CS5 SDK + AME CS4 = Crash from bad memorySuite

Question

Hi all,
I compiled the CS5 SDK_Exporter example and only changed one thing:
     1:     the build from x64 to x86     (because I'm on Win7 32bit with CS4 Production Premium)
     BTW the enviroment variable $(PREMSDKBUILDPATH) is set to points to
          C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS4\Plug-ins\Common\SDK
Then I started to debug the debug|x86 build and invoked it by running AME by setting the Debugging->Command argument to
          C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Media Encoder CS4\Adobe Media Encoder.exe
When I run it, add a video and then change the exporter to "SDK File" it then calls the exSDKBeginInstance( )
prMALError exSDKBeginInstance (
exportStdParms *stdParmsP,
exExporterInstanceRec *instanceRecP)
prMALError result = malNoError;
SPErr spError = kSPNoError;
ExportSettings *mySettings;
PrSDKMemoryManagerSuite *memorySuite;
int exportSettingsSize = sizeof(ExportSettings);
SPBasicSuite *spBasic = stdParmsP->getSPBasicSuite();
if (spBasic != NULL)
spError = spBasic->AcquireSuite(
kPrSDKMemoryManagerSuite,
kPrSDKMemoryManagerSuiteVersion,
const_cast<const void**>(reinterpret_cast<void**>(&memorySuite)));         <<<<<<------ THIS memoryStuite isn't set
>>>>> THUS THE NEXT LINE CRASHES BECAUSE memorySuite==0
mySettings = reinterpret_cast<ExportSettings *>(memorySuite->NewPtrClear(exportSettingsSize));
Why is using the CS5 headers breaking the CS4 applications?

Answer 1

Hi Zac, et al.
I modified the API call to call "kPrSDKMemoryManagerSuiteVersion2" instead of "kPrSDKMemoryManagerSuiteVersion" when using SDK CS5 and it still errored.
I also tried using "kPrSDKMemoryManagerSuiteVersion1" (which started in the CS3) using the CS4 SDK and it didn't work either.
I couldn't see in the headers that the API to the MemorySuite had changed so I'm at a loss as to why I couldn't use v2 with the CS5 SDK or v1 with the CS4 SDK on AME CS4.
CS4 with it's (native) v2 MemorySuite is running fine.
AME CS4 Exporter Plugin test chart
SDK Version Used
Memory Suite Used
PASS / FAIL
CS4 (native MemorySuite=2)
1
FAIL
CS4 (native MemorySuite=2)
2
PASS
CS5 (native MemorySuite=3)
2
FAIL
CS5 (native MemorySuite=3)
3
FAIL