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Use the command line to submit Compressor jobs
Shell commands overview
If you are accustomed to doing your work from Terminal shells, you can run the Compressor
application from the command line using the Compressor command. There are a number of
command-line options for submitting jobs.
In the command-line descriptions in this section, angle brackets < > indicate a mandatory
argument in a command, and brackets [ ] indicate an optional argument.
Synopsis
Below is a synopsis of the command for submitting a job to a cluster. The Compressor
command is located in <PATH>/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS.
Important: The command below must be executed on one line.
Compressor [-computergroup <name>] [-batchname <name>]
[-priority <value>] -jobpath <file>[?frameRate=<frame rate>
|?audio=<file>|?frameRate=<frame rate>\&audio=<file>]
-settingpath <setting> -locationpath <file>
[-info <xml>] [-scc <file>] [-startoffset <hh:mm:ss:ff>]
[-in <hh:mm:ss:ff> [-out <hh:mm:ss:ff> [-annotations <file>]
[-chapters <file>]
Compressor -checkstream <file>
Compressor -findletterbox <file>
Compressor -help
Compressor [-resetBackgroundProcessing [cancelJobs]]
[-sharing <on|off>] [[-requiresPassword <password>]
| [-noPassword]] [-instances <value>]
[-networkInterface <bsd name>] [-portRange <starting port>
<count>]
These three arguments are the minimum required to submit a batch:
Compressor -jobpath <path> -settingpath <path> -locationpath <path>
Command options
This table shows the most used command options for submitting jobs:
Submission command option Description
-computergroup <name>
Species the name of the group of shared computers.
-batchname <name>
Species the name of the batch.
-priority <value>
Species the priority level for a job.
-jobpath <url>
Species the location of the source le.
-settingpath <url>
Species the location of the settings for the job.
-locationpath <url>
Species the destination le URL for the job.
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