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Subject: Re: [AE] Initializing Background Processes. TAKING FOREVER!
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
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Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:16:48 -0500
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Could it be corrupt media?  Have you tried this with another project?  =
If so, that might inculpate some media in the project that's hanging.


On Jul 8, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Greg Balint wrote:

> Hey all,
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> I'm under a deadline right now, and trying to get my final render =
going to send off to the client for approvals today.
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> the project I'm working on isn't very intensive. it's a flat video and =
graphics sizzle reel style loop. about 2 minutes long with a music =
track.  most assets are either ultra large (print res) tifs of products, =
or video footage from previous presentations.
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> this sort of project shouldn't take much for my machine to render, but =
it's causing a ton of problems.
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> I'm using CC but I've also tried saving down and rendering from CS6 =
and I'm getting the same issues.
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> Basically, using MP, I click render, and the info panel says =
"Initializing Background Processes. This may take some time".
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> I'm used to that, and normal rendered sequences would do this for =
maybe 10 seconds before beginning renders..=20
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> This time however, it's getting hung up here.. taking 10 minutes or =
even more sometimes.. (honestly I've just canceled them when they run =
this long)
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> if they end up getting through this stage, I'm presented with an error =
at the end of the render stating something to the lines of "failed to =
load projects in background"
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> The weird part is, I can restart my system, open AE and render, and it =
usually works ok.. but any renders after that first one will get hung up =
and not render. as if the self-link processes aren't receiving the new =
info, or aren't dumping the old stuff.
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> Anyway around this? I uninstalled all adobe products and ran adobe =
cleaner and re-installed AE this morning, and it's still doing this. I =
currently can't get my render to start with MP on, and i sure need it on =
this project.
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> Thanks in advance,=20
> ////Greg