CANNOT EXPORT MEDIA from Premiere CS4

Had the same problem (re:first post above). But a re-install made it work fine. Wondering if there's a quicker command to render to bypass hitting "start queue" in Encoder.

Thanks for this link. I'll look at this when I've calmed down.

I did discover that if I rendered the movie via CS3 uncompressed, then opened CS4 Media encoder and added this file, it would then create the compressed version. Before this I moved the uncompressed file to the C drive (I usually have all my movies on external USB drives) Bit of a pain but it works.

Here the same solution: http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b6f403/3

I know Premiere can be really frustrating :). Hope they bring a update soon that will fix some annoying bugs.

I am on a PC not a Mac.

Yes I do have CS3 still installed. As it happens when I went back to open the file in CS3 (and re-did all the edits!!) It would still not render via media encoder!!!!! I have rendered an uncompressed version tho.

I see were all doing Adobe's beta testing for them!!! This will be my last upgrade from Adobe unless there is a die-for facility (which there wasn't in CS4 - or CS3 or CS2 for that matter!!)

If I can face the CS3 & 4 unistall then re-install CS4 I may try it!! (but not today - I'm completely sickened - hey must be a program upgrade free entitlement!!!!!!)

Do you have CS3 and CS4 on your mac or did you removed CS3 after you installed CS4?

If that's the case on a PC you get that error message. My solution is to remove CS3 (if you not already done) and reinstall CS4. After I did that the error message disappeared. Don't know if it works for the Mac.

I have the same problem. The source file cannot be found!! I can't find the location of this file either. THIS IS A SERIOUS BACKWARDS STEP ADOBE!!!!!!!!!!

I am unable to render any movie files from a movie editing program!! WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS?

VERY, VERY UNHAPPY WITH ADOBE (and it cost me £615 to upgarde to a product that no longer functions!!!!!!)

Sorry, I entered the PC info until I reread your post

To me, the location for your source file seems wonky. It seems strange to be in a cache or temporary item folder. Have you checked to see if those items still reside in the source folder?

I just hit start queue and after a few seconds it starts the encoding.

If this is helpful.

Is it possible in this case the 'source' means the original media?