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A comparison of Adobe Media Encoder and Apple Compressor running on a new Mac Pro. [Updated]

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A description of using multiple instances of Compressor and when to use them.

How to adjust compression settings for DVD media using Compressor 4.1 or Compressor 4.0.

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An explanation of compression artifacts, and how to create test movies to make sure video images compressed with the best possible quality and smallest file size.

An illustrated slide show explaining the basics of video compression.

The X.264 codec can improve compressed image quality. This tutorial shows how to install and use it in Apple Compressor.