Adobe Media Encoder CS4 - Manual (Page 43)

40 USING ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER CS4
Encoding media
Last updated 4/29/2012
Log files and error messages
View the Adobe Media Encoder log file
Adobe Media Encoder provides a log file that lets you view the status of files that you have encoded. The log file is a
plain text file that contains a record of all files encoded, whether successfully completed or not. The encoding status of
each file you encode is appended to the end of the file (placing the newest entry at the end of the file). The log file adds
entries until you manually clear them. To clear log file entries, open the file in a text editor, select all of the entries,
delete them, and save the empty file using the default filename (AMEEncodingLog.txt).
The log file is stored in the following location:
• Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Media
Encoder\4.0\AMEEncodingLog.txt
• Windows Vista: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Media Encoder\4.0\AMEEncodingLog.txt
• Macintosh: Macintosh HD/Users/user/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Media
Encoder/4.0/AMEEncodingLog.txt
To view the log file:
• Select File > Show Log.
The log file is displayed using the default text editing application of the operating system.
View encoding error messages
Adobe Media Encoder provides an error log file that you can use to troubleshoot errors encountered when encoding
video clips.
The error log file is stored in the following location:
• Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Media
Encoder\4.0\AMEEncodingErrorLog.txt
• Windows Vista: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Media Encoder\4.0\AMEEncodingErrorLog.txt
• Macintosh: Macintosh HD/Users/user/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Media
Encoder/4.0/AMEEncodingErrorLog.txt
To view the error log file:
• Select File > Show Errors.
The error log file is displayed using the default text editing application of the operating system.