Question about CUDA

[Todd Perchert]

Where do you see “Import Files Natively”? Granted, I am not on the latest release of AME, still 2017.0, but I haven’t heard that in 2017.1.
You might need to give your version numbers of PPro and AME and maybe describe your process of getting your sequence to AME.
TC

[Duke Sweden]

Sorry, it’s “Import Sequences Natively” under preferences, in the Premiere Pro section. Not “Files”.

But, here is the latest, and it just keeps getting stranger. If I encode with “…Natively” CHECKED, it now encodes with all tweaks and presets intact, just as it did before when you unchecked “…Natively”. But, and this is the latest kick in the nuts, as soon as you take the focus off AME, as I did just now by clicking on Chrome, AME fails! No matter what you click on, even a minimized program, AME fails. And I know it’s just me because no one else has chimed in with any “Me too!”‘s . This is so FREAKIN’ FRUSTRATING!!!

[Duke Sweden]

Mind you, I never had this problem with my previous PC, an HP Intel i5 core with 12 gigs of RAM and Intel HD graphics card. This is a Dell 8920 with i7 core build 7700, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, and 32 gigs of RAM.

I export my Premiere Pro sequence to AME the same way you and everyone else does it, click File>Export>Media then choose “Queue” to send it to AME. h264, Youtube 4K settings (1080p is no different). And, as I just said, the latest is that I can encode video with all presets, plugins and lumetri tweaks intact, and it works, BUT if I maximize or open another app (Chrome, email, bring Premiere Pro back to the front), AME fails.

I repeat, grrrrrrrrrrrrrr…..

[Duke Sweden]

And to further complicate matters I just created a proxy file, and bounced around different apps while AME was encoding, and it worked fine. Again, grrrrrrrrrr…..

[Chris Wright]

Could be a sign of a gfx card / failing hard drive ☹
Did you do a burn in test with pasmark95?

[Brent Marginet]

I had many of the same issues you are encountering on my PC which lead me to install the CUDA Driver Kit. This seemed to help for bit so that’s why I suggested you go ahead and install It as well. Once again I do apologize for that.

I am primarily a Mac user but I have a Killer i7 System with 64gb of RAM and a GTX-980Ti in it. My main use for this system is passing off Resolve and Adobe CC Renders to it on larger projects.

Yesterday it started being a total PITA again after my so called helpful post to you. Well after a few well chosen words I held myself back from taking a hammer to it or throwing it out a 100 story window and did the next best thing.

First I reseated all of my RAM, Expanison Cards and every connector that I could lay my eyes on. Then I did a BIOS Update and Reset it to the Optimized Factory Defaults. Next I did a clean install of Windows and it’s updates as well as all the drivers and Apps on an SSD.
Gonna hold onto the original boot HD until I’m definitely sure I can wipe it.

I left it to transcode about 30 Hours of RED footage and went home because at this point if it blows up I don’t care anymore.

I just logged into it before I started typing this post and it hasn’t crashed yet.
It also seems to be rendering about 15% faster than I last remembered.

Ok so with all I’ve done is it fixed and if so what fixed it.
I don’t know or care but if just one of these fixed it then it wasn’t a waste of half a days work on this system. Maybe the same may work for you.

\”MY MEDIA MOTO: If you think three copies of your media is enough.
Take a moment to place a value on it and then maybe add two more.
Hard Drives are now stupidly cheap. A RE-SHOOT AND YOUR TIME AREN\’T.\”

[Duke Sweden]

ok, first off, stop beating yourself up for “breaking” my PC. No matter what you said I was gonna install CUDA anyway, so the fault is all mine. Second, you and me, we gotta have a contest over who gets the most crazy when their PC’s crap out on them. I have a feeling we’d scare anybody watching us half to death ????

Chris, I bought this thing brand new on Sunday, and I also bought the graphics card and installed it myself, something that, unlike my video editing attempts, I’ve been doing for decades. I know to check if everything is seated properly. I also know that things today are made like garbage so the card COULD be the culprit, new as it may be. I’ve still got 5 days to return it for a replacement so I’ll be putting it through its paces until then. The HDD’s (the one that I put in myself) worked perfectly fine in the other, open box PC I bought and returned for this one (this was $1,099 when I bought the open box, $879 on Sunday when I went back to the store).

Anyway I know you guys can’t help without knowing every last detail. I just woke up so I haven’t done anything with it yet, but I’ll be testing extensively today. Just wish it would rain so I have an excuse not to go out! As usual I’ll keep the thread updated.

[Duke Sweden]

Well, now that I’ve woken up a bit I see that Premiere Pro is acting wonky now. If I try to create a new sequence from clip, it creates it in the Project window but not in the Program window and not in the timeline. I can’t drag it in, double click it in, nothing. I mean, what is it about my setup that doesn’t agree with Adobe software? Even photoshop takes about 40 seconds to load, and that used to load literally instantly on my baby PC.

Let me know what details you need about my setup to figure out where the incompatibility is. In the meantime I’m going to uninstall everything and re-install, as big a pain as that is.

[Todd Perchert]

Might be faster/easier, since you only got the computer a week ago, to wipe it and start over. Since you haven’t been able to do much yet. And don’t install the CUDA SDK! Any data on the on the drives, other than system drive, will be there when you get done.
Good Luck!
TC

[Duke Sweden]

I just uninstalled all adobe software, ran the creative cloud cleaner, re-installed, and am now back to square one. AME failing, Premiere Pro source and program windows going black. I…give…up… Too much aggravation for something that’s only a hobby for me. Hobbies are supposed to be relaxing, right?