Calibrated Software MPEG2-X Create v1 - Manual (Page 50)

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Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.2 - MXF
Getting Started
1. If you are using Compressor 3.5, please make sure you have Compressor 3.5.3 installed, and if you are using
Compressor 4, please make sure you have Compressor 4.1.2 installed. Other versions of Compressor have not
been tested.
2. Please make sure that the Calibrated MPEG2-X Create Compressor presets are installed in the folder
For Compressor 3.5.3 use this folder:
/Users/[YOUR_ACCOUNT]/Library/Application Support/Compressor/
For Compressor 4.1.2 use this folder:
/Users/[YOUR_ACCOUNT]/Library/Application Support/Compressor/Settings
(Please note that is the Library folder from your User directory and you need to install the presets to every user
account that will use the presets)
If the presets are NOT in the above folder, you can use our presets installer to install them or manually copy them
to the above folder(s) from this folder:
/Applications/Calibrated/Presets/MPEG2-X Create/Compressor/Calibrated MPEG2-X Create MXF
To clarify, you would copy the folder
‘Calibrated MPEG2-X Create MXF ‘ to the Compressor folder for the version
of Compressor that you are using.
Please restart your computer after installing.
3. For FCP7 Sequences: For FCP7 Sequences: To preserve the maximum bit depth, please make sure you have
the ‘Render 8-bit YUV’ selected OR any of the other YUV processing options selected in your FCP7 ‘Sequence
Settings’ if you send a sequence to Compressor 3.5.3.
4. Please note that if you are rendering using multiple render nodes (i.e. different computers) then each computer
would need its own separate license of Calibrated MPEG2-X Create.
Using a Pre-made MXF Preset for exporting in Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.2
1. If you’ve already installed our MPEG2-X Create Compressor Presets skip to step 2. If you haven’t installed the
presets, please go to the above section ‘Getting Started’ to learn how to install our Calibrated MPEG2-X Create
Compressor presets.
2. In the Compressor ‘Settings’ window, please open the ‘Settings’ tab and navigate to the ‘Custom’ folder.
3. The presets are organized by resolution, field type and framerate. Choose the preset that best matches your
source resolution, frame rate, and field
4. Preset Defaults:
a. Video: The video bitrate will be defaulted to 180Mb I-Frame Only
b. Audio: The default audio will be 16-bit 48Khz uncompressed audio with either 2, or more discrete
audio channels.
c. TimeCode: The default TimeCode will be to use the Start TimeCode from the source (if possible)
d. MetaData: The default MetaData will be as follows: