Files won’t export!??

[Angelo Lorenzo]

Not sure what is causing your issue, but can you export an intermediate codec like ProRes or DNxHD https://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/download/Avid-QuickTime-Codecs-LE-2-3-8 and then feed Media Encoder the intermediate file?

I assume it’s failing on an MPEG4/h.264 encode, and Quicktime MOV still works decently for you?

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[Brian Palmer]

Nothing exports. They all spin with the exception of a Vimeo Codec in Media Encoder which seems to try and render twice. It gets caught up on the second run. I’ve never experienced this.

Is there any way to do an export straight from the timeline?

[Angelo Lorenzo]

Sure, In Premiere click on your timeline (so the panel is highlighted) and go to File > Export > Media

A similar box to AME will appear. Set your settings and press “Export”. Pressing “Queue” will open AME and add it to the queue list. Premiere uses AME’s engine so you may have the same issue.

Alternately, if you are really strapped, open your Project in After Effects, render out an h.264 and QC check to make sure AE treated your edit without any weirdness in translation. After Effects doesn’t use AME. I’m also only recommending you export h.264 from AE if all you’re sending is a draft. Because of how AE renders frames, h.264 output doesn’t really take advantage of interframes as much as it could; it’s a recommendation direct from Adobe.

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Angelo Lorenzo

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[Angelo Lorenzo]

My one thought is maybe one of the Adobe background services like dynamic link server isn’t connecting AME to your project file properly. It’s a point to start troubleshooting but I figure you just want to complete your work and worry about the “why” later.

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Angelo Lorenzo

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[Brian Palmer]

No export options are working.

When I move it to AE my audio levels are all off. Any way to fix that? I just need to buy a week of dealing with this and then I’m back in NYC at my bay and all will be well.

[Angelo Lorenzo]

In AE, take a look at your layers, turn off audio if anything looks like it’s overlapping. I assume you’re getting some extra gain from overlapping clips that use the same audio.

Alternately, drag the sequence from Premiere’s bin into After Effects, this should import a flattened dynamically linked sequence rather than fully layered one. Audio may behave better doing that.

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Angelo Lorenzo

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[Brian Palmer]

I need the audio layers to overlap. One layer is VO the other is music. In PP it’s mixed, in AE the music overrides everything. Thoughts?

[Angelo Lorenzo]

Try what I mentioned in the previous post about dragging from Premiere to AE. Audio probably isn’t coming in mixed, so it’s worth moving in a flattened version via dynamic link.

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Angelo Lorenzo

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[Brian Palmer]

It will copy over but when I go to RAM preview or even render I get a beach ball.

I even tried the secret move of “purge every 1 frame” during render.

Odd thing is that I can get the whole project to Render but not to produce a final viewable file. It renders the whole project and I see it finish. Then it starts rendering some random frames and beach balls.

Thoughts?

[Angelo Lorenzo]

Sounds like a dynamic link issue.

Try completely ram previewing the flattened PPro sequence (I assume by now it’s placed in a comp as a layer) at 1/1 quality in After Effects, you can then go to composition > save ram preview and you should be able to save out an uncompressed file (AVI for Windows, MOV for mac). Ram preview a small portion and try to save it; make sure it works ok.

Alternately, you can try the old standby of trashing cache and preferences for Premiere and trying again.

I would also close Premiere, check your running processes and make sure “dynamiclinkmanager” is dead before restarting Premiere.

——————–
Angelo Lorenzo

Need to encode ProRes on your Windows PC?
Introducing ProRes Helper, an awesome little app that makes it possible
Fallen Empire Digital Production Services – Los Angeles
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