Adobe Media Encoder

Howdy, so recently I did a walk cycle animation for my class in After Effects. Went to Media Encoder to render it, and while waiting for it to render I accidentally clicked on my extended harddrive. Immediately, got a, "major hardware failure", and couldn't access it from the normal files option. Safetly ejected it, and plugged it back in, and everything seemed fine.Later, started working on my video game project I have on Monday, Sunday was the previous one, and it randomly failed then too. Had to erase an hours worth of work because of how bad it cramped up. I bought a new extended harddrive recently just in case, and honestly didn't think I had any damage as most files were opening okay after I ejected it and plugged it back in again. Then I started copying stuff over, and so far have lost 60+ files of videos and pictures. So far, its mainly memorabilia I've lost, like old game clips, but I have all my graphic design work from junior highschool to sophmore college on this thing

I've had this happen on multiple software versions over the years trying to send an After Effects Comp to Media Encoder. Media Encoder opens when I click, "Add to Media Encoder", but it never links the comp there to be able to export. Even tried manually "add source" from Media Encoder, but it gets hung up trying to connect.I tried closing both apps and reopening, but same issue. I don't really want the solve to be, "just restart your system" becuase that's just a waste of my time and resources. But I'll give it a go and see if that works. I'm using: AE 2025 v25.5.0 (Build 4) and Media Encoder 2025 v25.3 (Build 73)

Media Encoder 2020 will not stop hanging on exports, not freezing, just stopping usually about a third of the way through. Both myself and my colleague on our two seperate machines are running into this issue on almost every export we send to Media Encoder. We have been trying to export 15 short graphics based videos built in after effects, nothing particularly strenuous. Have spent the last few months rendering the same style videos through Media Encoder 2019 without any issues. As soon as we updated, the problems began! It seems to freeze whenever you go to touch Media Encoder, After Effects or Premiere once the render has been started. I've been using this for years and I would like to think I'm fairly good at troubleshooting but everything I try doesnt fix it. Ive had to resort to rendering straight out of After Effects and then re-rendering straight out of Premiere. If anyone knows how you would go about sorting the issue out and getting Media Encoder Working a

Hi, for some time now I am having this persisting issue with Adobe Media Encoder. I think this issue started after the Win11 update few months ago, but I am not able to confirm that. I am using the last version on Win11. My issue is that after installation, the program can be opened without issues. But when I close it (for whateve reason) I am not able to open it again. I tried to open it directly from Creative Cloud, from apps or from After Effects for example. But it always does the same thing - shows that it is opening (loading wheel next to mouse), but then it stops and nothing happens. The Encoder is then listed between the backgound tasks, but it just does not open. Few times the reinstall of everything helped - but it still worked only until first time I closed the app, then I was not able to open it again. (I used creative cloud cleaner to remove all data. I also manually removed appdata and related documents.) But now even after the complete reinstall I am

Dear all,I have been having problem with AME for months now when rendering Premiere's projects and cant see to resolve the problem. I have look through so many forums and tried all the methods but still got the same problem: most of the videos failed during the export with AMEThe GPU I'm using is the geforce gtx 980 ti, so today I tried with another pc with geforce gtx 1080 to see whether the problem was with my GPU. But still FAILED...Here is the report I got from AME: When export to QUICKTIME- Encoding Time: 00:02:0403/23/2017 05:01:31 PM : Encoding Failed------------------------------------------------------------Export ErrorWriting with exporter: QuickTimeWriting to file: C:\Users\sleoni2\Desktop\XXX_test.movAround timecode: 00:00:06:08Rendering at offset: 6.320 secondsComponent: QuickTime of type ExporterSelector: 9Error code: -1609629695When export to h.264------------------------------------------------------------- Encoding Time: 00:01:0303/23/2017 05:02:36 PM : Encoding Failed

Hi there, After updating my OS, I've been trying to open ME 25 on Macbook Pro running OS 26 and I keep getting the following error:"Adobe Media Encoder 2025" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash." I've tried to uninstall and install it back a few times with no sucess. Any clues on what is happening? Thanks.

I'm currently working on stitching together a bunch of MOD/AVCHD files from cameras and encoding them into a single video.  They don't require editing, this is just videos that need to be connected together, so Adobe Media Encoder's stitching function is the better tool in this case over Adobe Premiere Pro. However, while some sets I'm having no problem with, others have a larger number of individual clips, and I'm running into the message "Too many source files to display":If I was dropping all of the files from a single location into Adobe Media Encoder to be stitched/encoded, this wouldn't be an issue.  But many of the files are from other memory cards, and due to the way the camera names the files, you end up with multiple duplicate file names, which Windows Explorer can't handle in a single folder (obviously), but Adobe Media Encoder can have multiple files with the same name in a single stitch set no problem (since the source path is different). In the screens

App Version: Adobe Media Encoder 25.1 Platform: Windows 10/11 64-bitSystem: Intel Xeon W-2265, NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000, 64GB RAMBasic Steps to Reproduce:Create Premiere Pro project with video requiring scale operationsSend to Media Encoder via workflow extensionExport with H.264/ProRes settingsRandom green screen artifacts appear in exported videoExpected Result: Clean video export without visual artifacts Actual Result: Intermittent green screen flashes (few frames to 10 seconds duration)Additional Info:Problem affects 7 identical production workstationsIssue occurs ONLY with scaled video contentDirect Premiere Pro export works perfectly (no artifacts)Frequency: 2-3 occurrences per week across all stationsHardware acceleration already disabled in preferencesTroubleshooting Completed:Disabled H264/HEVC hardware encoding/decodingSet Mercury Playback Engine to Software OnlyCleared media cache and reset warningsChanged timeline base from 29.97fps to 25fpsProblem persists across all identic

Video rendern konnte nicht verwendet werden, weil ein Problem mit Adobe Media Encoder aufgtreten ist.Diese Meldung bekomme ich aus Photoshop, bei mehreren Ebenen die animiert werden sollten. Die Ebenen sind in der Zeitleiste und einzeln animiert, Clip ist 5 Sec. lang. Die Rendering Einstellungen und Fehlermeldung sind im Anhang sichtbar.Frage :Muss die PSD Datei zwingend in Media Encoder gerendert werden, oder geht das auch wie früher in PSD, wo ist die Problemlösung?Wenn jemand in der Community ähnliche Erfahrungen gemacht hat und einen Hinweis hat wie das zu lösen ist, freue ich mich auf eine Antwort.Herzlichen Dank Andy 

Hi,I’d like to add a .cube file to my macOS directory so that it appears in the Export window under Effects → Lumetri Looks/LUTs. I know I can load it manually each time, but I’d prefer it to be available in the dropdown menu by default.The thing is, I’m not sure where the correct directory is located.Thanks in advance for your help! 

Hi everyone,I’ve built a lightweight CEP extension for Adobe Media Encoder (v25.5) and placed it in the usual extension locations:C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\com.xcast.ame.bridgeC:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\com.xcast.ame.bridge%APPDATA%\Adobe\CEP\extensions I also verified that the required registry keys are set:HKCU\Software\Adobe\CSXS.13 PlayerDebugMode = 1HKCU\Software\Adobe\CSXS.12 PlayerDebugMode = 1 Despite this, the extension never appears in Window > Extensions inside Media Encoder.I even tried rolling back to AME v24, but the panel/extension menu is still missing.Has anyone successfully enabled CEP panels in recent versions of AME, or is there an additional step/setting I’m missing? Thanks in advance! 

I want to make a 1240 x 1683px video, but the exported MP4 video file is too large for memory. Is there any way to compress the file size of the video?

Hi!I have a sequence with reframed INSV videos filmed with an Insta360 X5.When exporting from Permiere Pro to Media Encoder, the program, ME, crashes. ME starts, I get the initial splash but then ME terminates without any messages or information. If ME is running when exporting ME terminates.After the crash when starting ME manually, not by exporting from PP, there is no trace of the previous export from PP.Help!/Kjell

I've never used Media Encoder on this computer, infact I just installed it a few weeks ago. To my knowledge I don't have any plugins installed (as I don't really use Adobe apps that often anyways). I already tried a reinstall with no avail. Please help thanks OS: macOS 11.2.3

HIhaving a major issue with media encoder. Title says it all. i go to encode a simple video just a single clip and at random intervals it actually shuts my ENTIRE computer off. this only started happening when i updated media encoder. before i updated, i had no problems whatsoever. system info:Current Windows 10 software16 gb ramNvidia GEforce gtx 760 (current as well)(Note i have solid works cadcam software with 3D modeling and pulling up massive sub assemblies with hundreds of parts and assemblies the computer doesnt even blink at it. no problems there. makes me think issue is entirely with media encoder)(note videos i am trying to edit with premier pro are just usually one video clip with titles at beginning and end from adobe. i only add maybe a cross dissolve in and thats it. videos are shot with a nikon D7000 camera. using same process i have done so for a few years now with media encoder and premiere pro with no problems till now. also again encoding crashes at random intervals.

ProblemaUso do Adobe Media Encoder e do Premiere Pro (Dynamic Link com modelos gráficos) está causando consumo excessivo de memória RAM até travar todo o sistema no macOS.O consumo de memória do Media Encoder cresce progressivamente durante exportações, chegando a ultrapassar 80 GB em vídeos maiores, até o macOS emitir alertas de falta de memória e travar o computador (forçando encerramento de apps ou até reinicialização).Em vídeos simples e pequenos também ocorre aumento de consumo, mas não chega a travar o sistema.Se o Premiere Pro permanece aberto em segundo plano, mesmo sem uso ativo, a memória também começa a subir até causar travamento do sistema.Já testei exportar em H.264 e H.265, mas o comportamento é o mesmo.ObservaçãoEsse problema começou recentemente (há algumas semanas). Antes, exportei diversos projetos semelhantes sem qualquer instabilidade.Todos os softwares estão atualizados para a versão mais recente (Premiere Pro, Media Encoder e After Effects, bem como macOS).Versão

Everything is updated to the latest version. Edition Windows 11 ProVersion 24H2OS build 26100.4946Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.197.0 AME: 25.4 (Build 90) Sound: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming: https://rog.asus.com/us/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-x570-e-gaming-model/spec/ SupremeFX8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220A- Dual OP Amplifiers- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs- Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking- High quality120dBSNR stereo playback outputand113dBSNR recording input- SupremeFX Shielding Technology- Supports up to 32-Bit/192kHz playback *2- Sonic Radar III- Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio LinkAudio Feature :- Optical S/PDIF out port(s) at back panel

When I create proxies in Premiere Pro, it won't open in Media Encoder. I already tried to enable PP and Media Encoder in the files section of the system preferences and it won't work. Please help me. 

Adobe Media Encoder Critical Bug ReportIssue SummaryCritical audio export failure in Adobe Media Encoder after September 2025 updateProblem DescriptionMedia Encoder consistently displays "Audio Offline" error when attempting to export any sequence containing audio from Premiere Pro. This affects all projects and audio formats, making Media Encoder unusable for any audio-containing exports.Software VersionsMedia Encoder: Version 25.5 (Build 13) - September 2025 releaseIssue Started: September 15, 2025 (2 days after update)Previous Status: Working perfectly before updateTroubleshooting Attempted✅ Rollback: Downgraded to Media Encoder v25.4.1 (Build 1) - Issue persists✅ Complete Reinstall: Uninstalled Media Encoder, cleared preferences, fresh install - Issue persists✅ Multiple Projects: Tested with different clients/projects - Issue affects all projects✅ Various Audio Formats: Tested 24-bit and 32-bit audio fil

This was the "answered" answer on a post from 2012. vvHi 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,KevinCould 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]

Win10Premiere version 24.41I'm trying to create a proxy through Premiere Pro in the Project screen and the system doesn't recognize the Media Encoder. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the Media Encoder several times through the Creative Cloud software and also through Windows and it doesn't help. Any suggestions?

Hello.I am experiencing very slow rendering times when exporting an AfterFX project via Adobe Media Encoder.The project duration is quite long at 20-30 minutes, the first 15 - 30 seconds are quite effect intensive but then loop repeatedly for the remainder of the duration. During the first 15-30 seconds of effects the CPU goes closer to 100% (around 70-90%) but after that trickels down to barely 50%. GPU sporadically spikes to about 40% but mostly stays at very low utilization anywhere from 10 - 25%. Memory is stable at arund 42-45%. I do not use aftereffects often but use premiere pro a lot more. I notice rendering premiere pro projects is infinitely faster and takes a fraction of the time AfterFX projects take. I'm wondering why AME refuses to utilize the full power of my machine to speed up these renders. A 30 minute export takes over 3 hours. I am aware I can just render the first 2 minute long section and then loop stitch together a loop in Premiere Pro and render that and it woul