Unable to write to the presets file.

[MEA707]

Using the current version of HandBrake, whenever I try to save a preset, I get the following error message:

Unable to write to the presets file.
The details section below may indicate why this error has occured.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at HandBrakeWPF.Services.Presets.Factories.JsonPresetFactory.CreateHbPreset(Preset export, HBConfiguration config) in C:\HandBrake\hbworkspace\workspace\Release_WindowsGui64\HandBrake\win\CS\HandBrakeWPF\Services\Presets\Factories\JsonPresetFactory.cs:line 520
at HandBrakeWPF.Services.Presets.PresetService.SavePresetFiles() in C:\HandBrake\hbworkspace\workspace\Release_WindowsGui64\HandBrake\win\CS\HandBrakeWPF\Services\Presets\PresetService.cs:line 660

The preset saves in the list, but only for the session. When I close and reopen, the preset is gone.

I'm using Windows 10 Pro 64-bit.

The strange thing is this file location address does not exist anywhere on my PC, so that might be the problem?

[tranzloop]

Hi I am experiencing this problem as well. I have managed to deduce that a preset can be written to the PRESET file as long as I don't use MPEG-4 as the video codec. This happens regardless of any other setting including container type. I have tried deleting the PRESET file with no success. Also created a user preset with H.264 as the codec and attempted to update it to MPEG-4. This also failed with the same error: -

Unable to write to the presets file.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at HandBrakeWPF.Services.Presets.Factories.JsonPresetFactory.CreateHbPreset(Preset export, HBConfiguration config) in C:\HandBrake\hbworkspace\workspace\Release_WindowsGui64\HandBrake\win\CS\HandBrakeWPF\Services\Presets\Factories\JsonPresetFactory.cs:line 520
at HandBrakeWPF.Services.Presets.PresetService.SavePresetFiles() in C:\HandBrake\hbworkspace\workspace\Release_WindowsGui64\HandBrake\win\CS\HandBrakeWPF\Services\Presets\PresetService.cs:line 660


This looks like a bug to me

[tranzloop]

Okay, so just grabbed the Nightly Build and the problem is resolved. Sorry to post before checking.