My bad, I should have been more specific:   It's h264, but within a custom preset I have saved (so uses that as default export setting).   If I choose a different preset, that *isn't* a custom preset (so 'High Quality 1080p HD' and so on, the standard presets), THEN I can use the slider, or type in my target bitrate, without being confined to whole numbers.   It would seem to be a new bug that clashes with custom presets. That's my best guess anyway.   Was working fine until I updated, and I've tried a couple of earlier versions but get the same problem, I'm not sure what version I was using before I updated which is a bummer.  ... View more

Hi Ann,   seems there is a known bug, as upon posting the question some thread suggestions displayed here, including: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/decimal-number-in-quot-bitrate-settings-quot/td-p/13214256   I've reverted to 24.0 (I must have skipped an update or two), but still have the same issue.    fwiw, export setting is h.264 vbr1, using win10.    A workaround is going to media encoder instead of direct export, which is a pain for what I mainly use PremierePro for, but that kinda sums up the product. Appreciate your taking the time to answer, thankyou for that. I'll just do the workaround, when it comes to adobe's products, it's usually easier 🙂 ... View more

to add: I see premiere pro fine in my plans and apps menu, been over an hour now, and I *really* don't want to uninstall and definitely lose my work from earlier if I can help it, opn the off chance that the project was saved before I had to 'close this program' after it crashed ... View more

Hi Meg, no - also it's actually not 1/100ths it's 1/33rd, my bad. Steps up to the next second when it hits x:xx:xx:29 though obviously very time consuming still. Tbh I remember now why I gave up using it last time, so don't worry about it - thread might help someone in future, but I think I'll just skip fighting with it (2 hours in or so and I'd managed to blur 3 minutes of an 11 minute vid... awful ROI lol) I do remember getting told to use Andy’s Region Tool for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Motion but only found out after I bought premiere pro that the plugin only works on macs and not windows >< Live and learn, and all that ... View more

ok that's way way beyond me as an ultra n00b, I'll just do it all manually which sucks slightly as it's specifically what I paid for the software for, so want to get my money's worth lol. I was a bit dumb in thinking it'd be a simple plug-n-play type deal, so to speak, didn't realise there'd still be a huge (massive) learning curve - I was naively thinking it'd be a more upmarket version of what youtube's blur face does... it's actually a bit of a pain to even track a face that moves around (tried the postion/rotation, and position/scale/rotation to no avail as to a totally correct run through, maybe it only works like that with faces farther afield than the closer zooms I typically film)... anyway enough of a whinge fest, not really the right thread to do it lol! Thanks for your answer Rob, appreciate your time & help 🙂 ... View more