Hi!
I have a question about Compressor 3.5. I'm working on a Macbook Pro 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / 2 GB 1067 MHz and unfortunately it takes forever to compress videos that I edited in Final Cut Pro. I know this is a common problem, since I've been looking for a solution in other forums. However, I'm still hoping there is a way to increase the speed.
When I open the Activity Monitor, I can see that only one core is used, and I would like to know whether it's possible to use both cores of my Macbook Pro, or if this is a no-go because you're not supposed to use all your cores? I wouldn't mind not being able to work on other things during compression.
I read that you can activate the cores via Apple Qmaster, but I'm not sure if compressor only lets you do that if you have at least 4 cores? The thing is, when I open Qmaster in the system preferences and under services I click on "Compressor" and activate "Share", the button "Options for selected devices" is gray, so I can't click on it to add instances. I tried to access Qmaster directly in Compressor as well, but I couldn't find anything. Here's a screenshot:
Any help would be appreciated!