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JOHN MONDO
Inspiring
June 17, 2020
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Premiere Pro -> Media Encoder Output File location

  • June 17, 2020
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I'll put this in the suggestions box, but at the moment for the output files in Media Encoder randomly default to some previous directory even when the output location isn't set. (probably the last time you saved the queue). I would much prefer it if it mirrored AE's behaviour with Media Encoder where it creates a specific folder for output files inside the folder the project resides in. This does not seem to be an option at the moment and for the life of me I can't work out why htey can program this into After Effects but not Premiere.

    Correct answer Krissan22629116vr2m

    Hey everyone. Sorry for the late reply on a really old post, but this would have helped me if I stumbled across the answer.

    I've found a work around after so much testing and time wasting:
    - Export a video out of Premiere Pro directly to the new folder you want to set as the default export location. (just do 1 second or something, so you don't waste too much time rendering)
    - Now everytime you send your jobs to media encoder thorugh Premiere, it will default to the folder that you exported to out of Premiere Pro. Now you don't have to keep navigating from an old project/clients' export folder to the folder you actually want to export to.

    Note: Everytime you start a new project for a new client, you will have to repeat this process to start exporting directly to the correct folder.

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    Krissan22629116vr2mCorrect answer
    Participant
    March 12, 2025

    Hey everyone. Sorry for the late reply on a really old post, but this would have helped me if I stumbled across the answer.

    I've found a work around after so much testing and time wasting:
    - Export a video out of Premiere Pro directly to the new folder you want to set as the default export location. (just do 1 second or something, so you don't waste too much time rendering)
    - Now everytime you send your jobs to media encoder thorugh Premiere, it will default to the folder that you exported to out of Premiere Pro. Now you don't have to keep navigating from an old project/clients' export folder to the folder you actually want to export to.

    Note: Everytime you start a new project for a new client, you will have to repeat this process to start exporting directly to the correct folder.

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      Zlat__a
      Participant
      October 17, 2024

      Hi John, thanks for creating this topic. The same issue is here. So have you found a solution? 

      MyerPj
      Community Expert
      MyerPjCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 19, 2020

      I upvoted yours but this one already had a dozen votes. (There were others also)

      https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro/suggestions/35669152-add-a-set-default-export-location-option

       

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        JOHN MONDOAuthor
        Inspiring
        June 19, 2020

        Thanks - mine's a little clearer I think. Plus I've advocated an easy way to do it - a Send to Adobe Media Encoder option (which bypasses the whole export dialog) which I think is also a big workflow improvement. I upvoted the other one as well 🙂

          R Neil Haugen
          R Neil Haugen
          Legend
          June 17, 2020

          By suggestion box, I hope you meant UserVoice ?

           

          That is where all such things need to be posted ... and if you go there, you should be able to find quite a few postings on this. Yea, a lot of users would like the ability to set default export locations either over-all or per-project from Premiere.

           

          So ... go there, search, find the best one or make your own. Post the link back here, and I'll be thrilled to go upvote it. Adobe's upper managers live by metrics, and U-V is one of their main metric input sources. Give them some metrics ...

           

          Neil

          Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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            JOHN MONDOAuthor
            Inspiring
            June 19, 2020

            TBH, I lose track of what Adobe call their feedback. It used to be called something like bugs and suggestions but thanks for the tip that it's called user voice now.  BTw - always appreciate all the work you do on the forum - thanks!

             

            Here's my post - please people upvote this one.

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              ah_photo
              Legend
              June 17, 2020

              Have you tried going Media Encoder Preferences > General and checking "Specify output file destination" and setting a default directory for exports?

               

              There may be some scenarios where this destination doesn't apply, but it should for most if not all new outputs you add to the queue. That said if you're adding a single item to the queue from Premiere, I believe it will reference whatever directory you've set in the Export Settings dialogue box in Premiere. I don't believe that has a default output directory, if I'm not mistaken.

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                JOHN MONDOAuthor
                Inspiring
                June 17, 2020

                Of course. That is not the behaviour I'm asking for. I store all my exports/previews in the Project folder under a suitably named folder. I don't want to have to set that every time I switch projects in the day. I want it to work the same way AE works, where it stores it in a separate folder under the same directory the project resides in. 

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