with a system trying to transfer frames before they are rendered.

Hide Job Description button

Enable to hide Backburner job descriptions.