About Adobe Media Encoder

Adobe® Media Encoder CS4 is a video and audio encoding application that lets you encode audio and video files into a variety of distribution formats for different applications and audiences. These video and audio formats are more-compressed formats such as:

  • Adobe FLV | F4V for use with Adobe Flash Player

  • H.264 for use with Apple iPod, 3GPP mobile phones, Sony PSP, and other devices

  • MPEG‑1 used in CD‑ROM authoring (Windows only)

  • MPEG‑2 used in DVD authoring (Windows only)

  • Apple QuickTime

  • Windows Media (Windows only)

Adobe Media Encoder accommodates the numerous settings these formats offer, and also includes preset settings designed to export files compatible with particular delivery media. Using Adobe Media Encoder, you can export video in formats suitable for devices ranging from DVD players to websitse to mobile phones to portable media players and standard- and high-definition TV sets.

Using Adobe Media Encoder on a computer dedicated for video encoding lets you batch-process multiple video and audio clips; in environments where video is a significant form of content, batch-processing expedites your workflow. You can add, reorder, and change the encoding settings of files in the batch-processing queue while Adobe Media Encoder is encoding video files.

Adobe Media Encoder provides different video export formats depending on the Adobe applications it is installed with. When installed with only Adobe Flash CS4, Adobe Media Encoder provides export formats for Adobe FLV | F4V and H.264 video. When installed with Adobe® Premiere Pro CS4 and Adobe® After Effects, additional export formats are available.