I just updated both Premiere and Encoder to the latest versions and opened an older Premiere project (from CC 9.1) to export them through Encoder as 422HQ Quicktime file. Both open fine and seem to export fine directly through Premiere, and Queue up fine in Encoder...however, the encoding fails instantly (before any progress bar can even appear).

Consistently getting the following error on any Quicktime export (422, 422HQ, Animation, etc.) although H264 renders work fine. Any ideas? I've never seen such a long error code, nor had renders fail so quickly.

Running CC on a 2012 iMac, 3.2Ghz Intel Core i5 running OS 10.11.6.

Thanks for any insight!

- Encoding Time: 00:00:01

08/09/2016 04:57:15 PM : Encoding Failed

------------------------------------------------------------

Export Error

Error compiling movie.

Export Error

Exporter returned bad result.

Writing with exporter: QuickTime

Writing to file: /Volumes/RHP_10_2016_Delivery/EvilExhumed_DELIVERY/EVILEXHUMED_MASTER/EvilExhumed_Master_ 422HQ.mov

Around timecode: 00:00:00:00

Component: QuickTime of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: 1667785070

I am a recovering Final Cut Pro user. Switched over about version FCP X 10.3. The railroad tie that broke the camel's back for me was a removed feature I am hoping I can do with Premiere in some way.

In FCP 7 and even FCP X up to 10.3, you had the option of sending a render job to their version of Media Encoder (Called "compressor") just like Premiere Pro can do now. However, you had the option of being able to use a "render cluster" by where if compressor was loaded onto other macs on your network, it would send the job out to one of those nodes or even split it up and send parts of it to several computers to parallel encode the job. Made large jobs faster and allowed you to not have to bog down your processors on you main computer with a render job. Apple just took it out with 10.4, which was a deal breaker for me.

I know Premiere/Media Encoder does not have the ability to split the job up, but was wondering if there as a way I could send a render job to Queue up on the Media Encoder of another system...say my Mac mini server which also has Media Encoder on it. Is there any way to select the path to the Media Encoder and thus have it deploy the render job to the other machine?

Thanks.

Hello,

I am exporting a mpeg HDV file that has a constant frame rate to a H264 video (.mp4) video to upload to a web-base video player. I'm actually using the preset in Media Encoder "YouTube HD 720p 29.97".

The online video web interface I use requires a constant frame rate. But when looking at the video in MediaInfo it shows the video file as a variable frame rate. After looking through the settings in Media Encoder I cannot find any option to correct that.  I see where you can change the frame rate and it is at 29.97. So you would think it would be constant but it is not. And it does not have any settings, that I can see, to change from variable to constant. I do see the bitrate settings, but that is not the issue.

I also have Apple Compressor and that successfuly does a constant frame rate, but if possible I'd rather use Adobe Media Encoder. So does anybody know how to change this setting? Thank you

Hi,

I have  After Effects 2018 (Version 15) and the latest Media Encoder 2018 (Version 12) installed.
When I add to Media encoder queue from AE 2018, it does not link. Same when I try to add a project inside the Media Encoder.
The error that is shown is "Could not connect to Adobe After Effects. Please verify that Adobe After Effects and Adobe Dynamic Link components are installed"

Since upgrading to CS6,when I upload my videos to You Tube I keep getting a notice that I need to adjust my Quicktime settings to prepare videos for internet streaming. Which is easy enough with Quicktime, just chexk the prepare for fast streaming box, with iFFMPEG it also one of the custom choices available by checking the "write moov atom" box. I cannot find the equivilent in AME. Are there presets that do write the moov atom.

First, all the system info:

Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1

Intel HD Graphics 3000 Display Adapter

I’m using Premiere Pro CS6 Version 6.0.5 (001  (MC: 264587)) “Mighty Kilt”

Version 6.0.3.1 (64 Bit) of Adobe Media Encoder CS6

Other Adobe applications installed: AIR, Creative Cloud, Download Assistant, Encore CS6 Library, Flash Player 12 ActiveX, Flash Player 12 Plugin, Help Manager, Premiere Pro CS6, Premiere Pro CS6 Functional Content, Reader XI

I’ve run check for updates on both Premiere Pro and Media Encoder and everything is up to date

I'm producing a two disc, dual layer DVD set for 100 families of my son's marching band.

I have a half hour "masterwork" of interviews, performance segments, rehearsal sequences, credits, etc that I've edited together complete with sound, etc.

I also then have various other video segments from the season, some high quality (1920x1080) and some lower quality.

Rather than import everything into Encore and have Encore transcode them all at the same quality, I wanted to ensure that the half-hour piece and certain other segments were transcoded as high quality as possible and given the largest file sizes I could and then transcode other segments at lower quality levels as needed so everything would fit on the discs.

The company I'm using to duplicate/replicate the 100 DVDs from my Master DVD advised me to encode them FIRST in Premiere Pro as desired, and THEN import those files into Encore.

I've used Adobe Media Encoder a lot to export the individual segments into files I could upload to Youtube and have had no problem for the last several months.

But now, two things happen:

1) AME automatically designates the "Output File" with an .aac extension (see attached)

2) When I do an "Import As" of the AME encoded file in Encore it only loads an audio file (obviously)

Huh?

Here are the settings I use in my Export Media dialogue in Premiere Pro CS6:

Format: MPEG2-DVD

Preset: NTSC Widescreen High Quality

Output Name (and filetype): ______ name with Save as Type of "Video Files(*.mpg)

BOTH the "Export Video" and "Export Audio" boxes are checked (see attached screen print)

Filters Tab: left as is, don't do anything here

Multiplexer Tab:

• choose the "DVD" button (vs the "None" button)
• Bitrate Type: left as Variable which is what is selected as a default

Video Tab:

• Codec: Reads MainConcept MPEG Video
• Quality: increase it to the max of 5
• TV Standard: NTSC
• Frame Rate: 29.97
• Field Order: None (Progressive)
• Pixel Aspect Ration: Widescreen 16:9
• Render at Maximum Depth box checked
• Bitrate Encoding: I choose CBR for my high quality segments and VBR 2-pass for my lower quality segments
• Bitrate: kick it up to the max for high qulaity segments, adjust as needed to get the filesize I want for my lower quality segments

Audio Tab:

• Audio Format: Dolby Digital
• Codec: Dolby Digital
• Bitrate: At least 320, sometimes higher for the segments I want to be the highest quality

I check the "Use Maximum Render Quality" box

I chose "Queue" for everything and then let it run overnight

And yes, the original media has BOTH a video track and an audio track that works (see Screenprint)

So... what am I doing wrong, helpful experts????

Hello All,

I have a question that I think is just something I'm overlooking. I have a Comp with a logo. The logo is made up of various files and does not have a solid background. It's very similar to a lower third.When I render it out in AE via the Render Que I have no issues and the Alpha channel works as expected when imported into PPRO. The setting I use is QuickTime>Animation>RGB+Alpha, etc.

This morning I decided I wanted to start rendering via Media Encoder. I watched the video Colin Smith did a bout a year ago to refresh my memory.

I fired up Media Encoder, dragged my logo comp into ME and everything seemed to being going beautifully. I chose QuickTime> Animation codec>etc.

However when imported the file into PPRO the Alpha channel did not render. Where the Alpha channel is supposed to be PPRO read as black video. I went back in ME and doubled checked all of the settings. I do not see anywhere in ME where you can specify an Alpha channel as you can in AE where you can specify "RGB+Alpha".

Is there a setting in ME to activate/read the alpha channel that I'm missing? I'd really like to use ME for future AE comp renderings but unless I can get around the Alpha channel issue I won't be able to.

CS6 all up to date

Win Vista (not that I think any system specs matter in this instance).

Thank you in advance,

Shane

I am a recovering Final Cut Pro user. Switched over about version FCP X 10.3. The railroad tie that broke the camel's back for me was a removed feature I am hoping I can do with Premiere in some way.

In FCP 7 and even FCP X up to 10.3, you had the option of sending a render job to their version of Media Encoder (Called "compressor") just like Premiere Pro can do now. However, you had the option of being able to use a "render cluster" by where if compressor was loaded onto other macs on your network, it would send the job out to one of those nodes or even split it up and send parts of it to several computers to parallel encode the job. Made large jobs faster and allowed you to not have to bog down your processors on you main computer with a render job. Apple just took it out with 10.4, which was a deal breaker for me.

I know Premiere/Media Encoder does not have the ability to split the job up, but was wondering if there as a way I could send a render job to Queue up on the Media Encoder of another system...say my Mac mini server which also has Media Encoder on it. Is there any way to select the path to the Media Encoder and thus have it deploy the render job to the other machine?

Thanks.

This was the "answered" answer on a post from 2012. vv

Hi CLCTV,

To close this thread, exports interpreted as variable frame rate are now interpreted as constant in AME CC 2014 (8.0), and later. Please create a new thread if you are still having trouble with this issue.

Thanks,

Kevin

Could someone explain with detail how Media Encoder is able to convert a Variable frame rate video to constant? I am personally working with a live stream video and trying to add front and back bumpers in post.

Thanks!

[Moved by moderator from the non-technical Lounge Forum to the AME Forum for technical help]

I made a PowerPoint 2016 slide show that needed to be converted to MJPEG so it can display on an HD television. The tv only supports this video format. PowerPoint doesn't support exporting to mjpeg directly so I exported my PPTX file to mp4, hoping I could convert this with Media Encoder. I opened ME but I don't see the mjpeg format in the Format drop-down in the Export Settings.

Can anyone recommend a reliable way to convert mp4 over to MJEG?

I know there are tons of threads out there that ask this question, but a lot of them seem older and don't have proper answers.

When rendering my files from Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018, it always uses my CPU entirely for rendering the finished product. This takes a really long time, as I have an i5-6500 (Quad Core clocked at base 3.2Ghz), so files can take between their own length to twice the video length to render.

When I select to use the Mercury Playback Engine, which explicitly states it uses my GPU to render, I still see 100% CPU usage with the standard idle GPU usage I get (0-2%). Not only is it selected as my Renderer in ME, but it's also selected as the default Renderer in Premiere Pro's project settings.

Sony Vegas Pro, the competitor to Premiere/AE/ME, renders on the GPU moreso than Adobe's products do. If the answer to this question is "not all effects render on the GPU, at the peak end of 2017 mind you (not 1998), then I have to sincerely raise an eyebrow how only cutting a video's length by a bit can somehow render slowly or doesn't constitute as "available to render on a GPU".

Though, if anyone has an idea of what I may be doing wrong that can be troubleshooted, I appreciate any help I can get!

Edit: I realized that I forgot to give some vital information in this regard.

My specs:

Windows 10 (64-bit Pro)

Intel i5-6500 (Quad Core, 3.2Ghz)

8GB DDR4 RAM

AMD RX460

Adobe CC is installed on my boot drive (SSD)

Files are rendering to a 2TB 7200RPM HDD

I'm checking performance via Task Manager (It shows GPU usage when games are using it all the time)

Hi -

Our team use Encoder to render videos but we quite often experience error -1609629695

One of the error log is like

------------------------------------------------------------

- Encoding Time: 00:03:26

07/28/2017 04:43:50 PM : Encoding Failed

------------------------------------------------------------

Export Error

Error compiling movie.

Render Error

Render returned error.

Writing with exporter: H.264

Writing to file: \\?\X:\xxxxx.mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00:00:05:17 - 00:00:06:00

Rendering at offset: 5.680 seconds

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

------------------------------------------------------------

There are few more points to clarify the issue -

1 - The users suspected a network issue caused this problem but IT confirmed there is not any major network / system changes recently.

2 - Installed product version 2017.0.2 Release Adobe Media Encoder CC

3 - The issue randomly happen with 3 - 4 users on different machines, machine spec are various from SSD to HDD, Windows 10 and 16GB RAM

4 - Blow are the audio and video setting we normally use (already made as a standard to everyone since many months ago)

Thanks in advance!

Hi.

However, the H265 codec is missing in the Media Encoder program.
This is very important for me. What should I do?

Please help me.

The systems and programs I use are as follows:

- New MacBook Pro Touch Bar (Max. Hardware)

macOS High Sierra 10.13.2

3.1 GHz Intel Core i7

16 GB 2133 MHz RAM

Radeon Pro 560

2TB SSD

- Adobe Media Encoder CC 12.0 (Build 202) (up-to-date)

- Adobe After Effects CC 2018 15.0.0 (Build 180) (up-to-date)

- Adobe Premiere Pro CC 12.0.0 (Build 224) (up-to-date)

Since upgrading to CS6,when I upload my videos to You Tube I keep getting a notice that I need to adjust my Quicktime settings to prepare videos for internet streaming. Which is easy enough with Quicktime, just chexk the prepare for fast streaming box, with iFFMPEG it also one of the custom choices available by checking the "write moov atom" box. I cannot find the equivilent in AME. Are there presets that do write the moov atom.

Hey guys,

Very frustrating problem that I have been working on for hours and searching for a solution to, but with no avail.

THE PROBLEM:

As of July 27, 2016 when I last updated Adobe Media Encoder/Premiere, often when I export long videos (longer than 30 minutes-ish) via Adobe Media Encoder, my export fails and I get this error:

- Encoding Time: 00:19:30 [<------ this time is almost always different on each export-even if it is the same video that I am exporting]

08/08/2016 12:38:55 AM : Encoding Failed

--------------------------------------------------------

Export Error

Error compiling movie.

Export Error

Unable to create audio renderer.

Writing with exporter: H.264

Writing to file: /Users/nathanieldodson/Desktop/03_FOR_PUBLISH.mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00;00;00;00

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: 6

If I try to export in Premiere Pro, it freezes at 0% and I have to force quit the application. Please help, my business is reliant on videos getting exported in a timely fashion and this problem has just cropped up after 5+ years of using Premiere/AME. Any information/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

MY COMPUTER:

I have Macbook Pro (Retina, 15-inch Mid 2014) running OS X El Capitan

Processor: 2.5GHz Intel Core i7

Memory: 16GB RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048MB

I am running a 4k monitor off the Macbook.

Again, I have never had this issue even once, but since July 27th, 2016 I have had this error over a dozen times.

SOLUTIONS:

I managed to get one 65 minute video to export a week ago by entering the Preferences of Adobe Media Encoder and unchecking "Import Sequences Natively", but after being able to export that project, the problem persists with new videos I am trying to export.

I have seen others talking about changing the name of the .prproj file and removing and special characters. That didn't help my case.

I have seen others talking about changing the name of the sequence being exported and removing special characters. That didn't help in my case.

I have seen the suggestion of deleting audio clips one at a time and undoing the delete to correct the problem. That didn't help in my case.

I did just remove the "03" from my "Output File" name (changed "03_FOR_PUBLISH.mp4" to "_FOR_PUBLISH.mp4") and as of writing this post it's gotten 47+ minutes deep in the encoding process. I'm skeptical that it will complete until I see it actually complete. Too many times setting AME to work only to return the next morning and realize nothing was exported or encoded.

MY PLEA/DEMAND:

Adobe, please give us the solution to this problem. All of these file naming changes and deleting audio "solutions" feel like duct tape solution at best.

I have entirely lost faith in Adobe Media Encoder doing its job. I feel like I'm hoping for a miracle each time I need to export a video (2-3x a week) and that really stinks.

I pay my Adobe bill every month to have access to the greatest suite of design, video, and development applications known to man, not to fuss with a gimmick problem in the Media Encoder. Adobe, please respond to my question, please provide a solution, and please provide a long-term correction to this very frustrating problem.

Thank you.

I'd like to render a 1080i comp at half resolution or third resolution in AME to speed up render times for low-res previews. I just had a low-res H264 preview take 5 minutes to encode in AE, and 28 minutes in AME.

This is easily accomplished in the After Effects render settings. However, the "video" option in AME seems to imply the project is encoded at that resolution, not rendered at it.

I went into AE and changed the setting in the composition viewport to "half", but when I queue it up in AME, the "Match Source" button still indicates 1080.

What is the correct method to get the results I want?

I'm currently using AE CC and AME CC on Windows.

Hello,

I have cut 4K footage, from DJI Inspire, with the latest Adobe Premiere CC and made the rendering with Adobe Media Encoder for the final result. For any reason, the movie starts to stutter when the camera is panning. This only appears when I change the speed to make the clip run faster. I currently use 135%.

These are my export settings. Sorry it's in German I think you know the meaning

Here is the video. You can see the stuttering beginning at 0:56 Min. The whole video is on 135% of speed.

Any ideas why this is happen? I tried it to render on two differnt PC's Win 7 and Win 10. Both with Intel i7 CPU 10GB and 16GB RAM.This happens also when I export to full HD.

Any ideas how to solve this?

Best regards.

Hello All,

I have a question that I think is just something I'm overlooking. I have a Comp with a logo. The logo is made up of various files and does not have a solid background. It's very similar to a lower third.When I render it out in AE via the Render Que I have no issues and the Alpha channel works as expected when imported into PPRO. The setting I use is QuickTime>Animation>RGB+Alpha, etc.

This morning I decided I wanted to start rendering via Media Encoder. I watched the video Colin Smith did a bout a year ago to refresh my memory.

I fired up Media Encoder, dragged my logo comp into ME and everything seemed to being going beautifully. I chose QuickTime> Animation codec>etc.

However when imported the file into PPRO the Alpha channel did not render. Where the Alpha channel is supposed to be PPRO read as black video. I went back in ME and doubled checked all of the settings. I do not see anywhere in ME where you can specify an Alpha channel as you can in AE where you can specify "RGB+Alpha".

Is there a setting in ME to activate/read the alpha channel that I'm missing? I'd really like to use ME for future AE comp renderings but unless I can get around the Alpha channel issue I won't be able to.

CS6 all up to date

Win Vista (not that I think any system specs matter in this instance).

Thank you in advance,

Shane

Hi,

Media encoder cc won't encode my x264 codec .flv file.

Error: media encoder doesn't support this compression type.

This is a .flv that was produced by Xsplit, WWW.xsplit.com

Hi,

I'm having issues with the 2017 version of Media Encoder.

To start, I exported my files from Adobe Premiere CC 2017 version. I have no problems with audio. Sound is there with the file(s). Everything looks good.

Then, when I use the media encoder to change to another format, I get no audio at all. All of my clips from the new ME has no audio.

I have cleaned the media cache from both Premiere and ME. I also re-installed Media Encoder 2017. So far, nothing has worked. Still no audio on files.

Everything was fine with previous version. Any suggestions?