Replace source file in Media Encoder

Is it not possible to replace the source file being used in Media Encoder to encode files?
Every time I try to do this it gives me red render frames. Even if the clip is the exact same length. Sometimes ill render a master out, and then create a setup with inpoints and filenames and then relize there is an error in the master but I cannot just re-render the master with the fixes and re-use all the settings I have.
In Sorenson Squeeze I can just reset the status of the encode and it will just use the new version of the source file with no issues at all.

This is an unsupported workflow and as such your results may vary. It is very possible that in some cases this would work, but my recommendation would be to simply import the new master and apply the same preset that you used the first time. That being said, please feel free to submit a feature request if this feature is important to you: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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Larry, Mark, Jim & Bill -
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