Comments on: Time remaining on Compressor encodes

By: Jon Chappell

Jon Chappell — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:10:54 +0000

It is useful in a way though. If it says 20 mins, you know that it will take any amount of time EXCEPT 20 mins so at least that narrows it down

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By: Quick Compressor Tip: View Batch Time Remaining at FreshDV

Quick Compressor Tip: View Batch Time Remaining at FreshDV — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:00:53 +0000

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By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:20:20 +0000

and FWIW you can set Compressor’s Batch Monitor to show the Time Remaining instead Time Elapsed by simply choosing it from the View menu

By: MarkB

MarkB — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:27:23 +0000

Oops, just saw Kyle’s comments already covered the email feature. Ignore last comment from me!!

By: MarkB

MarkB — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:25:50 +0000

Actually Compressor has a built in method for sending an email. Just enter your email and your Outgoing mail server address in the Compressor Preferences and then tick the box on the Actions tab of a preset!

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By: Kyle Gilman

Kyle Gilman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:30:55 +0000

Also, if you’re doing a 2-pass H.264 encode, the 2nd half takes almost no time at all, but Compressor will assume it takes the same amount of time. I find 2-pass encode estimates are almost double the actual time.

And, from the manual:

To add an email notification to your setting:
1 Open the Settings tab.
2 Select the setting in the Settings tab that you want to modify. (Or select a setting
already applied to a source media file in the Batch window.)
3 Click the Actions tab in the Inspector.
4 Select the Ã¢â‚¬Å“Email Notification toÃ¢â‚¬Â checkbox and enter the relevant email address in the
accompanying field.
Note: To enable this email feature, you must first enter an email address and outgoing
mail server in Compressor Preferences. (Choose Compressor > Preferences.)

By: editblog-admin

editblog-admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:02:11 +0000

Mark… GREAT link! So do you know where to find a script for just the simple ‘send email when done’ option in Compressor?

By: editblog-admin

editblog-admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:00:38 +0000

Great comments .. thanks for noting as to how Compressor comes up with these times. I think it goes without saying that any time an application tries to give an estimate for time remaining they have to be taken with a ‘grain of salt’ but it was nice to find this little option when I had a client pestering me about how long it would take!