4.5
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- What’s new
- Compressor basics
- Simple transcoding
- Advanced adjustments
- Intro to advanced adjustments in Compressor
- Work with settings
- View and modify a setting’s properties in Compressor
- Create custom settings in Compressor
- Formats and settings in Compressor
- Properties of settings
- Apple Devices settings in Compressor
- Common Audio Formats settings in Compressor
- Dolby Digital settings in Compressor
- H.264 for Blu-ray setting in Compressor
- Image Sequence settings in Compressor
- MP3 settings in Compressor
- MPEG-2 setting in Compressor
- MPEG-4 settings in Compressor
- MXF settings in Compressor
- QuickTime Export Components setting in Compressor
- QuickTime Movie settings in Compressor
- Work with destinations
- Work with locations in Compressor
- Work with jobs
- Work with batches in Compressor
- Advanced tasks
- Import an image sequence in Compressor
- Work with surround sound files
- Work with 360-degree video
- Work with captions
- Create iTunes Store packages
- Create IMF packages
- Modify frame size
- Modify playback speed
- View and modify audio tracks in Compressor
- Add video and audio effects
- Work with metadata annotations in Compressor
- Add descriptive audio tracks in Compressor
- Set a poster frame in Compressor
- Add markers using Compressor
- Transcode time ranges in Compressor
- Modify starting timecode in Compressor
- Work smarter
- Compressor preferences
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Wide color gamut and HDR
- Create and use droplets in Compressor
- Create additional instances of Compressor
- Transcode Final Cut Pro and Motion projects in Compressor
- Use distributed processing
- Glossary
151Compressor User Guide
The file containing the list of timecode points must follow these rules:
• The list of timecode values must be a plain text file. For best results, create the list with
TextEdit and save the files using the .chp or .txt extension.
• Each marker must be on a new line that starts with a timecode value in the format
00:00:00:00.
• After the timecode value, you can include a name for the marker. You can use a space or
tab character to separate the timecode value from the marker name.
• Any lines that do not begin with a timecode value are ignored. This makes it easy for
you to add comments to the list.
• The timecode values do not have to be listed in chronological order.
After creating the list, you import it into Compressor:
1. In the Compressor batch area, select the job that you want to add markers to.
2. In the preview area, click the “Modify marker settings” pop-up menu, then choose
Import Chapter List.
3. In the window that appears, select the chapter marker file and click Open.
The markers are added to the source file as chapter markers. You can view them in the
preview area.
You can manually change the markers to podcast or compression markers. You can also
add URLs and artwork to them as needed. For more information, see the previous tasks.
Hide markers
You can set Compressor to show or hide the different types of markers.
• Click the “Modify marker settings” pop-up menu, then choose Hide Chapter/Podcast
Markers, Hide Compression Markers, or Hide Edit/Cut Markers.
To reveal a type of markers, select the same item in the pop-up menu.
Remove markers
1. Select a job in the Compressor batch area, and then select a marker in the preview area.
You can also select markers by clicking the Next button or Previous button in the
preview area.
2. Do one of the following:
• Remove all markers in the source file: Click the “Modify marker settings” pop-up
menu, then choose Remove All Markers.
• Remove one marker: Select a marker by clicking it or clicking the Next button or
Previous button in the preview area. Then click the Marker button
.