Media Encoder Help | Add and manage items in the encoding queue

Import items into the encoding queue
Interpret items in the encoding queue
Add a watch folder to the encoding queue
Save the encoding queue
Remove items from the encoding queue
Duplicate items in the encoding queue
Skip items in the encoding queue

In Adobe Media Encoder, you add source video or audio files, Adobe Premiere Pro sequences, and Adobe After Effects compositions to a queue of items to encode.

For a tour of the user interface, along with tips on importing items and using watch folders, see this video by Jan Ozer.

To add video or audio files, drag one more files into the queue, or click the Add button and choose one or more files.
Additionally, in Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 and later, you can double click an open area in the Queue panel and choose one or more files.
To add an Adobe Premiere Pro sequence, choose File > Add Premiere Pro Sequence, select a Premiere Pro project, and select a sequence from that project. You can also drag a Premiere Pro project into the queue. A dialog box launches, so that you can select a particular sequence. In Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 and later, you can drag and drop a sequence from the Project panel in Adobe Premiere Pro into the queue.
To add an Adobe After Effects composition, choose File > Add After Effects Composition, select an After Effects project, and select a composition from that project. You can also drag an After Effects project into the queue. A dialog box launches, so that you can select a particular composition. In Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 and later, you can drag and drop a composition from the Project panel in Adobe After Effects into the queue.
To add an image sequence (CS5.5 and later), choose File > Add. In the Open dialog box, choose the first file of the image sequence. Check the enable checkbox for your file type, and then click the Open button.

Choose File > Stop Current File, or click the Stop Queue button.

When Adobe Media Encoder imports a video asset, it attempts to determine the pixel aspect ratio, frame rate, and field order for that asset, as well as how to interpret the alpha channel (transparency) information. If Adobe Media Encoder is wrong about any of these characteristics, you can explicitly assign the correct interpretation.

Select one or more items in the encoding queue.

Choose File > Interpret Footage. You can also right click on the file and choose > Interpret Footage

Choose the appropriate interpretation settings.

You can configure Adobe Media Encoder to look for files in certain folders called watch folders. When Adobe Media Encoder finds a video or audio file in a watch folder, it encodes the file using the encoding settings assigned to the folder, and then exports the encoded file to an Output folder created inside the watch folder.

Choose File > Create Watch Folder.

Select the target folder, and click OK.

Choose a format and preset from the menus in the encoding queue next to the folder name.

The items added to the encoding queue by the watch folder will be encoded along with other items in the queue when you start the queue.

Note: If you have the “start queue automatically when idle for” preference selected, encoding begins when the specified amount of time has elapsed after the watch folder has added a new item to the encoding queue.

In Adobe Media Encoder 5.5, the new Watch Folders panel can be used to add and manage folders. You can add a watch folder by doing one of the following:

Choose File > Create Watch Folder.
Click the Add Folder button.
Double-click an empty area in the Watch Folders panel.
Create a folder from Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS), and then drag it to the Watch Folders panel.

After you create a watch folder in the Watch Folders panel, you can see its name in the left column.

Leave the Auto-Encode Watch Folders checkbox enabled to encode all the items in a watch folder automatically.

In Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 and later, you can generate multiple outputs with a single operation by using watch folders. For example, you want to generate a FLV, an AVI movie, and a JPEG thumbnail image whenever you transcode a video asset. Follow these steps to create these files with a single user operation:

Create a folder using Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Macintosh) called, “My_WatchFolder,” for example.

In Adobe Media Encoder, you will be making 3 Watch Folders (inside “My_WatchFolder”), where each one points to the same location on disk.

Create a new watch folder by clicking the Add Folder button, and then navigate to the folder you just made, “My_Watchfolder.”

Select “FLV” as the format from the Format menu.

Select a preset from the Preset Menu, and then click OK.

Click on “Output To.” Select a location where you would like the result to be generated.

Create a new Watch Folder item that also points to the folder “My_Watchfolder,” just like you created in Step 2.

Select “AVI” as the format from the Format menu.

Select a preset from the Preset Menu, and then click OK.

Click on “Output To.” Select a location where you would like the result to be generated.

Create a new Watch Folder item that also points to the folder “My_Watchfolder,” just like you created in Step 2 and Step 3.

Select “JPEG” as the format from the Format menu.

Select a preset from the Preset Menu, and then click OK.

Click on “Output To.” Select a location where you would like the result to be generated.

Drag and drop the source file into “My_WatchFolder,” and then click the Start Queue button. In Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 and later, the encoding process begins automatically if Auto-Encode Watch Folders is enabled.

When complete, each file will be in its expected output locations.

Note:

When using Watch Folders, note these limitations:

Still Image Sequences are not supported as source footage through Watch Folders. If a set of still images is placed in the folder being watched, each individual still file will be added as a separate item to the Queue rather than than the entire sequence as a single piece of footage.
Premiere Pro and After Effects project files are not recognized, as there is no mechanism to select an individual Premiere Pro sequence or After Effects composition from inside the project file.

The encoding queue and all encoding settings are saved automatically when you exit Adobe Media Encoder.

To manually save the encoding queue, choose File > Save Queue.

Select the item, or items that you want to remove from the encoding queue.

Click the Remove button, choose Edit > Remove, or press the Delete key. In Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 and later, you can click the Remove button, as well.

Select the item, or items that you want to duplicate in the encoding queue.

Click the Duplicate button, choose Edit > Duplicate, or press Ctrl-D (Windows), or Command-D (Mac OS). In Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 and later, you can click the “Duplicate” button, or right-click the file and choose > Duplicate, as well.

Skip items

Select the item, or items that you want to skip in the encoding queue.

Choose Edit > Skip Selection. In Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 and later, you can also right-click the file and choose > Skip Selection.

Reset a skipped file for encoding

Select the items in the encoding queue that you want to reset to the Waiting state.

Choose Edit > Reset Status. In Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 and later, you can also right-click the file and choose > Reset Status.

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