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Custom settings and output formats overview
Selecting a playback platform (Apple devices, DVD, web, CD, and kiosk) is the rst choice you
need to make before you compress a source media le into a dierent output format. After you
decide on the platform, you can choose the appropriate output format for that platform.
Whatever the digital video format of your source media le, you can use one of the many
encoders supplied with Compressor to transcode the source le to the following industry-
standard formats, all of which have their own particular attributes.
Platform Available video formats Available audio formats
iTunes and Apple devices H.264: See iTunes and Apple device
output overview on page 65.
AIFF: See AIFF overview
on
page 100.
MP3: See MP3 overview
on
page 104.
Web delivery, including YouTube,
Facebook, and Vimeo
H.264: See Create QuickTime media
les
on page 124 .
MPEG-1: See Create MPEG-1 les
for the web
on page 108.
H.264: See Create QuickTime media
les
on page 124 .
MPEG-1: See Create MPEG-1 les
for the web
on page 108.
Blu-ray discs H.264: See Create Blu-ray discs
on
page 70.
AC-3 (Dolby Digital Professional): See
Dolby Digital overview on page 72.
High-denition (HD) DVD MPEG-2: See MPEG-2 overview
on
page 84.
AC-3 (Dolby Digital Professional): See
Dolby Digital overview on page 72.
Standard-denition (SD) DVD MPEG-1: See Create MPEG-1 video
for DVD
on page 109.
MPEG-2: See MPEG-2 overview
on
page 84.
MPEG-1: See Create MPEG-1 audio
for DVD
on page 110 .
AC-3 (Dolby Digital Professional): See
Dolby Digital overview
on page 72.
Audio CD AIFF: See AIFF overview
on
page 100.
CAF: See Create Common Audio
Formats settings
on page 103.
MP3: See MP3 overview
on
page 104.
AC-3 (Dolby Digital Professional): See
Dolby Digital overview
on page 72.
DV Stream See Create DV Stream settings
on
page 133.
QuickTime Export Components les See QuickTime Export
Components overview
on
page 130 .
Image sequence les See Create image sequence
les
on page 134 .
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