Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 10)

Chapter 1 Compressor basics 10
Each transcoding session in Compressor is known as a batch. A transcoding batch can contain
multiple source media files, referred to as jobs. Each job can be transcoded into multiple formats.
The following diagram represents a batch containing two jobs:
Batch
Setting Destination
Target 2
Destination Setting
Target 1
Target 2
Destination Setting
Destination Setting
Target 1
Source
media file
2
Source
media file
1
Output media file
(Job 2, Target 2)
Output media file
(Job 2, Target 1)
Output media file
(Job 1, Target 2)
Output media file
(Job 1, Target 1)
Job 1
Job 2
In the diagram above, each job is converted to two output files. The settings and save
destinations of these files are known as the targets. One output media file is created for each
target assigned to a source media file. The total number of output files created by transcoding
this batch will be four: Job 1 will create two output media files, as will Job 2.
Compressor window overview
The main Compressor workspace has five windows, each of which represents a part of the
transcoding workflow:
Settings and
Destinations tabs
Batch window Preview window
History
window
Inspector
window