Naming rules for files and folders.
As we have presets for encoding preferences, such should be for naming convention of files and the automation of creating new folders.

for example:
For the "save to" folder I selected: D:\Projects\MyMovie\
Enecoded file, JPG SEQ named: Scn1_####.jpg
and third place output in the outputs list
with a QT preset named "QTpreview":

A naming rule such: \%FileName\%index_%FileName.ext

will save as: D:\Projects\MyMovie\Scn1\3_Scn1.mov
*Underscore and numbers should not be included unless
a different rule is used.

A naming rule such \%index\%preset.ext

will save as D:\Projects\MyMovie\3\QTpreview.mov

More rules can be used such as date, Time code extra.
every output can have a preset rule and and outputs selected together can simultaneously with a click of a button change their preset together

When using a Watch Folder, ME moves the original file to a folder called Source and places it under a sub-folder named with the date and time.

This means that locating the original file requires knowledge of when it was processed. Not a big deal when managing only a few files, but a huge pain for a large number of files, particularly when multiple editors need to locate those files.

At a bare minimum, I would like the be able to set the sub-folder name to the same as the original file. Appending a "_#" tot he folder name in the event of duplicated file names would be acceptable.

Even better would be to be able to configure multiple settings for what happens to the master file after processing. I understand the need to move it, but let me specify the name of the "Source" folder and decide if each file needs its own sub-folder or not. If so, let me specify how that folder is named.

This software is called media ENCODER so technically this doesn't really fall under it's rubric but, since one can queue multiple encodes to different locations it would also be helpful to have post encoding options such as the ability to copy a finished job to multiple locations, this allows one to automatically output to all needed locations, but also avoid unnecessary re-encoding. It's just a convenience thing.

I am often encoding to an external drive to be used as a delivery medium, but that is not the location that will be used for archiving of the project. A given encode can be quite large and take a long time to copy and an even longer time to encode. It would be good to queue the encode to go to the delivery drive first, so that it's on there as quick as possible but also have it copy to the archive storage location afterwards. This will allow me to go away and do other tasks while media encoder works and have everything be in it's place on my return, but also minimise how long that hiatus needs to be.

Since upgrading from 2017 to 2018 we can not use the Media Encoder batch processing feature any more. After 1 or 2 processed videos Media Encoder fails and we get the following error message:

Export Error
Error compiling movie.

Accelerated Renderer Error

Unable to produce frame.

Writing with exporter: QuickTime
Writing to file: R:\5760-Cineform\Incoming\ATM00442-Australia-Kangaroos-on-Beach-5760x2880-29-97fps-Cineform-2-Min-Col-Stereo-Sound.mov
Around timecode: 00;02;49;19 - 00;02;49;23
Rendering at offset: 130.998 seconds
Component: QuickTime of type Exporter
Selector: 9
Error code: -1609629695

We would love to be able to render overnight again, rather than rendering each file from Premiere for 30-40 minutes before being able to work on the next video.

This is a major bottle neck for us that costs us a lot of time and we would be thankful if someone could look into this.

Thanks,

Eric

Media encoder always worked fine for me up until the first 2018 CC update. Since then AME has been pretty close to useless. AME will use up all of my machine's RAM, (64gb) no matter how much I limit or increase the RAM usage within preferences. I've set all of my cache and memory folders to an external drive and I've exhausted every option to try and address this issue both on my own and with the assistance of adobe customer support and nothing works. The latest update of AME did not fix the issue either. It is killing the workflow of my company to have to export all of our batch projects one at a time through Premiere. This issue is pretty awful and I'm losing time and money as a result of it on a daily basis. Please address.

Currently there is no way to export individual clips from a Premiere Pro sequence while keeping any changes/effects that were made in the Effects Control panel window.

It would be great to simply drag and select all of the clips in a premiere pro sequence, then drag them into Media Encoder, or open them in Media encoder so that they all show up as individual clips to export.

This would be a great way to batch export clips WITH effects and changes for social media re-purposing, after using the new ReFrame feature in Premiere Pro. (from going from 16:9 Horizontal to 9:16 Vertical)