Apple Compressor (4.0) User Manual
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Chapter 7
Advanced functions
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Submit a job with no password
The following command submits a job to a cluster identified by a name that does not have
a password.
/Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS/Compressor ‑clustername MyCluster
‑batchname "My First Batch" ‑jobpath ~/Movies/MySource.mov ‑settingpath
~/Library/Application\ Support/Compressor/Settings/MPEG‑4.setting
‑destinationpath ~/Movies/MyOutput.mp4 ‑timeout 5
This command has the following elements:
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Identifies where Compressor is located.
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Sends this job to the cluster named MyCluster.
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Assigns the batch name My First Batch (the quotation marks are used because of the spaces).
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Finds the MySource.mov file for the job at ~/Movies/MySource.mov.
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Uses the MPEG-4 setting at ~/Library/Application\ Support/Compressor/Settings/MPEG-4.
setting (the “\” character is used in this case to retain the space in “Application Support”).
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Writes the output file, named MyOutput.mp4, to the ~/Movies folder.
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Sets the command to time out after 5 seconds of looking for the cluster.
Submit a job with a password
The following submits a job to a cluster identified by a name that does have a password.
/Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS/Compressor ‑clustername MyCluster
‑password testpassword ‑batchname "My First Batch" ‑jobpath ~/Movies/
MySource.mov ‑settingpath ~/Library/Application\ Support/Compressor/Settings/
MPEG‑4.setting ‑destinationpath ~/Movies/MyOutput.mp4 ‑timeout 5
This command has the following elements:
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Identifies where Compressor is located.
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Sends this job to the cluster named MyCluster.
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Submits the password “testpassword.”
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Assigns the batch name My First Batch.
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Finds the MySource.mov file for the job at ~/Movies/MySource.mov.
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Uses the MPEG-4 setting at ~/Library/Application\ Support/Compressor/Settings/MPEG-4.setting.
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Writes the output file, named MyOutput.mp4, to the ~/Movies folder.
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Sets the command to time out after five seconds of looking for the cluster.
Submit a job using a cluster ID and no password
The following submits a job to a cluster identified by an IP address that does not have a password.
/Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS/Compressor ‑clusterid
"tcp://192.168.1.148:62995" ‑batchname "My First Batch" ‑jobpath ~/Movies/
MySource.mov ‑settingpath ~/Library/Application\ Support/Compressor/Settings/
MPEG‑4.setting ‑destinationpath ~/Movies/MyOutput.mp4 ‑timeout 5