It's very annoying to have to delete half of the file name each time. Is there a way to just have it pop out as whatever you want to title it and the file extension?
Compressor
Not that I am aware of. You can rename the presets and save them as custom, but I'm not sure that will be "whatever you want to title it".
The problem is that the default "target" for the compressed file is the "source" location, so without discriptive appendage, it would be a duplicate and refuse to write. And the chosen appendage is the preset description...
In Compressor 3 - Create a custom destination, where you want to save the compressed files.
Once it is created, click on the custom destination and look in the Inspector - you will see the Output Filename Template for the destination. Delete the "- Setting Name" so that it just says "Source Media Name".
Now apply this destination to your clips to be compressed.
In Compressor 4, I believe the default is just the file name, but you can modify it in the same way by using the inspector for your custom destination when you create a custom destination.
MtD
Is there a way to have compressor create files without have the settings name as part of the file name?
