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Apple Compressor 2 User Manual

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Chapter 11

Creating MPEG-4 Output Files

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Step 2:

Customize MPEG-4 audio settings

1

Click the Audio button to open the Audio pane.

2

Adjust the MPEG-4 audio settings using the available controls.

Note: Make sure that the Audio Enabled box is selected.

See “

Audio Pane

” on page 156 for details about MPEG-4 Part 2 audio settings.

If you don’t want to edit any other attributes, your MPEG-4 setting can be assigned to any
source media file in the usual way. See “

Preparing Compressor for Transcoding

” on

page 28 for more information. Otherwise, go to the next step to edit streaming settings.

Step 3:

Edit MPEG-4 streaming settings

1

Click the Streaming button to open the Streaming pane.

2

Select the “QuickTime Streaming Server Compatibility (pre v4.1)” checkbox if your
intended distribution method is via a QuickTime Streaming Server earlier than version 4.1.

3

Enter new numbers into the Size and Duration fields for Packet Maximums, and make
sure that the “Streaming hints enabled” checkbox is selected.

4

See “

Streaming Pane

” on page 157 for details about MPEG-4 Part 2 streaming settings.

Either enter a number in the
Bit Rate field or use the slider
to set the bit rate.