After effects render fail on specific frame

Question

When I try to render my edit that I've made, it makes progress up until one specific frame of the video and then it gives me a sheep sound and says "After Effects error: Unknown Exception"

I've try restarting my laptop multiple times but it didn't work for a couple times after effects would crash even previewing that frame but it doesn't anymore and it only crashes when rendering that frame, and I didn't do anything special to that frame or clip, it had only a handful of effects that I've also used for other clips that work fine. here are my specs:

RAM : 4GB

CPU: Intel i5

GPU: Nvidia MX130

I know it's easy to think it's a hardware issue but the reason why I doubt that is because I was able to preview that frame just fine a few hours ago even with apps in the background so it's strange how it's unable to render it now

ShiveringCactus · Answer

Previews are not full quality rendered frames - so even if something shows up fine in the preview, that doesn't mean it will render out. Have you tried:

rendering an image sequence - that way you only have to render new frames?
Removing the effects from the video for that frame? That would show you if the problem is the source or the effects.
Checking the error log for clues? If it is the source, then try rendering that video without effects through Media Encoder or Handbrake - that might fix the problem.

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