node-adobe-media-encoder-webservice

Adobe Media Encoder "web service" (REST) client

Note: this uses a "private API" which was just discovered by luck inspecting another package, and most results are based on reverse-engineering and poking around.

Install and run AAMEWebService

only tried on Windows so far.

In the Adobe Media Encoder folder roughly C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Media Encoder CC 2017 run cmd.exe as an Administrator and install the service with AMEWebService.exe -install

The service config can be changed by editing the file ame_webservice_config.ini

Finally to run the service run the exe ame_webservice_console.exe

The console window should now be saying 'Creating AMEServer Succeeded' and AME will be open. Take note of the service ip address and port for the next step - Config the test

Config the test

open up testing/test-config.js Here you can change the AME version IP and Port to match your system settings.

# install the packages
npm install

# build and run test
npm test

# build the dist packages only
npm run build

# run the test only
npm run test-ame-native

Known issues / to-do

To-do

Automatically resolve and load PresetTree.xml and PresetCache.xml files
- resolve: roughly %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Documents\Adobe\Adobe Media Encoder\9.0\Presets, and version numbers (e.g. 9.0) can be read from the registry under HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Media Encoder
- PresetCache.xml is in ..
Automatically resolve preset paths by their name / preset tree path
Start / stop the service or the console process if not running
Make the retry delays and retry counts configurable somehow (submit & abort)
Make some CONSTANTS for the enums?

Known issues

Suspect there is a failed retry counter decrease if AME web service is not running when submitting jobs?

License

Not licensed for now (internal work-in-progress) - use at your own risk..

scottmcdonnell / node-adobe-media-encoder-webservice