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Preview how a transcoded le will look and sound
After you’ve set up a job, you can preview how your source le will look and sound after it has
been transcoded.
Note: Retiming and interlacing property adjustments (that you make in the Video tab of the
inspector) are not displayed in the transcoding preview.
1 In a job, select the output row that includes the setting you want to preview.
2 If the Comparison button in the preview area isn’t already selected (highlighted blue), click it
to turn on comparison previewing.
3 Click the Play button .
The source le video plays on the left side of the preview area, and a preview of the transcoded
le plays on the right side. The transcoded audio plays through your computer speakers (or
through connected speakers).
In the preview area, you can also add add markers, set a poster frame, or identify a portion of the
source le to transcode.
Transcode a batch
After you’ve congured the jobs in your batch using the tasks above, you can transcode
the batch.
m Click the Start Batch button in the lower-right corner of the batch area.
The Compressor window switches to Active view, where you can monitor the transcoding process.
View information about completed jobs
In Completed view, you can see how a le was transcoded.
1 Click the Completed button at the top of the Compressor window.
2 Select a batch, job, or transcoded le and, if necessary, click the Inspector button .
In the inspector (on the right), you can view information about the batch or job, or view the
general, video, or audio properties for the setting used to transcode the le.
3 To view the output le, click the Show in Finder button .
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