Compressor 4 - Deleting and Duplicating a Destination

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Deleting and Duplicating a Destination

You can manage destinations by deleting those you no longer need and creating new
ones based on existing destinations.

To delete a destination

1

Open the Destinations tab.

2

In the Destinations tab, select the destination you want to remove, then click the Remove
(–) button, or press Delete.

Important:

There is no confirmation step in this process, so you need to be sure you want

to remove the destination before clicking the button.

Remove button

To duplicate a destination

1

Open the Destinations tab.

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2

In the Destinations tab, select the destination you want to copy, then click the Duplicate
button.

Duplicate button

A new entry appears in the Destinations tab with _copy appended to its name. This
destination is identical in all other ways. Rename the duplicate destination as appropriate.

The duplicated
destination

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Compressor allows you to save one or more settings or groups of settings into a Droplet.
A Droplet is a standalone preset created by Compressor, packaged into a drag-and-drop
application and saved as an icon.

When you drag source media files to a Droplet icon, they are automatically submitted
for transcoding using the specified embedded settings. The transcoding process begins,
whether or not Compressor is open.

Drag selected source
media files to a Droplet
to transcode them.

You can drag any number of media files onto a Droplet. You can double-click a Droplet
to open it and see the settings it contains.

Note: Compressor must already be installed on any computer on which you intend to
use Droplets.

This chapter covers the following:

Creating Droplets

(p. 334)

About the Droplet Window

(p. 336)

Checking Droplet Settings

(p. 338)

Using a Droplet to Transcode Source Media Files

(p. 340)

Using Droplets to Create Jobs and Settings in Compressor

(p. 342)

Droplet Tips

(p. 343)

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