Share Monitor
User Guide
K Apple Inc.
Copyright © 2013 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying
software license agreement. The owner or authorized user of a
valid copy of Compressor or Motion software may reproduce
this publication for the purpose of learning to use such
software. No part of this publication may be reproduced or
transmitted for commercial purposes, such as selling copies of
this publication or for providing paid for support services.
The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in
the U.S. and other countries. Use of the “keyboard” Apple
logo (Shift-Option-K) for commercial purposes without the
prior written consent of Apple may constitute trademark
infringement and unfair competition in violation of federal and
state laws.
Every eort has been made to ensure that the information in
this manual is accurate. Apple is not responsible for printing or
clerical errors.
Note: Because Apple frequently releases new versions and
updates to its system software, applications, and Internet sites,
images shown in this manual may be slightly dierent from
what you see on your screen.
Apple
1 Innite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014
408-996-1010
www.apple.com
Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc.,
registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Other company and product names mentioned herein
are trademarks of their respective companies. Mention of
third-party products is for informational purposes only and
constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation.
Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the
performance or use of these products.
019-2571
Contents
4 Chapter 1: What is Share Monitor?
5 Chapter 2: Share Monitor window
6 Chapter 3: View information about transcoded les
7 Chapter 4: Customize Share Monitor preferences
3
What is Share Monitor?
1
Share Monitor is an application that displays the status of les submitted for transcoding
from Motion and from Compressor droplets. You can use Share Monitor to view and manage
transcoding processes and to get information about the items you’ve transcoded.
Open Share Monitor from Compressor
You can open Share Monitor from a droplet (a small application that performs specic
transcoding tasks) created in Compressor.
m After adding a le to the droplet to start the transcode, choose Droplet > Open Share Monitor.
For more information about droplets, see Compressor Help at http://help.apple.com/compressor.
Open Share Monitor from Motion
Do one of the following:
m Choose Share > Show Share Monitor.
If Share Monitor doesn’t appear in the foreground, click the the Share Monitor icon in the Dock.
m After exporting a project using one of the Motion Share menu options, click the Share Monitor
icon that appears in the Dock.
For more information, see Motion Help at http://help.apple.com/motion.
4
User
Toolbar
Status
Share Monitor window
The Share Monitor window includes the following areas:
2
buttons
•
Display area: View items submitted for transcoding in this area.
•
Toolbar buttons: Use these buttons to refresh the window and to expand, collapse, and sort
items in the display area.
•
User buttons: Select one of these buttons to sort items by user.
•
All: Displays all items that have been submitted.
•
Me: Displays items you submitted.
•
Status buttons: Select one of these buttons to sort items by job status.
•
All: Displays all items for the selected computer.
•
Active: Displays items that the selected computer is currently transcoding.
•
Completed: Displays items that the selected computer has transcoded.
buttons
buttons
Batch display
5
Click the disclosure triangle
View information about
transcoded les
You can view and manage transcoding processes in the Share Monitor window.
View information about items you submitted for transcoding
1 Open Share Monitor from a Compressor droplet or from Motion.
2 To reveal information about the item you are transcoding, click the item’s disclosure triangle.
You can also pause, resume, and cancel transcoding and view additional information about
an item by clicking the appropriate button to the right of the item.
next to an item to reveal
more information.
When the progress bar reaches 100 percent, the item has been successfully transcoded and
is saved in the designated location. Completed items are marked “Successful.” Unsuccessfully
transcoded items are marked “Failed.”
Pause/Resume
Show Info
Cancel
3
6
Customize Share Monitor preferences
Most of the information displayed in Share Monitor can be shown or hidden using settings in the
Preferences window.
Set Share Monitor preferences
1 Choose Share Monitor > Preferences, or press Command-Comma (,).
4
2 To dene which items are shown in the Share Monitor display area, select one or more of the
View Options checkboxes:
•
Show Jobs: Select this checkbox to show the status of each transcoding job.
•
Show Targets: Select this checkbox to show the status of each output le (known as a target) in
transcoding jobs that create multiple les. For example, when you create a DVD in Motion, the
transcoding job outputs two les (targets), a Dolby Digital audio le and an MPEG-2 movie le.
•
Show Segments: Select this checkbox to show the status of transcoding jobs that have been
assigned to multiple computers and split into multiple segments. For more information, see
Compressor Help at http://help.apple.com/compressor.
3 To specify how often Share Monitor information is updated, enter a number in the “Update status
every # seconds” eld.
4 To apply the changes you made, click OK.
7
Loading...