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Robin Waroquier
Robin Waroquier
Participating Frequently
Oct 22, 2018 9:30 AM UTC
Question

3D camera tracker keeps initializing....

Hello

I want to 3d track my footage using dynamic link with Premiere, Both version 2019!

I have encountered this issue for serval attemps, it keeps initializing for ever, and then AE says 'timed out obtaining dynamic link" is this a but that comes with version 2019? If so, how can i downgrade to older versions and still run my project?

Any help would be appreciated.

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    letutennik
    Participant
    Apr 1, 2024 3:38 PM UTC

    Hey! For me it wasn't working bc the footage and composition were not the same length. Probably it'll help someone

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    panidhar@raindropictures
    Participant
    Mar 6, 2024 4:21 PM UTC

    I had the same problem. I went to Activity Monitor, while After Effects was running, force-shutdown these processes:

     

    a. Adobe Content Synchronizer

    b. Adobe Crash Processor

    c. Adobe Analysis Server

     

    Now add Camera Tracker and click "Analyse"... 

     

    I am runing AE 2024 - Beta version.

     

    hope this helps.

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    neocasar
    Participant
    Jan 28, 2024 2:57 PM UTC

    Hola abajo en los comentarios lei que a adobe no le gustan los numeros impares no le vi mucha logica pero decidi probarlo asi que de mis 16 GB le asigne 10 a adobe y 6 para otras aplicaciones y el 20% del procesador. y funciono perfectamente. puede que no sea solo lo de los numeros imperas depronto se trada de asignarle mas recursos a otras aplicaciones por que camera tracker funcione en segundo plano.

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    matteob15088892
    Participant
    Feb 6, 2024 4:20 PM UTC

    Same issue here... I have a macbook pro M3 with 64 gb...

     

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    Thai5C65
    Inspiring
    Dec 15, 2023 4:27 AM UTC

    Still an issue with 2024 version, can't camera track.  Tried all the different options and still forever initializing.

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    rburmont
    rburmont
    Participant
    Feb 21, 2024 6:58 PM UTC

    Same issue here on 2024

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    jpk32522715
    Participant
    Oct 20, 2023 12:10 PM UTC

    I just ran into this problem in After Effects 2023 (which is why i found this thread!) and I just quit the software, closed all other apps, restarted AE and then purged all memory and disk cache, it worked. Don't know which of those things made the difference but hopefully this works for somebody else too.

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      pimpmero82
      Participating Frequently
      Dec 18, 2023 5:55 AM UTC

      Yup, this fixed it too! 

      For peeps, also, always check your GPU and any update, its always an issue but after I update it, it also checks out and solves a few issues too.

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        PiMadox
        Participant
        Jun 9, 2023 10:10 PM UTC

        That was working with previous version of the software

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        James Walmsley
        Participant
        Jun 12, 2023 4:27 AM UTC

        I'm running 2023 version of AE on M2 Pro.

        - Same issue, just sits there initializing... doesn't crash, doesn't resolve. I've tried Prores as well. Any ideas?

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          re88945442
          re88945442
          Participant
          Sep 12, 2023 1:54 PM UTC

          Even tried it without dynamic link. Just simple drag & drop on timeline and "track camera". Stillll initializing. It's getting really frustrating @Adobe

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            Emin27821587w5o3
            Participant
            Jan 6, 2023 10:55 AM UTC

            did you solve the problem i have the same problem can't find a solution 

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            Ethan26798170b1c8
            Participant
            May 5, 2023 1:18 AM UTC

            Same issue here... still. Why is there STILL no solid answer when the original question was proposed in 2018!?

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              Jeepeng5DBB
              Participant
              Nov 11, 2021 5:49 AM UTC

              Updated to AE2022 still having this same problem, 3D camera Tracker initializing forever and "timed out obtaining dynamiclink server connection.". Any idea?

               

               

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                Olivier5E53
                Participant
                Dec 2, 2021 11:50 AM UTC

                Same problem here...

                That was working with previous version of the software

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                stridermax22
                stridermax22
                Participating Frequently
                Apr 14, 2021 9:51 PM UTC

                I, too, am having this issue and have had this issue for a while. The 3D camera tracker rarely works and just times out. I'm on OSX 10.15.7

                I'm so tired of paying for products that don't fully work with zero explanation. I have a brand new computer, and 3D Tracking still doesn't work. I've wiped my laptop too, and there's nothing that won't make the initializing time out on me.

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                  maxm21774309
                  Participant
                  May 4, 2021 6:32 PM UTC

                  Same here, I just bought this brand new computer hoping that I finally would be able to finish the VFX for my new movie, but a simple camera track already blocks everything. I cannot get it to work. Either it keeps initializing forever, and if not that, it get's stuck somewhere at frame 6, 140, 160 or 180 of the 240 frames of the video clip. Tried this over and over, restarting etc, nothing seems to work.

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                  Rick GerardCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  May 4, 2021 7:18 PM UTC

                  If you are having problems with a specific shot we need to see the shot, know the format and frame rate, and you need to explain what you are trying to accomplish. Not all footage will camera track. Some formats are not suitable for camera tracking so they either need to be transcoded or pre-composed. There is NO native 3D tracking in After Effects. 3D tracking is a completely different animal. 

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                  Rick GerardCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  Mar 3, 2021 6:05 PM UTC

                  My first guess is that your Ram allocation for other applications is an odd number. If you have 8 GB then 1 or 3 is assigned to other apps. Change that to 2 or 4 and the tracker will probably initialize. Adobe does not like odd numbers in the ram allocation. I have 8 to others and 12 for Adobe on my 16GB machine. The camera tracker always fails if I have anything but even numbers.

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                    Noah5CDE
                    Inspiring
                    Feb 27, 2024 3:21 PM UTC

                    This worked for me after a restart

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