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Table Of Contents
- Compressor 3 User Manual
- Contents
- Welcome to Compressor
- Getting Started Quickly
- Ways to Use Compressor
- The Basic Transcoding Workflow
- The Compressor Interface
- Setting Compressor Preferences
- Importing Source Media Files
- Creating, Previewing, and Modifying Settings
- Finalizing Jobs and Submitting Batches
- Creating AIFF Files
- Creating Dolby Digital Professional Output Files
- About the Dolby Digital Professional Encoder Pane
- General Information About Creating Dolby Digital Professional Files
- Converting Stereo Audio Files to Dolby Digital Professional Format
- Assigning Files to Surround Sound Channels (Manual Method)
- Assigning Files to Surround Sound Channels (Automatic Methods)
- Assigning Files to Surround Sound Channels with Droplets
- Options for Spatial Mixing
- Creating DV Stream Output Files
- Creating H.264 for Apple Devices Output Files
- Creating H.264 for DVD Studio Pro Output Files
- Creating H.264 for Blu-ray Disc
- Creating Image Sequence Files
- Creating MP3 Output Files
- Creating MPEG-1 Output Files
- Common Uses for MPEG-1
- MPEG-1 Specifications
- About the MPEG-1 Encoder Pane
- About the MPEG-1 Video Tab
- About the MPEG-1 Audio Tab
- About System and Elementary Streams
- MPEG-1 Transcoding Workflow
- Configuring the MPEG-1 File Format for Web Use
- Configuring the MPEG-1 File Format for DVD Use
- Creating the MPEG-1 Video for DVD Setting
- Creating the MPEG-1 Audio for DVD Setting
- Optional—Creating an MPEG-1 for DVD Group and Destination
- Creating MPEG-2 Output Files
- Creating MPEG-4 Output Files
- About MPEG-4 Part 2
- About the MPEG-4 Part 2 Encoder Pane
- Using Default MPEG-4 Part 2 Settings
- Customizing MPEG-4 Part 2 Settings
- Audio Podcasting Workflow
- Stage 1: Configuring the MPEG-4 Output for Audio-Only Output
- Stage 2: Including Podcasting Information
- Stage 3: Applying the Setting to a Source Media File’s Target
- Stage 4: Entering Annotations for the Output Media File
- Stage 5: Creating and Configuring Markers for the Output Media File
- Stage 6: Submitting the Job and Verifying the Output Media File
- Adding Additional Settings and Presets
- Creating QuickTime Movie Output Files
- Creating QuickTime Export Component Files
- Adding Filters to a Setting
- Working with Frame Controls
- Adding Geometry Settings
- Adding Actions
- Using the Preview Window
- Creating and Changing Destinations
- Using Droplets
- Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts
- Appendix B: Solving Problems
- Resources for Solving Problems
- Solutions to Common Problems
- Exporting from Final Cut Pro and Distributed Processing
- QuickTime Reference Movies
- Cluster Settings for Extended Transcoding Sessions
- Cleaning Up Cluster Storage
- Using Apple Qmaster with an NFS Server
- Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing and Xsan
- Compressor Command-Line Usage Requires Login
- Create Blu-ray Disc Job Action
- Contacting AppleCare Support
- Appendix C: Using the Command Line
- Installing Apple Qmaster from the Command Line
- Using the Command Line for Distributed Processing
- Using Scripts to Run Apple Qmaster, Compressor, and Batch Monitor
See the following sections for more information:
• Assigning Settings to Source Media Files
• Assigning Destinations to Source Media Files
6 Click the Submit button in the Batch window.
Compressor begins transcoding the Final Cut Pro project and then closes.
Note: Final Cut Pro needs to remain open throughout this process, because much of the
transcoding preparation of the frames occurs within Final Cut Pro rather than within
Compressor.
See Exporting from Final Cut Pro and Distributed Processing for information on how this
process works if you are using distributed processing.
Resubmitting a Final Cut Pro Project
You can use the History window to resubmit a Final Cut Pro project, the same way as you
resubmit any other batch. Compressor recognizes that this particular batch originated
from Final Cut Pro, so when you drag the batch from the History window to the Batch
window, it automatically opens Final Cut Pro.
See Resubmitting a Batch for details about the steps in this process.
Exporting from Final Cut Pro and Distributed Processing
Compressor and Apple Qmaster can distribute video and audio compression tasks over
multiple computers connected to a network.
Note: This Compressor distributed processing feature is limited to computers that have
Final Cut Studio installed.
There are two methods you can use to avoid exporting self-contained media files from
Final Cut Pro for Compressor distributed processing:
• Export a sequence directly from Final Cut Pro to Compressor and then submit that job
to a cluster in an Apple Qmaster distributed processing network. In this workflow,
Final Cut Pro opens on each processing node in that cluster to complete the job.
• Export the Final Cut Pro sequence as a QuickTime reference movie and then submit
the resulting movie to the cluster for processing. Because this method does not involve
Final Cut Pro, you are free to use Final Cut Pro while the batch is being processed in
the background. If you submit a reference movie for distributed processing, the
Apple Qmaster distributed processing system will automatically copy the appropriate
media files to the processing cluster. For the best performance, you can avoid this file
transfer step by making sure that the media files specified in the reference movie are
available to each node of the Apple Qmaster cluster. Below are two sets of instructions
for submitting reference movies: one with automatic file transfer and one with
preparatory steps for maximizing performance.
127Chapter 8 Finalizing Jobs and Submitting Batches