Media Encoder crashing when importing AE project (launching two versions of AE??)

[darkcurv]

Last night AME was working fine. I wake up this morning, try and render and now AME is not working right.

Starts up fine, I try and add a composition, which is all going well and then as soon as it says "connected to [project]" in the Import window a crash report for After Effects appears. AME itself doesn't crash, but the import fails. I was watching the task manager as this happens, and for some reason when I import into AME, there are two versions of After Effects starting up in the background - could this be causing it???

I've tried importing multiple AE files, even the ones I rendered yesterday and it's still doing it despite it working fine yesterday. I'm using window 10, AE and AME 2020 (Version 14.9)

I dont want to update any software as I'm mid-project and I've had bad experiences doing that, so can anyone suggest a solution? Can't understand why it would suddenly stop over night!

[tt__]

Exactly the same by my side. I've just updated the last AE version but it does not solve the issue. 

@Deleted User Please assist! T&R

[darkcurv · Accepted solution]

Same here - one of the solutions I tried was newer versions of AE but that still gave problems. This got me thinking though - what would affect all versions of AE??? Plugins.

I uninstalled AEJuice Pack Manager (not sure if you have it) but it updated last night so I wondered if that had caused it. I then deleted all prefs on AE and AME by using CNTRL+ALT+SHIFT whilst launching each app from the Adobe Creative Cloud app. I'd already done this multiple times but figured one more time wouldn't hurt. I then shut down my machine properly rather than restart, waited a bit, turned it back on and I was able to render again no issues. Can't say for sure if it was AE Juice but it may be worth trying if you have it.

[sumedp40663244]

Having the same issue. As soon as I add a composition to Media Encoder it opens up and then just shows an error.

Tried installing, reinstalling AE and Media encoder. Even reinstalled my nvidia drivers just to be thorough. 

Still no fixes. 

[sumedp40663244]

Update - 

Uninstalled AE Juice Pack Manager and it has fixed the issue. 

Thank you darkcurv 🙂

[darkcurv]

Nice one, glad it helped!

[tt__]

BINGO Thanks a lot.

[Dansome]

Its working! *-* Thank you!

[Yashkovskiy]

Hi, there,

Sorry for the inconvenience. We've fixed this issue. Please re-download the latest version from aejuice.com

Thanks,

Jacob.

[Ruslan_AEJuice]

Hi,

Uninstall current version of plugin please: 

Follow these instructions, please:
https://www.sweetprocess.com/kb/Gp8jUE0VYcmD/article/Ov7bt2f4QbG/how-do-i-uninstall-the-aejuice-pack...

After uninstallation install plugin from that links please:

Windows: https://aejuice.com/pack_manager/AEJuice_Pack_Manager.zip
macOS: https://aejuice.com/pack_manager/AEJuice_Pack_Manager_mac.zip

We had deleted new version and moved to previous one, that's why you should uninstall it and install version again.

Let us know if it works please! 

Thanks,

Michael.