Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 204)

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4 Click Submit, and in the submit dialog that appears, click Submit again.
Each source media file is processed according to the existing setting or group of settings
contained within the Droplet. For example, if you submit two source media files to a Droplet
containing three settings, Compressor creates six different output media files.
5 If you want to view the processing status of your source media files, open Share Monitor.
If you drag files to a Droplet icon without first opening the application or opening a Droplet,
Compressor may display an alert message (“This computer is unavailable”), indicating that
Compressor processing services have not yet started up in the background. Click Submit at the
bottom of the Droplet window. Compressor processing services will start up and transcode the files.
If you submit a large number of source media files (such as 200 or more) using a Droplet, there
may be a delay of about a minute between the “Getting ready for processing” alert message
and the dialog reporting that the job is being submitted. You can avoid this reporting delay by
reducing the number of source files you submit at one time with a Droplet.
Droplet window
You can open any Droplet to view its full details as well as add, remove, and modify settings
and source media files. You can also modify the filenames for the output media files using the
Filename Template field and change the destination where the output media files are saved. (For
more information about using file identifiers, see
Destinations tab and Inspector on page 143.)
The Droplet window contains the following features and controls:
Outputs
Source Files
sidebar
Submit button
“Show window on
startup” checkbox
Destination
pop-up menu
Setting
pop-up menu
•
Source Files sidebar: Displays a list of all source media files in the batch to be submitted.
You can drag additional source media files into this sidebar to add them to the batch to
be transcoded.
•
Destination pop-up menu and Choose button: Choose a save destination for the output media
file from this pop-up menu. You can choose one of the Compressor preset destinations
(Cluster Storage, Desktop, Source, or User’s Movie Folder) or click the adjacent Choose button
to open the Destination Location dialog and set your own custom save location.