Encode multiple video formats using presets
Learn how to output multiple deliverables from a single source.
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One of the features of the Media Encoder is that you can add multiple outputs to a single source.
For instance, to this one I already added the Vimeo presets, but I want a YouTube and an iPad version of it as well.
To do that, I can just drag the YouTube presets underneath this one and it will be added to this item.
Another way to duplicate an output is to select the item and click on this "Add Output" button.
Instead of going to the Preset browser as an alternative, I can actually use this drop down-menu and look for the iPad version that I want.
The next thing I might want to do is change the naming because the names are now rather similar, and it might be helpful to distinguish them later.
So, the first one, I'll add "Vimeo" to the name.
The second one, I'll add "YouTube".
And the third one, I'll add "iPad".
And I also saw that it is pointing to another folder.
So, I'll choose the "Exports" folder, so they all now go to the same place.
Actually, this can be done in a more clever way.
If you go to the Preferences - and on the Mac, it's underneath the Media Encoder menu item, and on Windows, it's underneath Edit - you see this little option here: "Append preset name to filename".
That will add the preset name to the filename allowing for better distinguishing the files after encoding.
So, I will hit OK, and now I'll add a few other clips to my queue.
So, these two, I'll just drag them from the Finder, you can do this from Explorer as well.
I select them both and now I want to add a Vimeo preset to them.
Actually, I can do that by just double-clicking on the preset that I want, and it will be applied to both of them.
If I now select them both again, then double-click on the YouTube version, those presets will be added as well.
And as you can see, the name of the preset is now also added to this item.
And just to illustrate, if I select everything and I choose for instance the Kindle preset, the Kindle preset will now also be added, and the name of the preset is added to the output file.
Now, I can hit "Start" and have Media Encoder crunch all these files for me.
