Compressor 4 - Contents

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Contents

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Share Monitor

66

Droplet Windows

67

About Changing Values and Timecode Entries

67

Keyboard Shortcuts

69

Setting Compressor Preferences

71

Chapter 5

About Compressor Preferences

71

Using Compressor Preferences

74

Importing Source Media Files

77

Chapter 6

About the Batch Window

77

Adding Source Media Files to a Batch to Create Jobs

81

Using the Inspector with Source Media Files

89

Tips on Importing Source Media Files

92

Creating, Previewing, and Modifying Settings

95

Chapter 7

About the Settings Tab

96

Using the Inspector with Settings

99

Duplicating Settings

100

Creating a Setting from Scratch

102

Searching for a Setting

103

Previewing a Setting

103

Deleting Settings

105

Creating Groups of Settings

106

Distributing and Sharing Settings

107

Example: Creating Custom Groups and Settings for DVD

108

Finalizing Jobs and Submitting Batches

111

Chapter 8

Assigning Settings

111

Assigning Destinations

116

General Job and Target Information

118

General Batch Information

120

Using Final Cut Pro and Motion with Compressor

127

Using Distributed Processing with Compressor

129

Creating AIFF Files

131

Chapter 9

Creating AIFF Output Files

131

About the AIFF Encoder Pane

132

About the Sound Settings Dialog

132

QuickTime Audio Sample Sizes and Rates

133

Choosing an Audio Codec for Distribution

134

Configuring AIFF Settings

134

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Creating Common Audio Format Files

135

Chapter 10

Creating Common Audio Format Files

135

About the Common Audio Formats Pane

136

Configuring Common Audio Formats Settings

136

Creating DV Stream Output Files

139

Chapter 11

About the DV Stream Encoder Pane

139

DV Transcoding Workflow

140

Creating Dolby Digital Professional Output Files

141

Chapter 12

About the Dolby Digital Professional Encoder Pane

142

General Information About Creating Dolby Digital Professional Files

148

Converting Stereo Audio Files to Dolby Digital Professional Format

149

Assigning Files to Surround Sound Channels (Manual Method)

150

Assigning Files to Surround Sound Channels (Automatic Methods)

153

Assigning Files to Surround Sound Channels with Droplets

155

Options for Spatial Mixing

155

Creating H.264 for Apple Devices Output Files

157

Chapter 13

About the H.264 for Apple Devices Encoder Pane

158

Chapter and Podcast Markers for Apple Devices

161

Aspect Ratios for Apple Devices

162

H.264 Workflows for Apple Devices

162

Configuring Settings for H.264 for Apple Devices Output Files

163

Creating H.264 for Blu-ray Disc

165

Chapter 14

About the H.264 for Blu-ray Disc Encoder Pane

166

H.264 Workflows for Optical Disc

168

Creating Image Sequence Files

169

Chapter 15

Creating Image Sequence Output Files

169

About the Image Sequence Encoder Pane

170

Configuring Image Sequence Settings

171

Creating MP3 Output Files

175

Chapter 16

Common Uses for MP3

175

About the MP3 Encoder Pane

176

MP3 Transcoding Workflow

177

Creating MPEG-1 Output Files

179

Chapter 17

Common Uses for MPEG-1

179

MPEG-1 Specifications

180

About the MPEG-1 Encoder Pane

181

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About the MPEG-1 Video Tab

182

About the MPEG-1 Audio Tab

183

About System and Elementary Streams

184

MPEG-1 Transcoding Workflow

184

Configuring the MPEG-1 File Format for Web Use

185

Configuring the MPEG-1 File Format for DVD Use

187

Creating the MPEG-1 Video for DVD Setting

187

Creating the MPEG-1 Audio for DVD Setting

189

Optional—Creating an MPEG-1 for DVD Group and Destination

191

Creating MPEG-2 Output Files

193

Chapter 18

About Standard Definition MPEG-2

193

About High Definition Sources and MPEG-2

194

About Elementary, Transport, and Program Streams

194

About the MPEG-2 Encoder Pane

195

MPEG-2 Reference Information

206

MPEG-2 Transcoding Workflow

210

Example MPEG-2 Settings

216

Creating MPEG-4 Output Files

217

Chapter 19

About MPEG-4 Part 2

217

About the MPEG-4 Part 2 Encoder Pane

218

Using Default MPEG-4 Part 2 Settings

222

Customizing MPEG-4 Part 2 Settings

223

Audio Podcasting Workflow

225

Adding Additional Settings and Presets

228

Creating QuickTime Export Component Files

229

Chapter 20

Creating QuickTime Export Component Output Files

229

Installing QuickTime Export Component Plug-ins

230

About the iPod Plug-in

230

About the QuickTime Export Components Encoder Pane

231

Configuring Export Components Settings

231

Creating QuickTime Movie Output Files

233

Chapter 21

Creating QuickTime Output Files

233

About the QuickTime Movie Encoder Pane

234

QuickTime Transcoding Workflow

240

Understanding Codecs

244

QuickTime Video Codecs

244

QuickTime Audio Codecs

245

Adding Filters to a Setting

247

Chapter 22

Working with Filters

247

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About the Filters Pane

249

Video Filters Tab

250

Audio Filters Tab

257

Color Tab

259

Adding Filters to a Setting

260

Working with Frame Controls

263

Chapter 23

About the Frame Controls Pane

263

Adding Frame Controls to a Setting

268

About Deinterlacing

269

About Reverse Telecine

270

Using the Retiming Controls

273

Adding Geometry Settings

277

Chapter 24

Working with Cropping, Scaling, and Padding

277

About the Geometry Pane

279

Making Geometry Adjustments to a Setting

283

Adding Actions

287

Chapter 25

Working with Post-Transcoding Actions

287

Adding Setting Actions

287

Adding Job Actions

289

Using the Preview Window

305

Chapter 26

About the Preview Window

305

Previewing a Clip

311

Transcoding a Portion of the Clip with the Preview Window

316

Working with Markers and Poster Frames

317

About the Preview Window Keyboard Shortcuts

324

Creating and Changing Destinations

325

Chapter 27

About the Destinations Tab

326

Using the Inspector with Destinations

327

Creating a Destination

327

Warning Triangles

329

Deleting and Duplicating a Destination

330

Using Droplets

333

Chapter 28

Creating Droplets

334

About the Droplet Window

336

Checking Droplet Settings

338

Using a Droplet to Transcode Source Media Files

340

Using Droplets to Create Jobs and Settings in Compressor

342

Droplet Tips

343

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Apple Qmaster and Distributed Processing

345

Chapter 29

Distributed Processing Basics

345

Basic Components of the Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing System

347

Getting Started Quickly Using This Computer Plus

354

Getting Started Quickly Using QuickClusters

356

The Interfaces in the Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing System

359

Apple Qmaster Sharing Window of Compressor

366

General Information About Clusters

370

Creating Clusters with Apple Qadministrator

381

Setting Up for Part-Time Distributed Processing with Shake

384

Keyboard Shortcuts

387

Appendix A

General Compressor Keyboard Shortcuts

387

Preview Window Keyboard Shortcuts

388

Solving Problems

391

Appendix B

Resources for Solving Problems

391

Solutions to Common Problems

391

Contacting AppleCare Support

393

Using the Command Line

395

Appendix C

Shell Commands for Submitting Compressor Jobs

395

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Compressor is an essential part of the video compression process. It makes compression
fast, efficient, and convenient, giving you more options in your choices of compression
settings and output formats.

This preface covers the following:

About Compressor

(p. 9)

About the Compressor Documentation

(p. 10)

Additional Resources

(p. 10)

About Compressor

Compressor is targeted at video postproduction professionals and compressionists who
require high performance and maximum control over the final digital content for DVD
authoring, streaming media servers, and wireless devices.

Compressor gives you resizing, cropping, image processing, encoding, and delivery
options, and offers batch processing, VBR options, and H.264 encoding. You can also use
Droplets and AppleScript, specify and save transcode settings, use filters, specify
destinations, and more. Compressor also provides a variety of output formats for Apple
devices, DVD, web, CD, and kiosk.

Important:

Compressor 4 is designed to work closely with Final Cut Pro X and later and

Motion 5 and later and is required for the Send to Compressor feature. All mentions of
Final Cut Pro and Motion in this document refer to these versions.

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