One simple Compressor question

Alright, finally I was able to get my sequence into compressor (it took all night to encode).

Where did the file go? On the first sequence I encoded, I didn't set the destination, so it remained as "source".

What does this mean and where did it store the file?

I feel like this question has a really obvious answer.



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Mr. Malcom, your file could be anywhere. You can start by looking in the root of your hard drive. That's where mine seem to end up when I forget to set the destination.

As an alternative, do a Find for your file either by file name (if you can remember what Compressor turned it into), or search by date.

Thanks, that's what I figured. I'll check the root and search by date.



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Confirmation: it was indeed in the root drive. Thanks again Mr. Rice.



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Well, I was able to burn a beautiful DVD, no arrtifacts.

Process:
Used "export using Compressor" and exported directly from the timeline into compressor.

Then selected mpeg 2 for the video, and AIFF for the audio. Encoded, imported to DVDSP and burnt.

Thanks again for all the help.



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Good to know you got a result, well done.

FYI, the 'Source' setting in the destination *should* put the compressed output file in the same directory as the 'source' file that you are feeding in to Compressor. Is this what you found to be the case?

Sorry, haven't looked at this thread in a long time (thought it was dead) Not sure about where the file was. A friend of mine found it.

I bet your right though, thanks.



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woops, posted under friends name.



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