4.5

27Compressor User Guide
View a setting’s general, video, and audio properties
1. In Compressor, select a setting by doing one of the following:
• For a setting that has not been applied, click a built-in setting in the Settings pane.
(If the Settings pane is hidden, click the Settings & Locations button
in the upper-
left corner of the Compressor window, then click Settings at the top of the pane.)
• For a setting that has already been applied to a source file, select the output row of
a job in the batch area.
2. If necessary, click the Inspector button in the upper-right corner of the Compressor
window to reveal the inspector pane.
The inspector pane is divided into three subpanes: General, Video, and Audio. At the top
of each subpane is a summary of the transcoding instructions of the selected setting,
including the name of the setting, the transcoding format, and the estimated size of the
output file.
3. To view general, video, or audio properties of the selected setting, click General, Video,
or Audio at the top of the inspector pane.
Every setting has a General inspector that displays basic properties, including setting
name, description, output extension, and so on. Video settings have a Video inspector
and, if the transcoding format encodes audio, an Audio inspector. Audio settings have
an Audio inspector, but no Video inspector.
To learn more about a setting’s properties, see Formats and settings in Compressor.