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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
4 Choose the associated media volume as the volume you want to mount.
5 Repeat steps 1 through 4 until all the computers are mounting all the media volumes in
the cluster.
Stage 4: Submitting Processing Jobs in the Sample Part-Time Distributed
Processing Setup
After you finish Stage 3: Mounting the Media Storage Volumes, each one of these
computers can be used to submit jobs for distributed processing.
Because of the way access has been configured in Setting Up for Part-Time Distributed
Processing with Shake, all file pathnames are conveniently consistent and simple for the
purposes of specifying them in Compressor, in Shake scripts, and in Apple Qmaster,
assuming that:
• Users place the source media on a mounted media volume (one of the FireWire drives).
• Users place the Shake scripts on a mounted media volume.
• All folders and files on the shared media volumes have read-and-write access enabled
for everyone (for Owner, Group, and Others). You can configure this access setting by
selecting the folder or file and choosing File > Get Info.
These three assumptions are important because they ensure that all the computers have
read-and-write access to all the source files and output destinations.
Stage 5: Specifying Media File and Script Locations
The following additional configuration guidelines apply to anyone using Shake (or any
other UNIX-based rendering applications):
• Specifying the Media File Locations in Shake Scripts: As you follow the steps in Setting
Up for Part-Time Distributed Processing with Shake, all the Shake render scripts should
specify their source media (File In) locations and output (File Out) destinations as
/Volumes/MediaDiskName/ (for example, /Volumes/Media3/).
• Specifying Shake Script Locations in Apple Qmaster: As you follow the steps in Setting
Up for Part-Time Distributed Processing with Shake, all the Shake script locations should
be specified in Apple Qmaster as /Volumes/MediaDiskName/ScriptFilename (for example,
/Volumes/Media3/Script.shk).
390 Chapter 29 Apple Qmaster and Distributed Processing