Adobe Media Encoder exports empty files at DVinfo.net

Mitch Hunt · August 14th, 2009, 10:09 PM

Media Encoder randomly exports empty video files (0 KB in size). Some of these renders take over two and a half hours and this problem is waisting a lot of my time. Any ideas?

Harm Millaard · August 14th, 2009, 11:04 PM

Did you turn on 'Artificial Intelligence' in Preferences?

Mitch Hunt · August 15th, 2009, 09:48 AM

I can't seem to find that option. So that must not be the problem.

P.S. I'm using CS4

Kiflom Bahta · August 15th, 2009, 10:10 AM

start adobe media encoder separate and try to export and it would work. Or just import premier sequence to media encoder.

Harm Millaard · August 15th, 2009, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mitch Hunt

I can't seem to find that option. So that must not be the problem.

P.S. I'm using CS4

Mitch,

I was kidding, because 'randomly exporting blank files' is so unlikely, that it defies human intelligence. Hence my remark about artificial intelligence. You must be giving some command to export through AME to a certain format to a certain file. It can't be random or of its own accord, at least not to my knowledge.

My intent was to trick you into giving more relevant details about what you did that resulted in this strange behavior. Sorry for this completely failed effort. But if you can tell us more about your workflow, maybe we can offer some suggestions.

Mitch Hunt · August 15th, 2009, 02:37 PM

Ha ha, now I get it. I often take people's jokes too literally :).

Approximately every one in four exports AME will create an empty video file. It is very strange. It encodes like normal but it's almost like it "forgets" to attach the video to the file afterwards. I'm encoding HDV footage from a Premiere Pro project.

Harm Millaard · August 15th, 2009, 03:32 PM

Mitch,

Have you updated to 4.1? With 4.00 and 4.01 I think I have had very occasionally a similar behavior, but not with 4.1. With the previous versions I may have encountered something similar, but always attributed that to my own mistakes, never to a 'bug' in the program, for the simple reason I could not replicate it in a systematic way. Can you?

Going from HDV and exporting, what settings do you use? To BR, FLV, MPEG2-DVD, etc.? Can you post a screenshot of your export settings?

Mitch Hunt · August 15th, 2009, 04:08 PM

Yes, I have updated to version 4.1. I have been exporting to MPEG-2, 1440x1080, progressive, 30 Mbps, maximum render quality turned off. Which leads off to another question, what is the optimum lossless data rate for HDV footage? I think Mini DV tapes have a data rate 25 Mbps, so 30 would be more than enough right?

August 14th, 2009, 10:09 PM	#1
Mitch Hunt Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Broken Bow, NE Posts: 145	Adobe Media Encoder exports empty files Media Encoder randomly exports empty video files (0 KB in size). Some of these renders take over two and a half hours and this problem is waisting a lot of my time. Any ideas?

August 14th, 2009, 11:04 PM	#2
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	Did you turn on 'Artificial Intelligence' in Preferences?

August 15th, 2009, 09:48 AM	#3
Mitch Hunt Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Broken Bow, NE Posts: 145	I can't seem to find that option. So that must not be the problem. P.S. I'm using CS4

August 15th, 2009, 10:10 AM	#4
Kiflom Bahta Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 203	start adobe media encoder separate and try to export and it would work. Or just import premier sequence to media encoder.

August 15th, 2009, 02:37 PM	#6
Mitch Hunt Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Broken Bow, NE Posts: 145	Ha ha, now I get it. I often take people's jokes too literally :). Approximately every one in four exports AME will create an empty video file. It is very strange. It encodes like normal but it's almost like it "forgets" to attach the video to the file afterwards. I'm encoding HDV footage from a Premiere Pro project.

August 15th, 2009, 03:32 PM	#7
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	Mitch, Have you updated to 4.1? With 4.00 and 4.01 I think I have had very occasionally a similar behavior, but not with 4.1. With the previous versions I may have encountered something similar, but always attributed that to my own mistakes, never to a 'bug' in the program, for the simple reason I could not replicate it in a systematic way. Can you? Going from HDV and exporting, what settings do you use? To BR, FLV, MPEG2-DVD, etc.? Can you post a screenshot of your export settings?

August 15th, 2009, 04:08 PM	#8
Mitch Hunt Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Broken Bow, NE Posts: 145	Yes, I have updated to version 4.1. I have been exporting to MPEG-2, 1440x1080, progressive, 30 Mbps, maximum render quality turned off. Which leads off to another question, what is the optimum lossless data rate for HDV footage? I think Mini DV tapes have a data rate 25 Mbps, so 30 would be more than enough right?