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SiliconPixel
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May 10, 2012
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Compatibility of export presets between CS5.5 and CS6?

  • May 10, 2012
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I have a ton of custom presets that I've developed over several years. I tried importing them into CS6 by copying the custom presets from here:

\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\AME\5.0

to here:

\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\AME\6.0

I can see the custom presets in AME but only SOME of the presets in the export settings format/preset boxes from Premiere Pro CS6. e.g. AVI show up but not the presets for H264 or Windows Media formats etc (they don't appear).

Are the presets incompatible between CS5.5 and CS6 for some formats (maybe there are new settings that weren't in the old version)?

Thanks,

Paul.

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    Correct answer Tim Kurkoski

    Hi Paul,

    Some of your CS5 presets are compatible, some aren't. There were some pretty significant changes to several of the encoders in CS6, so the data in the old presets won't map correctly anymore. I can't remember the full list off the top of my head, but Windows Media definitely changed. You'll need to rebuild those presets from scratch.

    One confusing area is that in AME CS6 we have both a new H.264 and H.264 Blu-ray encoder, as well as the older encoders which are now marked H.264 (Legacy) and H.264 Blu-ray (Legacy). (For the record, MPEG4 also falls into this category.) If you import older presets for these formats, they should be added to the Legacy encoders, but not the new encoders.

    Rather than copy/pasting the preset files into the folder, I suggest you use the Import function (under the new Preset menu or the button in the new Preset Browser) to add the files to AME CS6. You should get an appropriate warning via this method if the preset isn't compatible with any of the encoders, rather than the silent failure that occurs when you place them in the folder.

    -=TimK

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    J-M-Shaw
    New Participant
    November 20, 2013

    Hi TimKL When you said "Windows Media definitely changed.You'll need to rebuild those presets from scratch", in CS6 A.M.E., what are the settings we are to use to create a WMV files that can play in both WMP11(XP) and WMP12(WIn7) if I can not see any codecs for said presets (my Windows Media Player 12 is installed correctly and plays)? I have CS6 Design & Web Premium installed (my A.M.E is 6.0.3) and my AEM has no Windows presets showing. I am in Win7 64bit. Is there anything we can download from Adobe (ie WMV.epr to import into AME CS6) that will correct the CODECs/Presets and surface them correctly in Adobe Media Encoder Presets list, as opposed to having to rebuild them? Obviously just being in Windows 7 64bit with Windows Media Player as part of the the OS, the Codecs for that WMP would only work in Win7 not XP's separate WMP11.

    Tim Kurkoski
    Adobe Employee
    Tim KurkoskiCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    May 12, 2012

    Hi Paul,

    Some of your CS5 presets are compatible, some aren't. There were some pretty significant changes to several of the encoders in CS6, so the data in the old presets won't map correctly anymore. I can't remember the full list off the top of my head, but Windows Media definitely changed. You'll need to rebuild those presets from scratch.

    One confusing area is that in AME CS6 we have both a new H.264 and H.264 Blu-ray encoder, as well as the older encoders which are now marked H.264 (Legacy) and H.264 Blu-ray (Legacy). (For the record, MPEG4 also falls into this category.) If you import older presets for these formats, they should be added to the Legacy encoders, but not the new encoders.

    Rather than copy/pasting the preset files into the folder, I suggest you use the Import function (under the new Preset menu or the button in the new Preset Browser) to add the files to AME CS6. You should get an appropriate warning via this method if the preset isn't compatible with any of the encoders, rather than the silent failure that occurs when you place them in the folder.

    -=TimK

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    SiliconPixelAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 12, 2012

    Thanks very much Tim - that makes sense.

    I guess I was due to re-organise my presets anyway, wont be a bad thing.

    Thanks,

    Paul.

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    Anonymous
    May 13, 2012

    Tim or Paul:

      when in CS 6.0 and right click presets or in the panel to import presets...where is Adobe storing our presets? I realize we can likley change this, but i can't seem to find them....i also have a full set in 5.5 that i would like to transfer over to CS 6.

    Thanks,....

    MAC OS by the way...

    EDIT:  long night-- i actually meant, presets for my EFFECT settings...that's what i'd like to import from 5.5....Sorry fot wrong reply/question in wrong thread.

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