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jackh93267785
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January 16, 2016
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premiere pro won't let me export my video :( Help

i have a mac pro

when i finish editing video i have always gone to file----->export ----> media it wont let me export it ;(

      jasonl82844513
      jasonl82844513Correct answer
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      September 5, 2018

      I was having a similar issue just now. I selected my timeline, then clicked file > export > media and that ended up working for me.

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      jasonl82844513
      jasonl82844513Correct answer
      Participant
      September 5, 2018

      I was having a similar issue just now. I selected my timeline, then clicked file > export > media and that ended up working for me.

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        hollyh29461907
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        November 22, 2018

        This works perfect, thank you!

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          nathanl28675244
          nathanl28675244
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          June 29, 2018

          I had a similar issue where I want File > Export > Media ... but nothing happened.

          After trying a few things, I went File > Save As ... and saved it as a new file and then it exported just fine.

          Not sure why this worked for me, but it did!

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            hollyh29461907
            Participant
            November 22, 2018

            I've done this, however it keeps crashing when I press save as...

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            haltongarth
            Participant
            March 1, 2018

            Had the same problem today when trying to export / encode a project five years in the making. And not only would my project not export / encode, it wouldn't render. I've been working intensively on the project for the last several weeks to make this final cut, and it WAS rendering and exporting just fine. So... what solved the problem? I created a new sequence in the same project and copied/pasted the timeline into the new sequence. Voila! (Also, I was working in Premiere Pro CC 2017—had too because Premiere Pro 2018 can't handle Final Cut Pro xmls from the days when I used FCP.)

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              kenjisf
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              February 8, 2020

              Yes, this was the cure. Copy sequence, make new sequence, paste and save. 

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                jonathanc45025473
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                February 10, 2020

                THIS JUST WORKED FOR ME! THANK YOU! 

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                  jackh93267785Author
                  Participant
                  February 10, 2016

                  thanks i have worked it out now there was a probelm with my settings

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                  waltonf27056567
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                  April 2, 2017

                  Could you tell me what you did so I can fix my own?

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                  kevink47323744
                  kevink47323744
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                  August 29, 2017

                  It happened to me a day ago, since I didn't find answers i had to do it on my own. But I will tell you. When you have a damaged video or some kind of archive the premiere wont let you export, so you gotta find what archive is and delete it or replace it, that way premiere will let you. (My issue was that i couldn´t export and premiere said: "Unknown issue")

                  Sorry for my broke english, i'm from Argentina.

                  Hope this helps you

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                    MichaelC9
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                    January 16, 2016
                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSx4w-tzApY  Does this help?
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                    Ann Bens
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                    Ann BensCommunity Expert
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                    January 16, 2016

                    No.

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                      Orf
                      Orf
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                      January 16, 2016

                      I'm having the same problem!!! Adobe Premiere is buggy as hell. I've enjoyed it up til this point but what good is a video editor if you can't export???! This is insane!!

                      @jackh93267785One possible solution is to export your sequence in slices (30 seconds to a minute) and them put all the chunks back together in a sequence. It has worked for me before. But it obviously sucks that it has to come to that. F@### Adobe Premiere. We need a fix ASAP or I'm back to FCP, no sweat.

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                        Ann Bens
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                        Ann BensCommunity Expert
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                        January 16, 2016

                        Please provide some info to get you some help.

                        Operating System

                        Graphic Card + driver

                        RAM

                        Processor

                        Exact version of Premiere (found under Help/About...)

                        Third Party Plugins Installed

                        Kind of footage used and codec.

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