Apple Compressor 3 User Manual
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• Outgoing Mail Server field: For more information about email notification, see
• “Auto launch Batch Monitor” checkbox: Use this checkbox to control whether
Batch Monitor automatically opens when you submit a batch.
• “Auto launch Content Agent” checkbox: Use this checkbox to control whether the Content
Agent opens automatically when the computer is started.
Content Agent is a background process that Compressor uses to transfer source files
to other nodes in an Apple Qmaster cluster and to receive the transcoded files back
from those nodes. Generally, Content Agent is not needed until you are ready to submit
a batch using distributed processing. There may be times, however, when having the
Content Agent open automatically when the computer starts can help a transcode
process.
For example, if a computer loses power and automatically restarts while a large batch
is being processed, having Content Agent restart can automatically get the transcode
process to resume running.
• “Quit after submitting batches from other applications” checkbox: Use this checkbox to
control whether Compressor quits once a batch has been submitted.
• “Display job thumbnails” checkbox: Use this checkbox to control whether thumbnail
images are displayed for jobs in a batch.
• Cluster Options pop-up menu: Choose one of the following to control cluster options
(for distributed processing scratch storage settings).
• Copy Source to Cluster as Needed: Instructs Compressor to copy source files to a
cluster’s scratch storage location as needed.
• Always Copy Source to Cluster: Requires Compressor to always copy source files to a
cluster’s scratch storage location.
• Never Copy Source to Cluster: Prevents Compressor from copying source files.
• Never copy files to/from server: Prevents Compressor from copying any files. Either all
the files are in the correct locations, or the batch fails.
• “Copy at submission (high priority)” checkbox: Use this checkbox to control whether
Compressor transfers Source files to the processing cluster immediately.
• Default Setting pop-up menu: Use the Default Setting pop-up menu to choose from the
list of existing settings.
• Default Destination pop-up menu: Use the Default Destination pop-up menu to choose
from the list of existing destinations.
• For New Batches buttons: Choose one of the following options for setting the Compressor
startup screen.
• Show Template Chooser: Compressor opens with the Batch Template Chooser on
startup.
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Chapter 5
Setting Compressor Preferences