Apple Compressor (4.1.2) - Manual (Page 87)

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3 Click Locations to open the Locations pane, and then click the Add button .
4 In the window that appears, select the folder where you want the video files to be saved, and
then click Choose.
Tip: To avoid unnecessary copying or duplicating of files, select the folder directly on the server
where the videos can be accessed by the intended recipients as soon as transcoding is complete.
The new location is added to the Custom section of the Locations pane.
Note: If you’re uploading to a folder on a web server, you may need to perform additional steps
(such as setting up a script or building an HTML page) to make the videos accessible in a web
browser. Consult your webmaster if you have questions.
5 When you’re ready to generate your dailies, Choose File > Add File (or press Command-I).
6 In the window that appears, navigate to the folder containing the day’s footage, select the file or
files you want to transcode, and then click Add.
Each clip is added as a separate job to the batch area.
Tip: You can also drag files from the Finder into the batch area.
7 Select all the jobs in the batch area, and from the Settings pane, drag the Dailies Output
destination onto any of the jobs.
Dragging to any one of the jobs applies the destination to all selected jobs in the batch area.
8 Switch to the Locations pane and drag the custom location you created in step 4 onto any of the
selected jobs in the batch area.
The location is added to all selected jobs.
9 Select the first job in the batch area and, in the Action area of the Job inspector, fill in the email
To, Subject, and Message fields.
If the inspector pane is not showing, click the Inspector button
in the upper-right corner of
the Compressor window. You can enter multiple email addresses in the To field, as long as each
address is separated by a comma. Also, be sure to include a link to the location of the saved files
in the Message field.
10 Select each of the subsequent jobs and repeat step 9, until each job’s Action section in the Job
inspector is filled out completely.
11 Click Start Batch (or press Command-B).
Tip: If you’re transcoding many files to be saved in one location, consider only sending an
email when the last file is completed. That way your recipients won’t receive an email for each
completed file. To prevent emails from being sent, set the Job Action pop-up menu to Do
Nothing for all but the last job in the batch area.
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