Can't EXPORT! "Rendering Required Audio Files"

[Ryan25575726vb6c]

I have a 1 minute video project. When I go to export it, it says "Rendering Required Audio Files" at 0%. I waited about 10 minutes and it was still at 0%

I have the original audio file and also an mp3 song for background music on this short and simple project. I tried converting it to a song to a WAV file but that didn't make a difference. Also my C and D drive are not close to being full, if that makes any difference.

I tried exporting the project without the music audio in it and it said the same thing. I then tried to export the project with out the original audio and then another time with no audio and the "Rendering Required Audio Files" still showed up and wouldn't export.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

Ryan

[Michael Grenadier]

I think you're describing "smart rendering"

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/faq-what-is-smart-rendering/td-p/10648488

This will give you a little more control over the process

[Robert Mize]

This is great info.
I think I see what I’ll be doing over the holiday break.
Thanks for your continuing support.

Rob Mize

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[Drazen27680739kt9u]

Had the similar problem. Since I use a lot of audio plugins for my job, premiere usually renders required audio files for around 15 mins. With premiere 23 it was the same, but it would show 0% for 15 minutes and then just suddenly switched to encoding video. I think the only problem is you cant see percentage in rendering audio files windows for some reason. I also checked task manager and it would show premiere using ram and cpu even it just shows 0%. So basically in my case it shows zero but its normally doing rendering audio files, then just jumps to encoding video out of nowhere haha. Hope this will help some of you guys.

[AndrewTheGreat]

I confirm. I don't know why PP started doing this, because my workflow
hasn't changed for years, in PP 2021 and 2022 it rendered without such a
problem. The reason is in using any audio plugins or at least Sssential
sound which I use practically everytime in my edits.

[Drazen27680739kt9u]

Yeah, really weird and annoying problem but fortunately harmless to the workflow. If it was more serious rendering problem like really stucking on 0% it would make premiere 23 unusable. But for sure it makes extra pressure when you are in hurry and cant see your rendering progress.

[Miles27694036llmb]

Thank god that its only a graphical bug!  Still annoying that it takes as long as it does with no progress but hey I'll take it!

[AndrewTheGreat]

Seeing what Apple suggests to its users with Final Cut Pro and Blackmagic
with its the cross platform Davinchi Resolve makes me feel so sad seeing
what Adobe does to its Premiere Pro. Sure Frame.io and vertical layout are
of the most necessity there but why do my clients have to wait for Premiere
Pro at least START rendering video after 25-40 minutes of stumbling apon
rendering audio with its own native built in plugins on.

[Michael Grenadier]

This is not normal behavior.    When we looked closely at Robert Mize's issues and found several red flags...    You said you had a very simple workaround which should take just a few seconds to implement.  Are you still having problems?    If you want to dig in to what's causing your issues, post back and we can spend some time trying to track down the issue in a systematic fashion.  

I've been doing this for a very long time (sometimes seems too long).  Early software video editing solutions like Avid required that ALL media be transcoded into a proprietary Avid format so that frame rates, codecs, etc matched and were optimized for the software.  It's great that Premiere allows you to throw almost anything at it, but there are times where you're just putting too much strain on the system.    Avids now allow you to work directly with the uncoverted media (in most cases) but it's not the ideal way to work and can come back and bite you on the butt..  

[AndrewTheGreat]

This is not funny AT ALL. Brand new Core-i7 13700, Nvidia RTX 4080, 64 Gb of RAM running at 5600, Premiere Pro 23.1.0, no external audio plugins use, and this export is STILL THERE!

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[Michael Grenadier]

If you want to trouble shoot this, we need more info...  What are your source properties in particular sampling rate and bit depth and whether the format is compressed or uncompressed.  Always a good idea (although not always necessary) to use uncompressed audio like aiff or wav files...  This is the standard professional workflow and although working with substandard formats (substandard from a technical point of view) may have worked in the past, there can be intermittent problems that are hard to predict.  Happy to work with you to troubleshoot this issue but it requires a systematic approach...  We could do a direct zoom if you want... you can send me a direct message by clicking on my username at the top of my posts...

[AndrewTheGreat]

Always a good idea (although not always necessary) to use uncompressed audio like aiff or wav files

By @Michael Grenadier

My client gives me just the footage from their IPhone and a day of work, so I literally got no time to compress or decompress anything, I have to work and do it  "yesterday". But here are the specs:

General
Complete name : C:\WORK\MJL\Vids\IMG_2943.mov
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt 0000.00 (qt )
File size : 155 MiB
Duration : 28 s 740 ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 45.2 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2022-11-01 13:03:00
Tagged date : UTC 2022-11-01 13:03:30
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
com.apple.quicktime.location.a : 9.165968
com.apple.quicktime.location.I : +25.1378+055.1888+006.492/
com.apple.quicktime.make : Apple
com.apple.quicktime.model : iPhone 11 Pro
com.apple.quicktime.software : 15.4.1
com.apple.quicktime.creationda : 2022-11-01T17:03:00+0400

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings : CABAC / 1 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference fra : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=15
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 28 s 740 ms
Bit rate : 45.1 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 30.000 FPS
Minimum frame rate : 28.571 FPS
Maximum frame rate : 30.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.181
Stream size : 154 MiB (100%)
Title : Core Media Video
Encoded date : UTC 2022-11-01 13:03:00
Tagged date : UTC 2022-11-01 13:03:30
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Metas : 3,4,5
Codec configuration box : avcC

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 28 s 738 ms
Source duration : 28 s 793 ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 91.6 kb/s
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Channel layout : C
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate : 43.066 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 321 KiB (0%)
Source stream size : 322 KiB (0%)
Title : Core Media Audio
Encoded date : UTC 2022-11-01 13:03:00
Tagged date : UTC 2022-11-01 13:03:30

[ori25902481vr33]

in my case, 2 audio tracks were in a different sample rate (44.1) then the sequence setting (48). When i muted them and export, no problem. Maybe try to match the audio sample rate to the sequenc settings. 

[Michael Grenadier]

convert all audio to 48k 16 bit aiff or wav files...  These will be uncompressed...

[Brett Lamb]

I can confirm that changing the sequence settings from 48 to 44.1, which matched my audio, remedied the situation.

[AK35791488upkd]

thank you very much

[jonberrier]

Hi! 

Found two work-arounds that seemed of worked excellently on my end.

First, try changing the same rate in your audio to 44.1 or 48, whichever is not selected.

If that doesn't work, you can try sending the project to Media Encoder and that seems to work like a charm.

[AndrewTheGreat]

If you send it to Me, it will still render audio the same amount of time, BUT showing the process. The render times are the same. Moreover, rendering in PPIS actually some tens of seconds faster than Me. But still the issue is there. None have I had in PP2021

[John Kyle IV]

Make sure the audio bitrate in your sequence settings match the audio files in the sequence.

[AndrewTheGreat]

This is a useless piece of advice. You normally do not have ideal audios or tiime to "make sure" or convert anything to different formats. You get the files and you get some short amount of time to make a selling video. 

[Michael Grenadier]

converting audio is VERY fast.   Asking your clients to provide material that meets professional standards may not be easy, and may not even be possible.  There are other editing solutions that may be more suited to your needs but they all have their own limitations.    Happy to suggest some alternatives if you want...   

[Roasti]

 I FOUND A FIX!!!!!!! Send it to Adobe Media Encoder. The encoder took a while to load up but as soon as I pressed render, it worked!

[Michael Grenadier]

thanks for posting your workaround...

[AndrewTheGreat]

It does not fix it. Me does just the same, the only difference is that it
actually shows what it does during rendering audio files while PP does not.
Moreover Me renders the same project longer than PP. I checked it alotta
times.

[gabrielborghi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcluBTlv9Nw&ab_channel=Chap.C 

This tutorial even helped, I was able to export the video... But when I mix it with other elements from a previous project, the error continues and prevents me from exporting.

[gabrielborghi]

Guys, follow the instructions in this video.

I created a new sequence with the timeline in the respective video settings and re-exported the video.
So, with the video exported, I sent it to the timeline of my project that I was working on and I was able to export the project with the other elements without any problems.