Apple Compressor 2 manuals

Apple Compressor 2 User Manual (263 pages)

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Table of contents

Compressor 2

1

User Manual

1

Contents

3

An Introduction to Compressor

7

8 Preface

8

Typical Compressor Scenarios

9

Compressor Features

10

Apple Websites

14

Getting Started Quickly

17

Edit batch name here

18

Setting pop-up menu

18

Batch table

18

All source media files

20

Submitting a Batch

24

25

25

Compressor Concepts and Terms

28

Choosing an Output Format

29

Creating a Compressor Batch

31

Viewing Transcoding Status

33

Optional Compressor Shortcuts

33

The Compressor Interface

37

Preview window

38

Batch window

38

Inspector window

38

Presets window

38

Batch Window

39

Presets Window

40

Destinations Tab

41

Inspector Window

42

Encoder Pane

43

Frame Controls Pane

45

Filters Pane

46

Geometry Pane

47

Actions Pane

48

History Drawer

49

Preview Window

50

Batch Monitor

51

Droplet Windows

52

Importing Source Media Files

55

Import Surround

56

Group button

56

Import File button

56

Batch Name field

58

Creating, Previewing

61

About the Settings Tab

62

Setting group with

64

New “Untitled” setting

64

About the Inspector

65

Creating a Setting

68

Modifying a Setting

70

Previewing a Setting

72

Make adjustments while

73

The Preview window

73

Creating Groups of Settings

75

Creating Jobs

77

Setting pop-up icon with

78

Batch Name field with

78

Click the disclosure

80

Submit button

80

Destination

81

Select the settings to

81

About the History Drawer

84

Resubmitting a Batch

85

Unique file identifiers are

90

Creating Dolby Digital

93

Professional

93

Audio Tab Settings

95

Bitstream Tab Settings

97

Preprocessing Tab Settings

98

Surround Channels

99

Professional Format

100

Creating Surround Files

101

(Automatic Methods)

104

Options for Spatial Mixing

106

Accommodating Stereo Playback

107

109

109

About the H.264 Encoder Pane

110

Job Segmenting and Multi-pass

112

H.264 Workflows for DVD

113

Creating MPEG-1 Output Files

115

MPEG-1 Specifications

116

About the MPEG-1 Encoder Pane

117

Video Tab

118

Audio Tab

119

System Streams

120

Elementary Streams

120

MPEG-1 Transcoding Workflow

121

Deselect to disable the

125

Video tab

125

The file extension changes

125

Creating MPEG-2 Output Files

127

HD on DVD

128

About the MPEG-2 Encoder Pane

129

Video Format Tab

130

About 24p (23.98p)

133

Quality Tab

134

Extras Tab

143

MPEG-2 Transcoding Workflow

145

Mode pop-up menu

147

Motion Estimation

147

Bit rate calculator

147

GOP Structure

149

Closed button

149

GOP Size

149

Working With MPEG-2 I-Frames

150

Creating MPEG-4 Output Files

153

About the MPEG-4 Encoder Pane

154

Video Pane

155

Audio Pane

156

Streaming Pane

157

Either enter a number in the

160

Creating QuickTime Movie

163

Output Files

163

Summary table

164

File Extension field

164

Options button (dimmed)

164

Streaming

164

Compression type

167

Options button

167

Frames per second field

167

Keyframe

168

Delta frames

168

Rate field and

169

Choosing an Audio Codec

170

Choose a video codec

172

Choose an audio codec from

173

Understanding Codecs

174

QuickTime Video Codecs

174

QuickTime Audio Codecs

175

Sound Sampling Rates

176

Sound Sampling Size

176

Creating QuickTime Export

177

File Format

178

Options

178

Configure settings for

179

Creating AIFF Output Files

180

Format pop-up

181

Configuring AIFF Settings

182

Creating TIFF Output Files

183

Configuring TIFF Settings

184

Adding Filters to a Setting

185

Deinterlacing

186

Removing Video Noise

187

Color Spaces

187

About the Filters Pane

188

Working With Frame Controls

195

About the Frame Controls Pane

196

About the Geometry Pane

201

About the Actions Pane

205

Adding Actions

206

Using the Preview Window

209

About the Preview Window

210

Playhead timecode

213

Playhead

213

In point

213

Out point

213

Previewing a Clip

215

Adding Markers to a Clip

220

A blue marker appears

221

Enter a chapter

222

Creating and Changing

223

Destinations

223

About the Destinations Tab

224

Creating a Destination

226

Filename Template

227

Host Name is required

228

File Path is required

228

Warning Triangles

230

Remove button

231

Duplicate button

231

Template field

233

Using Droplets

235

About the Droplet Window

236

Creating a Droplet

238

Show at Launch

239

Customer Support

243

Calling AppleCare Support

244

Command-Line Usage

245

Command options

249

251

251

252 Index

252

Index 253

253

254 Index

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Index 255

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256 Index

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Index 257

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258 Index

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Index 259

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260 Index

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Index 261

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262 Index

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Index 263

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