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Table Of Contents
- Compressor User Manual
- Contents
- An Introduction to Compressor
- Getting Started Quickly
- The Basic Transcoding Workflow
- The Compressor Interface
- Importing Source Media Files
- Creating, Previewing, and Modifying Settings
- Creating Jobs and Submitting Batches
- Assigning Settings to Source Media Files
- Assigning Destinations to Source Media Files
- Submitting a Batch
- About the History Drawer
- Resubmitting a Batch
- Saving and Opening a Batch File
- Submitting a Final Cut Pro Project for Transcoding
- Resubmitting a Final Cut Pro Project
- Transcoding Different Clips From One Source Media File
- Creating Dolby Digital Professional Output Files
- Creating H.264 DVD Output Files
- Creating MPEG-1 Output Files
- Creating MPEG-2 Output Files
- Creating MPEG-4 Output Files
- Creating QuickTime Movie Output Files
- Creating QuickTime Export Component, AIFF, and TIFF Files
- Adding Filters to a Setting
- Adding Frame Controls, Geometry, and Actions to a Setting
- Using the Preview Window
- Creating and Changing Destinations
- Using Droplets
- Customer Support
- Command-Line Usage
- Index
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10 Creating MPEG-2 Output Files
Compressor provides the tools you need to create
exceptional MPEG-2 transcoded files.
MPEG-2 is an internationally accepted compression standard developed by the Motion
Picture Experts Group (MPEG). MPEG-2 allows you to create broadcast-quality video
files and was designed to support high-resolution, high bit-rate video. It is the video
compression format used for high-quality video titles on DVD and home satellite dish
systems. All DVD players contain the hardware required for MPEG-2 playback.
This chapter covers the following:
 About Standard Definition MPEG-2 (p. 128)
 About High Definition Sources and MPEG-2 (p. 128)
 About the MPEG-2 Encoder Pane (p. 129)
 Example MPEG-2 Settings (p. 145)
 MPEG-2 Transcoding Workflow (p. 145)