Thanks [MENTION=32402]Rembo92[/MENTION]
I had a look at Avid, you are right. it needs a beast of a machine, also the price is a bit steep for a casual editor like me:lol:
I am currently exploring Cinelerra HV, the hardware requirements are less. They also have what they call "render farm" this is a quote from the website "Cinelerra render farm software distributes Linux renders via the interface below (and any other command line interface renderer to an unlimited number of machines. Control your own render farm remotely via http -- ftp source files up, download your finished renders!."
I haven't tried this yet, but I have 3 mid range Linux boxes on a local area network, so in theory, it should work;-)
I am doing this project as an experiment and I work on it on and off, (More off than on). I'll try to keep the thread updated with the results as they become available
Thanks again