PProHeadless popup

[Matthew Max]

Should I care when I'm in Adobe Media Encoder and the PProHeadless.exe pops up?
Should I hit Close Program and continue encoding?

[Bob]

Are you getting a popup that says "PProHeadless.exe has stopped working" or are you getting something else?

PProHeadless.exe is the Premiere Pro rendering engine. It runs in the background when used. It's "headless" because it doesn't have a user interface. It's typically called by Premiere Pro or Media Encoder.

[Matthew Max]

Yes, it says it's stopped working. I should've included that in the post earlier.
But you say it's for Pro, so I guess you are going to tell me not to worry about it in the media encoder.

[Bob]

Media Encoder uses it too, so you do need to worry about it.

This problem is often caused by memory, but other things can cause it too. One thing you can try is going to Edit>Preferences>Memory and set "Optimize Memory for" to "Memory".

What version of Premiere Pro are you using and what are your system specs?

[Matthew Max]

I have Pro 5.5.
My supercomputer may have been having memory problems, but I've gotten this error in the past many times when my system was new.

I checked the rendered videos, Bob, and they seem great.

[hpharley90]

what are your system specs?

I think this is what Bob needs to know maybe to see if you have enough memory.

[Matthew Max]

It's a supercomputer. It'll chew through anything -- anything -- in no time. So it has lots of whatever it needs. I just don't know right here where I happen to be today. But it's a very bad dude.