Add to Adobe Media Encoder shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+M NOT WORKING!!!

[Chadman]

Hi l am running AE 2017.2 and AME 2017.1.2 on a PC and for some reason the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+M to start up AME and add a composition to AME render queue has stop working.

The weird thing is that the command from "Composition" drop down menu in AE works but just not the shortcut. It does not make any difference if AME is already running, and l have uninstalled and reinstalled both AE and AME with no success in fixing the problem.

I have never altered the Adobe After Effects 14.2 Win en_US Shortcuts.txt  file so l am not sure what other options there are to look into fixing this issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[kirakosyanlevon@gmail.com]

Why anybody from experts not responding to this issue?

[Chadman]

Yes my thoughts exactly....Come on Adobe someone must have some insight.

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi Chadman,

I just tested this and the feature works as expected. Can you update your software and test it again?

Thanks,
Kevin

[Chadman]

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for your reply,  l have the latest version of AE which is Version 15.0.0 (Build 180) and the shortcut still does not function!

The only work around l have created is to go into Keyboard shortcut settings via the edit menu and create a new shortcut which is Ctl+Alt+Shift+M this creates a Custom.txt file.

This shortcut l have created is only practical as l have Wacom Pro tablet and l have always had the Add to AME Render Queue shortcut assigned to a Wacom On-screen Control button. So adding another letter to the shortcut in this way is not a problem but l wouldn't want to use the shortcut l have created if l only had a keyboard to action it.

So this issue still needs to be sorted out.

Regards,

Andrew.

[Timothy Kreider]

I have the same problem. I believe it started when I updated to 2017 also. I was hoping that updating AE and ME to 2018 would fix the shortcut, but it didn't. The only thing I can add is I still have traces of After Effects 2015.3, 2015, 2014 and CC in my program files folder, so I imagine legacy registry, ini or whatever files still exist in other places. Perhaps the shortcut is still looking for AE 2015. I dunno.

The drop-down menu still works, so it's just an annoyance. I'll eventually fresh install my PC and I'm sure that'll fix it. Ha.

[S.Tyrone_Perry]

CC 2018 (PC) still have the same issue. Annoying for sure.
I also have remnants of CC 2017 on the pc, so maybe timothyk... is right, is it trying to launch AME 2017?

[Chadman]

What l can say is that after having to do a re install of windows 10 and all my adobe software only just one week ago and the shortcut NOW works!.....So it seems to be very possible that Adobe's own update process is the course of the issue.

[Smurfs]

im having this exact issue, after i reinstalled windows 10 my ctrl alt M stopped working on my AE, using the last update right now
What i did to circunvent the issue was adding SHIFT, so its like this now, CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+M

[jeroenr13836525]

I just did a fresh install of windows 10 pro, creative cloud app and through that installed an up to date version of both AE18 and MediaEncoder 18. The shortcut ctrl+alt+m is listed in the shortcut menu as adding the comp to media encoder render queue, but helas, nothing happens when pressed.

[jeroenr13836525]

ps. Even a fresh install of AE and ME didnt work. The shortcut is still unresponsive. My exit workflow is taking quite a hit in efficiency because of this bug.

[jeroenr13836525]

pps. Adding shift to the shortcut as a custom shortcut makes it work again, but isnt 100% ideal as the shortcut is now different between computers. Its just silly...

[jeroenr13836525]

Just another addition: Now AE can add up to 3 comps to the media encoder queue before both the shortcut AND the actual button in the menu to add items to the media encoder queue stop working completely. I then have to close and restart AE to add another 3 comps.
This is maddening! Please have a look at this for an upcomming bug fix release!

[S.Tyrone_Perry]

Updated to CC 2019... I've had this issue since CC 2017... This is ridiculous.

Manual drop down menu... works fine. Shortcut. Still broken.

[DDaker · Accepted solution]

FOUND THE PROBLEM!

Go to NVIDIA GEFORCE APP, FIND THE LITTLE COG, DISABLE IN GAME OVERLAY. (BASICALLY, CTRL+ALT+M IS USED BY NVIDIA GAME OVERLAY MODE)

[Lih0n]

Awesome! Thanks for the help DDaker.

[tsymyn]

That was it for me, too, nearly two years later. I changed the microphone toggle hotkey to CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-M, rather than turning overlay off. Thanks!

[pentagramwookie]

that works for me too! thanks!!

[danpantone]

OMG YES IT WORKS!!!!!!! THANK YOUUUU!!!
https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/how-to-disable-nvidia-overlay.html

[SandChing]

God bless you and give you a year off Adobe

[DesignReal]

My goodness, the joy!!
Microphone shortcut in Nvidia control panel. Just deleted that and were all working again...
Thank you!

[vobrazovka]

YEAH! Thanx dude, that it is!

[AZhi]

you are lifesaver

[ronenb36830066]

THAKNS ALOT THAT HELPED!!!

[Blissful_Zephyr5C70]

it's work !!! Thanks so much