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
6Compressor User Guide
What’s new in Compressor 4.4.5
Compressor 4.4.5 introduces the following new features:
Metal-based processing engine
Compressor 4.4.5 includes a new processing engine that improves playback and
accelerates rendering, compositing, and exporting.
Optimized for Mac Pro
Compressor 4.4.5 is optimized for Mac Pro, using up to 28 CPU cores, multiple GPUs, and
an Afterburner card. Afterburner enhances decode performance for ProRes files.
HDR in preview window Optimized for Pro Display XDR
Compressor 4.4.5 now supports HDR display in the preview window when viewing on the
Pro Display XDR and other supported displays.
Fragmented MP4 (fMP4) file support for HTTP live
streaming
Compressor 4.4.5 now has the option to output fragmented MP4 (fMP4) files when
transcoding files to support HTTP live streaming (HLS). See “Prepare for HTTP Live
Streaming” in Job action properties in Compressor.
Watermark enhancements
Compressor 4.4.5 now automatically scales watermarks based on the frame size of the
source material. See Video effects in Compressor.
Text and timecode enhancements
Compressor 4.4.5 can now automatically choose the font size of text and timecode
overlays based on the frame size of the source material. In addition, Compressor now
supports additional formats when displaying timecode in transcoded files, including drop
frame, non-drop frame, relative, and absolute timecode. See Video effects in Compressor.
What’s new in Compressor 4.4.4
Compressor 4.4.4 introduces the following new features:
Identify incompatible media
Some media formats will not be compatible with versions of macOS after macOS Mojave.
Compressor 4.4.4 identifies those media files and settings. See Transcode incompatible
media.