Media Encoder is not picking up render export from After Effects

[default9vrfpofji3uq]

Hello, I am currently using Mac Catalina and have been using After Effects and rendering with Media Encoder, but after this recent update, Media Encoder is not picking up the render queue from After Effects whenever I export from AE.

Is this a common issue? What is the current workaround? Thanks in advance

[Radiffa5EF3]

Same issue, i haven't rendered yet since they updated their software. Not only after effect, but also premiere can't render well in Media Encoder

[BadMerc]

Same Issue and then it hangs up on "Connecting to server" had no issues until the update

[mueo]

I seem to have solved the problem on my machine at least. Windows 10.

Adobe had installed two versions of After Effects, v 18.4.1 and v 22.0

When I tried to run AME from v 18, it wouldn't link, but when running v 22, it would.

So I hope that can solve your problems too.

[Guns Almighty]

It does not. Literally everyone is trying to rollback and forth and it's still not working. 

[vasileioss23296238]

I downgraded both After Effects and Media encoder and it works. 

[Radiffa5EF3]

How to downgrade?

[Reed5EF5]

Just open Creative Clowd Desktop

Then you will see something like this

[Radiffa5EF3]

Okay thank you, now i use downgraded version, and it works as well. Thanks bro.

[Orlando5C7C]

improvisation?

[Guns Almighty]

Exactly what versions did you downgrade to? I went to 2021 and it's still not working for me. 

[Daniël van Ginkel]

I have this problem too. Have now tried the new button in the render queue that sends you to AME, but once there it just hangs there for ages and seems to not do anything. I have worked on a file for a week, that I can now not render to show to my client tomorrow morning.

Is there a way I could hold Adobe responsible for lossess?

[Orlando5C7C]

if they do not comply with what they sell, they return my money

[Vsk5D09]

It has been 10 days since the problem was reported on your forum. When are you going to run an update to fix it ? 

[defaultw0c00r4mf8up]

Please resolve the problem. I can't work.

[happymommy]

I keep trying to send this work around whenever I can but, there is a
work around that has been successful for me 100% of the time. With AME
closed (very important) send your project to the render queue, make sure
the output file is set, click the new button all the way to the right
that says to queue it in AME, let AME open, and start the render.

[CCharlie]

This doesn't work either. Rolling back to the previous version is the only thing that worked for me.

[Jero0D45]

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Sunday, 1948 pm.

Tomorow i have to present my work and ME is [inappropriate language removed by moderator] mi hard work!!!

And Im paing a lot opf money!!!

[inappropriate language removed by moderator] the updates!!!!!

[Sydney5E08]

I too have this issue. Thanks for the solve by having it go to the internal render then click "Render in AME", but then when I start rendering it never connects back to the file to even start. Please fix this adobe and if anyone has other suggestions. Restarting my computer usually lets me get two renders in before I run into the same issue again

[Guns Almighty]

See, that makes literally no sense from a tech standpoint? WHY would it work for a LITTLE BIT then just not work anymore? This is insane. 

[Artem_]

I have the same issue with AE 22.0.0 and ME 22.0 on macOS Monterey.

The proposed solution with using 'Add to Render Queue' first and then the button 'Queue in AME' does half of the work — the composition does appear in the AME queue, but launching the render results in the infinite 'Connecting to project...' process, and the actual render doesn't start.

[default9vrfpofji3uq]

Hi, just wondering if this has been resolved? Any updates on workarounds?

[PrismeVert]

Same...

[Bart Trojan]

Having same issue all the time. Everything is up to date both ae and encoder, I'm on mac m1, 

and it doesn't matter what way I choose to render (render que or streight export through ame) It does not render. 
Sometimes. 1 out of 20 trys it works but it's not enough since I'm working on a project that requiers multiple render through out the day. Adobe - please do something with it! 

[default9vrfpofji3uq]

any other workarounds so far?

[rat35]

Same issue, Send to Render Queue than Queue to AME work for me but something the render never process

So I use DUME  https://rainboxlab.org/tools/dume/ a  Free and Open Source Media Encoder from DUIK's creator.

There a script to send the comp in AE to the encoder. Work fine and it's fast, but  it's still in developpement (so no render queue for now)