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Inspiring
July 25, 2022
Question

Overwrite file command not adhered to.

  • July 25, 2022
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When I send any file to the queue from Pr or AE after I specifically told the programme the file needs to be replaced, Media Encoder does not respect that decision and adds "_1" behind the chosen file name for a newly created video file.

How can I tell Media Encoder to stop doing this?

 

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    Falk2000
    Participating Frequently
    August 1, 2024

    Same here, extremly annoying.

      Kris Hunt
      Kris Hunt
      Legend
      June 26, 2024

      I just encountered this bug as well. Turning off the increment option results in the export failing. I'm on a Mac using Premiere Pro 24.5.0.

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      David Arbor
      Inspiring
      July 28, 2022

      There's an option in the AME prefs under General > Output called "Increment output file name if file with same name exists." Uncheck this and you should be good. 

       

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      ricar2
      Known Participant
      August 31, 2022

      Hi David. When I use this option, ME usually fail to render. Might be a windows permition thing, is there a way to force it to always overwrite the prev version?

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      David Arbor
      Inspiring
      August 31, 2022

      Nops, you lost the bet unfortutatelly, I tried rendering with a aep on my desktop (redacted my folder name down there out of paranoia) and on my 😧

      The log:

       

      Encode failed because the file C:\Users\***\Desktop\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov can't be overwritten.


      - Source File: C:\Users\***\Desktop\teste_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-Comp 1_3.aep
      - Output File: C:\Users\***\Desktop\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov
      - Preset Used: Apple ProRes 4444 with alpha
      - Video:
      - Audio:
      - Bitrate:
      - Encoding Time: 00:00:00
      08/31/2022 02:39:28 PM : Encoding Failed
      ------------------------------------------------------------

      Encode failed because the file C:\Users\***\Desktop\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov can't be overwritten.

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


      Encode failed because the file D:\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov can't be overwritten.


      - Source File: D:\teste_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-Comp 1_1.aep
      - Output File: D:\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov
      - Preset Used: Apple ProRes 4444 with alpha
      - Video:
      - Audio:
      - Bitrate:
      - Encoding Time: 00:00:00
      08/31/2022 02:40:58 PM : Encoding Failed
      ------------------------------------------------------------

      Encode failed because the file D:\teste_AME\Comp 1.mov can't be overwritten.

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


      Huh, indeed I did. What happens if you created a file with the same file name and extension in two different places and, ignoring AME, tried to overwrite one with the other? Permissions could still very likely be the issue here, especially given AME's error. AME isn't failing because the encoding had an issue, it's explicitly telling you the file can't be overwritten.

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