Strange, Neverending Render Behavior in PProCS6

Question

Hi all,
I've been experiencing some strange rednering behavior.  It started in a large PPro project that was experiencing another frequent issue, source monitor freezing, but the has carried over to a new, basic project recently started.
Whether I select 'Render Effects' or 'Render Entire' I get the same result.  The render begins and seems to proceed as normal, but if I watch closely, the percent complete starts to bounce back and forth, even boucning between tenths and hundreths of a point.  The total number of previews beign rendered also steadily grows as the render progresses.  When the precentage reaches the end, 90% plus, the bouncing back and forth between values seems to increase in frequency.  I decided to leave one project rendering overnight and it was still incomplete when I returned ten hours later. 
When one of these renders is canceled, the entire work area remains unrendered in the timeline with a yellow or red bar.  Even if a render is cancelled while still underway, the portions of the work area which were completed should appear as successfully rendered in the timeline. 
The render pictured below, was 'Render all Effects in Work Area', rendering color correction and dissolves. 
My media cache and scratch disk location was almost full prior to the render I performed today, so I went in and cleaned up both locations before beginining the render.  Alas, that did not change the end render result.  I have 'never-ending' render running right now...
As a work around to the issue, I have just been exporting the 'final' product to allow me to review it thoroughly without an lag or stutter due to lack of rendering.
The media in both projects where I have experienced this issue have ranged from Ikegami MXF to P2 and XDCAM EX.  All the media in the current project, pictured above, is XDCAM EX sitting on an internal SSD.
Here all of my system specs.  Let me know if you require any other information
Adobe Premiere Pro Version 6.0.1
Total Code for Adobe Premiere Pro Version 6.0.2
Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
CPU Intel(R) Xeon (R) CPU X5647 @ 2.93 GHz (2processors)
Memory: 24 GB Installed RAM
NVidia Quadro 4000
Thoughts anyone?
Linday

Answer 1

Mystery solved!  Of course, after going through the trouble of un-installing/re-installing the entire Adobe suite which proved to be of no consequence. 
It all comes down to the third-party plug-in Rovi Total Code for Adobe Premiere Pro.  I am currently using version 6.0.2.  The plug-in is required to proeprly package our Ikegami MXF media as one clip with audio and video when improted into PPro.  Any sequence based on a Rovi Total Code preset will not render sucessfully and attempts to render to infinity.
To create a sequence for a new project, I always determine which media type within the project will be dominant and then drag a clip of that type to the 'New Item' icon in the project window to create a sequence which should match the source clip.  It seems with Total Code in the mix, any sequence created by this drag/drop method resulted in a Total Code preset based sequence, which in theory should not be a problem, but is in reality.  Below are a few screen shots which add support to this description.
Above are the sequence settings for a Rovi Total Code sequence created by a drag and drop of JVC HD media, which is structured the same as XDCAM EX media.
Above is a screen shot of a render of this Total Code sequence which is featured in the top of the image.  The number of X of Y frames grows continously and the render will never reach an end point, but will eventually fill all available space on the Scratch disk.
Above is the render of the same video which was copied into a sequence created with an XDCAM EX sequence preset.  The number of frames to be rendered remains fixed and the render reaches completion as it should.  You can even note that the sequence updates with the green 'render complete' line as the render progresses.
Above are the import settings that are currently activated for the Total Code plug-in.
I have tested the drag/drop 'New Item' sequence creation method for our three main media types: XDCAM EX (JVC), P2 MXF, and IKegami MXF.  All result in a Total Code preset based sequence which will not render.  I will avoid using that method for sequence creation to avoid the issue.  I also plan ot inform Total Code of the bug in their package. Unless, Adobe, you think it is on your end?
Thanks to all who took a glance at this issue and to Jim Simon for his efforts to troubleshoot.
Lindsay