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25Compressor User Guide
You can also customize a built-in setting in Compressor or create your own custom setting
from scratch. For example, you can create a custom setting either to convert progressive
video to interlaced video or to convert 29.97-fps video to 23.98 fps video. Before you
create a custom setting, view the related built-in settings to see if any of those meet your
needs. If one does, or if it comes close, duplicate that setting, then modify any properties
that you need to change. The advantage of duplicating a setting, rather than creating
a new setting from scratch, is that many of the properties are already configured, and
so you’ll need to make fewer adjustments to the setting. See Create custom settings in
Compressor.
Built-in locations in Compressor
Use the following built-in locations in Compressor, available in the Locations pane, to
specify the save location of a transcoded file.
Built-in location Use to
Desktop Save the transcoded file to the user’s desktop.
Movies Save the transcoded file to the user’s Movies folder.
Source Save the transcoded file to the same location as the
source media file.
You can also create a custom location, either by duplicating an existing location or by
creating a new location. When you create a custom location, you can also specify a
filename format for transcoded files. See Work with locations in Compressor.