Flash media live encoder: Command line error on Windows server 2008, GUI works

Question

I'm running Windows Server 2008 with a Blackmagic Decklink card. Everything works fine with the GUI but when I try to start from command line it exits with an unknown error.

Any ideas?

Note: I have the desktop experience enabled.

Answer 1

I found out what the problem was, apparently if the fmesessions.dat (C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Flash Media Live Encoder 3.2) gets large enough FMLEcmd.exe fails.

Answer 2

Looks like a frequent problem that effects many FMLE users. Common suggestions include:

• use the absolute latest version of FMLE
• update DirectX
• update all video and audio-related drivers
• remove/rename startup.xml from "[volume]/Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Flash Media Live Encoder [version]/" so the program can get clean settings

There is also a small chance that tweaks to common security measures may help, such as disabling Data Execution Protection for all but essential OS files or exclude program directories in your anti-virus software (only if essential, of course!)