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andrewb33843100
andrewb33843100
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October 11, 2017
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Exporting: Media Encoder VS Premiere

  • October 11, 2017
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When exporting a project that has been done in premiere, Should you use media encoder for final rendering or premiere itself?

Or should I ask which is better for exporting .

Also are there advantages or disadvantages exporting one from the other or is it the same?

I also see in Adobe premiere when exporting you can select a option for "best quality"Does media encoder have a similar option to this?

2 replies

R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Legend
October 11, 2017

To expand slightly on Jim's answer, one of the main reasons for queuing over to AME is that puts your export in the Queue line over there, which doesn't start until you tell it to. A lot of editors use this to send things to AME during the day, that they'll turn on processing while they're at lunch or overnight, so their working period isn't slowed by resources going to exports.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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    RobShultzCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 11, 2017

    You can also export in Media Encoder and continue to work in Premiere.

    If you're exporting out of Premiere, Premiere is locked up until the render is complete.

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    December 21, 2017

    Gosh, that's so odd. I'm on a mid-level MacBook Pro and I seem to have a lot of memory left according to Activity Monitor. And I used to be able to do both at the same time on a basic-level Dell. When I got the new machine I just assumed the functionality had changed. Are there any tricks I can employ to help my system process video more efficiently so I can use both at the same time?


    The way it's designed, ME renders until PrPro needs enough resources that it pauses for the moment to ensure that PrPro's playback isn't affected, and as soon as PrPro stops sending input to the CPU it starts up again. Your program usage is not all determined by the GPU or the CPU or disc in/out, but all of them. During playback, the part most heavily used normally is the CPU. Which does the vast majority of de-encoding work.

    So use of your cores/threads is a big part of whether ME is working or waiting for a moment.

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    October 11, 2017

    Editor's choice, really.  Using the same settings (which are available in both), you'll get the same results.

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