Encoder Pane
You use the Encoder pane to select and configure the output file format and other settings.
The file format options and attributes are different for each format.
• File Format: Use this pop-up menu to choose an output file format. See
Choosing an
Output Format
for more information on the available output formats.
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• File Extension field: The following file extensions automatically appear in this field based
on the format you choose from the File Format pop-up menu, and if video and audio
tracks are enabled. Don’t alter this field without good reason, because your file may
not be recognized if you do.
• aiff: Represents AIFF.
• ac3: Represents Dolby Digital Professional.
• caf: Represents Apple CAF files.
• dv: Represents Digital Video (DV) format video.
• mpg: Represents MPEG-1 multiplexed (video and audio) stream.
• m1v: Represents MPEG-1 video elementary stream.
• m1a: Represents MPEG-1 audio elementary stream.
• m2v: Represents MPEG-2 video elementary stream.
• m2t: Represents MPEG-2 transport stream.
• mpeg: Represents MPEG-2 program stream.
• m4v: Represents H.264 for Apple Devices.
• mp4: Represents MPEG-4.
• mov: Represents QuickTime.
• tga: Represents TARGA.
• tiff: Represents TIFF.
• Allow Job Segmenting: This checkbox allows you to turn off job segmenting. It is relevant
only if you are using Compressor with distributed processing and with two–pass or
multi-pass encoding. For more information, see
Job Segmenting and Two-Pass or
Multi-Pass Encoding
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