Media Encoder wont refresh comps from AE

I have an incredibly frustrating issue with the way AME operates. I can't seem to find a way to refresh, or update a comp in the render queue. If I am about to render and notice something is wrong in the Comp, I just cant go into after effects, make the change, save and have it update in AME. I have to shut down AME, go back to AE, and send to AME again. And if I had already placed a bunch of presets, and file destinations on the renders I have to do that ALL OVER AGAIN.
Am I missing something? Why is it using Dynamic Link when it's not really dynamically linked at all?

tmpst01 wrote:
Am I missing something? Why is it using Dynamic Link when it's not really dynamically linked at all?
AME uses Dynamic Link, but not in the same way DL works between After Effects and Premiere Pro. The link does not stay live.
Instead, AME loads a copy of the project into memory. You want it to do this; if you were allowed to change the project mid-render then bad things would happen.
What version of After Effects and AME are you using? There were some changes in the most recent (CC) release related to this. Specifically, now when you send a comp to AME a snapshot (a copy) of the AE project is made on disk (look in the project directory/projectName_AME), and this is the file that AME references. Premiere Pro does a similar thing, and has since prior to CC, but it stores the project file in a temp directory.
This workflow eliminates the problem of AME getting confused about the state of the project if you make changes. The downside is that after any change you will need to add your comp to AME again.
The benefit of this approach is versioning. If you send a comp or sequence to AME, that reference remains static. If you make further changes to the comp and need to return to a prior version, or simply need to inspect the history, the state of the render at the time you added the comp is maintained.
Now, all that said, I understand the case you're presenting, that you simply want to make some corrections after you've set up the comp in AME but before starting the render. Making AME behave this way will make it more flexible, but a certain amount of complexity will also be introduced. The best solution will probably be to let the user choose whether to keep the comp live or to take a snapshot.
Please submit your idea a feature request: www.adobe.com/go/wish

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