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Chapter 10, Using the Matrox MAX H.264 Codec
°To assign a Matrox MAX H.264 setting:
1 In Apple Compressor, add the source media file that you want to export as an
H.264 file to the
Batch window in Compressor.
2 Drag the desired Matrox MAX H.264 setting from the Settings window to
your source media file (job) in the
Batch window.
¦NoteMatrox MAX technology supports closed caption data from SCC files
for web deliverables (.mov) when encoding at 1:1, or when downscaling. When
an SCC (CEA-608) closed caption file is associated with your source media
file in Compressor, Matrox MAX technology embeds the closed caption data
to the encoded video file (.mov).
3 If you’re exporting to Blu-ray format and you want to export audio as well,
you must add a separate audio setting to your
Batch window. Matrox
provides predefined audio settings for each of the Matrox settings, however,
you can choose to use another audio setting.
4 Choose a destination for your job’s targets and submit your batch as you
would normally.
Creating a custom Matrox MAX H.264 setting
You can create a custom Matrox MAX H.264 setting in Apple Compressor for
delivering H.264 files for either Blu-ray (.264) or QuickTime (.mov). Once you
create a new Matrox MAX H.264 setting, you can assign it to your source file in
Apple Compressor using the steps described in “Assigning a Matrox MAX H.264
setting” on page 103.
¡ Importan t To avoid losing your custom Matrox MAX H.264 settings in
Compressor when updating your MXO2 software, you must uninstall the MXO2
software that is installed on your system, restart your computer, and then install
the new MXO2 software version before opening Compressor. If you open
Compressor before installing the new MXO2 software, that is, with no MXO2
software installed on your computer, your custom Matrox MAX H.264 settings
will be deleted by Compressor.
1 In Apple Compressor, click the Create a new setting button in the
Settings window, and then click either Matrox MAX H.264 (.264) for
Blu-ray or
Matrox MAX H.264 (.mov) for QuickTime.
¦NoteYou can also select and duplicate an existing Matrox MAX H.264
setting that you want to use as a starting point for creating the new setting.
2 In the Inspector window, type a Name and Description.
3 On the Encoder pane of the Inspector window, make sure that File Format
is set to
Matrox MAX H.264 (.264) for Blu-ray or Matrox MAX H.264