Apple Compressor 2 - Manual (Page 17)

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Getting Started Quickly
Compressor contains a number of preexisting presets
that allow you to start transcoding immediately.
You can begin transcoding media files as soon as you install Compressor, if you have
one or more source media files and the preexisting Compressor settings and
destinations suit your transcoding needs.
This chapter contains the following sections:
 Quick-and-Easy Compressor Workflow (p. 18)
 Optional Tasks You Can Perform Before Submitting a Batch (p. 24)
You transcode media files by first importing the source media files into Compressor and
then assigning settings to them. These files are then referred to as jobs, and are
submitted in batches (of one or more jobs) to create transcoded output media files.
Note: You can only transcode a job once it has at least one setting assigned to it.
If you need to create your own settings, or modify those that come with Compressor,
see Chapter 2, “
The Basic Transcoding Workflow ,” on page 25 and Chapter 5, “ Creating,
Previewing, and Modifying Settings ,” on page 61.