Apple Compressor (4.0) User Manual
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Chapter 5
Custom settings and output formats
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Note: You can click a channel icon in the Inspector window to change the file assigned to it.
3
To apply the appropriate Apple setting from the Dolby Digital Professional category to the
source audio file’s job, do one of the following:
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Choose Target > New Target With Setting, choose a setting, and click Add.
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In the Batch window, Control-click in an empty part of the job, choose New Target With Setting
from the shortcut menu, choose a setting, and click Add.
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Drag a setting from the Settings tab to the source audio file’s job in the Batch window.
4
Make any necessary adjustments in the Inspector window and click Submit.
Compressor creates an AC-3 surround audio stream. For information about playing your AC-3
audio files with Compressor, see
on page 72.
Manually assign source audio files to channels of a surround sound stream
1
To import the source audio files, do one of the following:
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Choose Job > New Job With Surround Group (or press Command-Control-I).
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Click the Add Surround Sound button in the Batch window.
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Control-click the batch and choose New Job With Surround Group from the shortcut menu.
The channel assignment interface opens.
2
To assign a source audio file to a particular channel, do one of the following:
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Drag the source audio file from the Finder to the icon for a specific channel (for example, L).
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Click the icon for a specific channel (for example, L) and use the Open dialog to locate the
source audio file intended for that channel.
The file is now assigned to the L (left front) channel.
3
Repeat step 2 for each source audio file that you intend to include in the surround stream.
Note: If you’re creating Dolby Digital Professional (AC-3) surround sound streams, you won’t
use all the channels at once. For a diagram of the Dolby audio coding modes, see
on page 78.