Encode and export video and audio with Media Encoder

After adding video and audio items to the encoding queue, you can encode and export them from the queue using presets or custom settings.

Your files begins to be encoded to your desired format, using your chosen preset, and in the location that you chose.

You can do any of the following in the Export Settings dialog box:

• Choose a video, audio, or still-image format from the Format menu. For more information, see File formats supported for export.

• (Optional) Choose an encoding preset from the Preset menu.

• Select Export Video, Export Audio, or both.

• (Optional) Specify pre-encoding options, including cropping, trimming. For more information, see the Crop and trim source before encoding section.

• (Optional) Set options for XMP metadata export. For more information, see Export and thin XMP metadata.

• (Optional) Select Use Maximum Render Quality or Render At Maximum Bit Depth.

  Note:  Rendering at a higher color bit depth requires more RAM and slows rendering substantially.

• (Optional) Select Use Frame Blending.

• Specify a filename and location for the encoded file by clicking the underlined text next to Output Name in the upper-right section of the Export Settings dialog box and entering a filename and location. If you don’t specify a filename, Adobe Media Encoder uses the filename of the source video clip.

  Note:  When the format is set to P2 Movie, the user-assigned filename is not applied. Instead, such encodes are given a six character alphanumeric name by Adobe Media Encoder. The Output Name is saved to the clip’s metadata, and is shown as the clip name in Adobe Premiere Pro.

  You can specify a destination folder in which to save the encoded file relative to the folder containing the source video clip. When specifying a destination folder, ensure that the destination folder you specify exists. If you specify a folder that does not exist, an error message informs you that the file cannot be encoded because the folder cannot be found.

While an item is being encoded, the Status column of the encoding queue provides information on the status of each item. Adobe Media Encoder can encode multiple outputs from a single source simultaneously. However, source files are processed sequentially based on their order in the Queue.

You can continue to work in the application while encoding is in progress. You can add, remove, or reorder items in the queue or watch folder. However, outputs that are currently being encoded cannot be edited.

Done with Warnings Item has been successfully encoded but a warning condition exists. See the encoding and error logs for more information.

Adobe Media Encoder encodes all sources in sequence, but encodes all outputs of a source in parallel.

When you encode multiple outputs simultaneously, the Encoding panel displays a thumbnail preview, progress bar, and the completion time estimate of each encoding output.

In certain cases, export settings require an output to encode in serial rather than in parallel mode. In such cases, the queue returns to parallel encoding after temporary serial encoding is complete.

Watch this video2Brain video to learn more about parallel encoding in Adobe Media Encoder.

Important notes

• You can associate multiple outputs with a source. Each output can have a different format, preset, and output file location assigned to it.
• You can reorder outputs in the output list. You can also reorder sources in the Queue. However, you cannot move them to other sources.
• Clicking the output file path opens the folder containing the encoded file. Previous to encoding, however, the Save As dialog appears.
  
  • To change the output path and filename, click the Output File link for that output. 
  • To access an encoded file, click the Output File link for that output
• Use the Add Output button to quickly add an output to a source.
  
• Both sources and outputs can be duplicated. A duplicated source uses all the outputs from the original source.

When encoding Adobe Premiere Pro sequences, choose Use Previews to use existing preview files (which have already been rendered and encoded) for the parts of the sequence for which they are available.

Using existing preview files can make encoding much faster. The disadvantage, however, is that the preview files may have been encoded using different settings than those used for the rest of the sequence—for example, the preview files may have been encoded using lossy compression.