Apple Compressor (4.0) User Manual
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Chapter 5
Custom settings and output formats
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4
When you’ve finished adding source audio files to the channel assignment interface, click OK.
The group of surround files appears as a single surround source media file job in the Batch
window, and the icons are also shown in the Inspector window.
Click a channel’s icon to
change the file assigned
to that channel.
Note: You can click a channel icon in the Inspector window to change the file assigned to it.
5
To apply the appropriate Apple setting from the Dolby Digital Professional category to the
source audio file, do one of the following:
•
Choose Target > New Target With Setting, choose a setting, and click Add.
•
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.
•
Drag a setting from the Settings tab to the source audio file’s job in the Batch window.
6
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.
Combine a video file with surround audio files to make a single source media file
1
To manually assign source audio files to channels of a surround sound stream, follow steps 1
through 5 above.
2
Click the Add Video button and use the resulting Open dialog to choose the video file.
Note: This feature supports QuickTime source media files only. Image sequences are
not supported.
3
Make any necessary adjustments in the Inspector window and click Submit.
You can further streamline the channel assignment process by encapsulating the automatic
method described above in a Droplet. For more information about Droplets, see
on page 198.