Add blurary job action to files already encoded

Hi,
If I have already encoded h264 and ac3 files using bluray presets from a prores master, but I did not use the "create blurary disc job action". Is it possible to add the job action to the 2 files I already created without having to re-encode again?
How do I link the 2 files together in the batch?
I am using Compressor 4.
Thanks

Hi alexgrainger (UK) & Russ H (Boston)
Permit me to join this thread even though it is six months old and has been previously “solved”. I can’t seem to find anything close to my problem in the Apple Forum, (Compressor Community or any other)
I’d like to ask you guys how you used the Compressor job pane to link an AC.3 file and an H.264 file in the Job pane, and eventually achieve BluRay burning.
It seems as though you guys were successful and I would appreciate even a little help.
First of all, I am using Final Cut Studio 2 (FCP 7.0.2, Compressor 3.5.4, Soundtrack 3.0.1) on an Intel iMac with OS 10.6.3, and want to burn the 1920x1080 video and six channel audio from an AVCHD camcorder to BluRay.
(Maybe what I want to do can’t be done with the software I have?)
I have set up the H.264 video file (no audio) using an export from QT Conversion. I have set up a separate AC3 audio file containing six channels corresponding to the same video using Apack.
I can burn a BluRay disc of the AC3 file with no video. On playback through my Panasonic BluRay player and Yamaha Amp, the amp display indicator shows the Dolby Digital six icons, and is further confirmed with audio from all six speakers.
And I can burn a separate BluRay of the H264 file if it contains 2Ch Stereo signals.
Now, How do I get BOTH of these files (AC3 & H264 no audio) into a Compressor job pane at the same time.
I can drag one or the other of these two files to the thumbnail (area containing a down arrow), but not both at the same time. A Note in the Help Users file: “If you drag multiple files to the thumbnail area, only the last file is added to this job and all other files are ignored.”
The Inspector windows for individual video and audio files seem to be set properly, but when I check the A/V Attributes, for Video or Audio, one or the other seems blank, which confirms in sort the above statement in the Help file.
So, if you will, could you take a moment and describe how you got to a BluRay burn with Compressor, when Compressor job pane contain separate H264 and AC3 files. Is there Compressor template for this combo? Is there a special process to get both of these together?
Obviously, I’m a newbie at Compressor. I would just like to burn to BluRay the beautiful video and surround channels coming out of my new AVCHD camcorder.
Thanks in advance,
BoBo (CT)

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