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Table Of Contents
- Compressor 4 User Manual
- Contents
- Welcome to Compressor
- Getting Started Quickly
- Ways to Use Compressor
- The Basic Transcoding Workflow
- The Compressor Interface
- Compressor Windows and the Transcoding Workflow
- Creating and Managing Compressor Layouts
- Working with the Compressor Windows
- Batch Window
- Settings Tab
- Destinations Tab
- Inspector Window
- History Window
- Preview Window
- Apple Qmaster Sharing Window
- Share Monitor
- Droplet Windows
- About Changing Values and Timecode Entries
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Setting Compressor Preferences
- Importing Source Media Files
- Creating, Previewing, and Modifying Settings
- Finalizing Jobs and Submitting Batches
- Creating AIFF Files
- Creating Common Audio Format Files
- Creating DV Stream Output Files
- Creating Dolby Digital Professional Output Files
- About the Dolby Digital Professional Encoder Pane
- General Information About Creating Dolby Digital Professional Files
- Converting Stereo Audio Files to Dolby Digital Professional Format
- Assigning Files to Surround Sound Channels (Manual Method)
- Assigning Files to Surround Sound Channels (Automatic Methods)
- Assigning Files to Surround Sound Channels with Droplets
- Options for Spatial Mixing
- Creating H.264 for Apple Devices Output Files
- Creating H.264 for Blu-ray Disc
- Creating Image Sequence Files
- Creating MP3 Output Files
- Creating MPEG-1 Output Files
- Common Uses for MPEG-1
- MPEG-1 Specifications
- About the MPEG-1 Encoder Pane
- About the MPEG-1 Video Tab
- About the MPEG-1 Audio Tab
- About System and Elementary Streams
- MPEG-1 Transcoding Workflow
- Configuring the MPEG-1 File Format for Web Use
- Configuring the MPEG-1 File Format for DVD Use
- Creating the MPEG-1 Video for DVD Setting
- Creating the MPEG-1 Audio for DVD Setting
- Optional—Creating an MPEG-1 for DVD Group and Destination
- Creating MPEG-2 Output Files
- Creating MPEG-4 Output Files
- About MPEG-4 Part 2
- About the MPEG-4 Part 2 Encoder Pane
- Using Default MPEG-4 Part 2 Settings
- Customizing MPEG-4 Part 2 Settings
- Audio Podcasting Workflow
- Stage 1: Configuring the MPEG-4 Output for Audio-Only Output
- Stage 2: Including Podcasting Information
- Stage 3: Applying the Setting to a Source Media File’s Target
- Stage 4: Entering Annotations for the Output Media File
- Stage 5: Creating and Configuring Markers for the Output Media File
- Stage 6: Submitting the Job and Verifying the Output Media File
- Adding Additional Settings and Presets
- Creating QuickTime Export Component Files
- Creating QuickTime Movie Output Files
- Adding Filters to a Setting
- Working with Frame Controls
- Adding Geometry Settings
- Adding Actions
- Using the Preview Window
- Creating and Changing Destinations
- Using Droplets
- Apple Qmaster and Distributed Processing
- Distributed Processing Basics
- Basic Components of the Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing System
- Getting Started Quickly Using This Computer Plus
- Getting Started Quickly Using QuickClusters
- The Interfaces in the Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing System
- Apple Qmaster Sharing Window of Compressor
- General Information About Clusters
- Options in the Apple Qmaster Sharing Window of Compressor
- Managed vs. Unmanaged Services
- Turning Cluster Controller Services On or Off
- Using Virtual Clusters to Make the Most of Multicore Computers
- Setting a Service Password for Including a Computer in a Cluster
- Scheduling Service Availability
- Using Cluster Storage
- Defining Ports for Service Advertisements
- Recovery and Failure Notification Features
- Creating Clusters with Apple Qadministrator
- Setting Up for Part-Time Distributed Processing with Shake
- Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts
- Appendix B: Solving Problems
- Appendix C: Using the Command Line
• In the Batch window, Control-click in an empty part of the job, choose New Target With
Setting from the shortcut menu, choose a setting, and click Add.
• Drag a setting from the Settings tab to the source audio file’s job in the Batch window.
4 If you want, make any adjustments to the setting in the Encoder pane of the Inspector
window (see About the Dolby Digital Professional Encoder Pane for more information).
Note: Compressor will map channels intelligently. Here are some examples:
• If you import a stereo source file and apply a mono 1/0 (C) audio coding mode to it: The
file will be downmixed.
• If you apply a surround audio coding mode to the stereo file: The left and right channels
will be mapped to the left front (L) and right front (R) channels, leaving the other
channels of the coding mode silent.
• If you assign a stereo file to the left front or left (rear) surround channel: Compressor will
pick the left channel and ignore the right channel.
5 Click Submit.
For information about encoding surround sound files, see Assigning Files to Surround
Sound Channels (Manual Method) and Assigning Files to Surround Sound Channels
(Automatic Methods). Also see About Previewing the Encoder Settings for information
on playing your AC-3 audio files with Compressor.
Assigning Files to Surround Sound Channels (Manual Method)
Follow these steps to use the manual method for assigning individual audio files to
surround sound channels.
To manually assign source audio files to channels of a surround sound stream
1 Do one of the following to import the source audio files:
• Choose Job > New Job With Surround Group (or press Command-Control-I).
• Click the Add Surround Sound button in the Batch window.
• Control-click in the batch and choose New Job With Surround Group from the shortcut
menu.
The channel assignment interface opens.
2 Do one of the following to assign a source audio file to a particular channel.
• Drag the source audio file from the Finder to the icon for a specific channel (for example,
“L”).
• Click the icon for a specific channel (for example, “L”) and use the Open dialog to locate
the source audio file intended for that channel.
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