After Effects 2020 (17.1.4) Hangs On "Initializing MeidaCore" With Dynamic Link Enabled

[#1]

Hello Everyone!

Recently have run into an issue where AE 2020 launches super slow when Dynamic Link is enabled.

I am not opening a project file but AE will open ~20 DynamicLinkManager processes.

If I rename "dynamiclinkmanager.exe" AE opens just fine and there is no issue.

I have done the following:

-Reinstalled AE (multiple times)

-Updated Graphics Drivers

-Reinstalled the entire CC Suite

-Deleted Prefences

-Deleted the "%appdata%\Adobe" folder

My system Specs are:

-Ryzen 3950x

-64GB Ram

-Nvidia 2070 Super

-1TB SSD

I haven't had a problem with AE until this weekend. Specifically after I imported a Illustrator file into AE and then all the problems started.

The program never seems to fully crash as well, it just hangs and windows brings up its error reporter, so I never get any crash logs and I never get a chance to report the crash from the Adobe Crash Reporter.

The picture taken is from a fresh install of AE.

[#2]

Hello Everyone!

Recently have run into an issue where AE 2020 launches super slow when Dynamic Link is enabled.

I am not opening a project file but AE will open ~20 DynamicLinkManager processes.

If I rename "dynamiclinkmanager.exe" AE opens just fine and there is no issue.

I have done the following:

-Reinstalled AE (multiple times)

-Updated Graphics Drivers

-Reinstalled the entire CC Suite

-Deleted Prefences

-Deleted the "%appdata%\Adobe" folder

My system Specs are:

-Ryzen 3950x

-64GB Ram

-Nvidia 2070 Super

-1TB SSD

I haven't had a problem with AE until this weekend. Specifically after I imported a Illustrator file into AE and then all the problems started.

The program never seems to fully crash as well, it just hangs and windows brings up its error reporter, so I never get any crash logs and I never get a chance to report the crash from the Adobe Crash Reporter.

The picture taken is from a fresh install of AE.

[#3]

Here is a Picture of the process list:

 

[#4]

Try opening up Preferences and setting the available memory for other apps to a multiple of 4GB. Dynamic-link does not seem to behave well when the memory for AE or other apps is set to an odd number.

[#5]

See this page to see if any of the discussion there is helpful.

Also, try using the public beta to see if it behaves itself better. 

[#6]

Hi haninea45451944,

Sorry for your issue.

Did any of the suggestions from experts help? If not, try removing the third-party plug-ins and see if that helps.

Here's how to you can remove the plug-ins:

1. Go to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore
2. Remove all the files and folders except dummy.txt.
3. Launch After Effects.

Let us know if it helps.

Thanks,

Nishu

[#7]

Hi, 

I did all the changes and removed the third party plugins. But this had no effect. 

Thanks for your help

[#8]

Would you run AfterFX.exe and dynamiclinkmanager.exe as Run as Administrator (choose *.exe and right-click)?