Media Encoder Queue Processing

It takes much longer to export a Pr sequence as an MP4 fiel when I put it in the Media Encoder queue than it does if I Export it directly. I assume this is because once the sequence in in the queue the GPU acceleration does not engage. Is it pssible to put sequences in the queue and force GPU acceleration to engage?

My observation is that a Pr sequence Exported then put into the Queue takes 3 times longer to complete than if I use the Export option (instead of Queue).

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Premiere freezes when sending to Media Encoder Queue

Hey guys,
This issue is on all of our computers (Mac Pros and 27" iMacs) and happens on 40% of attempted exports through Media Encoder.
Here's our new workflow:
- Export TImeline (Command + M)
- Send to Media Encoder (Queue button)
- Media Encoder Opens and Premiere gets hung on "Preparing Data for Export" dialogue
- Force Quit Premiere and get a dialogue that "There has been a serious error and Premiere needs to close"
- Reopen Premiere and try again – usually get a clean export (or two on a good day) before it craps out again
We've sort of gotten used to it but I'm wondering – anyone else having this issue? It's getting annoying (and embarrassing when you're in a client session).
Doesn't matter what timeline setting or what's on the timeline. Also doesn't matter what version of either program.

I am having the same problem (see Premiere now freezes on Media Encoder Queue)
I am on 2014.1 of both programs (8.1.0 on premiere, 8.1.0.122 of AME). I know an update just came out today, but it seems to be just a RAW photo update.
Mine hangs when premiere is "Preparing Media for Export..." It launches AME and AME boots up fine... so from where I sit, it looks like a Premiere problem as it's compiling the project file to export.
Neither "import natively / non natively" or GPU acceleration help. However, I wouldn't expect them to, given this seems to be a premiere problem, not an AME problem.
That thread does not apply re: nView.
R

"Add to Adobe Media Encoder queue" option very slow

Hello,
The new "add to Adobe Media Encoder queue" directly from After Effects is great, but it is sooooo much slower than encoding directly from Adobe Media Encoder.
My comp is very simple : it's a 90 min. length video that I'm trying to convert from 24 to 25 frames. I need a MPEG2 export for DVD, so I can't use AE because there're no option to export to MPEG2 files in AE.
AME announced 10 hours of encoding, but after 5 hours it was only at a third of completion. So I rendered the movie in DNxHD, then encoded in AME : 1 hour for the DNxHD file, and 4 hours for the MPEG2. Much faster!
I run After Effects CC (12.1.0.168) and AME CC (7.1.0.74) on a windows 7 system with i5 processor and 8go of RAM.
Anybody else encoutered this issue?

Tento wrote:
As for the higher encoding time of exporting to AME frome AE, do you have any clue ?
Have you applied any effects to the footage in your After Effects comp? Are you using time remapping or the Time Warp effect? That will slow down the encode significantly. Also, what is the format of your source footage?
Mind that, depending on what you're asking After Effects to render, encoding a comp via AME may not be as fast as using the Render Queue in After Effects. Feeding frames to AME via Dynamic Link incurs some memory overhead and limitations; for example After Effects can not render multiple frames simultaneously on different processors for Dynamic Link encodes.
If I were you, I would try to solve the problems with AME transcoding your footage. You should bring the issue to the AME forum. If you're fully committed to not using AME, I recommend using Premiere Pro, not After Effects, for this type of job.
Regardless of all the above, I agree with Rick: you shouldn't need to transcode 24fps footage to 25fps for playback from DVD. DVD players will do that frame rate translation for you at playback time. But if your footage is not PAL dimensions (720x576), a DVD player won't necessarily convert the frame size, so transcoding at least the frame size is recommended. Bottom line: I would let your DVD authoring software (Encore?) handle the original file; it should do any conversions necessary when you set the DVD format to PAL.

Cannot find "Add To Adobe Media Encoder Queue"

I just started in AE, and I've got a pretty good grasp on it from all the tutorials out there.
But I hate the native rendering system in AE, I'd rather use Media Encoder like I have been for Premiere Pro.
In the Adobe Tutorials, it says Comp > Add To Adobe Media... but I don't have that option even available. I'm using Adobe After Affects CS6. This wasn't removed in CS6 Was it?

In After Effects CS6, even though the Add To Adobe Media Encoder Queue command isn't present, you can add your composition to AME by other methods. Either use the File > Add command inside AME, or drag and drop your composition from After Effects to AME. Make sure to save your project first.

Premiere now freezes on Media Encoder Queue

After updating to the Oct 2014 CC Update, upon exporting media using the Media Encoder queue, Premiere freezes on the "Preparing Data for Export" box. It launches Media Composer, but it never makes it out of Premiere.
Just exporting from the application works, as well as importing sequences straight into Media Encoder. But I need the queue to work.
On a Windows 8.1 PC
24b 1333 mhz ram
3.2 ghz Intel Processor
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
R

I am having the same problem (see Premiere now freezes on Media Encoder Queue)
I am on 2014.1 of both programs (8.1.0 on premiere, 8.1.0.122 of AME). I know an update just came out today, but it seems to be just a RAW photo update.
Mine hangs when premiere is "Preparing Media for Export..." It launches AME and AME boots up fine... so from where I sit, it looks like a Premiere problem as it's compiling the project file to export.
Neither "import natively / non natively" or GPU acceleration help. However, I wouldn't expect them to, given this seems to be a premiere problem, not an AME problem.
That thread does not apply re: nView.
R

"Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue" Missing

Anyone know why my version of AE CS6 doesn't have the option "Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue" ? http://t.co/UFTfFXN8VL

The Add To Adobe Media Encoder Queue command is new in After Effects CC; it does not exist in After Effects CS6 or earlier versions. The command is available under both the File > Export and Composition menus. The keyboard shortcut is CTRL+Alt+M (Windows) or CMD+Opt+M (Mac).
To add an AE comp to the AME Queue in CS6, you can do any of the following (which also work in AE and AME CC):
Drag one or more comps from the AE Project panel to the AME Queue panel. (Save your project first.)
Drag the AE project file from the desktop into the AME Queue panel. Choose a single comp and click OK.
In AME, open the Add Source dialog: choose File > Add Source OR click the Add Source (plus sign) button in the Queue panel OR double-click in the empty area of the AME Queue panel. Choose the AE project file, click Open, then choose a single comp and click OK.
In AME, choose File > Add After Effects Composition. Choose the AE project file on the left side of the dialog, then choose one or more comps on the right side.

Premeire Pro 7.1 crashes when using Media Encoder queue.

After I updated to the latest version of Premiere Pro (October Release 7.1), every time I export a project from premiere pro timeline and use Aodobe media encoder it crashes every time. This happens on both my MacPro and MacBookPro with two different projects, so I know its not anything on my system. I was on the phone with a Adobe tech support rep and he did a remote screen access to see first hand that it was crashing. He confirmed that there is a bug with the new update. He even installed the earlier version of PP CC and Media Encoder and it did not crash once. He told me he was going to send the issue up the chain and hopefully get a patch update soon. Has anyone else experienced this with the PP CC 7.1 update?

Heres the full report, im not sure what section you need:
Process: Adobe Premiere Pro CC [597]
Path: /Applications/Adobe Premiere Pro CC/Adobe Premiere Pro
CC.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Identifier: com.adobe.AdobePremierePro
Version: 7.2.0 (7.2.0)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [144]
Responsible: Adobe Premiere Pro CC [597]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2013-12-16 19:30:46.616 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: A8549166-9EEE-D2C9-2FE1-5270831659F1
Crashed Thread: 5 Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.low-priority
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
VM Regions Near 0:
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__TEXT 0000000100000000-0000000100003000 [ 12K] r-x/rwx SM=COW
/Applications/Adobe Premiere Pro CC/Adobe Premiere Pro
CC.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Thread 5 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.low-priority
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MZ::EncoderManager::RenderMedia(dvacore::filesupport::File, dvacore::utility::Guid,
dvacore::filesupport::File, std::basic_string<unsigned short,
std::char_traits<unsigned short>,
dvacore::utility::SmallBlockAllocator::STLAllocator<unsigned short> > const&, bool,
bool, ASL::InterfaceRef<BE::ISequence, BE::ISequence> const&,
std::basic_string<unsigned short, std::char_traits<unsigned short>,
dvacore::utility::SmallBlockAllocator::STLAllocator<unsigned short> > const&,
std::basic_string<unsigned short, std::char_traits<unsigned short>,
dvacore::utility::SmallBlockAllocator::STLAllocator<unsigned short> > const&,
ASL::InterfaceRef<BE::IProject, BE::IProject> const&, MZ::ExportMediaEncodeType,
MZ::EncodeSettings const&, EncoderHost::AMEWorkAreaType, dvamediatypes::TickTime,
dvamediatypes::TickTime, unsigned int) + 878
1 com.adobe.Mezzanine.framework 0x0000000105d5c469
MZ::EncoderManager::StartSequenceRender(std::basic_string<unsigned short,
std::char_traits<unsigned short>,
dvacore::utility::SmallBlockAllocator::STLAllocator<unsigned short> > const&,
std::basic_string<unsigned short, std::char_traits<unsigned short>,
dvacore::utility::SmallBlockAllocator::STLAllocator<unsigned short> > const&,
ASL::InterfaceRef<BE::IProject, BE::IProject> const&,
ASL::InterfaceRef<BE::ISequence, BE::ISequence> const&, MZ::EncodeSettings const&,
EncoderHost::AMEWorkAreaType, dvamediatypes::TickTime, dvamediatypes::TickTime,
std::basic_string<unsigned short, std::char_traits<unsigned short>,
dvacore::utility::SmallBlockAllocator::STLAllocator<unsigned short> > const&,
std::basic_string<unsigned short, std::char_traits<unsigned short>,
dvacore::utility::SmallBlockAllocator::STLAllocator<unsigned short> > const&,
std::basic_string<unsigned short, std::char_traits<unsigned short>,
dvacore::utility::SmallBlockAllocator::STLAllocator<unsigned short> > const&, bool,
bool, MZ::ExportMediaEncodeType, unsigned int) + 393
2 com.adobe.Mezzanine.framework 0x0000000105d5fa39 MZ::(anonymous
namespace)::SequenceRenderRequest::ProcessSelf() + 169
3 com.adobe.Mezzanine.framework 0x0000000105d5ef60 MZ::(anonymous
namespace)::EncoderManagerThreadedQueueRequest::Process() + 64
4 com.adobe.dvacore.framework 0x0000000100370682 dvacore::threads::(anonymous
namespace)::SubExecutorImpl::CallFunctionWithExceptionHandler(boost::function<void
()> const&) + 34
5 com.adobe.dvacore.framework 0x000000010036f578 dvacore::threads::(anonymous
namespace)::SubExecutorImpl::OnThreadExecute(boost::shared_ptr<dvacore::threads::(anonymou s
namespace)::SubExecutorImpl> const&) + 184
6 com.adobe.dvacore.framework 0x0000000100385d9f
dvacore::threads::ExecuteTopLevelFunction(dvacore::threads::AllocatedFunctionT<boost::func tion<void
()> > const&) + 31
7 com.adobe.dvacore.framework 0x0000000100385a9f
dvacore::threads::WrapExecuteTopLevelFunction(void*) + 15
8 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8edc02ad _dispatch_client_callout + 8
9 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8edc209e _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 326
10 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8edc3193 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 40
11 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8974aef8 _pthread_wqthread + 314
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Thread 5 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
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0x0000000119388250
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0x000000000134ccf9
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0x00000001282e3660
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Logical CPU: 1
Error Code: 0x00000004
Trap Number: 14
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Adobe Media Encoder Queue

Is it possible to add to the queue to another device, on our local network, with Adobe Media Encoder from Premiere? (CS6)
The thought is to queue jobs to a specific server which has a superior hardware setup.
Thanks!

I wouldn't say it is "futile" to mention here, merely "less effective". We come to the forums as often as we can, but we don't see every comment/post. If you want to make a feature request that we will definitely see, please do so here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
FWIW, this isn't the first time we've heard this request and I'm sure it won't be the last. If there are features you guys want to see, please speak up through the form I linked. We put it there for a reason.

Media encoder queue option not available...

Hi
I just watched a video on after effects on a mac where under the COMPOSITION menu there was an option to send the currently selected composition to the adobe media encoder in addition to the usual add to render queue. I however do not have this extra option (send to adobe media encoder available) I am on windows vista 64 bit. any ideas why?
cheers!
angus

Angus:
Whoever posted that video made it using a pre-release version and shouldn't have posted a video capture from that. That menu item doesn't exist in After Effects CS4.
That said, the Adobe Media Encoder can now also be used as a standalone application. Even better, if you have Production Premium (or Master Collection) you can open After Effects compositions directly in AME using Dynamic Link. This means AME can be encoding AE compositions while you keep working in After Effects. Of course, if you're not using a multi-core machine with a ton of RAM you are not going to have a smooth experience :)
Best,
Adolfo Rozenfeld - Adobe

Trying to add a comp to Media Encoder Queue, but nothing happens. CC

I've tried to uninstall and reinstall After Effects CC and Premiere Pro CC, and I still can not get Media Encoder to launch.

The trouble is that I can't find AME anywhere. Even after I reinstalled After Effects. I've found numerous downloads to update AME online, but can't do anything since I don't have AME in the first place. OS X 10.9.3.

Adobe Media Encoder Batch Processing

Greetings-
Did a preliminary search...could not find anything directly on target...here's the issue:
WIN Vista 64
PrP CS4 4.2
AME 4.2
Matrox RT.X2 LE 4.2
1. Using AME, I've got multiple files(about 50) in a Source FOLDER "A" that I want batch process out to Output FOLDER "B"
2. When I drag all the files into the queue, AME assumes that the Output Folder is the same as the Source...
3. While the "formats" and "presets" are correct, each file in the queue needs to have the "Output" destination manually changed to FOLDER "B"...
4. I've searched the AME help etc, and I'm unable to find a way to mass change the "Output" folder without individually changing each "Output" destination.
5. I've Alt>A selected then tried to mass correct, but that only changes on file "Output"
Anybody know how do a batch process in AME (as in Photoshop CS3) without having to change each "Output" location?
Btw, the AME Help, and online support is a little thin...
Many TIA
Mick

OK,,,Here's a cludggy work around:
AME>File>Create Watch Folder
1. Create and name a new folder (i.e AME Watch Folder) somewhere on the source HD by right-clicking>Rename...closer to the root the easier to monitor
2. Temporarily Copy desired BP files to the newly named Watch Folder
3. Open AME
4. AME should see the all files present with Input Folder being the Watched Folder you created.
5. The Output Folder will automatically be created by AME and should show up as ...Watched Folder>Output
6. Verify that all formats/presets are properly inherited. If not Alt>A select and click Settings etc.
7. Hit Start Que. You'll see the progress bar showing encoding etc...
8. Go to Watch Folder/Output...the BP files should be there...at this point you can Move them to wherever, then delete the Watched Folder and Output Folder contents and reuse for another BP...
Yea... I know...cludggggggy...but it beats renaming the Output destination manually for 50 or more files....
Anybody else got a workaround...I'd love to hear it...
Mick

Premiere Pro CC not queuing exports into Media Encoder CC

I try to make this simple...
standard export from PP CC to ME CC
File -> export -> media, then hit queue.
Media encoder opens and just sits there. Left it for hours to see if anything would ever happen, and nothing ever did.
I've restarted the programs and machine dozens of times and that does nothing.
I can still export from PP CC.
I have no CS6 products left on my box.
I also tried to open the project from Media Encoder and load the sequence that way with no luck.
Thanks for the help!
On a Mac Pro
Premiere version 7.0.1
Media Encoder version 7.0.1.58
Adobe Creative Cloud for Teams Member (so it's licenced and updated to the fullest)

rforgaard wrote:
I had this exact same problem, and I figured out the solution in my case. I know the original problem report is ancient, but there are recent replies, so I am adding my solution here. I spent untold hours figuring this out, so hopefully this will save someone else some time.
There can be other causes to this problem, I'm sure. I'm just telling you about what fixed this problem for me.
Just to clarify, here is the symptom: Running Windows 8.1. Standard export from Premiere Pro CC 2014.2 to Media Encoder CC 2014.2, using File -> Export -> click Queue. Media Encoder opens and just sits there. Premiere Pro is hung and has to be forcibly terminated.
I spent countless hours on this. I thought I had messed up my computer's configuration somehow, so (believe it or not) I re-installed Windows on a freshly formatted hard disk, re-installed Creative Suite, same problem. (I can't believe I wasted all that time; I feel like a dummy.)
I finally narrowed it down to a very simple test case with a very tiny one-clip sequence that is less than one second long. Same problem.
It turned out to be a problem in the Premiere Pro project file itself. I suspect that a small file corruption somehow snuck into the project file, that was completely invisible. In that clip in my project, if I removed the "Vocal Enhancer" effect, the problem with exporting to Media Encoder went away. If I then re-added the very same "Vocal Enhancer" effect, the problem was still gone. It must be some small corruption in the ".prproj" file that went away when I removed the "Vocal Enhancer" effect and re-added it again.
NOTE: I DON'T think that there is some kind of bug with the "Vocal Enhancer" effect. I don't think this problem has anything to do with "Vocal Enhancer" per se. It is just some kind of small generic corruption in the project file. When Premiere Pro tries to export that sequence to Media Encoder, the problem occurs. It was just a coincidence in my case that removing and re-adding the "Vocal Enhancer" effect made the problem go away.
BOTTOM LINE: If you find that you have this bug where Premiere Pro hangs when exporting to the Media Encoder queue, try the following: Create a brand new project with a single clip in it, and export it to the Media Encoder queue. If that works, you know that it is not a problem with Premiere Pro in general; it's a problem in your specific project file. Once you've made this determination, make a copy of your original project file, and remove clips from the project until the problem goes away. Keep narrowing it down until you find the clip(s) that are the issue. Then, try removing and re-adding any effects on those clips, or even removing and re-adding the clips themselves, to fix the problem. Eventually, by removing and re-adding a specific effect or clip to your project, the problem will vanish (hopefully). It's just a matter of narrowing down which half of your project the problem occurs in, then which half of that half, etc., until you have it narrowed down to one clip or group of clips that need to be removed and re-added.
Having said all this, it is a bug that ideally should be fixed so someone else doesn't spend untold hours trying to figure out the problem. To that end, I create a tiny ZIP file that just has project file and the single media clip needed to reproduce the problem, along with a small description "READ ME.txt" file that explains the very simple steps to reproduce the problem. I have submitted this as a bug report to Adobe using their official online bug report form at www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform along with a link to the ZIP file so they can download and reproduce the problem.
If anyone else is curious about reproducing this same bug, you can also download the small ZIP file if you want to. I guarantee it doesn't have any viruses or anything - it's just two small files to reproduce the problem. To download the ZIP file containing that project file, media file, and "READ ME.txt" file, you can get it at www.forgaard.com/files/PremiereProBug.zip.
I hope this saves someone some time. This one sucked up a zillion hours of me chasing apparitions.
I was having a problem with exporting a sequence to AME. PPro would freeze and I would have to force the program to close. This was on a project where I was just running out a bunch of interview clips for the director to look at. One of them had a audio effect (DeHummer) on it, and it was the one that was giving me troubles. I selected the audio and right clicked then "Render and Replace" then it would export to AME with no issue. Thank you for your well written response to this thread. While it may not have fixed the OP's issue, it did help with mine....
Thanks,
Phil

Using Adobe Media Encoder with After Effects and ExtendScript

Hi,
I'm trying to automate the process of encoding a video using the Adobe Media Encoder. The project I'm working on includes allowing a user to upload a video and having that video then be encoded in different formats. I'm very new to After Effects and ExtendScript, but the two ways I see of doing this are:
1) Use ExtendScript to fire the Adobe Media Encoder through After Effects, using the 'Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue' function. I'm not sure if this is possible or not.
2) Bypass After Effects all together and use the 'watch folder' function in Adobe Media Encoder and upload the files directly to that folder.
I'd prefer to go route 1, if that's possible, but I'm not sure it is. I was thinking that I could write a script to work with Adobe Media Encoder to encode a given video, but from what I've read, ExtendScript isn't currently supported by Adobe Media Encoder? This is true? What would be the best way to go about accomplishing this?
Thanks.

I think you will have a much easier time just using option 2. I have to ask, why do you want the files to go through After Effects anyway? If you are just taking a file and converting it to ## different formats...the watch folder setup in AME would be super easy to setup.
All you need to do is ensure the user submitted files end up in a certain directory -- make that folder your watch folder and create a second folder within that one called 'encoded' or something along those lines. That way as long as AME is online and watch folders are active....you won't have to do a thing.

PP 2014.1 - Broken link to Media Encoder

Using a project created under PP 2014, I have been able to change the Lumetri via Dynamic Link to Speed grade, but I cannot Export the Sequence to Media Encoder.
Process used is as under previous version of PP:
Select sequence
Go File - Export - Media - select existing export format for DVD
Queue
AME opens but the file does not show.
PP is Not Responding
So End Task and restart same project in PP and this time use Export instead of Queue and it works.
Dynamic Link to AME is now broken!
Now I have to wait unable to use PP while each sequence is exported.
Is there a fix for this new problem?

Nothing new under the sun. Every release of an update requires several months of bug fixes before it becomes somewhat stable.
There is a reason why many choose not to update at the earliest moment, but wait 6 months or longer for the first bugs to be resolved.
This is especially true with CC, now that Adobe appears to have moved the beta-testing phase to the end-user, meaning you and other early adapters have been promoted to 'guinea pig', whether you like it or not.

Very slow Export to Media Encoder and Media Encoder connecting to dynamic link server

My flow is this: Open After Effects CC, import an image sequence, go to File > Export > Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue...
Every other time i do this it will take 2-3 mins before Media Encoder even shows the splash screen, then it'll take another 1-2 mins to open.
Next, I'll select my custom preset over on the right side of the window, then hit the Play button to begin encoding. Sometimes nothing will happen at all, sometimes I'll see the Orange stripped bar on the lower left and the message Media Encoder connecting to dynamic link server and that'll last 5+ minutes and I end task to get out of AE and ME. Sometimes, ME will begin encoding right away and zip through the small animation sequence quickly without issue.
I have WIndows 7 Pro, I'm on a work network with access to the internet and AE has been updated 24 days ago. I have a subscription and I'm signed on. However, sometimes I do not have the Creative-Cloud icon in my systray.
Thanks,

Thanks. I have 16GB Ram, 64bit Win7, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz 3.50GHz. AE is set to have maximum disk cache of 46GB. RAM reserved for other applications: 5GB RAM available for AE, PR, Pl, (some triangular icon [edit] which is ME ), Ps: 10GB. nothing else checked on that screen.
Typically just a mail client, 1 or 2 sessions of Firefox, 1 or 2 network folders open when i launch AE.
The last couple of times specifically, i had a 450 frame animation sequence at native 720p. then i added a curves layer on top of it in AE, then added two ~600x300px logos, one in each lower corner, then added a new solid layer which i used as a vignette. Finally over that i added a 720p still image which i held for another 15 seconds beyond the animation.
For the above, i ended-task, rebooted, brought it up again and it lauched ME quickly, then i got the stripped bar and connecting message until i ended task on that, then the 3rd time was the charm - everything opened quickly and it began to encode quickly.
The next three uses late afternoon yesterday were 150 frame animations at 480x270 and they all seemed to work fine. I created the sequence in 3ds max, then closed and went into AE. Then I'd close AE render another sequence, back into AE etc...

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