Using the inspector with destinations – Apple Compressor 3 User Manual

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ftp or iDisk: Select the type of remote destination you want to create.

ftp: Select this button if the destination is an FTP server.

iDisk: Select this button if the destination is an iDisk.

Host Name: (Required) Name of the host server. Compressor assumes that the URL

scheme being used is ftp, so you don’t need to enter this or any other URL scheme. For
example, a valid host name for this field would be da0101wa-dhcp191.lemur.com/ or
an an IP Address, such as 192.168.001.010

File Path: (Required) Specifies the path on the host where the output media file will be

stored. For example: /Volumes/Movies/OutputMedia. Only enter the path to the location
where the output media file will be stored. You don’t need to include the filename.

User: (Optional) This is required only if the host server has access restrictions requiring

a user name and password. If anyone can access the host server, you can leave this
field blank.

Password: (Optional) This is required only if the host server has access restrictions

requiring a user name and password. If anyone can access the host server, you can
leave this field blank.

Using the Inspector with Destinations

When you double-click or select a destination in the Destinations tab, the Inspector
window opens. It contains the following items:

Name: Use this field to modify the name of the destination preset.

Template: Use this pop-up menu to add file identifiers to your output media file. You

can manually edit this field. Selecting any of the following file identifiers adds it to your
output media filename.

Date: Date the file was transcoded in the YYYY-MM-DD format

Setting Name: Name of the setting used for the transcoding job

Source Media Name: Source media filename without its extension

Source Media Extension: Extension of the source media file

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Chapter 27

Creating and Changing Destinations

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