Encode Failed

Yes, the infamous ENCODE FAILED message.
I've been having problems right along trying to use Dynamic Link to export from Premiere Pro CS6 to Encore CS6. So I started exporting the project first and then importing the resulting file into Encore as a timeline, which has mostly worked.
So far, so good. But now I have made the switch from SD video to HD (ACVHD; 60i), and am trying to burn a DVD of my first HD project. I exported the Premiere project as an MPEG2, then imported the file in Encore as a timeline. Then I got the "Encode Failed" message, and I have no idea how to proceed.
My computer: Acer Aspire laptop, quadcore, 64-bit. There is plenty of empty space on the hard drive for the Encore project.
Premiere Pro output settings used to encode the MPEG: NTSC; 1280x720; 29.97fps; Quality 5.0; De-Interlaced; VBR; 2 pass; min 4.00; Target 10.00; Max 18.50 Mbps; MPEG; 384 Kbps; 16 bit; Stereo
Source settings: 1920x1080 (1.0); 29.97 fps; upper; 48000 Khz; Stereo
The resulting MPEG filesize is about 4.5GB.
Encore project settings:
Auth Mode: DVD
TV Standard: NTSC
Transcode Settings: Codec MPEG-2; 720x480; Frame Rate 29.97; Lower Field First; Dolby Digital; Max A/V Bitrate 7.0Mbps.
Am I missing something obvious? I'm not experienced with HD, or really all that much with Encore. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thank you.

There were 2 files...a .m2v and a .wav.
That is correct.
the .wav said untranscoded.
That is correct. Most users want a dolby (ac3) file, and that is why Encore wants to transcode it. In earlier versions, the only free dolby encoder was in Encore. You can encode to ac3 in Premiere, but it is not an issue.
I tried to transcode the .wav, but got an encode failed message.
That is instructive and points to the audio in Premiere/source as the issue. Do you have any (even one frame long) gaps in the audio?
I then tried to build the DVD, and again got the encode failed message.
All this means, since Encore will transcode any untranscoded assets before the rest of the build, is that the wav was not transcoded.
When you export from Premiere now, you can do an audio only export, wav or ac3. As long as you don't change the length of the audio. If you do, I'd export it all again.

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Library/Preferences/Adobe/Adobe Media Encoder/8.0/
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Interesting.
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Error log below:
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- Output File: F:\Premiere Projects\20090803 Shapiro Cosmetics\From Prem Timeline\Working Copy.wmv
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Hello, this is terrible problem, which i found in CS 6 softwares ...
solution i found only working, is uninstall and reinstall full package.. but it is not all,
you need to do BRAND NEW admin account in windows, and install it there.
that means, i could not export after repair from encoder in my original account never more (!!)   .. this is really terrible way how to repair this issue, because :
1.by reinstalling of software, client WASTE HIS TIME
2.by necessity to begin work in another windows profile you again WASTE YOUR TIME because of learning and migrating all other profile modifications, which i see really unaccpetable. Adobe means, this solution of repair is ok, and they did not do till today any steps of creating some "clever" solution.
I ask everybody, who will meet this issue in future, guys, please, complain about this situation, give "BUG Report" to them, and write "feature request" to them , in the way of creating some repair tool, which check actual "broken" connections between encoder and premiere, which refuses to "take material" from it and encode, and REPAIR it automatically..
   I am not IT, but ..does it seems so hard to create this ? Adobe IT developers should know their systems, and should create such utility tool really easy.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. i export anything by button "queue" from premiere to Encoder
2. Encoder will start encoding
3. Encoder does not show the window of media encoding (down left )
Results: sound of sheep occur,
in encoding error file is this reason of canceling the encoding :
01/02/2014 10:10:48 AM : Encoding Failed
Could not read from the source. Please check if it has moved or been deleted.
History of this problem and detailed description, HOW i did "repair" this. With wasting of app 2,5 days of my working time :
1. after repairing "error 5" problem , i solved it by reinstalling the suite from the new admin user profile (profile B) .
I continued my work on my normal working windows profile . (profile A)
Every cooperation (AE+Pr, export media via "queue" to Encoder) was working fine . . .
2. suddenly it stop working (without knowing any possible reason - i did not do installations )
and showed in error export log file :
"Could not read from the source. Please check if it has moved or been deleted."
3.repair via procedure(procedure "a"):
i did this procedure on the profile B (profile from last time installation of repairing problem error 5)
I did these steps :
a-uninstall master coll suite
b-i used Adobe cleaner tool (remove ALL)
c-removed raw directories in locations
•C:\Program Files\Adobe
•C:\Program Files(x86)\Adobe
•C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe
•C:\Program Files(x86)\Common Files\Adobe
•C:\ProgramData\Adobe
d-removed these links from registry file
•HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe
•HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe
•HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Adobe
•HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Wow6432Node\Adobe
e-restarted the PC
f- newly installed the Master Coll CS6
g-update the software
result of repair of "3" : problem still exists
4.Ok i find out after coordination with support, it should have been created ANOTHER NEW admin account.
4a:so i did the same procedure (uninstalling) in profile B
4b: and then i created brand new admin profile (profile C)for INSTALLATION of software
4c: restarted the pc (and did not updated it yet)
result :
==exporting of any sequence/raw/AE link video material from premiere via "queue" (Encoder) (profile C) : export WORKS
==exporting of any sequence/raw/AE link video material from premiere via "queue" (Encoder) (profile B) : export WORKS
==exporting of any sequence/raw/AE link video material from premiere via "queue" (Encoder) (profile A) : export DOES NOT WORK ! ! !
(in profile A, is possible to export some raw video material in encoder which is imported to it via "drag and drop)
problem i see:, i have my basic profile A, which i am interested to work, because of all my directory modifications are in there..
this issue should be some "broken" connections between encoder and premiere, which refuses to "take material" from it and encode.
what i expect :
to get from Adobe some repair tool, which automatically checks these connections and repair if necessary, without necessity of founding the new profile and reinstallation of whole software.. this is madness !
what i do NOT expect from Adobe:
to get from Adobe advice of kind : you have to reinstall full software in new admin profile. sorry , we do not know the solution, because we do not know, how do behave our software.

Premiere Pro CS4 Export fails with Media Encoder CS4 "Encoding Failed"," Could Not Read From Source.

There has never been a history of Adobe CS3 installation on the brand new MAC Pro I am using prior to installing Master Collection CS4, despite other posts claiming that chief cause of this issue is a previous CS3, Beta or trial installations of previous versions. I simply had a straightforward installation of CS4 and have had trouble since day 1.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled Master CS4 three times, two times with the action script cleaner for CS4. I tried changing Adobe Cache folder locations to alternative drives. I ran shift start many times to correct any inconsistencies and corrected for permissions using disk utilities repeatedly. All updates have been installed and I am still getting the same error when exporting my timeline to Media Encoder CS4, be it a large High Definition project or a small one consisting of few stills.
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Start of the Error Paste
- Source File:/users/myname/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/test.prproj
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Sat Mar 21 17:12:25 2009 : Encoding failed
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END OF ERROR Paste
Please any gurus out there know how to troubleshoot this damn thing on Mac, I really appreciate it. I have not yet encountered any posts of Mac owners with no previous CS3 installation having this issue. I am in the middle of 3 projects with tight deadlines and need your urgent help. THANK YOU!

Hello There,
I resolved the issue through a simple process of elimination. So simple in fact I wonder how I missed it. Since there has been no history of prior CS3 installation on this machine and every conceivable trick was applied to resolve the problem (refer to my original post earlier in the thread) ending in frustration, the problem had to reside in a factor or series of factors that were only present in this machine. Of the two remaining causes different in compare to other machines, I had to look into the possibility of any hardware and/or software conflicts. After all, this very same installation works perfectly fine on my colleague's Apple Macbook Pro and several Windows machines.
It turns out that I had installed Pro Tools on this machine that comes with all kinds of optional plug-ins in the so called ignition pack. One of these optional plug-ins is called IZOTOPE (three varieties include Spectron, Trash and another one that escapes my mind). They were all lite version licenses that would automatically pop up on their own when you would start a program where they had been residing. One such program where an association existed was indeed the Premiere. An annoying dialogue box directing you to buy the full version when you would start the premiere would refuse to go away. Sometimes it would even start on its own culminating in a a permanent dialogue box.
The cause of the problem was right before my eyes and I had overlooked it. Once uninstalled using IZOTOPE clean uninstaller on step 4, the problem was resolved. Projects are now loading very fast into the AME and encoding begins in earnest. I have never had any issues ever since.
Long story short, if you have any plug-ins specially the ones that are loading upon the start of any program or the ones that reside inside the premiere or the ones that start on their own independently, they could be one of the highly probable causes of this error. I have seen other similar posts complaining of plug in folders inside premiere that needed to be moved to resolve the issue for instance the ones that needed to be moved to AE folders. If you are a plug-in admirer, I would suggest to look into them seriously.
On the side note, many combination and causes may lead to the same error. I am not claiming that this is the solution for everyone.
It must also be noted that I applied the trick of creating a shortcut of Premiere (and naming it exactly as such) and dropped it into the Adobe Dynamic LInk folder (even though this was suggested for windows)and have changed the adobe Cache locations to an alternative folder on a separate drive. I haven't been able to establish conclusively if the latter steps are also essential in fixing the error on MAC but I can confirm that since the latter steps were taken before the uninstalling of Izotope plug-ins and i still had issues, probably uninstalling those plug ins or finding a way to move them to a place where they don't interfere (if you absolutely need to keep them) is the one essential step that solved the problem.
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Hey guys,
Quick update: I've tried exporting from Premiere Pro using the media encoder into an MPEG-II DVD [Widescreen] format. I then imported the Video and Audio output files as a new timeline in Encore. Transcoding the audio was successful, but when I try to build the DVD image I get the same "Encode Failed" message.
Oh and I don't have internet on my editing computer.
Please help!
Thanks,
W

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Windows Vista x32 w/ SP2
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More on Encore and Roxio http://forums.adobe.com/thread/528582?tstart=0 or direct to
http://kb.roxio.com/search.aspx?URL=/content/kb/General%20Information/000070GN&PARAMS
For ALL versions Long File Names or odd characters Cause Crashing http://forums.adobe.com/thread/588273
And #4 Here http://forums.adobe.com/thread/666558?tstart=0
And This Message Thread http://forums.adobe.com/thread/665641?tstart=0
An Encore Tutorial http://www.precomposed.com/blog/2009/05/encore-tutorial/

Encoding Failed

I'm looking for a solution to make my AME CS5 work. I add my movies, click start and after 15 seconds it stops and the alert icon shows under Status. I click on it and I get the log:
- Source File: C:\Users\Rubens\Videos\Isnt she lovely.wmv
- Output File: C:\Users\Rubens\Videos\Isnt she lovely1.f4v
- Preset Used: F4V - Web Medium (Flash 9.0.r115 and Higher)
- Video: 360x264, Same as source fps, Progressive
- Audio: AAC, 96 kbps, 44.1 kHz, Stereo
- Bitrate: VBR, 1 Pass, Target 0.40 Mbps, Max 0.60 Mbps
- Encoding Time: 00:00:00
11/24/2010 11:04:56 PM : Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
I hope I can solve this soon.

If I understand your post:
a. More than one project fails with FLV/F4V or h.264 and a variety of presets
b. This project fails with other formats (avi, mov, etc)
c. There are no other error codes or messages
Do any of your projects encode?
If you create new simple 1-clip project from scratch, can you get it to encode?
Is this a new problem?
Are you running the latest PP/AME?
Can you run AME stand-alone, load the avi and try to encode directly from AME's UI (bypassing PP completely)?
If the files are small (<1GB), can you upload them so that folks could try your project?

Encoding failed: unknown error in CS4 Windows 7

I'm getting the following error near the end of an Adobe Premiere CS4 sequence that I'm trying to encode:
- Source File: X:\scripts\rubyconf2009\premiere\19-nov-2009-14-10-east-meets-west-yuki-sonoda.prproj
- Output File: X:\scripts\rubyconf2009\premiere\19-nov-2009-14-10-east-meets-west-yuki-sonoda-large.mp4
- Preset Used: Custom
- Video: NTSC, 1280x720, 29.97 [fps], Progressive
- Audio: AAC, 64 [kbps], 48 kHz, Mono
- Bitrate: VBR, 1 Pass, Target 0,50, Max 1,00 [Mbps]
- Encoding Time: 01:03:33
25.01.2010 13:45:17 : Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
I'm really not sure what the problem is. Everything seems fine in all my other movies but something in this one (and one other one) seem to be causing these failures. Any advice you could give would be really appreciated.

What are the source files in this (and the other offending) Project? Do they match those Sequence/Project Presets?
Does the Audio in these source files differ in any way?
What is different about this/these Project(s), from the others?
Often, Encoding will fail because of gaps in the Video. However, the error message is usually "Failure to Return Frame."
Good luck,
Hunt

CS5 Adobe Media Encoder: Encode failed because the source duration is nil.

I've been running Production Premium on my new Windows 7 64bit, 6GB i7 system for several weeks now and haven't had any issues exporting to the Media Encoder.
I installed the trial version of Dreamweaver without any of the add-on's as I thought they might mess up my licensed installation.
Every attempt to export -> media -> queue get's the following error in AMEEncodingErrorLog.txt
- Source File: C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Local\Temp\someproject.prproj
- Output File: C:\Users\Rob\Videos\someproject.mov
- Preset Used: Custom
- Video:
- Audio:
- Bitrate:
- Encoding Time: 00:00:00
7/8/2010 10:14:34 AM : Encoding Failed
Encode failed because the source duration is nil.
Doing the export directly from PP works without error, but I don't want to wait for each export to complete.
Any ideas other than reinstall PP?
TIA

I noticed that the range selector triangles were right next to each other.
Changed the Source Range: Work Area
Not sure why the default is set for a zero range. It doesn't remember my last setting when I selected the Entire Sequence.

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