Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 133)

Chapter 5 Custom settings and output formats 133
Create DV Stream settings
This section contains detailed information about the various settings within the DV Stream
Encoder pane of the Inspector window. You make your DV settings by either modifying an
existing setting or creating a new setting in the Settings tab.
Create a DV Stream setting
1 In the Settings tab, select a setting or create a new setting by choosing DV Stream from the
Create a New Setting (+) pop-up menu.
2 Choose the DV Stream format from the File Format pop-up menu in the DV Stream Encoder
pane of the Inspector.
3 To configure any setting automatically, click the Automatic button next to the setting.
Automatic buttons for
the Format, Aspect
Ratio, and Field
Order values
4 To configure settings manually, choose from the following options:
•
Extension: This field displays the DV file extension (.dv) automatically after the DV Stream
output format is chosen from the File Format pop-up menu or the Create a New Setting (+)
pop-up menu in the Settings tab.
•
Allow Job Segmenting: This checkbox allows you to turn off job segmenting. For more
information, see
Job segmenting and two-pass or multi-pass encoding on page 249.
•
Format: Choose either NTSC or PAL as the output video format.
•
Aspect Ratio: Choose either 16:9 or 4:3 as the output video aspect ratio.
Note: The 16:9 aspect ratio uses anamorphic video.
•
Field Order: Choose “Bottom field first” (required for interlaced DV video) for interlaced sources
or Progressive for progressive sources.
5 Click Save.