Media Encoder (AMC) - resize or crop without compression

any way to just resize or crop an already compressed video clip without another generation of compression?

HI
http://bellunevideo.com/tutorials/EssentialToolkit/EssentialToolkit.html
Jeff is from this forum and if it solves your problem give him the credit please...not me..
Watch that video tutorial and get the free "VirtualDub" program and use the filters to do what you want, saving as AVI...the video tutorial explains a lot.
Rod

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Adobe Media Encoder CS5 - Can we crop and resize at the same time?

Flash 8's video encoder, use to let you crop (cut x amount of pixels out) and then resize a video (and in that order it did it).
CS5's Media Encoder is confusing, from what I can tell it cannot do both, you either can crop or resize but not both. ANd if you can do both, you definately cant crop before the resize. So which is it?
Resizing made sense last, because you could put in new values for the resize nad figure out how much you need to crop out.
Please help this is driving me insane.

Everyone in my office has the same problem!
We really need an alternative to AME both because of the crop/resize problem and many other seamingly random issues with preview and export.
Adobe Media Encoder sucks...

Media Encoder improperly resizes image

Adobe Media Encoder CS4 is causing me a lot of problems. I edit in D1 (720x486) with a Matrox Axio system. In previous versions of CS, I was able to export a finished timeline to DVD with a minimum of hassle, but AME now won't resize the image to 720x480 correctly. I have even tried the cropping function in the source window, cutting 2 lines off the top and 4 off the bottom. Basically, I am giving AME the exact 720x480 image I need, but AME still resizes it. The resulting image has thin black pillar lines at the left and right side, and is unusably blurry. Is there any hope of this being fixed?

>The resulting image has thin black pillar lines at the left and right side, and is unusably blurry.
I can't address the blurry problem because it sounds as if you are cropping correctly.
However, the thin pillar lines at the sides are as designed. Pr and AE have, for a long time, been using an incorrect PAR value for non-square pixel footage. Those values have been corrected according to BBC standards, and the result is the pillar lines that you see. Expect them to stay hidden in the overscan area of televisions.
And no, I don't know why the BBC standard was chosen, nor what other choices for a PAR standard were available.

Media Encoder (AMC) F4V - none of the video setting effect file size????

When I used to use sorenson squeeze, mov i could get a web flick down to 15 MB by reducing frame rate or size.
when using AMC - F4V - no matter what size or settings the same movie satays at about 34MB (with olny slight varistions if i tweek audio)
How do i get the file size smaller if none of the video setting effect file size????

In the limited amount of comparison testing I've done, I've found that 2-pass VBR files are consistently smaller than CBR files, all other things being equal. They're not always a great deal smaller, but they've never exceeded the size of the CBR files, and this goes for any type of encoding I've done, whether it's MPEG-2 for a DVD, or a web format like WMV, FLV (VP6), or H.264. This seems to be true even when the target and the maximum bitrate for the 2-pass VBR files match the bitrate "quantity" of the target bitrate of the 1-pass CBR files, and I've noticed this in any encoding application I use, whether it's AME, Sorenson Squeeze, or TMPGEnc Xpress. When analyzing my VBR-encoded files using an application such as MediaInfo, the average bitrate that is reported is never even close to my max bitrate, and is usually well under my target bitrate.
I see two reasons for this:
If you're encoding with CBR and set your bitrate at 1000kbps, for instance, the encoder will simply allocate 1000kbps of bandwidth (divided by the frame rate) to each and every frame of video, regardless of how complex or simple each frame is. Each frame will be compressed to as near 1000kbps (divided by the framerate) as possible. Using CBR, you can more or less estimate the end file size by multiplying the bitrate by the duration in seconds. Think of it as filling a series of water glasses: with CBR, you fill each glass full, regardless of how much each individual actually wants to drink.
If you're encoding with 2-pass VBR and set your maximum bitrate to 1000kbps and (for argument's sake) your target bitrate to 1000kbps as well, the encoder will use the first pass to figure out how much available bandwidth is needed at each individual point of time, and that writes that to a log file that the second pass of the encoder then uses to properly allocate those available bits to the frames that need them the most. If a particular passage of the video can be encoded at a lower bitrate, and still maintain a prescribed level of visual quality, the encoder will simply put the squeeze on a little more. Back to our water glass analogy from above, this is the equivalent of filling each water glass with only as much water as each individual wants.
For example, using the max/target bitrate set above, a low-motion/low-complexity passage of video may be able to be encoded at only 500kbps and yet maintain the visual quality of 1000kbps. This results in a fewer bytes needed to encode that particular duration of the video, and usually there are multiple sections in a video that can be treated as such. This has a cumulative effect and subsequently results in a final encoded video that has a smaller file size than it would had it be encoded at the same bitrate, but with CBR encoding.
I'm not a software engineer or mathemagician, so I can't back all this up with empirical evidence, but in real-world practice, these have been my observations. Long story short: I always use 2-pass VBR for web-distributed encodes, and enjoy both smaller and better-looking files, at the expense of a coffee break.

Media Encoder/Premiere Export Crashing During long file exports

I'm running Premiere Pro CC 2014 on a windows 7 computer--a Livestream Studio HD500. I use the computer to capture live video, which is saved as large AVI motion-jpeg files. I need to edit and export these files as compressed h.264 videos for upload to the web.
I am able to import these files into premiere and work with them, but the program crashes to desktop during any long export. I am able to export very short (1 or 2 minute) videos just fine, but anything longer will crash to desktop after a few minutes of processing. Media encoder also crashes when attempting to compress the videos prior to processing.
I have been able to circumvent this problem by compressing the files I'm working with in advance using virtualdub, but it adds an annoying step to the workflow that I'd like to eliminate. Shouldn't premiere be able to import, edit, and export compressed versions of these files without crashing?
Note: I've tried turning off GPU rendering and clearing my cache several times.
Thoughts? Much appreciated.

Maybe this problem?
http://blogs.adobe.com/kevinmonahan/2014/01/13/computer-shuts-down-with-premiere-pro-or-af ter-effects/

Media Encoder: "Unknown Error" : one solution

Queued encoding out of Premiere CS5.02 into the Adobe-updated Media Encoder 5.0.1 was giving "Unknown Error" messages (not particularly helpful) and failing to encode properly.
I re-installed the 5.0.0.402 version off my install disc (chose Premiere, then unchecked everything except Media Encoder) and that ran the queue again- no changes to compression settings, file settings or anything. Identical files, just earlier version of Media Encoder.
All 6 queued files compressed without error.
Except that now the sound was out of sync. Checked Premiere, and somehow, despite me being absolutely sure I only ticked "Encoder" on the re-install, it had reverted to 5.0 with its AIFF sync bug.
I then ran the DOWNLOADED 5.02 Premiere patch (NOT the Adobe Updater one which causes my Premiere to lose its extra compression settings and be unable to open previously saved CS5 projects- see here for more info).
Things now function fine.
This for me so far is the standout feature of my CS5 upgrade: bugs, flaky updaters, horrendous support, and a need to either revert updates or apply them in particular ways.
I wish you all better times.

Can you clarify what your problem is?
Is it that you need the 5.02 update to fix the AIFF sync issue, but that then breaks Media Encoder?
If so, you'll need to re-install Media Encoder. For me, this was choosing Premiere on my CS5 installer and deselecting everything except Media Encoder, but it seemed still to revert Premiere to v5.0 so I then had to run the *downloaded* Premiere 5.02 update.
Do not allow the Adobe Updater to update Media Encoder or you'll hit the same problem again.
If your issue was actually something else, then let me know!

Media encoder takes too long

When I render any sequence, such as a 4 minute sequence, as either a Quicktime file or AVI, Adobe Media Encoder takes many hours to
render it. I had a previous issue where the export quality was too low. Adobe told me to install K-Lite Codec pack. After
that, the quality was better but not perfect. I would render a movie a file and compare the Premiere Pro and original video file. T
he rendered video was lower quality than the original video file. Now, Adobe Media Encoder estimates 3 hours to render a 3 minute SD
AVI sequence or any other type of video file. Adobe Media Encoder never seemed to work properly.
Windows XP Professional and Premiere Pro CS4

hi harm, thank you for the response.
Harm, I have heard that K-Lite might not be the cause here.
That this media encoder problem can be solved without removing K-Lite.
I would not prefer removing it as it has improved my export quality.
Do you have any other suggestions

The Adobe product that installed Media Encoder has not activated

My Adobe Media Encoder CS4 was working perfectly.
I even exported a video one morning and that same afternoon it refused and gave me the following message:
"Thank you for using Adobe Media Encoder CS4. The Adobe product that installed Media Encoder has not activated.
Please launch and activate that Adobe product before continuing to use Media Encoder"
I reinstalled a couple of times, but nothing changed.
I uninstalled and installed CS5, it launched once then gave me the same message all over again.
I even tried to install it on another computer and it's giving me the same result.
I have been working on this video more a month, and I can't even export it.
Can anyone help ? I have a deadline to meet
Thanks a lot

Hi, I've just been having the same problem but on my mac!
I have been trying to use XDCAM EX converted Mov files on my new MacBookPro with CS6. I have just completed the installation of ProRes Quictime codecs, but when I went back to try to re-open my Adobe Media Encoder, (that I was using without problem around an hour ago), I now get the same message that The-Jade was getting
"Thank you for using Adobe Media Encoder CS4. The Adobe product that installed Media Encoder has not activated.
Please launch and activate that Adobe product before continuing to use Media Encoder"
Any ideas?
Thanks,
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CS4 Media encoder - Crop+Resize problem

I`m attempting to both crop and resize a video at the same time.
I have an AVCHD 1920X1080 premiere CS4 project. I export it to media encoder.
I`m attempting to encode it to flv or f4v.
After having cropped the video in Media encoder I would like to resize it but then I encounter a problem:
I have 3 options in the output settings:
Scale to fit/Black borders/Change output size.
`Black borders` is not what I want. I need my frame to contain nothing outside of the image.
If I choose `Scale to fit` the video immidiately becomes terribly blurred. It can`t be not a resolution issue as the size is 429X622 after the crop and the original is HD (and if I encode it the result is accordingly strangely blurred) I can resize the video but it will be `blurred`.
If instead, in the output settings I choose `Change output size` I get a normal video image (no blur, that is) but the the `resize video` interface under the `video` tab is disabled - it is greyed out ( even though the checkbox next to it is still marked) and the width and height boxs are greyed out too. I can`t resize.
I`ve attached to this message a JPEG capturing a part of the frame to show the strange blurring problem as well as the greyed out `Resize` interface.
What am I doing wrong ?

Jim Simon asked:
But isn't that the size you want? If not, how did it get set that way?
Thanks for your interest, Jim Simon. Well, no, it`s not the size I want. I want to be able to resize at will, after I had cropped. How did it get set that way ? I got that 429WX622H frame merely by cropping the original 1920X1080 frame by using the `Media encoder` crop function, while the output is set to`Change output size` . If I would go now and rechange the size of the cropping frame I would get different dimension numbers. But as to how it got `set` this way, and now I refer to the word `set` as in `not being able to change anymore, being greyed out and disabled` - I have no idea at all, and this actually stands at the core of my bewilderment. If i choose to go about it differently and change the order of actions by resizing first and then cropping, for example, if I would choose first to change the size of the video from 1920X1080 to let`s arbitrarly say: 720X440 and then I would go and crop it in order to exclude from the frame certain imagery that I don`t need, then, Oddly enough, my previous resizing action will be strangely ignored and the cropping is re-calculated from the original 1920X1080 frame. I may even end up with a `crop` which is larger than my `resize`.
In other words: I need to be able to change both what I include in my frame and the final video resolution, and media encoder would not allow it in `Change output settings` and it would allow it in `Scale to fit` but then it insists on adding a strange and impossible bluriness effect even in the result encoded video.

Cropping with media encoder withour black lines

I found a number of similar posts, but none solve the same problem I have:
When I save a video in Premiere CS3 with the media encoder, I get black lines on the sides of the video. I noticed that I use crop (in the encoder) of 4:3 but it actually gives me a window that isn't of that exact size (for instance 200X151 pixels). I save the video (in MPEG-2) in size 360X270, so the extra pixels might be the cause of the black lines.
When I crop to some rectangle and save the video in the exact same pixel sizes (not just ratio), I don't get the lines.
Anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of the black lines?
Thanks!
Aya

The project settings are desktop editing, 30 fps, size 360X270, square pixels, lower field first (I don't know which settings are important for this)
The video I load is with codec VP6F (FFMPEG) - I have flv and using virtualDub I converted them to avi, trying to keep the original quality (which isn't too good to begin with), so I could work with premiere.
Then, in premiere, the only way I found to crop the video (without it being resized) to the size I wanted was to use the media encoder, and only MPEG-2 codec (for some reason all other codecs that I tried resulted in a movie with problems, like jumping or blurring)
I've been working for days trying to get an flv into premiere, then cropped and edited in premiere (I cut short clips from the original movie) and back to an avi with some standard codec.
The main problem is currently the black bars (but any general suggestions would also be helpful :). The only way I managed to somehow get rid of them is to save the movie in the exact size of the cropping (which isn't really good, because I need to resize). But then when I open the video in VirtualDubMod it has black bars again...
Help!
Thanks,
Aya

Media Encoder - very bad resizing quality

The problem is when i want to resize HD video from it's original size 1440x1080 50i (16x9) to DV PAL 720x576 (4x3) 50i to the full frame size (without black borders) using crop - the video quality even in preview looks really bad. The whole image gets blurry and kinda "half resolution" looking.
I think it's a bug of media encoder 4.0.1
This is really annoyingg cause we're filming using XDCAM and clients often want to get material in DV PAL. Any solutions?
The same thing done and rendered natively in After Effects looks fine

Try importing the clips into Premiere and resizing them manually in the timeline. Then send those off to Media Encoder. Make sure you select "Maximize Render Quality" from the sequence settings or use "Maximum Render Quality" in your export settings.
There was a similar issue with CS3 when "Scale to Frame Size" was selected on a clip. The resulting video was softer using this feature compared to resizing the clip manually.

Glitch that looks like a datamosh after compressing in Media Encoder

When trying to make a WMV of this video and after rendering out lossless from AE and then compressing in Media Encoder, I am getting this strange glitch at the same spot no matter how many times I try to redo the process with different settings within the WMV options. It works fine if I do an MP4, for example, so it seems like the problem is only with WMV files in ME. Just in case, I have completely redone it in AE several times and then put it through ME, but it does the same thing. It looks like a datamosh.
Any ideas? Thank you.

mp4's are more universally acceptable than WMV's so I'd just go with one of the H.264 presets.
If you really must have a WMV, what codec are you trying to use. There are hundreds if not thousands of possibilities and many of them are really flakey....

CS4 crop in Adobe Media Encoder

Hi,
First question is there no forum for the Adobe Media Encoder
that ships with CS4 FlashPro (master collection)?
this seemed the best place possibly
I have a video in quicktime format. Quicktime player says it
is 720x480.
When I play it in Quicktime it has black bars top and bottom.
When I look at it in Media encoder it has black bars top and
bottom.
I turned on crop in the input window, and adjusted to remove
the black bars.
I set output to change output size. It said output 720x350.
makes sense.
the rest of the settings are f4v same as source default.
When I view the output window in media encoder it appears to
have black bars on the sides?
when I load the video into a video player in flash with
scalemode set on noScale it has black bars on the sides, top and
bottom black bars are gone.
what's the deal, I just want it the same size with the black
bars gone from the top and bottom, why do I have side bars now??
thanks
mark

Hi Mark,
I tried the following steps and it worked for me, can you
also try out the same at your end?
1. Import file in AME, choose FLV | F4V format and click
preset link to launch settings UI
2. Choose preset F4V Same As Source
3. In Source Preview, Click Crop icon and drag crop rectangle
to crop out the black portion (top, bottom bars)
4. In Output Preview, change Crop Setting to 'Change Output
Size'. This should remove the black portion from the encoded video.
This however, will reduce your output video size also (so that
there is no squishing).
Thanks
Aurobinda

Can't open Adobe Media Encoder CS6 without crashing

Hi, I tryed recently to export a finished video in Adobe Premiere with Adobe Media Encoder, but unfortunately, until recently, it crashes a few second later when I try to open it. I try to open it without Premiere, same result. I tryed to uninstall the program and re-install it, but no success. So, I really don't know what to do. Any ideas ?
Thanks to answer

You're not providing any system info nor the exact error when it crashes, so this is not going anywhere. That aside you may have better luck simply asking in the AME/ PPRo forums.
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Adobe Media Encoder (Pr CS4) encodes my videos without the effects of the plugins Genarts Sapp

Hello,
My Adobe Media Encoder (Premiere CS4) encodes my videos without the effects of the plugins Genarts Sapphire. I did not have this problem with CS2 and also he encodes all other plugins.
Do you know why? I really need to solve this serious issue.
Any help will be apprecieted,

OK, good. Go to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Premiere Pro\4.0 and look for two files called "Plugin Loading.log" and "Headless Plugin Loading.log" (without the quotes). These are just text documents, so open them up in Notepad or similar and compare the two; what you're looking for are references to your Sapphire plugins. What you'll probably find is that in "Plugin Loading.log", the plugins are loaded successfully--it will say something like "The plugin was successfully loaded from the registry."--whereas in "Headless Plugin Loading.log" the same plugin will be marked "The plugin is marked as Ignore, so it will not be loaded."
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