The PProHeadless.exe Error

[Scott Foust]

Does anyone know if the pproheadless.exe problem has been been fixed in Production Premium CS5? I have CS4 and like many others, have seen this error a lot. Like Gary, I reboot and it’ll work. But it seems a person should have to do that all the time. If its a communication problem between PPro and AME, it seems Adobe would have gotten it addressed by now. Any info? At the least, has anyone heard of a CS5 user ever having this problem? Thank you kindly. -SF

[Ramon Breeuwer]

Yes, I actually did get the Pproheadless-message with (updated) CS5, just a minute ago, when rendering with AME.

I have no idea what caused the error. Previous similar tasks didn’t give any problems. It went wrong when AME was ‘reading XMP’

Could not write XMP data in output file.

– Source File: C:\Users\RB\AppData\Local\Temp\MASv1_6b.prproj
– Output File: C:\Users\RB\Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\5.0\MASv1_Projectfiles\Experiment 720p_4.mp4
– Preset Used: HDTV 720p 25 High Quality 4Mbps max7Mbps 2pass
– Video: PAL, 1280×720, 25 fps, Progressive
– Audio: AAC, 192 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 2 Pass, Target 4,00, Max 7,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:00:33
8-9-2010 14:41:40 : Encoding Failed
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Error compiling movie.

Unknown error.
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– Source File: C:\Users\RB\AppData\Local\Temp\MASv4_1.prproj
– Output File: C:\Users\RB\Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\5.0\MASv1_Projectfiles\MAS_compleet.mp4
– Preset Used: Custom
– Video: PAL, 1280×720, 25 fps, Progressive
– Audio: AAC, 192 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 Pass, Target 6,00, Max 10,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:01:45
9-10-2010 16:19:42 : Encoding Failed
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Error compiling movie.

Unknown error.
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– Source File: C:\Users\RB\AppData\Local\Temp\MASv4_4_noMPE.prproj
– Output File: C:\Users\RB\Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\5.0\MASv1_Projectfiles\MAS_compleet_LdesH.mp4
– Preset Used: HDTV 720p 25 High Quality
– Video: PAL, 1280×720, 25 fps, Progressive
– Audio: AAC, 192 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 1 Pass, Target 6,00, Max 10,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:11:57
10-10-2010 22:34:25 : Encoding Failed
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Error compiling movie.

Unknown error.
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– Source File: C:\Users\RB\AppData\Local\Temp\MASv8_0_afgerond_noMPE_4.prproj
– Output File: C:\Users\RB\Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\5.0\MASv1_Projectfiles\MAS_compleet.f4v
– Preset Used: Custom
– Video: 1280×720, Same as source fps, Progressive
– Audio: AAC, 224 kbps, 44.1 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 2 Pass, Target 4,50 Mbps, Max 5,40 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 01:08:07
17-10-2010 18:56:31 : Encoding Failed
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Error compiling movie.

Unknown error.
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– Source File: C:\Users\RB\AppData\Local\Temp\MASv8_0_afgerond_noMPE_5.prproj
– Output File: C:\Users\RB\Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\5.0\MASv1_Projectfiles\MAS_final_HQ.mp4
– Preset Used: MAS_final_1280x720_2pass_6_10Mbps
– Video: PAL, 1280×720, 25 fps, Progressive
– Audio: AAC, 224 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
– Bitrate: VBR, 2 Pass, Target 6,00, Max 10,00 Mbps
– Encoding Time: 00:22:38
17-10-2010 20:12:47 : Encoding Failed
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The Operation was interrupted by user
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– Source File: C:\Users\RB\AppData\Local\Temp\MASv8_2_gepubliceerd_geluidscorrectie_final_no_GPU_6.prproj
– Output File: C:\Users\RB\Desktop\MAS_CDR_1.wmv
– Preset Used: Custom
– Video: 1280×1024, Progressive
– Audio: 192 kbps, 48 kHz, stereo VBR
– Bitrate: Compressed, VBR, 2 Pass, Audiences:1, Avg 5400,00 kbps
– Encoding Time: 00:12:45
4-12-2010 17:45:34 : Encoding Failed
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Error compiling movie.

Unknown error.
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[Gary Olsen]

So the question remains, what have you done to correct the error? I know how to correct it in most cases. It is one of those software codes that is used to render digital video that no one but the programmer who created it knows precisely what it does I think. Nonetheless, I found that if my computer has been running on idle for awhile, and the available memory it needs to process video has been consumed or is busy doing something else, the error appears while rendering videos in Premiere CS4 and Adobe Media Encoder. I find that if I restart my machine, reboot the program, the problem disappears. One colleague mentioned that the problem appears when processing a project with an XMP file. First of all, an XMP file is a data file or a media file that contains integral data or information about an associate file. Did you try restarting the machine and did the problem disappear or is it still a problem?

[John Garcia]

The error re-occurs every time I try to import a file for editning.
Nothing is ever done; start new project, import file, CS4 fails.
We upgraded 14 units from CS2 to CS4 and have this issue on 7 of the workstations. We are trying to work in the mpeg format.

[Gary Olsen]

Are all of the machines identical? Like in a lab? Do they have identical operating systems? The problem may be that there is a conflicting program that is causing the component to fail. It’s inhibiting the computer’s processor as it tries to compress the video or media file. The conflict may be a lack of compatibility between Windows (I’m assuming you’re operating a Windows platform) and Adobe’s media processor.

[Ramon Breeuwer]

After I restarted the machine did the job.

I’m not sure if its relevant to mention, but after I disabled MPE (in PP CS5), my pc is pretty stable while rendering etc.. Maybe it has something to do with hardware-acceleration in CS4?

This is all I can say…

[Torsten Gruenwald]

my solution for pro headless is this, few steps or parts:
https://greenwoodworx-media.blogspot.de/2012/01/error-adobe-premiere-cs4-cs5.html

http://www.greenwoodworx.com
video-production and media-productions, Berlin