• QTeXporter -- Free download at mac.softpedia.com (how to use instructions)
• Fugu for transferring files
• Remote Desktop (encoders should be set up as clients)
• Script Editor (Applications/AppleScript)
• TextEdit (Applications)
• Terminal (Applications/Utilities)

Encoder Set Up

Each encoder needs to be set up with the following:

Energy Saver -- No Sleeping; the encoder needs to be awake and responsive.
Restarting after a power failure means less leg work in the future.

Sound -- Make sure the correct input is selected and mute the output.

Sharing -- Becuase the system is running headless, it needs to be accessible remotely.

Accounts -- Again, with a power failure the encoder should restart with proper user and software.

Time & Date -- Setting thedate automatically keeps the encoder on time.

Software Update -- While software updates are important, they tend to come up at the worst times. Update the encoders often, but manually.

How to use QTeXporter

• Open a movie in QuickTime Pro
• go to File, then Export
• Choose the Export option you want to save
• or
• Click Options (what you choose here depends on the type of movie you want to export)
• Open QTeXporter in the Apple Script Editor
• click "Run"
• Choose the type of file you want to export (usually a QuickTime movie or MPEG4)
• Give the file an appropriate name; keep the ".qtes" extension
• These files are automatically saved to /Library/Scripts/QuickTime Player Scripts/Export Settings Files
• This is important when creating movie conversions that have specific settings.

Questions or comments? Let us know.