Can't export large files from Animate to AME?

Report · Sep 29, 2022

Up until now, I have been exporting ~30 second files from Animate to AME as .mp4 files with no problem. But now I have a 11 minute Animate movie which I wish to export (in order to upload on Youtube), but the Export to Video function doesn't work for this larger file. I have tried H.264 and Quicktime, and tried making either an .mp4 or .mov, but the "Export Media" progress bar in Animate is consistently stuck at 98% and never sends the file to AME. In addition, it keeps generating a file in the 'tmp' Adobe folder that is hundreds of gigabytes big.

I believe the problem is with the file size or the duration of the video, as I tried exporting a smaller scene within the video and it worked fine. Is there a solution to this? It is frustrating that I have a finished video but am stuck at the last step.

Report · Oct 08, 2022

Yes, that's true. Thanks again for your help. I believe I figured out the issue though - the problem isn't the size of the file but the length. Animate can't export over 16000 frames (around 11 min) at a time, and my file just barely exceeded that, which is why it was stuck.

Report · Oct 08, 2022

oh, i didn't realize that your file contained that many frames. and yes, 16,000 is the limit frame for animate period. that's for export or any other purpuse,

in fact, 16,000 is the magic animate limit for all sorts of things, https://helpx.adobe.com/flash/kb/flash-movie-size-limit-flash.html