Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 210)

Chapter 7 Advanced functions 210
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 with the IP address of tcp://192.168.1.148 at port 62995.
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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 5 seconds of looking for the cluster.
Submit a job using a cluster ID and an inline password
The following submits a job to a cluster identified by an IP address, with a user name and an
inline password.
/Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS/Compressor ‑clusterid "tcp://usernam
e:[email protected]:62995" ‑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 as “username” with the password “testpassword” to the cluster with the IP
address of tcp://192.168.1.148 at port 62995.
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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 5 seconds of looking for the cluster.
Submit a job using a cluster ID and a password
The following submits a job to a cluster identified by an IP address using a password, but does
not specify a user name.
/Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS/Compressor ‑clusterid
"tcp://192.168.1.148:62995" ‑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:
•
Identifies where Compressor is located.
•
Sends this job to the cluster with the IP address of tcp://192.168.1.148 at port 62995 with the
password “testpassword.”
•
Assigns the batch name My First Batch.
•
Finds the MySource.mov file for the job at ~/Movies/MySource.mov.
•
Uses the MPEG-4 setting at ~/Library/Application\ Support/Compressor/Settings/MPEG-4.setting.
•
Writes the output file, named MyOutput.mp4, to the ~/Movies folder.
•
Sets the command to time out after 5 seconds of looking for the cluster.