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Auto Shutdown PC after Encoding Done – Premiere Pro / Media Encoder
Guys,
I have developed a simple script ( batch file *.bat)) that will check if encoding is still being done ( every 60+ secs ) and if the process is over, it will shutdown the PC. I tried to keep the code very very simple so that others can improve it.
For now , i have tested this on Windows 7 SP1 – 64 bits and it works well.
Here is the code, copy and paste it into notepad – i named it AutoPowerOff-AdobeMediaEnCoder.bat
…..code below ………
@echo off
echo.
date /t
time /t
echo.
:StartMonitoring
echo.
echo.
echo.
color 0f
echo Start monitoring Adobe Media Encoding Process
echo Check every 60 secs via KeepMonitoring
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 60 > nul
Goto Check
:KeepMonitoring
echo.
echo.
echo.
color 0f
echo Continue Monitoring Adobe Media Encoding Process – every 60s
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 60 > nul
Goto Check
:Check
echo.
echo.
echo.
color 0e
echo Checking If Encoding Process Over ?
echo.
echo.
color 0a
tasklist | find /i “PProHeadless.exe”
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO AutoPowerOFF
IF ERRORLEVEL 0 echo. && echo Encoding Still In Progress && GOTO KeepMonitoring
:AutoPowerOFF
echo.
echo.
echo.
color 0c
echo Process PProHeadless.exe does not exist anymore
echo Assume Encoding DONE
echo PC Poweroff Initiated
echo.
echo.
echo ShutDown PC After 60 sec
shutdown /s /t 60
:END
…. end of code …..
If some of you can check it out on other platforms and report back, i can maintain this script/thread.
Regards,
Marco.
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15 Replies
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A worthy project. I already have an auto-shutdown app that I use, but I have to make a guess as to when a long encoding session might end before I have it shut down. This would eliminate that guesswork.
However, I just tried, and your batch shut me down right in the middle of an encode.
I’m also using Windows 7 64bit.
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
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Oops…ignore that. I’m an idiot. I was simply transcoding a group of MOV’s, not encoding from Premiere, in which case PProHeadless.exe wasn’t even running, so the batch wouldn’t be expected to function. I’ll give it a try the RIGHT way.
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions -
OK…did it the right way, encoding a group of PPro sequences, and it worked!
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions -
Awesome bro…Glad it worked…. 🙂
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and just to make it easier for a newbie to understand ;
1. Pls save the bat file on any drive.
2. When you have started the encoding queue on Adobe Media Encoder, just go to where you kept the file, right click and run. I did it as Administrator.
3. Note – Only works for encoding with Adobe Media Encoder. But as you can see, you can quickly modify for any other job.Regards,
Marco. -
And also, in case anyone didn’t pick up on my mistake above, it only works when encoding from Premiere with Adobe Media Encoder, or when encoding a Premiere Pro project from within Adobe Media Encoder.
If you simply try to transcode a separate file outside of Ppro with AME, it wont work.
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions -
Works perfect for me…Thank you!
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Just FYI it seems the latest Adobe Media Encoder released in CC doesnt seem to use pproheadless.exe anymore even when encoding from Premiere. It seems to use the main exe from the Adobe Media Encoder, which obviously doesnt close at the end of the queue. Any ideas on how to somehow still shutdown with this?
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Will it also work if I encode from After Effect with Adobe Media Encoder?
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I can’t believe they don’t add this as a checkbox in modern versions of AME…
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