Team Render: Connect M1 studio with iMac

[KAB]

Hallo

Do any of you have experience, can you start a team render by connecting an iMac ((Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020; 3.6 GHz 10-Core) to an M1 Studio?

Thanks for your reply,
Best,
Katharina

[TomG]

So long as C4D and Corona are installed, you should be able to Team Render to any machine (I would imagine even a regular PC could be called upon in a Team Render set up alongside any type of Mac). Comes down to the software installation rather than the hardware :)

[KAB]

Thanks! That sounds great! I will test it.

[KAB]

Hello,

Now I have a question after all: the M1 I could actually connect as render support to my iMac. For my project I have a hard drive with all the textures attached to my imac which also has the project on it.

When starting the team render process I now got the error message that individual assets could not be found....
So far I had 0 texture problems when my iMac rendered the project alone.
The tram-render process was then terminated.

Now my question: does the M1 also need a connected harddisk with all textures to the project? Or is there a way that it gets them from the imac... or does that slow down the render speed?

[KAB]

I could fix all missing assets but sadly it still does not work. I attached the error message I receive - does someone know how to solve that?
Best Katharina

[Beanzvision]

Perhaps try using the ''save project with assets'' option before sending off to render. This should ensure all textures are linked to the scene.

[jojorender]

How is your Mac studio “attached”? While WIFI might work, make sure to use a wired lan setup.
Did you do what the error message asked? Look at the TR console on the Mac studio to get an idea what went wrong.
It might be a licensing issue on the Mac studio…

[Philw]

Do you have any Corona render node licences? You'll need at least one in addition to your main workstation license.

[KAB]

Ah ok.
Currently I have a proper license for c4d and Corona - I use these on my iMac. For M1 I use currently trial licenses. You know, if I want to use team render, I definitely need two full licenses of c4D and Corona, therefore for each computer?

best Katharina

[TomG]

You don't need a full license for something that will just be a render node, you need a Render Node license :) https://corona-renderer.com/prices-licensing/render-nodes

This doesn't cost as much as a full license, as it doesn't allow opening the host and using Corona in full, it just allows the machine to render.

EDIT: And for C4D, you won't need a second license (again, you won't be able to open C4D on that render node machine, but you can use it to render - just install C4D on there with the team render stuff, and never open it as a full program)

[BigAl3D]

But unlike Corona, C4D allows for unlimited render nodes. Which I miss.