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March 17, 2021
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cant open media encoder. what version of premiere does it need?

  • March 17, 2021
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I have adobe premiere 13.1.5 installed,

 

I`m trying to INGEST, however it reads media encoder needs to be installed,

but it is installed, and updated. 

version 15. I tested it prior to deleting two older versions, of media encoder. But now I cannot open it.

Please note I have adobe 13.1.5 because any version higher than this requires DCH drivers which I cannot put on my PC because its a flatscreen sealed at the back and I cannot afford new hardware at this time.

when I try and open media encoder, even with right click run as administrator, the blue circle starts spinning, but nothing happens. 

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Correct answer Ann Bens

can anyone at adobe help on this?? 

I need to edit my footage.

Media encoder 15 and 14.9 are not working with premiere 19 (13.1.5) and I cannot install version 20 or 21.

It`s not compatable with my graphics card.

 


Unfortunately AME 3.1.5 is no longer available.

Might want to try Support.

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@mj
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 17, 2021

Hi @bluefire777 ,

 

You might have an incomplete or damaged installation.

 

Uninstall Media Encoder from the CC App, and reinstall it. That should hopefully repair any install issues.

 

Good luck

mj

 

Mohammed Jogie | MSD |
Adobe ACA | ACE | ACI | ACP | CA | UGM |
MISTD | Ico-D | IxDA | PADI | C&G |
Inspiring
March 17, 2021

Actually I spoke too soon, I was able to create a proxy preset in media encoder 15 (build 37). 

And create an INGEST preset from that.

However when I select my files in premiere and right click make proxies, the same error message appears..

"adobe media encoder is not installed". 

Guess i`ll be uninstalling after all..

 

Inspiring
March 17, 2021

Hi @bluefire777 ,

 

If you getting the error in Premiere, it might be that the two apps are not in sync. Make sure you have the same versions of both apps installed or you're bound to run into compatibility issues.

 

Good luck

mj

 

Mohammed Jogie | MSD |
Adobe ACA | ACE | ACI | ACP | CA | UGM |
MISTD | Ico-D | IxDA | PADI | C&G |

I uninstalled media encoder 15 and installed media encoder 14.9, and restarted the computer.

I dont have access to any other M.E products.

 

I`m using Premiere Pro 13.1.5 and I get the same error message

I cant install any premiere product above this one, this is premiere 2019 (13.1.5) because I dont have DCH drivers on my computer which require a graphics card upgrade, I cant do that at this time.