Add post-transcoding actions, Post-transcoding actions overview, Add setting actions – Apple Compressor (4.0) User Manual
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Chapter 7
Advanced functions
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Add post-transcoding actions
Post-transcoding actions overview
In Compressor, you can create automatic post-transcoding actions and apply them to jobs in the
Batch window or to settings in the Settings tab. Post-transcoding actions simplify and accelerate
your day-to-day workflow and make it easy to share your work with others. Using actions, you
can quickly create and deliver output media files for the iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, DVD, Blu-
ray Disc, the web, and YouTube without having to open any additional applications. You can
also automatically send email notifications when transcoding jobs are completed. And you can
trigger Automator workflows for individual transcoding jobs and trigger AppleScript documents
for individual targets.
Compressor supports two kinds of post-transcoding actions:
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Setting actions are applied to settings in the Batch window or to custom settings in the
Settings tab. (Applying setting actions to a custom setting lets you save those actions
for future use.) There are two setting actions: email notification and default destination
assignment (the place on a local or remote disk where a transcoded file is saved). You apply
setting actions in the Actions pane of the Inspector. For more information, see
on page 184.
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Job actions are applied to jobs in the Batch window. You can use job actions to automate
your transcoding workflow. For example, you can apply job actions to automatically upload
output media files to web streaming sites such as YouTube, to burn DVDs and Blu-ray discs, to
trigger Automator workflows, to transfer output media files to iTunes, to open output media
files in other applications, or to create web reference movies. Job actions are integral to the
functioning of batch templates. (For more information about batch templates, see
on page 18.) You apply job actions in the Job Action tab in the Inspector (which
becomes available when you select the source media file in the Batch window). For more
information, see
on page 186.
Add setting actions
Apply setting actions in the Actions pane of the Inspector to do either or both of the following:
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Send an email notification when a transcoding job is finished.
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Choose a default save destination for a job or custom setting.
Add an email notification to a setting
You can apply one email notification per setting in the Batch window or the Custom folder of the
Settings tab. Email notifications are useful if you’re transcoding an especially large source media
file that may take many hours to complete. Rather than continuously checking to see if the
transcoding is finished, you can designate yourself as the email recipient (in the Actions pane of
the Inspector), and then wait until you receive an email.
Note: In the Settings tab, setting actions can be applied only to custom settings. If you want to
apply a setting action to any of the Apple-supplied settings in the Settings tab, you must first
duplicate that setting and save it to the Custom folder. For more information, see
on page 35.