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Inspiring
Mar 9, 2025 2:25 PM UTC
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Rendering stopping in render queue

Hi

I'm rendering a 6 minute video in after effects. It's been going on for over 14 hours and stuck on 89% done. 

Any suggestions to fix this?

 

Thanks

ShiveringCactus
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Community Expert
Mar 10, 2025 9:19 AM UTC

My guess would be your cache is full.  Can you pause the render and clear it out.  When I'm doing long sequences like this, I tend to render in Adobe Media Encoder (which makes it easier to clear the cache via AE) and render out as an image sequence so if I am forced to restart the render, I can pick up where I left off.

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Participating Frequently
Mar 10, 2025 3:14 PM UTC

Hey you can modify your render settings to a lower resolution or use a more efficient codec to reduce the rendering load or 

clearing the disk cache can resolve issues related to corrupted cache files. Go to Edit > Purge > All Memory & Disk Cache in After Effects.

 

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d_7239Author
Inspiring
Mar 10, 2025 4:40 PM UTC
Wow thank you so much
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ShiveringCactus
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ShiveringCactusCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
Mar 10, 2025 9:19 AM UTC

My guess would be your cache is full.  Can you pause the render and clear it out.  When I'm doing long sequences like this, I tend to render in Adobe Media Encoder (which makes it easier to clear the cache via AE) and render out as an image sequence so if I am forced to restart the render, I can pick up where I left off.

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d_7239Author
Inspiring
Mar 10, 2025 4:39 PM UTC
Thank you very much for responding, it seems like that was my issue
but I'm going to keep that in mind for the future!
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ToolfarmJP
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Mar 10, 2025 4:23 AM UTC

You see Activity Monitor.app to check the load. The cause seems to be out of memory.

 

 

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d_7239Author
Inspiring
Mar 10, 2025 4:59 PM UTC
Thank you for responding, seems like that was the case
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