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26Compressor User Guide
Advanced adjustments
Intro to advanced adjustments in Compressor
For basic transcoding jobs, you can use the built-in settings and destinations that come
with Compressor. However, if you have complex or custom transcoding specifications, you
can make adjustments to the built-in settings and destinations in a number of ways:
• For a custom transcoding job that you will use only once, apply a built-in setting or
destination and then modify its properties in the inspector. See View and modify a
setting’s properties in Compressor and View destination properties in Compressor.
• For a custom transcoding job that you will use more than once, create a custom setting
or destination (by duplicating and modifying a built-in setting or destination). See
Create custom settings in Compressor and Create a custom destination in Compressor.
You can also customize the various other components of a Compressor batch, including
save locations, job properties, job actions, and batch properties.
Work with settings
View and modify a setting’s properties in Compressor
A setting is a group of preconfigured transcoding instructions that you apply to a source
media file. When you select a built-in setting in the Settings pane in Compressor, or
an applied setting in the batch area, its properties are shown in the inspector. General
properties are displayed in the General inspector, and video and audio properties are
displayed in the Video inspector and the Audio inspector.