Manage file encoding



    Save the encoding queue

    You can manually save the current encoding queue—including all encoding settings. If you do not choose to save the encoding queue, it is saved automatically when you exit Adobe Media Encoder .

    • Select File > Save Queue.

    Remove files from the encoding queue

    You can remove any video from the encoding queue before it is encoded.

    1. Select the video (or videos) that you want to remove from the source file list.

    2. Click Remove.

      A dialog box prompts you to confirm that you want the selected files removed from the encoding queue.

    Skip a file

    You can specify that Adobe Media Encoder not encode a file in the current encoding queue.

    Skip a file

    1. Select the file or files that you want to skip in the encoding queue. To select multiple files in the encoding queue, Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh).

    2. Select Edit > Skip Selection.

    Reset a skipped file for encoding

    1. Select the file or files in the encoding queue that you want to reset to the Waiting to Encode state. To select multiple files in the encoding queue, Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh).

    2. Select Edit > Reset Status.

      The selected file or files are reset to the Waiting to Encode state. You can reset the status of files while Adobe Media Encoder is encoding.

    Stop encoding the current file

    You can stop the encoding process for any file that is currently being encoded. If you don’t want to encode a file that is waiting to be encoded, you can either remove that file from the encoding queue, or specify that the file be skipped.

    • Select File > Stop Current File.

      A dialog box prompts you to confirm that you want to stop the current file from encoding. Click OK to stop the encoding process. An error message that states “The operation was interrupted by the user” is written to the log file.

    Create a watch folder

    You can configure Adobe Media Encoder to look for video or audio files in certain folders called watched folders. When Adobe Media Encoder finds a video or audio file located in a watched 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 watched folder.

    1. Select File > Create Watch Folder.

    2. Select the target folder. You can select a watched folder at any level of a hard drive.

    3. Click OK. The folder you select becomes a watched folder, and is added to the top of the encoding queue.

    4. Click the Format menu and select a format with which to encode the video or audio clips in the watched folder.

    5. Click the Preset menu, and select an encoding preset suitable for your intended application. All video or audio clips in the watched folder are exported using the preset you select.

    6. Click Start Queue to begin encoding your files. Adobe Media Encoder populates the list of files to encode with all of the audio and video files found in the watched folder.

      Adobe Media Encoder automatically creates an Output folder in the watched folder into which it exports the encoded files.

    Remove a watched folder from the encoding queue

    You can remove any watched folder from the encoding queue when its contents are not being encoded.

    1. Select the folder (or folders) that you want to remove from the source file list.

    2. Click Remove.

      A dialog box prompts you to confirm that you want the selected folders removed from the encoding queue.