Workflow
Note: First ensure that you have a Frame.io Project mounted with Frame.io Drive.
Open
Windows > Media Browser > Network Drives. Your mounted Project will appear here for you to navigate and view your media from Frame.io.Drag and drop any media file or Premiere/After Effects project file from the mounted Project to immediately import into the Media Encoder queue, or drag and drop your media directly from the Finder location into Media Encoder. (Note: This requires no downloading onto your desktop as it's from the mounted Project based in cloud storage.)
Choose the save destination to be the mounted Project location on your computer. Render your queue to develop the finished media file.
When exporting, you can render directly to your mounted Project which will upload automatically to Frame.io. The newly exported file will upload to Frame.io to that Project location. Make sure to monitor Upload Status in Frame.io Drive app to ensure file has completed it's uploaded.
Version Stack
If the export is being saved to the Mounted Project, each save will create a new version on Frame.io up to a max of 250 versions. Once max is reached, oldest versions will be moved to trash. Only the latest version is ever visible in Finder/File Explorer.
Requirements
Follow these steps to modify Media Encoder’s preferences for the best experience with Mounted Storage. Start by going to:
macOS -
Media Encoder > SettingsWindows -
Edit > Preferences
Set your Media & Disk Cache
1. Go to Preferences > Media.
2. Ensure Media Cache and Cache Database are not set to Frame.io Drive.
Increase RAM Allocation
In Preferences > Memory, let Adobe Media Encoder use more RAM.
Note: During export, After Effects, Premiere Pro, or Media Encoder may generate temporary files, such as .m4v, .m4a, and files with _00_ in the filename. These are significantly larger than the final .mp4 file and are only created to be used to multiplex audio and video streams into the final .mp4
If your Internet connection isn’t fast enough to quickly upload these large temporary files in the background, try exporting to a local directory first. Once the export is complete, you can upload the final file to Frame.io Drive.