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December 5, 2024
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"Error completing render" [Elements 2025]

  • December 5, 2024
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Hi,

since I have Elements 2025, I have troubles when rendering. The message "error completing render" (screenshot attached).

The timestamp is given. So far, it was always at a cut/between two adjacend videos.

Most common source: there is invalid transition, e.g. a movie transition at the very end of a clip. So I cut a but and then it works (transition is shown striped in the invalid section)

 

But there are also cases in which two adjacend videos without any transition or with a vialid transition and I just do not know what to do.

 

Even worse: it is unreasonanle. I just have a film, in which it processed up to minute ten (a cut), then the error. When trying again, new errors occur at earlier cuts, first around Minute 2, next try at the first cut in Second 14.

 

With the previous Elements 2022 it worked, also invalid cuts were just ignored.

 

I do not know what to do. It is very frustrating. Even if there are clear invalid cuts, there should be a way to check it before. Otherwise 45 Minutes of processing is lost until an error in Minute 45 or so.

 

I cannot see any impact of the error. In the rendered preview everything looks and works fine. No error there when rendering.

 

Has anyone an idea? Any help is highly appreciated!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ann Bens
Braniac
December 5, 2024

Delete section as given in the error message from timeline and do the edit again.

If a transition shows diagonal stripes it means the clip has not been trimmed back sufficiently. It uses duplicate frames instead.

 

On a side note: OneDrive is grand for backup, but not suited for editing. Best is to use a local drive.

Mr. RailAuthor
Participating Frequently
December 5, 2024

Hi Ann,

 

thank you very much.

 

That's the way I tried it. But there are new errors appearing when I process again.

 

It is a one hour video, I never got after 10 minutes, as new errors appear (with unstripped transitions or even just two adjacend videos).

 

OneDrive: this is a local SSD drive, it is just syncronized automatically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. RailAuthor
Participating Frequently
December 8, 2024

Your issue is most likely the Frame Rate mode which is variable. Needs to be constant.

 

Convert the clips you use for speed ramp to constant framerate mode with Handbrake before bringing them into Premiere.

You can use the Replace footage option .

Converting videos with Handbrake - YouTube

 

HEVC can also cause issue as its a heavily compressed codec.

 

 


OK, thank you very much.

 

I just found that I can suppries variable frame rates at my recording device (Samsung S24). So hopefully we finally found the issue and everything works as expected in future 🙂

 

I can select HECV and H.264 to record, Samsung recommends HEVC for high quality and H.264 for high compatibility.