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OrangeJuicee
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May 5, 2013
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Render Fail | Please help.

  • May 5, 2013
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     I am trying to render a 4 minute long montage in after effects, and no matter what I do it fails. After about 40 seconds or so, it just stops rendering and in the queue it says under status; Failed. I was thinking that maybe it was a problem with QuickTime, and maybe it couldn't create a file that big, but I tried almost every other format availiable but it will not work no-matter what. I am running CS6 on a MacBook Pro with 4GB of Ram, and am trying to render the file to a Hard-drive with over 800 GB availiable, so I don't think size is the issue. Any help would be appreciated. Here is a screenshot as more information might help. Thanks in advance. BTW I need to get this out A.S.A.P. so the quicker someone replies the better.

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Correct answer OrangeJuicee

I see that you're using After Effects 11.0.0. There have been two major bug-fix updates, so you should be on 11.0.2. Install those updates first. They fix a lot of problems.


I figured out the problem, It was twitch. After I deleted the effect, it worked.

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Rado5C12
Rado5C12
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February 4, 2021

For all those that haven't solved their problem looking here for help, I'll help ya. 

1. Look where your render fails (time mark ex. "Failed at 0.00.15.07").

2. Check all your effects at that time mark.

3. re-arrange / delete some of the effects (the clip should be lagging at the point where your render fails).

4. When the specific effect is moved or deleted, the clip should preview smoothly.

5. Render!

 

This is how I have solved the problem many times when facing this.

Dave_LaRonde
Dave_LaRonde
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May 8, 2013

I am running CS6 on a MacBook Pro with 4GB of Ram...

Yipes.  That's not much memory: just about enough to run the OS along with AE, and no other applications... and not anything very complicated in AE at that.  140 layers can get kinda complicated.  Furthermore, mp4's aren't good because of the decoding AE has to do BEFORE it gets down to business.  Mp3's aren't good because... well, because they've never worked well in AE.

  • Turn off multiprocessing and LEAVE IT OFF.
  • Don't use open GL.
  • Don't even think about using ray tracing on 3D layers.
  • Since you already have a good audio track, just render the video and turn off the audio tracks.
  • AE used to let you purge memory every X number frames.  You used to get to it by holding down the shift key, then selecting Composition>Make movie.  I don't see it any more.  Maybe someone else can help with that.
  • Use the Render Queue to make a lossless file.  I like Quicktime's PNG codec.
  • Use something else to do the compression.
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OrangeJuiceeAuthor
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May 8, 2013

I followed all of that (except the purge every X frames part) and it still wouldn't work. I don't know what else to do.

Dave_LaRonde
Dave_LaRonde
Inspiring
May 8, 2013

Enough of the stabs in the dark: here's a boatload of diagnostic information to supply:

FAQ: What information should I provide when asking a question on this forum?

Overlook nothing.

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OrangeJuiceeAuthor
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Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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May 6, 2013

Don't use the render cue for h.264. Use the Adobe Media Encoder. It that doesn't work very well and the Output Module can't do multi pass rendering. If your project fails in the AME please give us your system specs and info on your project.

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