Premiere Pro will not encode Media

[Luke24620918afu6]

Every time I try to export my video it cannot get past 16% encoding. I have restarted my computer numerous times looked up many videos but none of the suggested solutions are helping. I tried to do this in Media Encoder too and it stops at 27 seconds every time. I have also rendered my entire video already. What should I do?

[Jeff Bellune]

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[Luke24620918afu6]

Sorry about that, I have Premiere Pro 2022 Version 22.4 and it is up to date. I use a Dell Inspiron 2n1 laptop. I am using H. 264 but I don't know what container type. I have not gotten any error messages, the encoding just stops at 16%. I just exported a different project 2 days ago and it worked well. Does this information cover what you need?

[Ann Bens]

Screenshot would help: clip properties, sequence settings, export settings.

[Luke24620918afu6]

Here you go

[Luke24620918afu6]

Sorry about that. I accidentally submitted the same photo every time.

[Ann Bens]

Now the export settings. One is sufficient. 😉

[Luke24620918afu6]

Does this work or do you want to see more of my export settings?

[Luke24620918afu6]

Did my new pictures help?

[Peru Bob]

What are the complete computer specs, including hard drives (how many, what kind, what is on each, what capacity, and how full)?

If NVIDIA graphics, make sure to use the latest Studio Driver from NVIDIA (NOT the Game Driver).

[Luke24620918afu6]

I don't know my computer specs and hardrive. How do I find that information?

[Peru Bob]

Mac or Windows?

[Luke24620918afu6]

Windows 11

[Peru Bob]

See here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+11+how+to+find+computer+specifications+and+hard+drive+inform...

[Luke24620918afu6]

Thanks

[Luke24620918afu6]

Does that screenshot help?

[Jeff Bellune]

8 GB of RAM for what is essentially a 4K project is really a huge ask.

With that caveat in mind, how big is your hard drive and how much space is left on it?

Also, can you think of any obvious differences (camera, footage type, footage source, video length and so on) between the project that exported successfully and this one?

[Luke24620918afu6]

Thank you for the reply. The last project that exported successfully only had about a 30 second 1080p video and one title on top with no other layers. This project is a picture slideshow with text on each picture and is about 2 minutes long. All media in both projects was taken with the same DSLR camera. Premiere Pro has been freezing on me very frequently while working on these projects.

[Jeff Bellune]

You need to consider how to best deliver your finished slideshow video. Will you post it on YouTube/Vimeo/Instagram/Imgur?

Will you distribute it on a thumb drive?

Will you make a Blu-ray or DVD?

Will you play it from your laptop to a projector?

You don't need a sequence frame size that is as big as your hi-res photo frame size if you're not going to deliver 4K. And you need to know if your target audience can display the resolution that you choose to deliver. 

The smaller the frame size and lower the frame rate that you can use, the less strain it puts on your system for editing and export. 

[Luke24620918afu6]

I plan to post it on YouTube. I see what you mean by "target audience" but I don't really know how to apply that. What solution do you have for fixing the encoding process?

[Ann Bens]

In all honesty, I think your sequence is set up incorrect. Odd resolution. As of now uploading YT will produce black bars.

IMO you need to set up a sequence that is 16:9 as in a standard ratio either in 1080P or UHD.

Then export might go with less hassle.

[Luke24620918afu6]

Thank you for the advice. I changed it to 16:9 1081P and it lowereeed the MB from 1200 to 302. I tried to export again and now it stops at 38% every time. Is there anything else I can try?