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Inspiring
July 25, 2022
Question

Overwrite file command not adhered to.

  • July 25, 2022
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When I send any file to the queue from Pr or AE after I specifically told the programme the file needs to be replaced, Media Encoder does not respect that decision and adds "_1" behind the chosen file name for a newly created video file.

How can I tell Media Encoder to stop doing this?

 

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    Falk2000
    Participating Frequently
    August 1, 2024

    Same here, extremly annoying.

      Kris Hunt
      Kris Hunt
      Legend
      June 26, 2024

      I just encountered this bug as well. Turning off the increment option results in the export failing. I'm on a Mac using Premiere Pro 24.5.0.

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      David Arbor
      Inspiring
      July 28, 2022

      There's an option in the AME prefs under General > Output called "Increment output file name if file with same name exists." Uncheck this and you should be good. 

       

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      ricar2
      Known Participant
      August 31, 2022

      Hi David. When I use this option, ME usually fail to render. Might be a windows permition thing, is there a way to force it to always overwrite the prev version?

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      ricar2
      Known Participant
      August 31, 2022

      Ah, I bet you were right about permissions and I think it's because of Dropbox. I can see how Dropbox might not allow this kind of behavior because of syncing. I'm willing to bet it will work if you overwrited a file that wasn't in Dropbox, though.


      Nops, you lost the bet unfortutatelly, I tried rendering with a aep on my desktop (redacted my folder name down there out of paranoia) and on my 😧

      The log:

       

      Encode failed because the file C:\Users\***\Desktop\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov can't be overwritten.


      - Source File: C:\Users\***\Desktop\teste_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-Comp 1_3.aep
      - Output File: C:\Users\***\Desktop\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov
      - Preset Used: Apple ProRes 4444 with alpha
      - Video:
      - Audio:
      - Bitrate:
      - Encoding Time: 00:00:00
      08/31/2022 02:39:28 PM : Encoding Failed
      ------------------------------------------------------------

      Encode failed because the file C:\Users\***\Desktop\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov can't be overwritten.

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


      Encode failed because the file D:\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov can't be overwritten.


      - Source File: D:\teste_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-Comp 1_1.aep
      - Output File: D:\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov
      - Preset Used: Apple ProRes 4444 with alpha
      - Video:
      - Audio:
      - Bitrate:
      - Encoding Time: 00:00:00
      08/31/2022 02:40:58 PM : Encoding Failed
      ------------------------------------------------------------

      Encode failed because the file D:\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov can't be overwritten.

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