Synopsis

Below is a synopsis of the command for submitting a job to a cluster. The Compressor command is located in <PATH>/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS.

Important: The command below must be executed on one line.

Compressor [-computergroup <name>] [-batchname <name>] [-priority <value>] -jobpath <file>[?frameRate=<frame rate> |?audio=<file>|?frameRate=<frame rate>&audio=<file>] -settingpath <setting> -locationpath <file> [-info <xml>] [-scc <file>] [-startoffset <hh:mm:ss:ff>] [-in <hh:mm:ss:ff> [-out <hh:mm:ss:ff> [-annotations <file>] [-chapters <file>]Compressor -checkstream <file>Compressor -findletterbox <file>Compressor -helpCompressor [-resetBackgroundProcessing [cancelJobs]] [-sharing <on|off>] [[-requiresPassword <password>] | [-noPassword]] [-instances <value>]  [-networkInterface <bsd name>] [-portRange <starting port> <count>]

These three arguments are the minimum required to submit a batch:

Compressor ‑jobpath <path> ‑settingpath <path> ‑locationpath <path>