AME CS5 Presets Disappeared

I've been using the Adobe Media Encoder CS5 (5.0.1 x64) for months now without a problem. Now whenever I open it, I only have 6 output options. MPEG2 MXF, FLV, H.264, MPEG2, MPEG2-DVD, and MPEG2-Blu-Ray. Where did my other presets go and is there a way to get them back? The only thing I can think of is that I installed XP Codec Pack 2.5.1 and that's when the presets disappeared from ame. I uninstalled XP Code Pack however the presets are still missing.

Installing third-party codec packs very often displaces the codecs that AME (and tother applications) rely on. It is very often a bad idea to install third-party codec packs. I spend a lot of time troubleshooting issues that turn out to be caused by isntalling third-party codec packs.
You may need to reinstall the CS5 software to get the codecs back.

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AME CS5, Quicktime & H.264 encoding - very poor

Hi all,
I seem to be stumped on an encoding issue - whenever I encode .mov files with the H.264 codec, they always come out looking like, well like a first generation web video - ie like S$*T.
My best guess is that the profile is preset to use 'baseline' - if so, is there a way to change this? I can't find any options to change to change the profile, or levels, or anything with regards to H.264 - there is a "codec settings" button, but that is grayed out.
Am I just a dummy and missing some key setting in the interface?
If I go back to CS3 and export with the same settings, I get great looking video - but of course since the project was edited in CS5, I can't go backwards.....
If I am a dummy, can anyone point me in the direction on how to get good looking .mov videos out of AME CS5?
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~Mike

whenever I encode .mov files with the H.264 codec, they always come out looking like, well like a first generation web video - ie like S$*T.
I did a quick test of an H.264 MOV earlier today for someone else; check it out here. This is PAL DV to H.264, at about 2Mbps; I think it looks OK. I can get much better from the MainConcept H.264 encoder, or an external encoder, but it's usable.
My best guess is that the profile is preset to use 'baseline' - if so, is there a way to change this? I can't find any options to change to change the profile, or levels, or anything with regards to H.264 - there is a "codec settings" button, but that is grayed out.
According to MediaInfo, the H.264 MOV generated by Premiere is actually using the Main profile; the Level varies based on frame size and where you limit the bitrate. You don't have a lot of options here because, well, I don't think Apple's/QuickTime's implementation of H.264 gives you many options. It's a pretty rotten encoder, at least in comparison to some of the other choices out there.
If you want more flexibility in creating an H.264 encode, use the H.264 format; it's in the same list as QuickTime. You'll have much more you can choose from and more flexibility when controlling your encode. It still doesn't give you as much control as, say Sorenson Squeeze (MainConcept codec) or x264 (open source H.264 encoder, which gives you even more than MainConcept), but you can get some decent looking encodes. The video will be put in an MP4 container, which will playback in QuickTime.
Do you need an MOV? If so, check out MPEG Streamclip. I'm assuming you're using Windows, so that's where the link goes; there's a Mac version as well, however. Anyway, MPEG Streamclip is my go-to gadget when I absolutely have to send an H.264 MOV. It's still using Apple's encoder, but it looks better, and you have a little more control. Just spit out an uncompressed file from Premiere (has to be an uncompressed AVI or else any kind of MOV) and encode from Streamclip--works a treat.

MY EFFECT PRESETS DISAPPEARED

In Adobe 3.0 I seem to be able to access the plugins but all the presets that they originally came with, as well as the ones I had added have disappeared. Does anyone know how to restore them?

etherium123 wrote:
I tried following the link posted concering effect presets disappearing but it just went back to the main forum page...is there a new link with the same information??
Unfortunately, due to Adobe's attitude to the running of forums (don't get me started on that again!) none of the FAQs that were on this forum exist at all on it any more. Fortunately for you, AudioMasters managed to save them all, and with the blessing of the person who wrote most of them, we have incorporated them into the ones we already had, so we now have the lot, in a form where they can be preserved and maintained - the two things that this forum management seem to be congenitally incapable of doing. The particular one you are interested in is here.

How Much Ram does AME CS5 use for an average HD Encode?

Hello,
I know this is a tough question but I would like to learn what factors control or limit the performance of AME CS5.
I have 12GB of ram in my Windows 7 64bit system but AME CS5 will only use 3 GB when encoding and HD file to say Mpeg-2.
Is 3GB all it needs? Would more ram do anything to speed up the encoding?
I know that encoding is largely a CPU intensive task but after experimenting with RAID 0, I discovered disc read speed makes a large difference in the encoding time. So I would like to know if ram plays any part in encoding time?
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Thanks for your reply.

What PPro CS5 preset do you use for Canon T2i/550D footage?

When editing Canon T2i (or 550D) footage what Premiere Pro CS5 preset is the best to use: the Canon XF MPEG2 or the Digital SLR presets?
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Note that while this technically does work, it will create a sequence using the Desktop editing mode; Premiere Pro CS5 has a specific DSLR editing mode, and that is what is used when you manually select the appropriate DSLR preset. It's really not a big deal--you can edit DSLR footage (and any other footage, for that matter) in any sequence preset you like, so go with whatever method suits you. Personally, I like to choose the specific sequence preset that matches my footage, instead of relying on the guesswork on the New Item button--for example, this process does not correctly read SD or HD video from Panasonic P2 cards in MXF format.
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AME CS5.5 freezes while encoding

I upgraded my iMac to OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) a couple weeks ago. I tried encoding a 30 minute 1080p video to H.264, VBR 1 pass and it freezes midway through the encoding process. It did this a few times and I never had this issue before upgrading the Mac OS. Any reason why I am having this issue?
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Try either disabling GPU acceleration in PPRO before exporting to AME or queuing up only one job at a time.
There's a lengthy thread here on the forums about similar issues with AME CS5.5. One big thing to keep in mind is that the hang on AME's side is just a symptom--a result of a problem upstream--and there have been a number of different issues that all resulted in AME hanging while encoding. We fixed several of these issues in CS6, but at least a few known cases remain. So it's worth downloading the trial version of PPRO CS6 to see if your case is fixed.
Also, there are subtle differences in the particulars of the hang, such as whether it hangs in about the same spot with a given sequence--if so, then there's probably something about assets or effects/transitions at that point that is triggering the issue. If AME hangs at different points in a given encode, then it might be a resource issue on your system, such as RAM getting maxed out.

AME CS5 Prores support?

I noticed that AME CS5 does not support Prores or quicktime. I also noticed that the Video codec settings is limited only to MainConcept H.264 Video so I can't even output to other file formats. Does AME CS6 support Prores and other output formats?
Thanks

Thanks Todd,
I already have FCP intstalled and the Quictime and Prores components from Apple. However, my version of AME CS5 only gives me the following options:
Format options are limited to H.264 or FLV / F4V
Basic video settings limited to MainConcept H.264 Video
I suspect I need to upgrade to CS6 Version for more Format and Video settings options?
Thanks for your help.

AME CS5 codec's

Hi, I can't seem to get an answer to this anywhere. There seems to be a lot less codec’s in CS5 than my previous version of CS4 and I want to import and export different file types.
How can I introduce more codec’s into AME CS5 on my windows 7 PC?
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Simon
PS. Adobe - I would like to know why an upgrade would have less functionality?

As you may know, "Creative Suite CS5" is a version, not a product. Within any given CS version, you can buy 4 different suites that bundle various point products, and you can purchase the point products separately.
As for why certain suites or point products unlock only a limited set of codecs, that decision hinges on the fact that Adobe has to pay a third party for some codecs, such as MPEG2. So the management team for each point product has to decide whether enough users of that product will want all the codecs to warrant paying that fee for each and every license. Let's say the royalty fee for a codec is $1 per license but Acrobat estimates that only 1% of its users will take advantage of that additional codec. In that case, Adobe would pay $100 in royalties for every 100 licenses sold, and only 1 customer would really benefit.
Re: the WMV mystery, let us know if you think of any differences in how the clips were created or if you post some for us to investigate. Until then, there's no way for us to help you.

How do you configure AME CS5.5 to overwrite existing output files?

How do you configure AME CS5.5 to overwrite existing output files? So far the only options I have found are to increment the output file name or fail. From the explaination of file increment I would have expected overwrite to be the alternative. We work daily with the same file(s) on an hourly basis and convert via watch folder to over a dozen file types and network mapped destinations. Re-using the same file name is critical to the final project (updating website content). Does anyone have any suggestions?

Has there been any updates on overwriting output files in CS6? This would be extremely helpful.

AME CS5.5 Hanging at 75% & Drive Update for NVIDIA GeForce GTX-470

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I installed the update after creating a restore point.
I guess it's safe, but the behavior is the same. I still have the hanging issue.
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Bridge CS5.1 – Disappearing File Names (Now You Don't See It All)

Bridge CS5.1. Lion 10.7.2. 27" iMac native display at native resolution.
For some reason, in Lion (but not Snow Leopard) Bridge cuts-off the bottom line of long file names (see the screenshot). Irritating. Difficult if I'm trying to distinguish between ‘Long File Name (1)’ and ‘Long File Name (2)’ where the (1) and the (2) have partly disappeared off the bottom, hidden under the bottom scroll-bar.
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I've tried fiddling with all the parameters which could effect Bridge's window display, but to no avail.
You can add this to the the other display problem with Adobe Camera Raw (see previous postings). Nice if Adobe could fix this too.
Sorry, this screenshot is hopelessly and incomprehensibly small owing to Adobe’s image size upload restrictions – so you’ll have to trust me on the disappearing file names and the scroll-bar.

Well, gentleman (gentleman, I assume) your answers are of no real help to me unless you have Lion to test this on. There is no relevant comparison to make since I have already established that this works correctly in Snow Leopard.
Yes, it is a man, I leave the qualification Gentle to you
I was more curious to the solutions you have done and when something does work on snow leopard and not in Lion will not automatically need to be qualified as a bug unless you tried different solutions.
Have you tried to delete the 'lastusedworkspace' file from the user library, resetting preferences and even deleted the plist file from the user library prefs? And did you try the default film strip mode. Or other default workspaces, is it only your own customized workspace that shows this behavior? What have you set as additional info lines in the Bridge prefs.
If it seems a bug you should report it as such at Adobe, this is still a user to user forum. But with Lion still in development and wide spread known as a bit buggy it might also be wise to throw the same bug report at Apple.

Why does Premiere Pro CS5 process audio source before exporting clip in AME CS5?

Hello everyone, my first post here. I am currently trying out the trial CS5 Master Collection on my MacBook Pro. I've been using Premiere Pro CS5 to put together family videos. I select a certain portion of a sequence and queue it for export in Media Encoder CS5 in the format H.264 for iPod with video and audio.
Now in AME I have a queue list of about 5 clips from the sequence. But when I hit the Start Queue button, the bottom left of the progress bar states "Adobe Premiere Pro processing audio source from [then file name]" for all 5 clips from the sequence then creates the first output file.
Then it moves to encode the second and again states "Adobe Premiere Pro processing audio source from [then file name]" for all 5 clips of mt sequence then spits out only the second output file.
This continues for the remaining 3 output files. The total sequence length is ~32 minutes with transitions and it takes about 35 minutes to export which is all consumed by the process audio source of the 5 clips in my sequence for 5 separate times.
Is there a certain reason why Media Encoder or Premiere Pro does this process of audio source? Is this process necessary or needed? I experimented with choosing different output formats but the results are the same. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Now that's pretty good follow-up to your first post, and quickly too! Nice detective work.
As you have found, there is basically a Render/Replace operation going on in PrPro, to get the material in the correct form for AME.
Thank you for reporting, as it saved me, and others, from basically saying what you said.
Good luck, and sorry that you beat us to the punch.
Hunt

CS5 Layers disappearing

I have used Photoshop 7.0 for around 6 years and upgraded to CS5. I did the trial download for 30 days and when working with layers if I clicked on the layer to move it around, it would disappear *poof*. I'd have to hit Ctrl-T and I could usually locate it in the gray space way outside of my work area.
I never had this problem in 7.0, I could click anywhere and it would move the layer as if I had clicked directly in the center of the layer. But with CS5 it seems to not matter whether I click directly on the center of the layer or somewhere else, whenever it decides to have a moment my layer takes off into no man's land.
So I thought it was a bug in the download, uninstalled bought the full version CS5 on CD, reinstalled. Same problem..."sometimes" when I click the layer it will just pop off into the great abyss and I'll have to transform it to see the dashes so that I can find it. This bug gets worse the more layers or the larger the file size.
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The problem is that something's going wrong on your system. This is why there's been no fix. It doesn't happen for everyone; I've never seen a drag operation leave a layer off in the weeds.
Do you have multiple pointing devices (e.g., a mouse and a tablet) from which Photoshop could be receiving conflicting signals?
Do you have a wireless mouse? If so, have you tried changing/charging the batteries?
Do you have an optical mouse? If so, is the optical port clean, and do you have a good base/pad it can lock onto to detect mouse motion easily?
Have you tried an alternate (e.g., corded) mouse?
Do you have a reliable way to reproduce the problem?
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Good luck.
-Noel

Stretch Pixel Aspect Ratio with AME CS5?

I was given some videos that were in the wrong pixel aspect ratio. The videos are 4:3 and they were supposed to be 16:9.
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In Premiere, you can right click on your footage in the Project Bin. From the context menu, choose Modify then Interpret Footage. In that dialog box, you can tell it to conform the pixel aspect ratio to 16:9.

PS CS5 preset sizes, where are they stored?

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He's talking about saved, named preset sizes in for example the File New dialog.
I hadn't made any size presets up to now myself, but one can use a method like the following to find files stored from the various Photoshop features:
Save your preset or whatever with a unique name, not likely to be used for any other file.
Search your system for a file with that unique name, or with that name in its content.
Windows Search leaves a lot to be desired, so step 2 may not straightforward, but it can be done.
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