After Effects rendering help

So, today I was trying to render an edited video for a project i'm doing for YouTube and it will not let me render it whatsoever. I have no idea why this keeps happening, I've tried restarting AE, uninstalling it and reinstalling it, deleting an extraordinary amount of things but nothing seems to be working for my project to render. I've tried to render the background of the project by itself just to see if it would and it did so, but when I tried to render the video, the background of it, all of the edits made and the few layers on it, there seems to be a problem. Here are some pictures to give you some idea of what I might be doing wrong.

Well, that all depends on what you're making. Do you need an alpha channel file for further use in an NLE, for example?
And answereng the questions you find here wouldn't hurt one bit, either:
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First, ensure you have the latest help centre and Golive Help package:
Help Centre 2.1:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3171
Help Package: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3091
*Ensure the file GoLive_8.0_en-us.zip is in the Adobe Help
Centre\AdobeHelpdata\Packages folder.*
There are a couple of Techdocs relating to the Help Centre:
331717 Help window doesn't appear when you start Adobe Help Center
(Windows XP, 2000)
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331717.html
319210 Adobe Help Center is missing content or returns the error, "The
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http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/319210.html
If those don't help:
1. Try deleting the Help Preference file by holding down CTRL+ALT+SHIFT
whilst starting Help.
2. Assuming ahc.exe is located in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Help Center,
delete the following folders
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Help Center\AdobeHelpData\Cache
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Help Center\AdobeHelpData\Database
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After Effects Rendering Problem (Please Help!)

Hello, I recently purchased adobe after effects CS6 for my Asus i7 laptop running windows 8 OS with a nvidia graphics card. I had just finished my after effects project and I went to render it out. I chose all my settings as H.264 and best settings. I click render and it starts off fast and rendering fine. About half way through the render it stops adruptly but does not signify any error message on the screen. The software shows that it is still trying to render but the render load bar does not move neither does the time lapse (time remaining).
If you have any idea what the problem may be or how to fix it please post a comment.
Thank You!

We need to know a lot more if we're going to help you. Please provide answers to the questions listed here: "FAQ: What information should I provide when asking a question on this forum?"
> Renders stopping halfway through has usually nothing to do with the output format, so for the time being let's ignore the theoretical hubub about H.264
If the format being used is H.264 in a QuickTime container, this can be a problem, since that codec does have problems with the use of many threads, and these problems often occur partway through processing. There is more information about this here.

Help need to understand After Effects Rendering

Hi There
I have just built my first editing pc.
I want to do Editing in Premiere and AE.
I understand it is best to share the load over 3 drives, and so i have
C: SSD - OS/programs
H: 1 TB HDD - media
F: 500GB EXternal Hard drive - renders
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if anyone could help or give me a simple answer as to what these disk cache and media cache things are in AE that would be amazing
Also when i hit space bar to play in AE it goes green for a few seconds then it leaves the bar behind blue!
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Thank for for all your help.
So tell me if im now right.
When working in AE, I should:
1.Import media that is on its own drive (in this case H:)
2. Have my disk cache set on the SSD (C:) and maybe put it at a limit of 5-10 gb if I dont want it to take up much room.
3. Not worry about ram previews taking up space as they only occupy my 8gb of ram temporarily, whilst im working in AE.
4. Export/Render to My other drive (F:) when done.
Has my understanding improved?... or am I still being a wally.
Regards

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Thanks for taking the time to answer this question. Knowing this isn't possible at least narrows my options down. It would be helpful to provide some kind of list of what comp settings carry over into AME from After Effects. Is it essentially everything that is enabled in the Timeline? (I know that motion blur settings do.)
I'll put this in a feature request, but yes, we need the other half of After Effects Render Queue in AME in order for AME to be a good replacement for rendering from AE. I'll give you my thoughts on why Render Settings are essential before you would actually want to render with AME instead of doing so because you have to (either because you want to render in the background, or need a codec that has been removed from AE.)
1. Speed: Simply applying a Render Settings preset is much faster than manually setting motion blur, frame blending, work area, etc.
2. Reliability: Not being able to apply a Render Settings preset at the time of render is a recipe for missing a crucial setting buried in a comp, then having to redo a render and wasting time.
3. Features: As noted above, there is no way to approximate Render Queue's ability to change resolutions at render, which results in a lot of wasted time when that feature is needed.
Render Settings I think are crucial to making AME rendering worthwhile for AE users:
1. Rendering resolution
2. Work Area/Entire Composition toggle
3. Field Rendering (wait, does this mean AME can't currently render to fields?)
4. And PRESET ability these settings, so I'm not doing them manually every time.
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Computer specs for nice 3D rendering/ after effects rendering and video rendering in general ?

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I would appreciate every help:) my laptop is dying...i need something new and better;)
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Regardless of workflow, you want a workstation, not a laptop. You will get much more bang for your buck.
Also, as others have said, Windows machines tend to be better choices than Macs right now. And that's coming from two people who used to use/love Macs...
In general, you want the fastest clock speed on your processor that you can afford. You want as many cores as you can get with that nice, high clock speed.
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You want an SSD for your cache and a good-sized regular hard drive to hold footage, renders, etc.
GPU matters for Premiere and any third-party plugins that use it (like Red Giant Universe, Element 3d, Mettle's ShapeShifter, etc.), but not for AE and not for Cinema 4D (which comes free with AE these days).
Again, this is just some generalization. For more specific info, we'll need to know more about what you're doing.
Also, you don't need to take our word for any of this; read what Adobe has to say on the matter: FAQ: What computer and components should I buy?

Why after effects renders me with bad audio?

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I'm not quite sure what you're saying. Are you saying that when you render from After Effects the audio sounds bad but the audio file that was in your composition doesn't sound that bad when you play it in other applications?
You aren't telling us what your original audio file is like or what your render settings are in After Effects, so we do not have a lot of information that we might need.
Is the sound okay when you do a RAM preview in AE?
What is the file format of the audio file?
What settings are you using to render out of AE?
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Hope you guys can help me out. Im so fed up with my situation.
I have older 720 x 576 video avi clips that I wanna use.
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Hi,
thanx so much for answering my question. appreciate it.
i saw that only certain render formats have option where you can choose codecs. is that what you mean by codecs? the only thing i have is copy the source 25fps, 720 x 576 and rendered it as avi.
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So, i have a two minute clip, thats taking 3 Hours and 20 mins to download?! Heres some information that may help you help me out... :
Today, everythings just going really slow, i have no idea why. I have cleared my Cache and everything...I don't know what to do anymore.
Installed RAM: 7.82 GB
Current RAM Usage: 5.55 GB
Allowed RAM Usage: 6.32 GB
Process ID
Application Name
Min Needed Memory
Max Usable Memory
Max Allowed Memory
Current Memory
Current Priority
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After Effects
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Y'know, for the past few days you've been crying and moaning about slow render times.
I went back & checked, and do you know how much information you've given to help us help you? Here's the answer: ALMOST NOTHING! And that is despite people asking you over and over again for certain information, and you ignore it! Do you LIKE not getting help?
You know what we know? You're running Win 8 and you have 8 gigs of RAM. You're rendering a 3-minute clip, and it's taking 10 hours. Well, lah-dee-dah. In AE terms, you might just as well have told us you're from Japan and you have red hair.
You want to know what we should know? Here's a list that will get the diagnostic process going:
The PRECISE version of AE you're using, right down to the last decimal place
The PRECISE version of your operating system, right down to the last decimal place
The identities of any third-part video cards
Got any drivers for these cards? What are their PRECISE version numbers?
The horizontal & vertical dimensions of your comps and frame rate
The media container (.mov, .avi, etc.) and codec(s) of the clips you're using
Got audio clips? wav, aiff, or something else?
What kind of still images are in the project? Bitmapped or vector? What are their horizontal & vertical dimensions? Are they RGB or CMYK?
What kind of effects are you trying to use?
Trying to use ray-tracing? You shouldn't.
Trying to use multiprocessing? You shouldn't.
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RAM previews use your system memory and you only have so much of it before you run out. More frames, more memory usage. Higher (preview) resolution, more memory usage. And so on... Sounds like you simply previewed at reduced resolution when it seemed to work and now have switched to a higher one. Can't defeat the computer math... Switch your res to 50% or even 25% to increase preview duration...
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Hello richardneubs,
i had a similar problem in Premiere and that over many weeks - no one could help - even not the support.
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