Studio X wrote:
Try duplicating the Pre Set then selecting job segmenting in the copy.
X,
The preset called "h264 for blu-ray" was not in any of the preset folders. Admittedly, I'm still not clear on the nomenclature for settings in Compressor. But there seems to be a difference between "template" and "presets"
So I duplicated the Quicktime h264 preset and used that - when I changed the File Format in the inspector to "h264 for blu-ray" job segmenting was again defeated.
Where is the actual preset for "h264 for blu-ray" located?
John F. Whitehead wrote:
The reason is that with job segmenting, you can't do multi-pass encoding that looks at the entire video... For a more detailed explanation with examples of when you'd want to use job segmenting or not, see this section in the Compressor manual...
John,
Thanks - I did read that. But when I open the BD template multi pass is disabled by default. So I didn't think that would be the reason for Job segmenting to be defeated.
But just to test the theory I created my own custom presets based on the BD template and the same symptoms persist:
As long as File format is set to "h264 for Blu-ray" job segmenting is defeated. Even if multi-pass is not selected.
If I change the file format to h264 for DVDSP (or anything else) the job segmenting is now active and automatically checked on.
Thanks for the input.
g