Since the last couple of Beta releases of AE (I'm currently on 22.1.0 Build 46), exporting via Media Encoder is very unreliable - usually, the comp appears in Media Encoder, but if I click on the settings to tweak them, the usual "Dyanmic Link Connection - Connecting to project..." alert pops up, but nothing happens, even on a very, very simple project. I've currently just sent a simple comp to Media Encoder, clicked the settings, and the striped bar in the 'Connecting to project' box is moving, but my CPU and disks are idle - nothing happening at all. If I then click Cancel, then close ME, I get the "Sorry an error occurred" crash report pop up for Media Encoder.
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