Xprove makes it easy!
To make compression for our Final Cut Pro users even easier, we’ve created several settings file for Compressor specially designed to work with Xprove. They can be downloaded here.
Once you’ve unzipped the archive, simply place the Xprove folder in User (your user name) > Library > Application Support > Compressor.
Compressing clips optimized for Xprove is just a couple of mouse clicks away.
In the Final Cut Pro Browser double-click on the sequence you want to compress to make it active in the timeline. Then control-click on it.
You will be presented with multiple options. From the contextual menu, choose Export > Using Compressor.
When Compressor launches, your sequence will already be in the Batch window. (If the Batch window isn’t showing, select it from the Window menu.)
In the Presets Window there will be a folder named Xprove inside the Custom folder.
Xprove’s custom Compressor® settings
Long Form H.264 QT7 – This setting is designed for pieces that run longer than a few minutes. At just over 360 kbits/sec, the bandwidth and storage requirements for this setting are about half that of the Short Form H.264 setting. - Long Form H.264 QT7 (faster) – This setting has the same bandwidth and storage requirements as the setting described above. The only difference is that it uses single-pass encoding, so it takes about half as long to encode.
- Long Form MPEG-4 QT6 compatible – This setting is to be used if you would normally choose one of the Long Form H.264 setting, but your client has not upgraded to QuickTime 7. QuickTime 6 is still common in many facilities running Avid systems.
- Short form H.264 QT7 – This is a very nice high quality setting. Clients who are somewhat uncomfortable with online review and approval are pleasantly surprised by the quality of this setting. This setting requires approximately 800 kbits/second.
- Short form H.264 QT7 (faster) – Like its long-form counterpart, this setting has the same bandwidth and storage requirements as the setting described just above. The only difference is that it uses single-pass encoding, so it takes about half as long to encode.
- Short Form MPEG-4 QT6 compatible – This is another reasonably good setting for compatibility with older QuickTime installations. While it won’t look as good as it’s H.264 counterpart, it’s still a modern codec that looks good at this high bandwidth setting.
Once you’ve chosen a setting, drag it to the clip’s row in the Batch window. You might want to select a different name than Compressor’s default for your compressed clip. Compressor appends the complete setting name to the end of the clip.
QuickTime, QuickTime Pro, Compressor and Final Cut Pro are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Xprove is neither affliated with nor sponsored by Apple Computer, Inc. Avid is a registered trademark of Avid Technology, Inc. Xprove is neither affiliated with nor sponsored by Avid Technology, Inc.