Adobe Media Encoder - Only convert .PRPROJ

[Mr Sparkle]

Hey all,

 

I've got this dumb issue where my watch folder for Adobe Media Encoder will convert any media that arrives in it. The issue is that when one of our team places their media project there from Premiere Pro, the root folder has the xxx.prproj and all the media elements as well. This means AME will render ALL the files to .mp4 and shift the original to the 'source' folder. The issue then becomes that if a media element is rendered before the .prproj file, it is moved to the source folder and the .prproj file render fails due to missing media.

Is there any way in Premiere Pro to shift all the media to a subfolder first or get AME to only convert the .prproj file?

 

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks