yadra

News

2008/02/03: New update Version, yadra 1.0.1 is available, here is a list of changes (do you want to get informed about new updates, please subscribe to our mailing list here):

  • implemented multiple-jobs rendering
  • added a new background image
  • show up all active slaves (even if there are no jobs)
  • added the possibility to remove inactive slaves from list
  • reordered the done-list (newest on top)
  • added multiple output-formats (png, jpeg, ...)
  • made the web-ui more flexible, now it is possible to put the templates in subdirectories
  • added rendering time
  • added pause for slaves (all the time, not only for one job)
  • removed some bugs, regarding the rendering process/made the process more stable
  • made it possible to render multiple jobs with the same name
  • worked-over the code, switched to Subversion (on Sourceforge) and Eclipse
  • fixed error, when master wanted to move the work folder, and the slaves wrote into it, that didn't work
  • Fixed connect timeout error (could lead to a deadlock on the slaves): added timeout to socket connect
  • Fixed problem of config (passphares was not recognized when creating a new slave)
  • Fixed Problem, when setting the work directory to the same as the start directory (resulted in 0-Byte Filesin Web-Directory)

Content

Project Home
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yadra-wiki
yadra-forum
bug-tracker

Overview

yadra (yet another distributed rendering application) is a tool, that enables you to render blender-animations over a network on many computers. yadra stands out for easy setup and stable operating. NO need for setting up network-shares (CIFS/SMB makes rendering over the internet a bit of difficult). yadra is - with the use of java - platform independent, it runs on each platform that also runs blender.

Feature list (Version 1.0.1):

  • Rendering of blender-animations over a network on multiple machines
  • integrated Web-Interface for 
    - job controlling (view, delete, pause)
    - slave/nodes controlling (pause, view)
    - queue status
    - previewing rendered images
    - download finished work
  • Java-Based (no compile necessary for the different platforms, runs nearly everywhere)
  • multiple rendering of jobs in round-robin principle
  • internet-capable (needs no CIFS/SMBFS Mounts)
  • secure connection between Master and Slaves
  • easy setup: simple installation and configuration
  • high scalable
  • run multiple render jobs in parallel
  • rendering to many different output formats (JPEG, PNG, etc...)

Get it (download)

yadra is available for download at sourceforge: download section

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How to install?

On Sourceforge there is a detailed Installation instruction in the projects' wiki: yadra-wiki

Need Help?

First of all, have you read the faq and wikis on the project page? If not look here: yadra-wiki

If this doesn't help, head to the yadra-forum on sourceforge and feel free to ask me. yadra-forum

If you have found a bug, please post it in the bug-tracker.