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amlab
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March 23, 2017
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Adobe media encoder keeps failing during export

  • March 23, 2017
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Dear all,

I have been having problem with AME for months now when rendering Premiere's projects and cant see to resolve the problem. I have look through so many forums and tried all the methods but still got the same problem: most of the videos failed during the export with AME

The GPU I'm using is the geforce gtx 980 ti, so today I tried with another pc with geforce gtx 1080 to see whether the problem was with my GPU. But still FAILED...

Here is the report I got from AME:

When export to QUICKTIME

- Encoding Time: 00:02:04

03/23/2017 05:01:31 PM : Encoding Failed

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Export Error

Writing with exporter: QuickTime

Writing to file: C:\Users\sleoni2\Desktop\XXX_test.mov

Around timecode: 00:00:06:08

Rendering at offset: 6.320 seconds

Component: QuickTime of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

When export to h.264

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- Encoding Time: 00:01:03

03/23/2017 05:02:36 PM : Encoding Failed

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Export Error

Error compiling movie.

Render Error

Render returned error.

Writing with exporter: H.264

Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\sleoni2\Desktop\XXX_test4k.mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00:00:19:03 - 00:00:19:05

Rendering at offset: 19.120 seconds

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

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

- Encoding Time: 00:01:12

03/23/2017 05:45:54 PM : Encoding Failed

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Export Error

Error compiling movie.

Accelerated Renderer Error

Unable to produce frame.

Writing with exporter: H.264

Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\sleoni2\Desktop\CCC_4K.mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00:00:14:18

Rendering at offset: 14.600 seconds

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

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Plus I also get the same errors when I render videos directly with Premiere sometimes, though most of the time they got rendered just fine.

I would really appreciate if someone have a solution with this kind of problems, thanks in advance for your help!

- S

    Correct answer SAFEHARBOR11

    Turn off Max Render and Max Bit Depth. Max Render is normally used when scaling (like 4K to HD or HD to SD), which you are not doing, and increases export times. Also, Max Depth is mainly for high bit-depth video (10-bit or 12-bit for instance), typically not used. The defaults are the defaults for a reason ;-)

    Try exporting direct from Premiere rather than AE, and if that does work, disable GPU Acceleration as that sometimes helps with these problems.

    Thanks

    Jeff

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    justicel6513215
    New Participant
    October 10, 2025

    Finally figured it out for myself - not sure about PC but for Mac go to < Settings < Privacy & Security < Full Disk Access < then click the '+' and add Media Encoder

    cluelet
    cluelet
    Participating Frequently
    July 26, 2024

    So I'm not exactly sure why but when I exported it would keep failing at the same timecode, and I never had that issue before. I added a photo into the timeline as a revision from my client and it was exactly at the moment it would fail every time. So I tried most solutions first, clearing my cache completely, making sure all reccomended settings were set and it still didn't work. I ended up exporting just the photo itself without using Median Encoder and reimported it in and replaced the same photo and now the export worked. 

     

    So I've learned there are some weird reasons and very specific reasons for some people's problems so don't give up if you don't find the answer yet!

    S
    Sami Hejazi
    New Participant
    November 21, 2023

    Here's the short solution!
    I encountered this problem! I was working on a project that was stored on OneDrive
    I transferred the project to my device and the problem was solved!
    Make sure the project is on your device, never export as long as the project is stored in the cloud

    G
    gregade
    New Participant
    July 22, 2020

    I suffered this same issue some minutes ago and when everything I read here wasn't working, I tot of disabling my antivirus, lo and behold, the rendering started smoothly...

     

    So, you may also consider turning off your antivirus. 

    M
    miela5ECC
    New Participant
    August 17, 2021

    how do u turn antivirus off?

    B
    Bryan53717
    New Participant
    October 27, 2021

    I'd like to know also and would also like to know why I can not export a 2 hour video in AME that keeps failing on me, or the audio doesn't come with the video, or why it increases the file size from a Raw XAVC 4k Sony XD z150 video file of 60GB to a output file of 800GB using Quicktime Apple Pro Res 422 HQ.  Every other compression setting I have tried keeps failing on me.  Please help.  I have been using FCP 7 for the last 10 years on a laptop that has not been connected to WIFI in 6 years and yet my FCP 7 and its COMPRESSOR still works like a champ with my HPX 170 Camera but now I'm 3 weeks into Premiere Pro 2021 with this Sony XD Camera XAVC and having nothing but issues with this rendering/exporting of video files.

    T
    Technologicguy
    New Participant
    June 10, 2020

    I did ALL of Jeff's recommendations, and even lowered the quality even further down passed the default settings and it STILL failed!  That's on a Macbook Pro with the i7 chip and 16GB's of ram.  15 years with other various issues, but this is my first time unable to export a project in media encoder.  This is exactly why I DO NOT pay for software!  Proof that it's never worth the money!

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    worthyking
    New Participant
    February 11, 2020

    I'm having the same issue but I do not have the Max Render or Max Depth settings enabled. Can someone please help??

     

    I am using Premiere Pro 2020. When I export directly from Premiere Pro it works every time, however when I queue the same sequence for rendering via AME - with the EXACT same settings as I use when rendering directly out of Premiere Pro - the export fails during rendering with AME, giving me the old "cannot produce frame" error.

     

    My sequence is 30fps and I am exporting in H.264 with the Preset: Match Source - High Bitrate.

     

    Please help as this is REALLY frustrating!

    Aryza
    Aryza
    New Participant
    March 2, 2021

    Try exporting it in Premiere Pro first then put the exported file in AME it works for me. 

    Eleni1010
    Eleni1010
    Known Participant
    December 13, 2018

    I'm having the same problem. can someone help me

    Kevin-Monahan
    Community Manager
    Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 23, 2017

    Hi amlab,

    Did you try any of Jeff's steps? Anything work for you? Please let us know so we can assist you further.

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community &amp; Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio
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    SAFEHARBOR11
    Participating Frequently
    March 23, 2017

    You may have some piece of corrupt media in the timeline. Look for any small gaps as well, like one frame of space between clips.

    What is the source of the clips being edited - a certain camera, game capture software, what? Please be specific.

    Can you post a screen shot of Export Settings panel for review please?

    Do you have plenty of empty space on drive you are exporting to? One typically should have a fast, dedicated hard drive for all media, not recommended to use the C: drive for media and exports, then you are competing with Windows and applications for drive access.

    Which version of Premiere and AME are you using?

    Try turning OFF the GPU Acceleration in Premiere before exporting. Update graphics driver. Etc.

    Thanks

    Jeff

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      amlabAuthor
      New Participant
      March 27, 2017

      Thanks for your reply.

      The footage I've been editing are all taken with the Sony A7Rii (XAVC S 4K) and Sony A7S (With Atomos Ninja).

      The hard disk has about 3.5 TB empty space now, attached please find a screenshot of my export setting, I normally just choose the format and everything else "Match Source" with the "Render at max. depth" & "Use max. render quality" ticked:

      I'm using the latest version (2017) of Premier & AME and the GPU driver is up to date.

      About GPU acceleration, do you mean turning off the GPU acceleration in Premiere before rendering with AME?

      I had tried turning off the GPU Acceleration in AME which did help but took too much time for rendering a short video.

      Thanks

      - S

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      SAFEHARBOR11Correct answer
      Participating Frequently
      March 27, 2017

      Turn off Max Render and Max Bit Depth. Max Render is normally used when scaling (like 4K to HD or HD to SD), which you are not doing, and increases export times. Also, Max Depth is mainly for high bit-depth video (10-bit or 12-bit for instance), typically not used. The defaults are the defaults for a reason ;-)

      Try exporting direct from Premiere rather than AE, and if that does work, disable GPU Acceleration as that sometimes helps with these problems.

      Thanks

      Jeff

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