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February 13, 2017
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Red line above timeline - How to turn on accelerated GPU?

  • February 13, 2017
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I'm having a problem with my new laptop that everytime I create a video I get a red line on the timeline. I then have to render the selection before I export it to media encoder. This takes enormous amounts of time. Then, when I create a video with my desktop I never get the redline. I now figured that it is because the GPU is not accelerated and there is no option to do so. I also tried the cudo card method where you put the name of the graphicscard in the file in your adobe directory, but there is no such a file... Any ideas?

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Inspiring
February 13, 2017

Another thing to try is to upgrade your video driver directly from the manufacturer (NVidia). Sometimes a downgrade may help as well. Don't upgrade video drivers through Windows upgrade.

Legend
February 13, 2017

You don't have to render before you export.  In fact, most often doing so is a waste of time.  You won't get any benefit from doing it.  You only need to render if you can't play back in real time while editing.

Not all hardware is capable of acceleration.  What GPU are you using?

sinikkaliAuthor
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February 13, 2017

But if I don't render the exported video is broken. Or I can't even export it. A Gefore GTX960M.

Community Expert
February 13, 2017

Omg, yes, I can. that is amazing, thank you so much.

Do you now have an idea to remove the red without having to render it all?


Hi sinikkali:

You might find this Adobe blog of interest:

https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/red-yellow-and-green-render-bars/

John T Smith
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Community Expert
February 13, 2017
sinikkaliAuthor
Participating Frequently
February 13, 2017

Oh, I'm sorry.

The Graphicscard is a Geforce GTX 960m.

Thank you!