What causes "After Effects error: zero denominator converting ratio denominators. (17 :: 18)" ?

I have the latest update 11.0.2. (Saw same issue with version 11.0.0)
Got the error yesterday from my render computers. Had to render on one machine.
The next day I was able to use the render farm without any issues at all.
But then the next time I rendered, same day, merely changing colors on a layer, I get the error message again.
Same project file each time. Why does it work sometimes but not other times???
How can this be remedied?
I have not seen this error in all my years of using AE. I have not made any changes to my computers except regular Windows updates. Last version we couldn't network at all, now there are errors while trying to network render.

I think I found "my" problem. I don't know if other will solve this issue the same.
It turns out that a certain .AVI file rendered from Cineform Studio will not work in a network render, onl yin the stand alone AE software.
I rendered that .AVI out from AE as a .AVI and now I don't get the error. So apparently, the Cineform format won't work on a network render.
By the way, that might be a really good feature request!

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17 :: 19 After Effects Error: zero denominator converting ratio denominators

Hi,
I've been getting this error after I installed AE on a fresh installation of Windows. Google has a collection of complicated explanations.
Mylenium has a nice blog about error messages, but it also has a big explanation.
So I stated thinking: Fresh install... codecs! What am I using?
I disabled all mp4 layers and the error went away.
So if you're getting 17 :: 19, you might want to check for something simple like Advanced Video Codec footage without Quictime, FFDshow or Core installed.

I think I found "my" problem. I don't know if other will solve this issue the same.
It turns out that a certain .AVI file rendered from Cineform Studio will not work in a network render, onl yin the stand alone AE software.
I rendered that .AVI out from AE as a .AVI and now I don't get the error. So apparently, the Cineform format won't work on a network render.
By the way, that might be a really good feature request!

After Effects Error: zero denominator in ratio multiply. ( 17 :: 17 ) | How to Fix?

I changed the fps rate in the Preview panel.
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And I did a preview.
When I went back to 29.97, and did preview, appears this error, when i try make RAM Preview.
It seems that fps with number integer works normal, because I've put in 30 fps, 25, 24, 15, and all work normal, the problem appears only when put in 29.97fps or 59.94fps.

This problem might have some relationship with the Motion Blur settings?
That i changed.

After Effects error: Zero denominator in relation multiplication

Hey guys,
I don't know what now to do. I got this error ago 30 minutes.
Render doesn't work. If i press ctrl(strg) + M, then is comming this error. I want only render, this file.
I'm using Windows 7 - 4 GB RAM, AMD Processor and ATI(AMD) Grahpic card. I'm using the newest version from After Effects CC Version 12.2.0.52 . There is no updates or something. I'm using the Creative Cloud.
I hope you can help me.. [It's German, so don't worry and translate it, i made it too ]
Sorry for my really bad English, im German.
If you need more information, post it.

Ohne genaue Rendersettings wird das nix. AVI ist nur ein Containerformat und so, woe's ist, nützt uns das nix. Außerdem müßte man schon mal die Comp settings wissen, welche Quellmaterialien verwendet wurden, welche Effekt usw.. Solche Mathe-Fehler sind fast immer entweder beschädigte Ausgangsdateien oder irgendein Effekt, der durchdreht...
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Hello I just created a project in AE CC and wanted to save also a version for CS6.
All went ok but when I tried to open the project in CS6 I received the following error:
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For example, if you are running your OS and applications in English and have Chinese characters in your file names, After Effects CS6 and earlier will fail, but After Effects CC and earlier will succeed.

After Effects error: could not convert Unicode characters. (23 :: 46)

Hello,
I'm getting the following error message:
After Effects error: could not convert Unicode characters. (23 :: 46)
I have yet to find an answer that works to resolve this problem. I'm using CS6 on an HP Z220 on Windows 7.
Thanks in advance.

So I solved the problem. A little history for this situation: I created a new AE project and while attempting to import a file received the error message: After Effects error: could not convert Unicode characters. (23 :: 46)
I then tried to import a Vanishing Point which broken the spell on the error message and allowed the menu to select a vanishing point to appear. I closed out of that and was then able to import files.

What does "After Effects error: Not enough memory to initialize PSL. ( 83 :: 8 )" mean?

So, about a week ago I did a fresh install of 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate on a new PC, and subscribed to the Adobe Creative Cloud, installing After Effects CS6 and Photoshop CS6 from the Adobe Application Manager, then doing all updates (and I just checked right now at 10:35PM on July 26th, I have the latest versions of everything).
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( 83 :: 8 )
Then After Effects crashed. So now it opens up normally, but when I try to import a .psd or open an After Effects project saved from an earlier version of After Effects (CS3 to CS5) I get the same error and a crash, every single time.
Searching the forums, I see people talking about this error when importing .psds into CS5, and they say that getting the latest updates solved the issue for them (which obviously can't help me). I'm running all legit software on a brand new computer with 32 GB of RAM which has passed all my physical stress tests so I know it's not hardware related.
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Obviously the smart-*** answer is "then hold down Ctrl-Alt-Shift, dummy", and I'll do that for now, but is there any clue what the problem is?
I feel like kind of a chump because I decided to stop using my student versions of Adobe software (I haven't been a student for about four years) and pay the full price for the cloud membership and the latest creative suite, and it's full of bugs.

Now, I get the same ( 83 :: 8 ) error listed above, followed by a new dialog window that reads:
After Effects error: Crash in progress. Last logged message was: <4488> <DynamicLink> <5> C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS6\Adobe Premiere Pro.exe
Then, when I click OK, I get:
After Effects can't continue: sorry, After Effects has crashed. For After Effects Help and Support, go to http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_support. If you still can't resolve the issue, please contact Adobe Technical Support (2).
( 0 :: 42 )
Clicking OK to that gives me a chance to save the latest project, then the standard Windows 7 crash dialog window opens, the one that gives me the choice of "Check online for a solution and close the program" or just "Close the program" and lets me View problem details, which are:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:          APPCRASH
Application Name:          AfterFX.exe
Application Version:          11.0.0.378
Application Timestamp:          4f6d63ab
Fault Module Name:          StackHash_a85b
Fault Module Version:          6.1.7601.17725
Fault Module Timestamp:          4ec4aa8e
Exception Code:          c0000374
Exception Offset:          00000000000c40f2
OS Version:          6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID:          1033
Additional Information 1:          a85b
Additional Information 2:          a85ba096cc6b6acabe6eaf35bf34dc60
Additional Information 3:          f862
Additional Information 4:          f86227a9dfa15a47cdb6c94bb0d08360

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Best,
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I need to render a comp (h.264 default settings) and the process is stopped with the following error: "after effects error: internal verification failure, sorry! {could not find itemframe we just now checked in}".
What can I do? I have already tryed to re-start Ae several times. The render stops at random points, when started again. The comp is very simple: a mp4 movie background, still PNG pictures one after another with opacity and 1 mask keyframed and write-on texts at their side, explaining the pictures. Thank you in advance for any help.

User52142 wrote:
Yes, the problem is that Ae seems to not handle well MP4 files. Why is that?
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Does that explain it?

After Effects error: overflow converting ratio denominators. (17 :: 18)

I have been working on learning how to use Adobe After Effects CS6 and it has been alot of fun, so I have decided to buy it! Except now... I ran in to an issue when I tried to place an effect on a portion of a layer to see if anything would happen; something horrible happened. There is a really annoying pop-up that will not go away! It reads: "After Effects error: overflow converting ratio denominators. (17 :: 18), and it has a red circular icon with a white exclaimation mark in the middle of it. This would be great if it was actually doing anything other than piss me off! It will not go away when I 'dismiss' it by pressing OK, and I fear that I will lose my footage now. I will be buying a different program 100% if I cannot fix this problem or get it explained, so for the sake of Adobe's consumer record, would anybody be kind enough to assist me? Thanks alot, I will be following up on this ASAP.
Much appreciated,
Riley Lloy
Nova Scotia
[email protected]

you will find an answer and workaround here: http://myleniumerrors.com/category/by-number/11-20/

After Effects error: crash occurred while invoking effect plug-in "Looks" URGENT!

My name is Tyler and i'm a Mult-Media Editor in training. Just recently meaning just this project i've been getting this error "After Effects error: crash occurred while invoking effect plug-in “Looks”." every time i try to render. If i try to remove the clip where it messes up and replace it with another it will just mess up in another spot.
Screen Shot Here:http://gyazo.com/794429fd1091973c8a296a27d2af6fab.png
Information:
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RAM: 8gb
Processor: 1st Gen. i7 Quad-Core
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320
Updates: Installed All Updated For Adobe Products
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Worked Before? Yes
Open GL: My open gl is not enabled
I've read other forums and watched tutorials. I've already done the following. (Not in order used)
1. Downgrade Magic Bullet Looks from 1.4.3 to 1.4.2 (Didn't Work)
2. Upgrade Magic Bullet Looks to MBL 2.0 from Magic Bullet Suite 11 (Didn't Work)
3. Uninstall my gfx card and re-install it with the newer version (Didn't Work)
4. Reset AE preferences by pressing alt+shift+ctrl on the shortcut (Didn't Work)
5. Change render settings from H.264 -> .AVI (Didn't Work)
6. I've deleted "AE_OpenGL" from my After Effects folder (Didn't Work)
My Composition:
http://gyazo.com/53c7a2789a752cfba7e908bed31d7c01.png
http://gyazo.com/da0cacaf4ef6d7e3276b6aa45b77da79.png
The look file is not that complex but i don't know if it'll help but there it is.
Look File Settings:
http://gyazo.com/25346bb318edadc54e09273977964c7d.png
I've never had this problem before and hope that someone has a solution to this problem... if so please post an answer. I don't know if its because i put the plug in on all of my clips and then made an adjustment layer with another Magic Bullet Looks or if it's my clips fault but i just dont know what to do.
-Tyler

It sounds like Looks is only crashing on this project. If that is so then it's most likely a problem with one of your video clips. Either there's a corrupted frame or some other codec glitch that's throwing the errors. I'd suggest replacing footage items with temporary footage. You could even use solids. Replace one at a time, then undo, until you find the footage that's causing the crash. Then either re-compress that footage to another codec or replace it.
If Looks is crashing on every type of footage then you need to pursue other options that are more system related.

After Effects error: Could not launch Adobe Analysis Server (515) ( 25 :: 101) *POSSIBLE FIX*

Hi. Im New to the forums so sorry in advance if i do something incorrect
Since my Purchase of Adobe CS6, I was not able to use dynamic link, or the plugins that required you to connect to the Adobe Analysis Server (3d Tracker, Warp Stablizer ETC) It would always give me the error
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( 25 :: 101)
Or if i would use dynamiclink
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Through hours and hours searching through the internet, and trying possible fixes, i found possible fixes that might help people with this error.
*Before attempting any of these fixes, make sure you reinstall CS6 Using the Adobe Cleaner*
This guide is for Windows OS Only.
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I know you have probably heard this over and over again, but this is mainly the cause of the problem. Some Anti-Viruses even when disabled, go into some sort of one eyed open mode, where it still monitors your computer ever so slightly, so you may want to uninstall the anti-virus. As for the firewall,
1) Go to your start menu search "Check Firewall Status"
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-If the Adobe Cleaner didnt already, Clean your registry. This can be done with free applications such as CCleaner.
If none of those options work, I would suggest a full format and reinstall of windows.
I hope this would help people with this issue.

captain_astronaut wrote:
I'm running the latest version. Just installed yesterday.
You can download and install the latest version (and older versions) of versions 11, 12, and 13 from Adobe right now. That is why I was asking for the exact version number with decimals. Just the other day, someone said they were running the latest version and they weren't aware that CC was even a thing. They were running version 11.0.3 (which isn't even the latest version of CS6 - it's 11.0.4). That's why I always ask.
captain_astronaut wrote:
I'm on a Mac so I don't have anti-malware, or other security software running.
That doesn't seem like a good idea. While there can't be anything technically referred to as a "virus" on the Mac OS (due to the underlying structure), there can be (and are) malware variants out there that do attack machines running the Mac OS. As Apple products have grown in popularity, developers have been creating more and more malware aimed at OSX.
I certainly hope you at least have your firewall running.
captain_astronaut wrote:
I tried launching Premiere yesterday and it crashed.
This points to a much more serious underlying problem. Thousands (if not millions) of people are running Premiere and After Effects on Macs. What sort of error messages did you receive when it crashed?
Try installing version 12 of AE and the previous version of Premiere as well and see if they run.

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Dave's Stock Answer #1:
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After Effects error: (17::18)

Every time I try to drag a video to after effects(cs4), I get the following error: After Effects error: overflow converting ratio denominators. ( 17 :: 18 ).
In the beginning I thought that maybe changing the avi files to mpg would solve this problem, because I have two videos that are mpg-s and they work fine, so I downloaded one program, changed the file, but
it didn't work.
Then I searched help from Google and what I found was that I had to right click on the video , then interpret footage and then main. Below the frame rate was two options. 1) Use frame rate from file:(23, 970)
2)Conform to frame rate: 23,97 frames per second.
According to help I found from Google I had to select the option number two. The video worked fine, but...the video became shorter, half of the video was just gone.
So, what should I do? Is there a way to get a video to it's original length, or is there some other way to get off this error so I don't have to use that way, what I found from Google.
P.S. Sorry, if my English is bad
Thank you,
Kristjan

Start here:
http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff.html

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