Apple Compressor 3 User Manual

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If the following conditions are met, Compressor automatically collapses the entire group
of files into what appears as a single surround source media file in the Batch window:

• The files in the group must be named correctly. (See the channel identifier codes listed

above.)

• The total number of files in the group must be fewer than seven.

The Inspector window shows the audio files assigned to each channel.

Note: You can click a channel icon in the Inspector window to change the file assigned
to it.

3

Do one of the following to apply the appropriate Apple setting from the Dolby Digital
Professional category to the source audio file’s job:

• Choose Target > New Target With Setting, choose a setting, and click Add.

• In the Batch window, Control-click in an empty part of the job, choose New Target With

Setting from the pop-up menu, choose a setting, and click Add.

• Drag a setting from the Settings tab to the source audio file’s job in the Batch window.

4

Make any necessary adjustments in the Inspector window and click Submit.

Compressor creates an AC-3 surround audio stream. See

About Previewing the Encoder

Settings

for information on playing your AC-3 audio files with Compressor.

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Chapter 10

Creating Dolby Digital Professional Output Files

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