Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 43)

Chapter 4 Assign settings and preview media 43
Encoder pane
You use the Encoder pane to select and configure the output file format and other settings. The
file format options and attributes are different for each format.
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File Format: Use this pop-up menu to choose an output file format.
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Extension: The following file extensions automatically appear in this field based on the format
you choose from the File Format pop-up menu, and if video and audio tracks are enabled.
Don’t alter this field without good reason, because your file may not be recognized if you do.
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aiff: Represents AIFF.
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ac3: Represents Dolby Digital Professional.
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caf: Represents Apple CAF files.
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dv: Represents Digital Video (DV) format video.
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mpg: Represents MPEG-1 multiplexed (video and audio) stream.
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m1v: Represents MPEG-1 video elementary stream.
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m1a: Represents MPEG-1 audio elementary stream.
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m2v: Represents MPEG-2 video elementary stream.
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m2t: Represents MPEG-2 transport stream.
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mpeg: Represents MPEG-2 program stream.
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m4v: Represents H.264 for Apple Devices.
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mp4: Represents MPEG-4.
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mov: Represents QuickTime.
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tga: Represents TARGA.
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tiff: Represents TIFF.
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Allow Job Segmenting: This checkbox allows you to turn off job segmenting. It’s relevant only if
you’re using Compressor with distributed processing and with two-pass or multi-pass encoding.
For more information, see
Job segmenting and two-pass or multi-pass encoding on page 249.