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Media Encoder won't queue

New Here ,
Oct 24, 2013 Oct 24, 2013

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I'm running the latest build of Premiere CC. I can export sequences without issue but if I try to 'Queue' and send to Media Encoder, it won't show up. Basically, Media Encoder will launch automatically as it should be no job actually get's added...It just sits there. I've waited close to 30 minutes with no success. The behaivor is identical to whenever I just launch Encoder on it's own. Thoughts?

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Adobe Employee , Nov 04, 2013 Nov 04, 2013

The AME team is investigating similar reports from other customers. While they have not yet nailed down the cause, the workaround they're recommending is to clear your AME preferences. The easiest way to do this is to hold Shift while launching AME.

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Contributor ,
Mar 12, 2015 Mar 12, 2015

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Great tip! Thanks.

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Community Beginner ,
Apr 07, 2015 Apr 07, 2015

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Chiming in here... I'm having the same issue. CC-2014, Win 7 Ultimate, 48g Ram, i7 extreme, 11 TB of storage, GTX970. Not on every project yet, but the last 3 have froze when opening AME and then queuing my render. At first opening AME on its own and then doing the export media from PR worked, but today on my latest project it just freezes every time I try. CTRL when opening AME didn't help. Dragging my timeline from the PR bin into AME at least allowed me to render this job - side note; not sure if related but it appears with dragging timeline to AME its not using my GPU (even though selected to do so) CPU meter is pegging which is not normally the case when I use GPU acceleration.

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Community Beginner ,
Apr 10, 2015 Apr 10, 2015

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holding down shift while the program opened worked for me. Not sure if it will stay that way but it's looking good for now

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Contributor ,
Aug 07, 2015 Aug 07, 2015

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I just downloaded Premiere CC 2015.0.1 and it appears that after two years our prayers may have been answered. I was able to successfully queue two different sequences at two different times from Premiere to Media Encoder.

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Explorer ,
Sep 24, 2015 Sep 24, 2015

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since yesterday, i have a similar problem. i am using premiere / ame for many years now. but since yesterday, when i click "export media" -> queue in premiere, ame opens, but no project appears in the queue. i still can open the projects directly in ame, but hey, thats very uncomfortable.

any ideas? i have tried all the tips above (unchecking antive import, holding shift while ame is starting).

i am on a mac 10.10.5 and using the newest cc version 2015.0.2

and again: it worked for years now!

thanks!

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 24, 2015 Sep 24, 2015

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‌i know its not a solution but I was having the same issue and fixed it then it started happening again so now all I do is start the encoder first and then queue and it works!

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Explorer ,
Nov 23, 2015 Nov 23, 2015

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Problem Solved here!

I just Disabled all third party Plug-ins I had. for me it was the S-RackDefocus which did the Bug.

bummer not ableing to Que projects with third party plug-ins... but for now, that what did the trick for me.

I.

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 23, 2015 Nov 23, 2015

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O.K.  I have a new solution for this problem that worked for me.  The issue is with the path of the media cache and media cache file folders.  I knew it had to have something to do with dynamic link.  So, I decided to remap the paths to insure that they were able to share the files correctly.  I checked Media Encoder first.  It appeared to be correct.  I then checked Premiere Pro.  First the Media Cache Files folder path.  No Problem.  Then the Media Cache folder path.  AH HA!!  The path was identical but for some reason when I remapped it a "/" was added to the end of the path.  I don't know if this was a bug in Premiere Pro or was caused by an OS update ....but I don't care.  It's working now.  I hope this helps anyone else suffering with the same problem. 

FYI this solution is for a Mac Pro running Yosemite version 10.10.5

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 01, 2015 Dec 01, 2015

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A workaround for me was to simply drag and drop the composition from AE into ME. Not ideal, but works.

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New Here ,
Dec 21, 2015 Dec 21, 2015

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I found a pretty convenient work around, as I'm also having the same problem.

Instead of trying to "Queue" the sequence from Premiere Pro, simply open Media Encoder, and drag the sequence from the project window in Premiere Pro that you wish to export and drop it onto the Media Encoder application window.

OR

In Media Encoder, you can hit the '+' symbol in the top left corner, or File > Add source... or ⌘+i and find the Premiere Pro project you're working on, and open that. You'll then be prompted which sequence you'd like to import.

It's not the best solution, but it is a solution for now and will let you export multiple sequences at once.


Hope that helps!

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New Here ,
Jan 11, 2016 Jan 11, 2016

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I have the same problem above, for now just continue exporting it directly in premiere. I also noticed that I can not send the sequence from Premiere to After Effects. This might also be part of the glitch. This is weird. Thanks

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 13, 2016 Jan 13, 2016

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Has Adobe figured out a solution to this yet, now that we're all freshly updated to CC 2016?  Holding down the shift key (which I've not yet tried) isn't really the best permanent solution...

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Explorer ,
Feb 25, 2016 Feb 25, 2016

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Mac 10.10.5

Premiere Pro Release 2015.2 build 9.2.0 (41)

Media Encoder Release 2015.2 build 9.2.0.26

restarted

opened premiere pro and queued (unsuccessfully)

quit media encoder

held shift and started media encoder

quit media encoder

held shift and started media encoder (held shift down until it finished loading)

This worked for me.

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Participant ,
Mar 31, 2016 Mar 31, 2016

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has this issue been resolved yet?

I tried the "shift method", the drag and drop method, the usual queue method, but AME just doesn't take in my sequence from Premiere Pro CC. on win 10 x64 with latest versions of Premiere Pro CC and AME.

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Contributor ,
Apr 01, 2016 Apr 01, 2016

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I'm on Premiere 9.0.2(6) Build (on Mac). The issue is not present and this version overall is very stable. I've given up on updating Adobe products because something always breaks. If you can, I'd suggest rolling back to this version and see if that helps.

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Explorer ,
Apr 18, 2016 Apr 18, 2016

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Hey curiouscat95​, i think your problem is slightly different to this topic. Have you tried going into the AME preferences and unticking 'import sequences natively'?

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Explorer ,
Apr 03, 2016 Apr 03, 2016

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Have just started having this problem with AME 9.2.0.2.6. Premiere 9.2.0.

I can drag into the queue and open via AME, but hitting queue from prem doesnt load it into AME.

Have tried holding shift to reset preferences upon launch. Have also tried reinstaing Premiere and AME to no avail 

I've filed bug report. I encourage others to do the same: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

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New Here ,
Jul 12, 2016 Jul 12, 2016

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This worked for me after a lotta frustration.

I went Window > Workspaces > Reset "Default Workspace"…

Bam, there was the queue with all the sequences I had tried and failed to load up. : )

Tommy

cs6

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New Here ,
Jul 12, 2016 Jul 12, 2016

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Thank you so much @tombone98. This was ridiculous!

It was just a matter of missing Queue window! Unbelievable.

Anyway this would never bother me again. lol

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New Here ,
Jul 14, 2016 Jul 14, 2016

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well my Queue window was there okay, it was blank and I couldn't find a way to add anything to it.

I kept coming back trying different things every day, giving up every day.

So Window >Workspaces > Reset "Default Workspace"… worked for us. yay!

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Community Beginner ,
Jul 27, 2016 Jul 27, 2016

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Damn...as soon as I "upgraded" to PremierePro 2015.3 and Media Encoder 2015.3, ALL functionality in Media Encoder STOPPED.

Well...I CAN add files to the Queue, but after that NADA.  Can't open the Pref's or Save the Queue!  When I try to start the Queue, it simply sits there.  I have a 2-hour concert I'm trying to get finished, as we have another shoot TONITE!

I've tried most of the suggested fixes...Shift @ startup for AME, un-install & re-install...same old stuff.

The software DOES work on my laptop however, but I don't have all the plug-ins available on that machine to do 3D, which is my big thing these days.

Mac OSX 10.9.5 (Maverics) on both machines, and the latest CC apps installed...

I SIMPLY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!!!

pax-

GKubera/HyperopicMedia

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Community Beginner ,
Jul 27, 2016 Jul 27, 2016

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...then the damn thing crashes with the following error report:

Process:         Adobe Media Encoder CC 2015 [498]

Path:            /Applications/Adobe Media Encoder CC 2015.3/Adobe Media Encoder CC 2015.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Media Encoder CC 2015

Identifier:      com.adobe.ame.application.CC10

Version:         10.3.0.185 (10.3.0)

Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process:  launchd [231]

Responsible:     Adobe Media Encoder CC 2015 [498]

User ID:         501

Date/Time:       2016-07-27 13:42:07.529 -0500

OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.9.5 (13F1911)

Report Version:  11

Anonymous UUID:  DA9A622B-4AEE-4FCA-A357-889CCC920875

Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)

Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:

terminating with unexpected exception of type dvacore::filesupport::dir_not_found_exception: The directory '/Users/greggkubera/Documents/Adobe/Adobe Media Encoder/10.0/Presets' could not be found.

abort() called

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

0   libsystem_kernel.dylib         0x00007fff936a5866 __pthread_kill + 10

1   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00007fff939aa35c pthread_kill + 92

2   libsystem_c.dylib             0x00007fff9312fbc6 __abort + 145

3   libsystem_c.dylib             0x00007fff9312fb35 abort + 140

4   libc++abi.dylib               0x00007fff93fcdf31 abort_message + 257

5   libc++abi.dylib               0x00007fff93ff393a default_terminate_handler() + 240

6   libobjc.A.dylib               0x00007fff942f4322 _objc_terminate() + 124

7   libc++abi.dylib               0x00007fff93ff11d1 std::__terminate(void (*)()) + 8

8   libc++abi.dylib               0x00007fff93ff1246 std::terminate() + 54

9   libc++abi.dylib               0x00007fff93ff3969 default_unexpected_handler() + 23

10  libc++abi.dylib               0x00007fff93ff1195 std::__unexpected(void (*)()) + 6

11  libc++abi.dylib               0x00007fff93ff1b82 __cxa_call_unexpected + 129

12  com.adobe.AMEFrontend.framework 0x00000001018b0f32 AME::Frontend::AMEFrontendMain::Release() + 130

13  com.adobe.AMEFrontend.framework 0x0000000101894a42 AME::Frontend::TerminateAMEFrontend() + 34

14  com.adobe.ame.application.CC10 0x000000010001ab77 AME::RunTheApp(exo::app::AppInitArgs&, std::vector<std::basic_string<unsigned short, std::char_traits<unsigned short>, dvacore::utility::SmallBlockAllocator::STLAllocator<unsigned short> >, std::allocator<std::basic_string<unsigned short, std::char_traits<unsigned short>, dvacore::utility::SmallBlockAllocator::STLAllocator<unsigned short> > > >&) + 10103

15  com.adobe.ame.application.CC10 0x0000000100053919 main + 409

16  com.adobe.ame.application.CC10 0x00000001000032d4 start + 52

Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.8 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.25f4

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, PCIe, 4096 MB

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484632353637324A4438304545314434

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484632353637324A4438304545314434

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x333648544635313237324638304545314434

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x333648544635313237324638304545314434

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3948544631323837324A5938304545314434

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3948544631323837324A5938304545314434

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x88), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)

Bluetooth: Version 5.2.7f4 15858, 3 services, 22 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: USB Ethernet (en2), Ethernet, en2

PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, Display Controller, Slot-1

PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, NVDA,Parent, Slot-1

PCI Card: pci104c,8235, IEEE 1394 Open HCI, Slot-3@7,0,0

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USB Device: Mass Storage Device

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USB Device: Hub in Apple Pro Keyboard

USB Device: USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 27, 2016 Jul 27, 2016

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Hi GKubera,

I would look at 2 things.

  1. NVIDIA drivers could possibly be too new.
  2. OS X may need to be updated to OS X 10.10, or later.

Regards,
Kevin

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 19, 2016 Sep 19, 2016

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I'm using Apple's Mavericks Cuda drivers...not nVidia's.  Don't really want to upgrade my OS because of other legacy software.

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New Here ,
Sep 06, 2016 Sep 06, 2016

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We were able to fix this problem (on a Mac) by going to...

Documents>Adobe>Adobe Media Encoder

Documents>Adobe>Premiere Pro

...and deleting everything out of there while both AME and Premiere Pro were closed. Then we restarted the programs, which rebuilt those folders. Sorry, not sure exactly which of those folders were the one that fixed the problem, but one of them definitely was.

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