About formats and settings – Apple Compressor (4.1.2) User Manual
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Chapter 4
Advanced adjustments
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About formats and settings
Compressor provides a variety of transcoding formats to create files playable on a variety of
media platforms—from Apple devices to Blu-ray discs to websites, and so on. Each of the built-in
settings in the Settings pane uses a specific transcoding format compatible with the following
industry-standard platforms.
You can see which format a setting is based on by looking at the summary information at the
top of the inspector.
Setting name
The setting is based
on this format.
Platform and/or use
Use video settings based on
these formats
Use audio settings based on
these formats
Devices like Apple TV, iPad, iPhone,
and iPod touch; and iTunes
H.264 for Apple Devices: See
on page 27.
AAC: See
on page 41.
WAVE: See
on page 24.
Web delivery, including YouTube,
Facebook, and Vimeo
QuickTime Movie: See
on page 46.
QuickTime Movie: See
on page 46.
Blu-ray discs
H.264 for Blu-ray: See
on page 30.
AC-3 (Dolby Digital Professional):
See
on page 25.
High-definition (HD) DVD
MPEG-2: See
on page 37.
AC-3 (Dolby Digital Professional):
See
on page 25.
Standard-definition (SD) DVD
MPEG-2: See
on page 37.
AC-3 (Dolby Digital Professional):
See
on page 25.
Audio CDs
AIFF: See
on page 24.
MP3: See
on page 36.
WAVE: See
on page 24.
HTTP Live Streaming
MPEG-4: See
on page 41.
Motion graphics applications
QuickTime Movie, Image Sequence:
See
on page 46
on page 33.
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