Exporting: Media Encoder VS Premiere

Report · Oct 10, 2017

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?

Report · Oct 11, 2017

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

Report · Oct 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

Report · Oct 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.

Report · Dec 20, 2017

Rob, is this still the case? With the recent updates it appears that I can't use both simultaneously anymore. Playing video in Premiere Pro causes Media Encoder to pause for me. I'd love to know if you found a work around.

Report · Dec 20, 2017

That is as it's always been, and is one of the main features of ME ... you send something there, and it will start rendering as long as PrPro doesn't need the computer resources. As soon as PrPro needs the computer 'back', ME will pause. It's in fact why you can continue to edit in PrPro while ME is encoding.

Neil

Report · Dec 20, 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?

Report · Dec 20, 2017

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

Report · Dec 20, 2017

Ah, actually, I was poking around and I found a Preferences option in Premiere that says "Pause Media Encoder during playback" and it was checked! So that's what was happening, not a CPU usage issue. I'm glad to see it's an option that I can control.

Thanks for the info above! All still good to know!