Media Encoder crashes when rendering proxies

[rpaterno]

Hi there! For some reason Media Encoder is crashing everytime I'm trying to create proxies. We own 2 iMac Pro's (2017) and both have the same problem. When I try it on an older MacBook or iMac with the updated version it doesn's seem to have that problem. Does anyone know what could be the issue? Grt. Ricardo

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi rpaterno,

I am so sorry you are having trouble creating proxies. Which proxy preset are you using? What is the source footage? These facts may help us diagnose the issue. 

Thanks,
Kevin

[rpaterno]

Hi Kevin,

Both Quicktime and H.264 have the same result. I'll go for medium resolution and the footage it crashes on is Blackmagic Raw. Most of the time it renders 5 or 6 clips and then it crashes. And it's been like this since the latest update, before we never had the issues. 

I hope you have a solution. 

Cheers,

Ricardo

[Zackj_com]

I've had the same issue since the recent update of 2022. Anyone figure this out yet? Generating proxies is a important part of my workflow to keep these older machines spinning with new Sony mxf files. 

thanks. 

[EckiAME]

Are you also on MacIntel?

[EckiAME]

I could not repro your issue yet using these steps on an iMacPro (Intel) and macOS 13 using using Adobe Premiere Pro 23.0.57 and Adobe Media Encoder 23.0.1:
1. Install Blackmagic RAW 2.7 from here: https://sw.blackmagicdesign.com/BlackmagicRAW/v2.7/Blackmagic_RAW_Macintosh_2.7.zip
2. Download test media from https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicpocketcinemacamera/gallery and https://www.newsshooter.com/2019/08/10/bmpcc-6k-first-footage-downloadable-clips/.
3. Create project and import Blackmagic RAW files. Choose "Create Proxies" for all clips.
4. Observe AME encoding starting in the background.
5. No crasher.

Are you using any plug-ins? Which version of Blackmagic RAW are you on? Can you maybe share a project with files for us to repro?