Answers.Body: <p>As <a href="https://video.stackexchange.com/q/18405/1871">answered</a> in this Q/A, the problem looks to be caused by the use of the CUDA renderer ("Mercury"). The solution is to switch to CPU-only rendering.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: This was it. In case anyone else can't find it it's in Media Encoder > Preferences. Change Video Rendering to “Mercury Playback Engine Software Only"
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Body: <p>I'm trying to render a video from Adobe Media Encoder, created in After Effects. We first had this problem is a larger file, so I reduced it down to a simple file the results of which can be seen in this gif.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/EdJLr.gif" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/EdJLr.gif" alt="What the video comes out looking like"></a></p>
  
  <p>Any thoughts as to why this might be happening?</p>
  
  <p>Specs:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Media Encoder, 2015.4 Release, Build 10.4.0.26 (latest)</li>
  <li>After Effects, 2015.3 Release, Version 13.8.1.38 (latest)</li>
  <li>MacBook Pro Retina 15-in, Mid-2014, OS X 10.11.6 (latest) - 16 GB Ram, 2.5 GHZ i7</li>
  <li>Source Comp; px 1.0, 29.97 fps, Progressive</li>
  <li>Output, H.264 Match Source, High bitrate (VBR 1 pass)</li>
  <li>Also exported as PNG sequence but the corruption was still there </li>
  </ul>
  
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Comments.Text: Turn off CUDA rendering, as per [here](http://video.stackexchange.com/q/18405/1871).
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-08-29T20:11:04.207Z
Comments.Text: @Mulvya that was it! Thanks a bunch. You want to put that in an answer and I'll accept it?
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Tags: <after-effects><adobe-media-encoder>
Title: Every other frame corrupted when rendering with Adobe Media Encoder
UserDisplayName: johnkeese
ThreadText: # Every other frame corrupted when rendering with Adobe Media Encoder
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-29)
  
  I'm trying to render a video from Adobe Media Encoder, created in After Effects. We first had this problem is a larger file, so I reduced it down to a simple file the results of which can be seen in this gif.
  
  [![What the video comes out looking like](https://i.sstatic.net/EdJLr.gif)](https://i.sstatic.net/EdJLr.gif)
  
  Any thoughts as to why this might be happening?
  
  Specs:
  
  * Media Encoder, 2015.4 Release, Build 10.4.0.26 (latest)
  * After Effects, 2015.3 Release, Version 13.8.1.38 (latest)
  * MacBook Pro Retina 15-in, Mid-2014, OS X 10.11.6 (latest) - 16 GB Ram, 2.5 GHZ i7
  * Source Comp; px 1.0, 29.97 fps, Progressive
  * Output, H.264 Match Source, High bitrate (VBR 1 pass)
  * Also exported as PNG sequence but the corruption was still there
  
  **Tags:** after-effects, adobe-media-encoder
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Turn off CUDA rendering, as per [here](http://video.stackexchange.com/q/18405/1871).  
  > **username_0**: @Mulvya that was it! Thanks a bunch. You want to put that in an answer and I'll accept it?  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-08-29. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  As [answered](https://video.stackexchange.com/q/18405/1871) in this Q/A, the problem looks to be caused by the use of the CUDA renderer ("Mercury"). The solution is to switch to CPU-only rendering.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: This was it. In case anyone else can't find it it's in Media Encoder > Preferences. Change Video Rendering to “Mercury Playback Engine Software Only"  
  
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