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General Batch Window Information
Batches are the heart of your Compressor workflow, and the Batch window is where you
work with the batches. The Batch window supports having multiple batches open at
once, showing them as separate tabs.
To create a new batch
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Choose File > New Batch (or press Command-N).
A new untitled batch is added to the Batch window.
Each tab is for
a different batch.
The new batch’s tab
See Saving and Opening a Batch File for more information about batch files.
You can even have multiple Batch windows open, with each containing a different batch,
by dragging a batch’s tab to a new location. See About the Tabs for information on
dragging tabs to open or close additional Batch windows.
The Batch window has a Submit button, located in the lower-right corner, that you can
use to begin transcoding the currently selected batch. The lower-left corner shows the
status of the current batch (how many jobs it contains and whether it has been submitted).
About the Batch Window Toolbar
The Batch window has a customizable toolbar along its top. You can choose whether to
show or hide the toolbar by clicking the button in the window’s upper-right corner.
Show/hide toolbar
button (with the toolbar
hidden in this example)
You can choose to have a variety of items in the toolbar, such as items to open, save, or
close a batch. See Customizing the Toolbar for details on the items you can add and how
to add them.
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