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April 2, 2019
Question

Media Encoder fails to render anything

Hi guys,

My media encoder fails to render lately. It doesn't matter to which codec I export, nor which project, nor which software I use (AE / Premiere Pro)

I constantly get the message attached under here.

I already deleted the cache files form all software, reinstalled media encoder, etc. etc... but nothing works.

The weird thing is that the fail-message isn't right. It keeps referring to an old project. While I'm exporting to Prores it keeps talking about H.264

Any ideas?

Specs from my workstation:

Media Encoder CC2019 v13.0.2

MacPro mid 2013 6 core, os 10.14.4

Thanks a lot!

Fail message:

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- Encoding Time: 00:00:30

04/02/2019 12:05:10 PM : Encoding Failed

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Export Error

Error compiling movie.

Render Error

Render returned error.

Writing with exporter: QuickTime

Writing to file: /var/folders/dn/qgg854594d5_77w0b86b66040000gn/T/Untitled Project_AME/Comp 1.mov

Around timecode: 00:00:00:23

Rendering at offset: 0,000 seconds

Component: QuickTime of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

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    8 replies

    Participant
    July 18, 2020

    hi I have the same problem I tried everything and it didn't work for me:(( 

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    Participant
    July 22, 2020

    hi i ended up fixing my error, my issue was the plug in i used "rsmb pro" some how it was bugged i don't know how but i couldn't even preview my video with the plug in, so what i did was use a different rsmb, so maybe your issue is you have a corrupt plug in.

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    amazing_meadow8759
    Participant
    January 14, 2025

    Did you ever fix this with rsmb?

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    Participating Frequently
    April 5, 2019

    I have the same issue with the same error code, let us know if you find something !

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    JoostG.Author
    Participant
    April 18, 2019

    After not using media encoder for a couple of weeks it started working again today. Don't know what I did, a new after effects update last week, unplugging some hardware, ... ? Fingers crossed.

    Hope you found a solution.

    Cheers!

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    Participating Frequently
    April 18, 2019

    same for me. It has surely been fixes lately

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    imeilfx
    Inspiring
    April 3, 2019

    Try things from that list: How to fix issues that cause errors when rendering or exporting  those are most common causes of AME render error.

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    JoostG.Author
    Participant
    April 4, 2019

    Hi, thanks for your reply. I already found and did this checklist, but unfortunately none of the solutions work. Pretty frustrating!

    I also deleted prefs, plist files and so on from my system, but without luck. I guess I have to do a complete reinstall of all my adobe software. A big pain with all 3th party plugs... (the only thing I didn't figure out by the way, if there's a plug that causes trouble)

    Keep you posted when I find a solution.

    Cheers!

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