RobBergenstock Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Hi all, It seems as though two licenses are required to run WATCHNET and Watchout Display on the same computer, though I'm not finding anything that specifically says whether or not that's the case. Is it? If so, I'm not sure I understand why. Any help in understanding this would be very appreciated. Thank you. - Rob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator jfk Posted February 1, 2016 Moderator Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hi all, It seems as though two licenses are required to run WATCHNET and Watchout Display on the same computer, though I'm not finding anything that specifically says whether or not that's the case. Is it? If so, I'm not sure I understand why. Any help in understanding this would be very appreciated. Thank you. - Rob You can not run WATCHNET and Watchout Display on the same computer. Yes, WATCHNET does require its own dedicated WATCHOUT License. It is possible to run WATCHNET and Watchout Production on the same computer at the same time. And if both are running at the same time, then a license is needed for each. So yes, two licenses are needed to run two WATCHOUT software applications at the same time on the same computer. WATCHNET, WATCHOUT Produciton, and/or WATCHOUT Dynamic Image Sever can share a computer, providing each has its own license. However, WATCHOUT Display is always on its own, the WATCHOUT Display computer can not be shared with any other application, WATCHOUT or otherwise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBergenstock Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 I'm confused. I understand the license requirements, but not the part about WATCHNET and Watchout Display being unable to run on the same computer. Currently, that is exactly what we're doing. I have WATCHNET and Watchout Display both in the startup folder, and a license key for each, so that both run simultaneously and automatically. All of our runs under this configuration have been successful. Is there a danger to operating this way? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fahl Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 It's not that it can't run on the same computer. As you found out, it most likely can. I think Jim's answer is more along the lines of whether this is a good or a bad idea. In general, running anything else on a display computer may interfere with the timing precision and other performance aspects of that display computer, and should therefore be considered a Bad Idea. If you're happy with the result, I'd say go for it. But I would still not recommend it, for the above reason. Mike 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator jfk Posted February 8, 2016 Moderator Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Yes, my comments were about interference with playback. Random movie stuttering, animation stuttering, and other playback inconsistencies may result from other tasks executing independently in the background. We see that often enough without the added complication of other tasks stealing resources. ymmv 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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