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Inspiring
July 25, 2022
Question

Overwrite file command not adhered to.

  • July 25, 2022
  • 3 replies
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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
      September 6, 2022

      Huh, indeed I did. What happens if you created a file with the same file name and extension in two different places and, ignoring AME, tried to overwrite one with the other? Permissions could still very likely be the issue here, especially given AME's error. AME isn't failing because the encoding had an issue, it's explicitly telling you the file can't be overwritten.


      Hi David, sorry to take so much time to reply, got a busy end of week.

      Anyway, out of spite, I changed my entire D ownership to my specific user just to see if that is a windowns permission or something. Still the same error unfortunately. Also tried another drive with that permission thinghy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6thv2JXFkKE&t=190s&ab_channel=SandeepSingh) and even did specifically on the damm file, still no change.

      I'm out of ideas, hopefully you guys can thign of something.

      Cheers

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