I can no longer access the 'Dynamic Link Server', and therefore can't render my videos... Help!

[Hugh Betcha]

My Ae suddenly (apparently) stopped accessing the 'Dynamic Link Server'. I saw in a post that I need to "manually relink the Ae comps" but I have no idea how to... I don't recall needing to do that initially... I reinstalled Ae and Media encoder - to no avail... Using AE and Media Encoder 22.5 on MacOS Catalina 10.15.7

[nishu_kush]

Hi Hugh Betcha,

Thanks for writing in.

Could you share more details on your workflow? Do you see any error message? Are you using a M1 machine or Intel one?

Let us know, we're here to help.

Thanks,

Nishu

[Hugh Betcha]

Thanks Nishu, 

It's an iMac Retina 5k, 27-inch, 2020 / 3.1 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5

64 GB Ram

I don't really get an error message, it just 'hangs' when it says trying to connect to Dynamic Link Server...

BTW - It's likely not a network issue - I'm working in the office, and we have a relatively robust connection/IT

[Hugh Betcha]

I've never needed the 'Dynamic Link Server' before (or if I did, it was seamless)... now when I Export --> Add to Media Encoder Queue, it simply doesn't show up in the right-hand window... I tried to 'point' it to different files or server locations (but perhaps I messed it up, after it initially had the issues). Also, when I reinstalled, I disregarded previous settings etc. since it had stopped working)

[Hugh Betcha · Accepted solution]

I gave up and called Support - here is the solution:

In Activity Monitor, force quit any and all Adobe-related processes. Fixes it like Magic!