Dynamic Link media server initialization error 1

[peterr24391251]

This morning I upgraded Mac Os to version 11.4 and yesterday I updated Photoshop CC to the latest version. Today I try to load an MP4 file into Photoshop, something I have done before, but I get the "Dynamic Link media server initialization error 1" error. Has anyone experienced this and is there a fix? Thx in advance!

I´m attaching the a file with the error

[Mohammad.Harb]

 Try converting the file into mov using Adobe media encoder 

[peterr24391251]

Hi Mohammad,

I tried your solution but it did not work.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[Akash Sharma]

Hi there,

Sorry that you cannot use Photoshop on Mac 11.4 as you're getting an error "Dynamic Link media server initialization error".

Which version of Photoshop are you using? In Photoshop, you can check that by going to Help > System Info.

Would you mind checking out this similar discussion https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/ps-cc-2018-could-not-complete-xxxx-command-be... and let us know if that helps?

Thanks,

Akash

[peterr24391251]

Hi Akash,

I tried installing several versions of Photoshop, but got the same message with all of them.

Still trying out different things.

Thanks for your suggestion.

[Akash Sharma]

Would you mind restoring the preferences for Photoshop & see if it helps? See this article for reference: https://t.co/ulJI7cGn1G You may want to backup your settings beforehand: https://t.co/4dX7gkr36D

Thanks, 

Akash

[peterr24391251]

Hi Akash,

I reset my preferences and restarted Photoshop. When i go to File>Import>Video Frames to Layer without specifying any file, I get the error from the attached file. Hope youe can use this to figure out the error.

Thanks

[Akash Sharma]

Thanks for sharing a screenshot. Are you getting this error only while importing a MP4 video or a specific video?

Would you mind deselecting the option "Use Graphics Processor" located in Photoshop's Preferences > Performance menu, then relaunch Photoshop and let us know if it helps?

Thanks,

Akash

[peterr24391251]

Hi Akash,

I tried your suggestion after updating to the latest Photoshop version 22.4.2. I disabled the Graphics Processor, restarted Photoshop, but I got the same error.

Thanks, if you can think of anything else I can try, I'll be grateful.

Regards

Peter

[peterr24391251]

Hi Akash,

The problem happens with any mp4 file. I tried again to do an import video layers and go the attached message immediately. Hope this helps

Regards

Peter

[Akash Sharma]

Thanks for the heads up.

Please checkout the steps mentioned here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/cs6-quot-could-not-complete-video-frames-to-layers-command-... 

Let us know how it goes.

~Akash

[JoLiCreativeMedia]

I'm getting the same problem. I've been using Photoshop to import short videos and make GIFs for years and don't remember having this problem before. I upgraded from Adobe 2020 to 2021 earlier this year and now get this error when I try to import a video (doesn't matter if it's mp4 or mov) into Photoshop: "dynamiclinkmediaserver initialization error 1".

I've tried disabling graphics processor in preferences, updating all my adobe apps, various methods of importing the video, restarting photoshop, restarting my machine... nothing seems to make it work. The video is around 5 seconds long, 2.6MB when encoded as an MP4, it should be a piece of cake for photoshop to make this into a loopable GIF for my client under 10MB. Media Encoder will make a GIF but it bloats the file size to 48MB, I know Photoshop can do a much better job. Bit miffed about paying monthly for something that doesn't work and that recommended steps to fix it go all the way back to CS6! My version number and spec is below. Please tell me there's something I can do to fix this.

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[JoLiCreativeMedia]

Just to add, I tried opening the MP4 (H264) and the MOV (ProRes) in Bridge and got the same error pop up. The files do not have thumbnail previews and have a little circle with strikethrough icon next to their file names indicating I can't play or preview them in Bridge.

[tprgrimey]

Hi there. I'm getting the same initialization error across the entire creative suite. For example, When I open Bridge I get the message and I cannot preview any video files (see screengrabs) In photoshop I have the same issue as the OP.

I have reinstalled the creative suite and trashed my preferences and am still experiencing the same issue. Is there a way I can do a more thorough delete & reinstall to make sure I didn't miss a preference file? Or how to independently delete & reinstall the dynmaic link media server?

[Labaroudeuse]

Hi Guys!

I am having the same issue. I tried everything that adobe's team mentionned above, nothing worked out. Did someone figure it out ? 

Ps: I have got the lastest version of photoshop 2021.

Thanks for your help.

[Gidis]

Hi Guys,

I'm also having the same problem. Also tried the steps, but unfortunately without succes.
Anybody got an update reagarding this issue?

[peterr24391251]

Hello to everybody,

So far I have tried just about anything I can think of, and I am still getting the Dynamic Link Loader error when loading a video file into Photoshop. I am on the current version of Photoshop and I tried it starting up the macbook Pro in single user mode, and started Photoshop with the Option key so as to not load any additional files. All to noavail. I am not seeing any advance on this matter and it very urgent to solve this issue. I am getting desperate and quite frankly somewhat annoyed, becaus I am a paying customer and so far there hace been no answers that solve the problem. My first report was on May 25th. It is September now, and several updates later, but the problem has not gone away. Please advise or give us a solution.

[J E L]

Sorry to hear about the problems. To rule out the particular video files you are trying, attached is a short, 6 MB free public domain mp4 file of a surfer stretching that I used for testing. I can open this video via both File > Open and File > Import > Video Frames to Layers without any problems.

Would you be willing to make a test with this file to let us know if you are still getting the error trying to open the video with both methods? I'm using Windows 10 Pro, PS version 22.5. Then we'll go from there. Thanks!

[peterr24391251]

Hi Jain,

I tried with your file, and in the first case I tried to File>Open the file, and got the same error. When I tried the other way, the error showed up even without specifying your file. I am attaching two files. On is a JPG of the error, theother one is a pdf of a test I made, running the dynamic link mediaservier directly from inside Adobe Photoshop App. Hopefully this gives you some lights as toi what is happening. I am using Photoshop CC 2021 ver. 22.5.0 on a Macbook Pro Mid 2014 with Mac OS Big Sur 11.5.2. (Latest version).

[J E L]

Okay. Thanks for trying that. There appears to be a problem with your dynamiclinkmediaserver.exe process. From what I gather, these are like runtime errors. That file is part of PS's program and seems to be missing or corrupt on your system. Do you have a lot of PS third-party plug-ins running? Could be a conflict there.

A full unistall/reinstall should fix the issue. Otherwise, this is above my pay grade and I'm wading into unfamiliar waters for a fix. Hopefully, others will come along with some help. You can also contact Adobe tech support directly for expert troubleshooting. Fingers crossed you will get this fixed soon!

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[jonathan_trnd]

Hello Guys,

I've also the same provblem, exporting a .mov from AE and then try to open the .mov with PS to make a transparent GIF

I've the message Dynamic Link media server initialization error 1..

What we could do to fix it please??... 😞

[古金禾]

It works in this PS v21.2.12!

Env:

macOS Catalina 10.15.7 

[J. Patrey]

Thank you so much! This worked for me too (macOS Mojave 10.14.6).

I've been looking for a solution in different posts but nothing worked. Guess I'll have to stick to an older version of PS until they fix it, as long as possible. 

It's a shame that most of the answers and feedback for these kind of problems come from users and not from adobe support.

[古金禾]

u r welcome! Maybe they should focus more on building a better community hhh

[samuelskoog]

Hi! Don't know who else might be having this problem, but after trying a bunch of stuff I realized that for my specific case the issue was the plugin AEJuice. Uninstalled using their included uninstall file and everything worked perfectly again.

Hope this helps someone!