Unknown error while rendering After Effects Composition

Report · Jul 13, 2017

Here's the log file for the error.... can someone tell me what's the problem here?

- Source File: C:\Users\charu\Downloads\Setups\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017 v14.0.1 + Crack\Plugins + Scripts\Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit v2.1\Project Files\01 Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit\Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit (converted)_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-Adjust Durations (Render) 11.aep

- Output File: C:\Users\charu\Documents\Projects\BITSAA\Earth Zoom Rendered\Adjust Durations (Render).mp4

- Preset Used: Match Source - High Bitrate

- Video: 480x270 (1.0), 25 fps, 00:00:55:17

- Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo

- Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 7.00 Mbps, Max 10.00 Mbps

- Encoding Time: 00:10:50

07/12/2017 07:55:01 PM : Encoding Failed

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The Operation was interrupted by user

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- Source File: C:\Users\charu\Downloads\Setups\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017 v14.0.1 + Crack\Plugins + Scripts\Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit v2.1\Project Files\01 Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit\Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit (converted)_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-Adjust Durations (Render) 13.aep

- Output File: C:\Users\charu\Documents\Projects\BITSAA\Earth Zoom Rendered\Adjust Durations (Render)_2.mp4

- Preset Used: YouTube 1080p HD

- Video: 1920x1080 (1.0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:55:24

- Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo

- Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 16.00 Mbps, Max 16.00 Mbps

- Encoding Time: 00:09:12

07/12/2017 11:32:02 PM : Encoding Failed

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The Operation was interrupted by user

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- Encoding Time: 00:04:58

07/13/2017 01:48:22 AM : 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\charu\Documents\Projects\BITSAA\Earth Zoom Rendered\Adjust Durations (Render)_2.mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00:00:40:12

Rendering at offset: 20.080 seconds

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:04:31

07/13/2017 10:26:37 AM : 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\charu\Documents\Projects\BITSAA\Earth Zoom Rendered\Adjust Durations (Render)_2.mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00:00:40:12

Rendering at offset: 20.080 seconds

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

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- Source File: C:\Users\charu\Downloads\Setups\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017 v14.0.1 + Crack\Plugins + Scripts\Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit v2.1\Project Files\01 Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit\Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit (converted)_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-Adjust Durations (Render) 15.aep

- Output File: C:\Users\charu\Documents\Projects\BITSAA\Earth Zoom Rendered\Adjust Durations (Render)_3.mp4

- Preset Used: Match Source - High bitrate

- Video: 1920x1080 (1.0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:55:24

- Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo

- Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 10.00 Mbps, Max 12.00 Mbps

- Encoding Time: 00:04:58

07/13/2017 10:54:07 AM : Encoding Failed

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The Operation was interrupted by user

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- Source File: C:\Users\charu\Downloads\Setups\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017 v14.0.1 + Crack\Plugins + Scripts\Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit v2.1\Project Files\01 Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit\Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit (converted)_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-Adjust Durations (Render) 16.aep

- Output File: C:\Users\charu\Documents\Projects\TEDxBITS-H 2017\Adjust Durations (Render).mp4

- Preset Used: Match Source - High bitrate

- Video: 1920x1080 (1.0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:55:17

- Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo

- Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 10.00 Mbps, Max 12.00 Mbps

- Encoding Time: 00:03:43

07/13/2017 11:06:34 AM : Encoding Failed

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The Operation was interrupted by user

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- Source File: C:\Users\charu\Downloads\Setups\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2017 v14.0.1 + Crack\Plugins + Scripts\Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit v2.1\Project Files\01 Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit\Ultimate Earth Zoom Toolkit (converted)_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-Adjust Durations (Render) 17.aep

- Output File: C:\Users\charu\Documents\Projects\TEDxBITS-H 2017\Adjust Durations (Render)_2.mp4

- Preset Used: Match Source - High bitrate

- Video: 1920x1080 (1.0), 25 fps, Progressive, 00:00:55:17

- Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo

- Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 10.00 Mbps, Max 12.00 Mbps

- Encoding Time: 00:02:03

07/13/2017 05:39:54 PM : Encoding Failed

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The Operation was interrupted by user

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- Encoding Time: 00:04:03

07/13/2017 05:47:38 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\charu\Documents\Projects\BITSAA\Earth Zoom Rendered\AE_Render.mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00:00:40:12

Rendering at offset: 20.080 seconds

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:09:59

07/13/2017 06:06:29 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\charu\Desktop\AE_Render.mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00:00:40:12

Rendering at offset: 20.080 seconds

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:12:27

07/13/2017 06:37:30 PM : Encoding Failed

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Export Error

Error compiling movie.

Render Error

Render returned error.

Writing with exporter: HEVC (H.265)

Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\charu\Desktop\AE_Render.mp4

Writing file type: HEVC

Around timecode: 00:00:40:12

Rendering at offset: 20.080 seconds

Component: HEVC (H.265) of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:14:24

07/13/2017 07:21:38 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\charu\Documents\Projects\BITSAA\Adjust Durations (Render).mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00:00:40:12

Rendering at offset: 20.080 seconds

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:09:51

07/13/2017 09:39:00 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\charu\Documents\Projects\BITSAA\Earth Zoom Rendered\Adjust Durations (Render).mp4

Writing file type: H264

Around timecode: 00:00:40:12

Rendering at offset: 20.080 seconds

Component: H.264 of type Exporter

Selector: 9

Error code: -1609629695

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Report · Jul 17, 2017

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like you're using a pirated copy of After Effects. If that's the case you won't find support here.

Report · Jul 17, 2017

LOL.... I believe you noticed the "+Crack" in the folder name

Yes, I did try to download the crack a long time back as my trial had expired and I had an emergency (but was a fake, nonetheless and I ended up buying it sooner than I wanted)
now, I just use that folder to dump the setups of all the plugins/scripts etc and all the projects that I have (it is hardlinked to different locations on my HDDs and hence changing the name would create an issue )
Hence the name of the folder containing crack.

BTW, on the main topic, I do believe that this is a hardware issue as I tried rendering the project on my institute's desktop and it rendered as smoothly as it should.

Report · Jul 18, 2017

It doesn't have to be a hardware issue, it could be corrupt preferences or bad cache files that would have been rebuilt when you moved the project to another machine.

You posted a log but you didn't say what was actually happening. There's lots of 'encoding failed' there, more info is needed to figure this out.

Is this happening in the middle of encoding, the very end, at the exact same frame every time?
Are you using GPU acceleration in AME?
- If so, are you using one method on your home machine and another on your work machine?
- Have you tried software encoding?
- Have you tried exporting a master file directly from After Effects and then encoding in AME?
- Are you running the same version of everything on both machines or do you have a more up-to-date version on your work machine?

There's lots to test here, but posting a log on its own doesn't always reveal what the issue is.

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Unknown error while rendering After Effects Composition