Adobe Media Encoder 2020 is not working (This project could not be opened)

[luvochi]

I'm new to Adobe so I don't understand the big words, so please try to keep it simple. My computer is Windows. I have After Effects 2020 and whenever I try to upload a project to AME it says "This project could not be opened." (There's a picture attatched) I have an old project from a while ago that doesn't have this problem, though. It only started when I updated both AME and AE. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling AME. I have also tried to export the project through AE. I have After Effects 17.0.6 and Media Encoder 14.1. Please help me! I also have a picture attatched of the error logs.

[maxwellb]

I have the same issue. I don't think we are the only ones having this issue. I would guess it was a recent update because I don't ever remember getting the "The project could not be opened" error.

[systemsvh]

I am also running into this issue. Newest updates of AE and AME. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling. No dice.

[systemsvh · Accepted solution]

I have resolved my issue by downgrading to AE 17.0.4 and AME 14.0.3.

[luvochii]

How do I downgrade?

[systemsvh]

In Adobe Creative Cloud, click the 3 dots next to AE and AME and click 'Other Verions'.

Personally I went down 2 versions and it worked for me.

[luvochi]

It worked! Thank you so much!!

[youseft91565161]

I'm having a similar situation but when clicking the 3 dots, there's no option to downgrade to older versions. Just learn more or uninstall.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[The-Wayne]

Same here

[stiipe]

didn't work for me. still the same even after downgrading

i've already tried everything, nothing helped.

[taliaxbeam]

will i still keep all my plugins when i downgrade?

[Rob Bass]

Lifesaver! Thank you.

[xsyafi]

oh thank you sm you saved my life!

[Mackovac]

Mate, you are a life saver! Downloading the 14.0.3 version and I can finally render things now! Back in business! 

[Elson_Fernandes]

Thank you SO MUCH! Why Adobe launch updates like this if breaks our good workflows? 

[Brownii]

I thought that I was the only one experiencing this problem. AME keeps saying "the project could not be opened" or "source not found". And this is the first time I have this problem since I started this year.

[DBowker3D]

Having the same problem as well. I'll downgrade but seriously, how is it that Adobe isn't fixing this asap?

[chrisdonaghy]

It's ridiculous, I updated over the weekend after having not done so for a while and it's completely thrown my job out of sync and messed me around trying to find a fix! Luckily other people have had the same issue and I managed to find this plage, but seriously, why roll out an update if it causes problems and then not fix it straight away 

[tephrosis]

Thanks man, that worked.

I'm very pissed at adobe's poor update management ... this is unacceptable.

[Rob Bass]

Same issue. Tried every manner of congfiguration, cache clearing, downgrading AME, etc. The only thing that worked was downgrading both AE and AME to the versions recommended by systemsvh. 

[The User]

Downgrade ... is it serious?
My projects are now with the new version.

Well .. I guess I will have to look in the backups for the most recent project and make changes again ..

Very poor solution by the developers of ADOBE ..
I don't understand what updates are not supposed to test before launching? anyway..

[natanmoura]

Maybe add rendering to the list of tests you run before releasing... thanks Adobe.

[taqotaqo]

I am having the same issue! I thought maybe it was a Catalina issue, as I've very recently upgraded to Catalani and updated to 14.1 at the same time.

I used to be able to update in AME 2020, but now I can ONLY connect to project in 2019 AME which is 13.1.5. None of the 14.x.x versions work.

I have tried following many other answers but downgrading was the only thing that worked.

[taqotaqo]

Could the problem be that dynamic link is a 32-bit program? I dont know a lot about software, but I've updated to MacOS Catalina, and I think it doesnt support 32-bit software anymore. Here is an image from my system report 

[stiipe]

acutally i don't know what happend.
but i contacted the adobe support - and told them what my issue is. while i was communicating with them i tried again - went to AE ---> send compostions to AME - and it worked. suddenly.
but i tried to import the .aep File into premiere (opened premiere --> import --> import .aep file - ---> connection to dynamic server failed. so i told them that this doesn't work.

the support told me something i should rename my - Premiere Pro folder at  Documents --> Adobe to Premiere Pro_old and the dynamic server folder as well into dynamic server folder_old, but there was no dynamic server folder there so i just renamed the premiere pro folder.

and the folders at creative cloud files - there was the dynamic folder in so i went there and renamed both folder - dynamic link server folder and the premiere pro folder.

then i opened premiere pro and tried to import the .aep file - didn't work. 
so adobe support told me to do so:

open AE - create new composition - save it --> open premiere pro try to import it - WORKED but to import my  old aep.file  into premiere pro didn't work. --> go to AE - import the old composition (from my old .aep file) into AEs new created project and new comp.. --> go back to premiere Pro - import composition and it WORKED trough the new .aep. file.

i hope you did understand a little bit of this what i just wrote and i hope it will help you.

Br Stipe