Adobe Media Encoder

Many formats have the option to choose between joint stereo channels or separate mono tracks. For broadcast, separate mono tracks are often required. When choosing the XDCAM codec this option is greyed out in AME. The tooltip on mouse hover just says what the option normally *would* do, but not *why it's greyed out*.  To make matters worse: depending on which preset you're coming from it is either shown as checked or unchecked whilst still greyed out either way, making it seem as if it's not active in some cases and not even possible to activate, because it's greyed out. Took me quite a bit to realize with this codec the option is *always active* despite being greyed out and sometimes incorrectly shown as unchecked.  Further adding to the confusion: Premiere is interpreting the files we exported automatically as one stereo track by default. For practical purposes that would be fine– IF it didn't lead us editors to believe we weren't exporting separate mono trac

NECESITO AYUDA PARA RESOLVER MI PROBLEMA, TENGO A UN CLIENTE ESPERANDO POR SU VIDEO Y MEDIA ENCODER NO EXPORTA MIS TRABAJOS, NECESITO AYUDA INMEDIATA, NO PUEDE SER  QUE NO HAYA PERSONAL A ESTA HORA PARA AYUDAR   (exportado con software)Error de exportaciónError al compilar la película.Error de procesamientoEl procesamiento ha devuelto un error.Escribiendo con el exportador: H.264Escribiendo en el archivo: F:\PEGUITAS\wavy2\DEXORO_AME\Dexoro master_1_3.mp4Escribiendo tipo de archivo: H264Alrededor del código de tiempo: 00:02:49:09Procesando durante el desplazamiento: 169,360 segundosComponente: H.264 del tipo ExportadorSelector: 9Código de error: -1 (exportado con hardware) Error de exportaciónError al compilar la película.Error de procesador aceleradoNo se puede producir el fotograma.Escribiendo con el exportador: H.264Escribiendo en el archivo: F:\PEGUITAS\wavy2\DEXORO_AME\Dexoro master_1_1.mp4Escribiendo tipo de archivo: H264Alrededor del código de tiemp

When I send sequences from Premiere Pro to Media Encoder, I cannot modify any settings to the sequence once they are in Media Encoder. The dropdowns for different codecs appear but when I select the different codec nothing changes. The workaround is to delete the sequence and return to Premiere to make the changes and send it back to Media Encoder. This also happens when I duplicate a job and want to add another output. Media Encoder version 24.4.1Premiere Pro Version 24.4.1MacOS 12.7.4Mac Studio (2022)Apple M1 Ultra64 GB

 Am I doing something wrong? I get as the output file this:   Thank you 

Working with UHD-Log-Material and HD-Proxies with a LUT.For Export I want to use the Proxies with the look an set up a preset with that option.Adobe Premiere Pro / Media Encoder version number:24.3Operating systemMac OS 14.5 Sonoma on a 2022 Mac StudioVideo format:High-Res: Quicktime ProRes 422 HQ, Proxie: Quicktime H264Steps to reproduce:Create an export-preset with "Use Proxies" onExport a timeline wich have proxie-filesExpected result:AME should use proxie-filesActual result:AME use High-Res-files, export directly in Premiere uses proxie-files

Have been using ME reliably on a 2015 iMac running Mojave. Today I get this error when opening progaram...have reinsatalled ME and then Creative Cloud, still not resolved. This is the only program affected. 

I am trying to export a small portion of an AE composition as a thin video with a dimention of 60x2160 px. Using the crop panel in the export settings it's easy enough to set the dimensions and do the same to the video settings. However, the exported video file has a size of 64x2160px. If I go back into ME and double-check the export settings before starting the queue, the right side under the Video section now shows the video dimentions as 64x2160. The video exports at the correct dimensions using other formats like H.264 or Quicktime, but the dimensions won't stay where I've set them using HEVC. I can't seem to find any sort of minimum size limitations for HEVC, so I'm wondering if this is a bug. 

Hi,I was wondering was did this option do in the mxf options ? I dont find any docs about this online. Does it transcode VBI or ANC data to something ... like VBI line 21 caption on SD material to ANC caption data ? I just want to know whats this option doing and in witch case you would want to check this box. Thanks.

As a sort of follow up to my last question, I am trying to run an AME script from After Effects. I'm able to succesfully do this by constructing my command, writing it to a file, and running 'system.callSystem();' Something like this:  var cmd = '"/Path/To/AME" --console es.processFile "/Path/To/TMP/File"'; var result = system.callSystem(cmd);  This works successfully but only if AME is closed when the script is run and provided that I close AME again ('app.exit()') at the end of my script. If AME is open when the script is run I get several errors (which I'll paste below) and if I don't exit the app at the end of my script, then After Effects hangs (or my terminal window if I run it directly) indefinitely. Does anyone know how I can sort out this issue so that I can run the script even if AME is already open and leave it open after the script is finished processing? Thank you! Adam ps here are the error messages I'm getting:&

Updated to the latest After Effects yesterday and now when I try to use AME to render AE comps all my footage is color bars.  The renders work fine from the AE render queue, but I can't work on AE while it's rendering....

Hi, I have these EXR frames coming from 3D software; the background is regular Sky skylighting with no map or texture. When processing all the frames with Media encoder, it will remove the background (Sky), and it will show it as black; the whole background is black.I know in After Effect you can choose how to export the background, but I don't see any option in media encoder, I already tried Proress 444, H.264 and DNXthank you.

I'm using Media Encoder ver: 24.4.1 but I've updated it multiple times since installing the 24 version and the issue persists. I'm on the Windows 10 OS. The encoder gets stuck every time I don't use my PC for about 5 to 10 minutes. That has been happening for months now, regardless of the project. If a project requires more than 5-10 minutes to render, and I'm not doing something on my PC while it's rendering, it's getting stuck every time. Then I need to restart my computer to be able to render again.That's very annoying as I can't go idle from the computer as long as rendering is in process which is very inconvenient. I've never encountered this problem on other computers. Anyone with the same issue. Have any idea about the problem?

Whenever I export a video to a certain disk - a 480gb SSD - it gets 24 bytes in size and corrupted. This happens regardless of the folder I export. But when I do the rendering to another disk, I cut the file and paste it in this mentioned 480 SSD, it works normally. I have already cleaned the disk and I have already verified that there is no instability in the SSD, but I would like to know why this problem only occurs with this disk.

Buenas tardes,Hasta hace dos días, todo bien, pero ayer y hoy, ejecuto ME, y no paso de la pantalla de carga, y si logro pasarla (una de cada 15 veces), a la que exporto desde Premiere, se queda trabado e indica NO RESPONDEAmbos programas están actualizados 

Why is it that when I render video (both Premiere Pro and ME) it mostly uses the CPU to render when before it was still rendering using the GPU? I have looked very carefully but it still doesn't work. Although the time issue is just a minor problem, the main problem is that when using CPU to render, the video has very low fps (E.g.: I set the setting to 1080p 60fps but the result is result is only 20fps 720p)And because my English is very bad, please forgive me if there are any mistakes 

Hi all. Just got the new macbook and been loving the speed. Was rendering out deliverables like it was nothing when suddenly... that stopped? Render times increaased exponentially for just about no reason? I've restarted the computer and installed an update, moved clips into new sequences but issue persists. Occuring in both AME and natively in Premiere Pro. For reference, editing non-transcoded RED 6k footage alongside non-transcoded Canon r5 4k footage. Cutting 60s spots. Exporting 1920x1080 H.264. First few renders were done in around 10 seconds. Now more typically  1:1 ratio, taking anywhere from 45s to 2mins for each export.  I understand that I should be super stoked that I'm working with 6k and 4k footage and its only taking a couple minutes for each export. But I have to make like 50 of these so every second counts, trying to get to the bottom of why it was initially so fast and then randomly dwindled.  MBP 16:PROCESSOR AND GRAPHICS M3 Max wit

Every time I send an After Effects comp to the Media Encoder render queue it generates a tmp file stored in the same location of the project. This generates a large amount of files and disk space. Is there a way to automatically delete this files once rendered or, if not, change the location of this AME temp folder. I work with a 15GB Google Drive cloud and it goes out of storage from time to time because of this useless temp files.Thank you, Sergi

I'm working on an AME script that should work alongside an AE script. I would like to send a list of comps from AE to AME (which I'm successfully doing using `app.project.renderQueue.queueInAME(false)`) then edit the render settings for each using an AME script before starting the render.Unfortunately, reading through the AME scripting documentation, I can't figure out how to access a list of all the batch items currently in the queue. I see that the frontend object has methods (like `frontend.addFileToBatch(...)`) which return scripting objects or events like `onItemAddedToBatch` where I can access items as they're added to the batch. But is there a way to access the items already in the queue?It feels like a simple thing, but I just can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated 🙂 Thanks! Adam ps - I'm open to other ideas as well (like if I can send render settings from AE with the `app.project.renderQueue.queueInAME` call or if there's a way to add mu

Hi,I'd like to report a bug in 24.3 (Build 49) of Media Encoder 2024. I'm running it on a 2023 Mac Mini with an M2 Pro chip on Ventura 13.4.In an attempt to batch-edit the export settings across 45 .mxf files in Media Encoder, I continue to run into an issue where my audio channel settings do not apply to all 45 files even though all of the other settings do apply.I changed the 4K UHD .mxf  files to be 1080p .mov (QuickTime ProRes 422 Proxy) but need to have the audio output channels set to '5 channels' mono so they match the raws. This is so I can successfully attach them as proxies in Premiere.I've troubleshot a few different ways, including restarting the computer, saving & applying presets, and even reinstalling Media Encoder with my preferences deleted. None of these have helped fix this.Any help, workarounds, or patches would be greatly appreciated.Thanks,Jack

I have a .mpg file with video and 8 discrete channels of audio that I'm trying to transcode to a stereo ProRes .mov file. I assumed in transcoding that the 8 discrete audio channels would be mixdown on the ProRes export BUT that is not the case. Please advise. thx

Running ME makes system lag. Mouse lags. AE lags. Workflow lags while ME churning out BG renders... PLEASE FIX ASAP!

I have tried multiple options for encoding a video and during the last week, it has been looping the audio to the beginning at the halfway mark. During the last attempt, I chose "Match Source - Adaptive Medium Bitrate" and it still is giving this error. Is there a glitch that has yet to be reported?  This has not happened to me before and I have not found a solution on this forum yet.There is no update shown avaibale in adobe creative cloud and my encoder is version 24.3. Thank you for any help.

Hello, I'm creating a watch folder with AME to transcode pro-res assets to h.264, but it doesn't seem that the watch folder is active if i have AME closed on the machine i built the watch on. Is that common? Is there a way to keep the watch folder active even if AME isn't open on the machine I built the watch? Thanks!