Apple Compressor 3 - Manual (Page 31)

• Stills: Used as part of a sequence of still images for certain video productions
• QuickTime: QuickTime is cross-platform multimedia technology which allows Mac OS
and Windows applications to capture and play back video, audio, and still-image files.
QuickTime files can contain many different kinds of media and codecs. Codecs give
instructions to QuickTime on how to play back the media.
A typical Compressor transcoding process consists of the following components.
• Setting: Once you have imported your source media file, you must assign one or more
settings to it. A setting is a combination of transcode attributes, such as output format,
filter, and geometry settings, that are applied to the source media file during the
transcoding process.
• Output (file) format: The encoder you choose to convert your source media file.
Choose one of the following output formats based on the intended playback method
and environment of your transcoded media files: AIFF, Dolby Digital Professional, DV
Stream, H.264 for DVD Studio Pro, H.264 for Apple Devices (which contains settings
for use with an iPod or Apple TV), Image Sequence (which supports TIFF and TARGA
images), MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, QuickTime Movie, or QuickTime Export
Components.
• Filters: Allow you to adjust different characteristics of your video such as color,
brightness, and sharpness, to maximize your video quality as the file is compressed.
• Geometry settings: Allow you to crop the image and adjust its frame size.
• Actions settings: Allow you to create automatic post-transcoding actions and apply
them to jobs and settings. Easily create and deliver output media files, send email
notifications and execute post-transcoding tasks using Automator.
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