Job action properties in Compressor

Add to TV Home Videos

• Title: Displays the title of the file as you want it to appear in your Home Videos library on Apple TV. You can type a title in the text field.

Disc-burning job actions

The “Create Blu-ray disc” and “Create DVD” job actions in Compressor include the following properties:

• Output device: This pop-up menu specifies the device that the output files will be formatted for. You can choose Hard Drive to create a disk image (.img) file or folder that you can burn to DVD media at a later time using the Disk Utility application (available in the macOS Utilities folder).

  Note: The items in this menu are determined by your system’s available options. For example, when no Blu-ray or DVD drive is detected, only the Hard Drive option is available.

• Layers: This pop-up menu sets the type of disc that will be created. There are three options:

  • Automatic: Detects the inserted disc’s type. For Automatic to work, you must insert the disc before clicking Burn. Additionally, Automatic always creates a single-layer disk image when Hard Drive is selected as the output device.

  • Single-layer: Creates output for a single-layer disc. You can use this option to treat a dual-layer disc as a single-layer disc.

  • Dual-layer: Creates output for a dual-layer disc. When you choose Hard Drive as your output device, the “Dual-layer” option creates a disk image in dual-layer disc format. Choosing “Dual-layer” when using a single-layer disc may result in an error while burning the disc, depending on the project’s length.

• Build type: The create DVD job action builds a VIDEO_TS folder; the Create Blu-Ray job action builds a BDMV folder. These folders contain files correctly formatted for the type of disc selected. You can set how you want to save that data by choosing an option from the “Build type” pop-up menu:

  • Disc: Available when Output device is set to a compatible device, burns the folder to a disc.

  • File: Available when Output device is set to Hard Drive, embeds the folder into a disc image file which is formatted correctly to mount or burn to a disc later.

  • Folder: Available when Output device is set to Hard Drive, leaves the folder as is; the media can then be played or later burned to a disc.

• Disc template: This pop-up menu sets the menu template.

• Title: Type the disc title in the text field. This title will be displayed on the disc menus.

• Volume Name: Type the name that will appear when the disc is mounted on a computer. Only uppercase characters and certain punctuation marks are permitted in the name. Typically volume names are limited to 30 characters.

• When disc loads: This pop-up menu sets what happens when you play the disc: Show Menu or Play Movie.

• Use chapter marker text as subtitle: Select this checkbox to include chapter marker text as subtitles on the output disc. An additional Subtitles button will be added to the disc main menu to control whether the subtitles are displayed or not. For more information about chapter markers, see Add markers using Compressor.

• Include Loop Movie button: Select this checkbox to add a Loop Movie button to the disc main menu. This allows movie playback to optionally loop endlessly without user intervention.

• Background: Click the Add button to select a graphic image or movie to use for the disc’s menu background. This image or movie will be used instead of the template menu background and can include audio.

• Logo: Click the Add button to select a logo graphic image that will be displayed in the upper-right corner of the disc menus. This image will appear on top of the menu background.

• Title: Click the Add button to select a title graphic image that will be displayed in the center of the main menu of the disc. This image will appear on top of the menu background.

Open with Application

• Open with: This pop-up menu sets the default application for opening the transcoded file (for example, Music or QuickTime Player).

Prepare for HTTP Live Streaming

The Prepare for HTTP Live Streaming job action processes the transcoded files using the instructions you provide via the properties below and then uploads the processed files to the server you specify. To learn more about HTTP Live Streaming, see the HTTP Live Streaming Overview and other related documents, available in the Mac Developer Library.

• Destination for Live Stream assets: Click the Choose button to assign a save location for the live streaming assets.

• Output type: This pop-up menu sets the format output for this job action. There are two options:

  • MPEG-2 TS: Sets the output format to MPEG-2 transport stream.

  • Fragmented MP4: Sets the output format to fragmented MP4 (fMP4). This option is only available if you are running macOS 10.14 or later.

• Segment duration: Enter a minimum number of seconds per segment for the segment duration.

  Because the segment’s length determines when the web server can switch between the various video formats while streaming to a device with varying network connection speeds, a shorter segment duration allows the server to respond more quickly to changing connection speeds. In most situations, it’s recommended that you leave the segment duration at 10 seconds.

• Create Read Me file with sample HTML: Select this checkbox to create a sample HTML file for hosting the HTTP live-streaming content.

Run Automator Workflow

The Automator Workflow job action applies an Automator workflow to an output file after transcoding.

• Workflow: Click the Choose button to set the Automator workflow that the job action triggers.

Send Email

The Send Email job action sends an email with an attachment of the transcoded file from the macOS Mail app.

• To: Enter recipient’s email addresses in this field.

• Subject and Message: Enter relevant text in these fields.