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About the Compressor

Compressor is a powerful media encoding and transcoding application developed by Apple Inc. specifically for macOS. It is designed to work seamlessly with Final Cut Pro and Motion, enabling users to prepare video and audio files for various delivery platforms, from Apple devices and social media to broadcast and optical discs (DVD/Blu-ray). Compressor offers a wide range of built-in presets for common formats and devices, while also providing robust tools for creating custom encoding settings, applying effects and filters, and managing large batches of media. Key features include support for modern codecs like HEVC (H.265) and ProRes, spatial video export for Apple Vision Pro, 360° video support, and distributed encoding capabilities that allow users to utilize other Mac computers on a network to speed up processing.