Stuck at 100% on the encoding test for an export

[Kayla29949896lrbk]

Can someone please help me!! I am trying to export a one hour video I have edited and it has failed several times. Now it is stuck on the Encoding test at 100% and nothing is happening. 

[Peru Bob]

Is there enough free hard drive space?

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

[Kayla29949896lrbk · Accepted solution]

Well I just left it alone and it finally showed up in the folder it exported to.

[Brickin33865839zret]

But for how long?
For my part, I'm waiting a long time for a 20 minute video...

[Michael Grenadier]

One way to get over the hump with an export is to utilitize "smart rendering."  

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

[Peru Bob]

Pause the encoding and then restart it.