Apple Compressor 2 - Manual (Page 42)

42 Chapter 3 The Compressor Interface
Inspector Window
The Inspector window has easy access to common transcoding controls (for creating
and modifying settings and destinations) and a full summary table containing all the
details of each setting.
Summary Pane
The Summary pane contains the Summary table, which describes all the settings (video
and audio settings, geometry, and filter settings) associated with the setting selected in
the Settings tab of the Presets window. Information in the Summary table is updated
automatically whenever any setting is modified.
The Summary table includes the following details:
 Name: The name of the setting selected in the Settings tab.
 Description: A description of the setting selected in the Settings tab.
 File Extension: The extension assigned to the transcoded media file. This identifies
which format your source media file is being converted to.
 Audio Encoder: Details of the audio output file format and other transcoding settings,
such as sample rate, channels, bits per sample, and codec type.
 Video Encoder: Details of the video output file format and other transcoding settings
such as frame width and height, crop amount (in pixels), frame rate, aspect ratio,
codec type, pixel depth, spatial quality, minimum spatial quality, keyframe interval,
temporal quality, minimum temporal quality, and data rate (in bits per second).
 Filter: Details of all, some, or none (depending on how many filters you selected in
the Filters pane) of the available Compressor filters.