Apple Compressor 3 - Manual (Page 134)

About the AIFF Encoder Pane
The following options appear when you choose the AIFF output format from the File
Format pop-up menu in the Encoder pane of the Inspector window.
File Extension field
QuickTime AIFF
Summary table
Click to open the Sound
Settings dialog.
Choose AIFF.
• File Extension: This field displays the AIFF file extension (.aiff ) automatically after the
AIFF output format is selected from the File Format pop-up menu or the (+) pop-up
menu in the Settings tab. Don’t alter this field.
• Allow Job Segmenting: This checkbox allows you to turn off job segmenting. Since job
segmenting is not used for audio-only encodes, this checkbox is not active with the
AIFF file format. For more information, see
Job Segmenting and Two-Pass or Multi-Pass
Encoding .
• Settings: This button opens the QuickTime Sound Settings dialog. Use this dialog to
select suitable audio codecs and change other audio compression settings. See About
the Sound Settings Dialog for more information.
• QuickTime AIFF Summary: This table displays full details for this setting.
About the Sound Settings Dialog
You use the Sound Settings dialog to change your audio compression settings for both
the QuickTime and AIFF output formats. To open this dialog, click the Audio Settings
button in the AIFF or QuickTime Movie Encoder pane.
134 Chapter 9 Creating AIFF Files