Premiere Pro Export Troubleshooting

Question

I create family vlogs in the 8-20 min range. Exporting to 1080p, but does contain a fair amount of 4k footage. And last year added an insta360 x5. I have also started using a fair amount of the Film Impact effect/transitions. So that is to say that I recognize I have some heavy footage.

What I am experiencing is that Premiere Pro is able to render the sequences in 15-20 mins max while I’m editing. However, when I try to export that final sequence it can be 3-5 hours for both the direct export or Media Encoder to finish exporting the files. I’ve done the basic searching on Youtube for tricks/troubleshooting. Is there another resource out there that I can/should look into to see why it is taking so long for my videos to export?

Franciszek67 · Answer

The export hanging at 0% or crashing mid-way in Premiere Pro 2025 is often tied to GPU acceleration glitches, especially if you're using H.264/HEVC with hardware encoding.

Quick fixes that usually work:

Switch Renderer to Software Only in File > Project Settings > General.
In Export Settings, change Video Codec to Software Encoding instead of Hardware.
Disable "Use Previews" and "Render at Maximum Depth" if they're on.
Update your GPU drivers (clean install via DDU if needed) and make sure Premiere is allowed full access in Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > App & browser control.

If it's still stuck, try a shorter test export (first 30 seconds only) to see if it's clip-specific or sequence-wide. For me, turning off hardware encoding got it exporting reliably again on an RTX 4070 setup. What codec and preset are you using?

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