Stopped Creating Proxies...Media Encoder

[with nature’s own hand painted]

Creating proxies was going very well, but then it stopped. I need some advice! It is about Premiere no longer launching Encoder automatically in the process…I started creating many proxies on my laptop, and they were saved on to my hard drive nicely. I also saved this Premiere project on the hard drive as well.

This is what I did to make the proxies: On Premiere, inside the Ingest Wrench, I chose “create proxies,” “preset: 1024 x 540 H.264,” “destination: …my hard drive”. As I dragged/imported many clips (one folder at a time) to my Project Panel, Premiere launched and opened Media Encoder automatically. It was good and effortless!

The next day, as I still had a lot more footage, I brought the hard drive to another location (without the laptop), hoping to continue the process on a different computer, a desktop. Both computers are Apple products, which have been dependable. I opened the project on Premiere from the hard drive, and started the same procedure. But then, this time, Media Encoder didn’t launch automatically for some reason. No more proxies were made sadly.

Then, I took the hard drive home, and thinking I could continue the same procedure with my laptop like the night before. However, Media Encoder didn’t (still doesn’t) launch automatically with the laptop, either anymore.

This might be just a matter of modifying the settings. It will be great if anyone has some advice for me.

Thank you in advance for your kind support.

FYI: To create the proxies (from 4K to ¼ of size), I was following the directions of a very nice tutorial video that I found on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuHhhLYq7aI

[Byron Cortez]

Did you tried with Media Browser panel activating "Ingest" ckeckbox?

[with nature’s own hand painted]

Thanks for your prompt reply. I read it immediately, but in the meantime, I have been dealing with a hardware issue at the same time. As soon as it is solved, I will try what you suggested hopefully tomorrow!

[MyerPj]

That's a good tutorial, but one flaw, she used the h.264 preset. Stay away from that, you'll want the Cineform or ProRes files. It's not just the 'resolution' that makes it easier to playback. It's the compression and long gop which taxes the computer most. So, using one of the file types above will really make editing sweet! (I use the Cineform myself)

[with nature’s own hand painted]

Wow! I already created a significant number of proxies at H.264...I'm not sure whether I should redo it at this point....(sigh)...Thanks for your tip anyway!

[Michael Grenadier]

and I'm guessing you can create proxies in adobe media encoder with the correct ingest preset and then attach them in premiere.   I'd do a test of one file to make sure it works before doing a lot.   And I always use the prores proxy codec which makes great looking video and is much easier for premiere to play back.  

[with nature’s own hand painted]

Thank you very much. On Encoder, I was able to create some proxies. This was a different method from Premiere automatically launching Encoder. Instead, I opened Encoder myself, selected some of the clips, and then right clicked the mosue to choose "import". With this method, some proxies were made. Yeah! But the next day, this method any longer worked. So, I'm still searching for the answers, and why this is happening with me....Thank you.