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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
Using the Command Line for Distributed Processing
The following sections describe how to issue shell commands (from the command line)
to run your distributed processing network.
Shell Commands for Configuring Service Nodes and Cluster Controllers
As an alternative to using the Apple Qmaster pane in System Preferences, you can use
the command qmasterprefs, with command-line options for enabling and disabling
service node and cluster-controlling services.
In the command-line descriptions below, angle brackets < > indicate a mandatory
argument in a command, and brackets [ ] indicate an optional argument.
Synopsis
Below is a synopsis of the command for enabling and disabling Apple Qmaster services
on a computer. The qmasterprefs command is located in /usr/sbin.
qmasterprefs [options] [-cluster <on | off> [options]] [-service <name> <on
| off> [options]]
Command Options
This table provides information about each of the enabling and disabling service-node
and cluster-controlling services on a computer.
DescriptionPreference command option
Displays information about supported options for qmasterprefs.
-help
Lists the current qmasterprefs settings.
-list
Restarts cluster processes. cancelJobs deletes batches in the
queue.
-resetCluster
[cancelJobs]
Enables or disables Bonjour advertisements.
-allowBonjourDiscovery
<on | off>
Sets sharing state. (Similar to the Apple Qmaster pane in System
Preferences.)
-startSharing
[servicesOnly |
servicesAndCluster |
servicesAndQuickCluster]
Stops Apple Qmaster services on local computer.
-stopSharing
Restarts all Apple Qmaster services.
-restart
Resets Apple Qmaster services to default configuration.
-reset
Automatically launches content agent at startup.
-launchContentAgent <on
| off>
Sets logging level. Default is 3. Off is 0. Sets whether logs are
overwritten when services are restarted.
-log [0-5] [truncate on
| off]
Displays service node status indicator in menu bar.
-statusMenu <on | off>
360 Appendix C Using the Command Line