According to the Compressor team, the command line tool’s interface is documented via the -help option:
cd /Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOSUsage: Compressor [Cluster Info] [Batch Specific Info] [Optional Info] [Other Options]
./Compressor -help
-computergroup <name> -- name of the Computer Group to use. --Batch Specific Info:-- -batchname <name> -- name to be given to the batch. -priority <value> -- priority to be given to the batch. Possible values are: low, medium or high Job Info: Used when submitting individual source files. Following parameters are repeated to enter multiple job targets in a batch -jobpath <url> -- url to source file. -- In case of Image Sequence, URL should be a file URL pointing to directory with image sequence. -- Additional parameters may be specified to set frameRate (e.g. frameRate=29.97) and audio file (e.g. audio=/usr/me/myaudiofile.mov). -settingpath <url> -- url to settings file. -locationpath <url> -- url to location file. -info <xml> -- xml for job info. -scc <url> -- url to scc file for source -startoffset <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- time offset from beginning -in <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- in time -out <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- out time -annotations <path> -- path to file to import annotations from; a plist file or a Quicktime movie -chapters <path> -- path to file to import chapters from
So I think you can add “-settingpath <url>” to the command and get it to use any settings file you want. (You could put it in the /tmp directory, or have some presets in your app bundle, or whatever.) Darrin On May 14, 2014, at 4:19 AM, Robert Monaghan <bob@gluetools.com> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I am adding the ability to send a job to Compressor 4, from within my application. One of the abilities I am working through, is to allow the user to select range of options for export. For instance, the user may want to export a scaled movie, rather than the actual size.
I see that I would need to provide a settings file, in order to render a job. This is a “.cmprstring” file located somewhere in the users’s home directory. Can I provide this string dynamically via command line? Or, do I have to pre-generate a library of “.cmprstring” files, to include along with my application?
Thanks!
bob.
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