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Inspiring
May 26, 2022
Question

Premiere Pro will not encode Media

  • May 26, 2022
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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?

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Jeff Bellune
Legend
May 26, 2022
Inspiring
May 27, 2022

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?

Jeff Bellune
Legend
May 28, 2022

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.


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.