About job actions – Apple Compressor 3 User Manual

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The Job Action tab consists of a single “When job completes” pop-up menu. The list below
details the purpose of each option in this pop-up menu. For a detailed description of the
user interface for each option, see

About Job Actions

.

“When job completes” pop-up menu: Use this pop-up menu to select and apply a

post-transcoding action for a job selected in the Batch window.

Note: Blu-ray output options are available only on computers that have Final Cut Studio
installed.

Do nothing: Choose this option to disable the Job Action tab.

Add to iTunes Library: Compressor will add the output media file to an iTunes playlist.

Create DVD: Compressor will create a standard definition DVD using MPEG-2 (.m2v)

video and Dolby Digital Professional (.ac3) audio and automatically burn it to a disc.

Create Blu-ray Disc: Compressor will create and automatically burn a Blu-ray disc or

an AVCHD disc using video and audio that is compatible with Blu-ray.

Create Web Reference Movie: Compressor will create a reference movie that enables

a web browser and a server to automatically select the right movie for any device or
connection speed, without requiring the viewer to make a choice.

Open with Application: Compressor will open the output media file with a specific

application.

Publish to MobileMe: Compressor will create video files suitable for viewing on

MobileMe and upload them to a MobileMe account.

Run Automator Workflow: This option opens a dialog for you to locate and select an

Automator script that Compressor will execute automatically on completion of the
transcoding job.

Publish to YouTube: Compressor will create a video file suitable for viewing on YouTube

and upload it to a YouTube account.

About Job Actions

This section describes the user interface for each job action.

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Chapter 25

Adding Actions

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