2
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
7
Preface
An Introduction to Compressor
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 presets, settings, and output formats.
With the ability to view and experience media content in many different ways (such as
on websites, CD-ROM discs, and DVDs), content authors need a quick and easy means
of converting their material so that it can be conveniently distributed to a variety of
playback devices.
Whether you want to create high-quality movie trailers that can be opened and viewed
over the web within seconds, or you just want to transfer a video clip to a CD or DVD,
you need to compress media files so that they fit into limited space and are readily
available for viewing. Compressor is a high-speed video and audio encoding tool that
provides an efficient way to convert content for any of these methods.
In addition to the variety of viewing methods, there are also a variety of output formats
to consider. You may need to compress the same media file into different output
formats just to accommodate different media players and uses. With Compressor, you
can select different output formats for use with the various distribution models.