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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
• Video Settings and Audio Settings: These buttons open the QuickTime Compression
Settings and Sound Settings dialogs. Use these dialogs to select suitable codecs and
change other video or audio compression settings. See About the Sound Settings Dialog
and About the Compression Settings Dialog for more information on these dialogs.
• Enabled/Disabled/Pass-through: Use these pop-up menus to enable or disable Video
and Audio settings. Enabled means the video or audio track will be included in the
output movie. Disabled means the video or audio track will be excluded from the output
movie. Pass-through (audio only) means Compressor will copy the audio into the output
movie without modifying it. An example of this might involve HD (high definition) files
with multitrack audio that you want to convert to SD (standard definition) files without
disturbing the audio tracks.
Note: If you export a sequence from Final Cut Pro to Compressor (File > Export > Using
Compressor) and apply a setting with “Pass-through” selected, the audio portion of
the setting will change to a PCM setting with the sequence’s setting and channel count,
but with only a single track created on output. If you require audio passthrough for a
Final Cut Pro sequence, export a QuickTime movie (File > Export > QuickTime Movie)
and then import the movie into Compressor.
Important: If a setting has “Pass-through” selected, the Filter pane audio filters are not
available. Additionally, the Frame Controls pane retiming controls will not correct the
audio, potentially causing synchronization errors with the video.
• Streaming: Choose a QuickTime streaming option from this pop-up menu.
• None: If you choose this setting (the default), your output media file will not stream
over the Internet.
• Fast Start: This option allows your output media file to be viewed even before it is
fully downloaded from its server.
• Fast Start-Compressed Header: This setting achieves the same results as Fast Start
(allowing your output media file to be viewed before it is fully downloaded from the
server), but the output media files are smaller.
• Hinted Streaming: This setting allows hint tracks to be added to the output media
file so that it can be used with a QuickTime Streaming Server.
• Options button: This button remains dimmed unless Hinted Streaming is chosen from
the Streaming pop-up menu. Clicking this button opens the QuickTime Hint Exporter
Settings dialog, which allows you to choose extra hinting settings for your stream.
• Add clean aperture information checkbox: This checkbox (selected by default) allows
you to choose whether to add information that defines clean picture edges to the
output file.
237Chapter 21 Creating QuickTime Movie Output Files