Encoding Keeps Failing - Error Compliling Movie, GPU Render Error

Report · Sep 20, 2020

Hi Friends,

I've been trying to export a video using PP but keep getting the following error. I tried everything I read on different forums like changing the format, trimming the video for the timings mentioned in the error, create new project and import but nothing worked. Can someone help me with this, please?

Error:

- Encoding Time: 00:25:39
09/20/2020 12:46:57 PM : Encoding Failed
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Export Error
Error compiling movie.

GPU Render Error

Unable to process frame.

Writing with exporter: HEVC (H.265)
Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\aashi\OneDrive\OneDrive_Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\14.0\Padma_Venkatesh_Wedding.mp4
Writing file type: HEVC
Around timecode: 00;30;51;16 - 00;30;51;22
Rendering effect: AE.ADBE Cross Dissolve New
Rendering at offset: 1851.383 seconds
Component: TransitionFilter of type GPUVideoFilter
Selector: 9
Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:28:17
09/20/2020 01:29:52 PM : Encoding Failed
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Export Error
Error compiling movie.

GPU Render Error

Unable to process frame.

Writing with exporter: HEVC (H.265)
Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\aashi\OneDrive\OneDrive_Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\14.0\Padma_Venkatesh_Wedding.mp4
Writing file type: HEVC
Around timecode: 00;30;51;20
Rendering effect: AE.ADBE Cross Dissolve New
Rendering at offset: 1851.383 seconds
Component: TransitionFilter of type GPUVideoFilter
Selector: 9
Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:27:47
09/20/2020 02:03:24 PM : Encoding Failed
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Export Error
Error compiling movie.

GPU Render Error

Unable to process frame.

Writing with exporter: HEVC (H.265)
Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\aashi\OneDrive\OneDrive_Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\14.0\PAL Wedding Part 1.mp4
Writing file type: HEVC
Around timecode: 00;30;51;04 - 00;30;51;11
Rendering effect: AE.ADBE Cross Dissolve New
Rendering at offset: 1851.016 seconds
Component: TransitionFilter of type GPUVideoFilter
Selector: 9
Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:27:09
09/20/2020 02:33:14 PM : Encoding Failed
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Export Error
Error compiling movie.

GPU Render Error

Unable to process frame.

Writing with exporter: HEVC (H.265)
Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\aashi\OneDrive\OneDrive_Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\14.0\PAL Wedding Part 1.mp4
Writing file type: HEVC
Around timecode: 00;30;51;05 - 00;30;51;10
Rendering effect: AE.ADBE Cross Dissolve New
Rendering at offset: 1851.016 seconds
Component: TransitionFilter of type GPUVideoFilter
Selector: 9
Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:24:12
09/20/2020 03:17:35 PM : Encoding Failed
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Export Error
Error compiling movie.

GPU Render Error

Unable to process frame.

Writing with exporter: HEVC (H.265)
Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\aashi\OneDrive\OneDrive_Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\14.0\PAL Wedding Part 1.mp4
Writing file type: HEVC
Around timecode: 00;30;44;19 - 00;30;44;23
Rendering effect: AE.ADBE Cross Dissolve New
Rendering at offset: 1844.509 seconds
Component: TransitionFilter of type GPUVideoFilter
Selector: 9
Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:34:13
09/20/2020 04:24:56 PM : Encoding Failed
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Export Error
Error compiling movie.

GPU Render Error

Unable to process frame.

Writing with exporter: HEVC (H.265)
Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\aashi\OneDrive\OneDrive_Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\14.0\PAL Wedding Part 1.mp4
Writing file type: HEVC
Around timecode: 00;30;44;18 - 00;30;44;23
Rendering effect: AE.ADBE Cross Dissolve New
Rendering at offset: 1844.509 seconds
Component: TransitionFilter of type GPUVideoFilter
Selector: 9
Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:12:46
09/20/2020 05:53:43 PM : Encoding Failed
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Export Error
Error compiling movie.

GPU Render Error

Unable to process frame.

Writing with exporter: HEVC (H.265)
Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\aashi\OneDrive\OneDrive_Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\14.0\PAL Wedding Part 1.mp4
Writing file type: HEVC
Around timecode: 00;30;44;14 - 00;30;44;22
Rendering effect: AE.ADBE Cross Dissolve New
Rendering at offset: 1844.509 seconds
Component: TransitionFilter of type GPUVideoFilter
Selector: 9
Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:19:04
09/20/2020 08:06:56 PM : Encoding Failed
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Export Error
Error compiling movie.

GPU Render Error

Unable to process frame.

Writing with exporter: H.264
Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\aashi\OneDrive\OneDrive_Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\14.0\PAL Wedding Part 1.mp4
Writing file type: H264
Around timecode: 00;30;44;20 - 00;30;44;26
Rendering effect: AE.ADBE Cross Dissolve New
Rendering at offset: 1844.509 seconds
Component: TransitionFilter of type GPUVideoFilter
Selector: 9
Error code: -1609629695

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- Encoding Time: 00:29:53
09/20/2020 08:45:56 PM : Encoding Failed
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Export Error
Error compiling movie.

Render Error

Render returned error.

Writing with exporter: H.264
Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\aashi\OneDrive\OneDrive_Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\14.0\PAL Wedding Part 1.mp4
Writing file type: H264
Around timecode: 00;31;46;14 - 00;31;46;22
Rendering at offset: 1906.505 seconds
Component: H.264 of type Exporter
Selector: 9
Error code: -1609760768

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Report · Sep 25, 2020

Hi there,

Sorry about the poor experience. If you are still experiencing the issue, please try these steps and check if it's working properly.

Temporarily remove any effect or transition applied at the timecode mentioned in the error
Disable Hardware Encoding under Export Settings > Video > Encoding Settings > Performance
(Ignore this step if Performance is set to Software Encoding)
Switch Renderer to Mercury Playback Engine Software Only and try to export

Let us know if it helps.

Thanks,

Sumeet

Report · Sep 28, 2020

I'm having the same bug (see: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/gpu-render-error-unable-to-process-frame-writing-with-ex...)

I've tried the Mercury settings with and without CUDA, and I've tried both hardware and software rendering and none of it fixed it.

This is a brand new Premiere Pro installation (14.3.2) on a pretty decent machine (Windows 10 pro, Thinkstation P520, NVIDIA RTX 4000) and I'm not doing anything with effects lateryers or Lumetri. This bug has been getting reported since 2017 and we're all paying a subscription and it's a complete show-stopper so I can't BELIVE Adobe would let this but go on for so long!

Report · Sep 28, 2020

Hi Peter,

This is a pretty common error and I understand the frustration. Sorry. Is it a cross dissolve error you are getting also? Let me know.

Thanks,

Kevin

Report · Sep 28, 2020

Yes. In the posting I linked to there's an attached JPEG that shows the error message: "AE.ADBE Cross Dissolve New" What exactly does that message mean?

Report · Jan 17, 2021

I have the same issue too. It's disgusting that we spend so much money for the worst stability!!

Report · Sep 30, 2020

Unfortunately, nothing helped!

This is so frustrating!

Report · Dec 15, 2020

Same problem.

Report · Jan 17, 2021

I get this a lot, it's a pain.

Try just making a new project, a new sequence in that project and then copying and pasting your entire timeline into it and exporting from there.

It makes ZERO sense that this would fix it yet it does for 90% of my problematic exports.

Report · Jan 17, 2021

I've wasted more time doing those workarounds than I did editing the project!! It's just crap software and it's been going on for years!

Report · Jan 17, 2021

Yep, I think around 40% of my Premiere Pro knowledge is knowing how to workaround the annoying bugs that never get addressed and seemingly get worse

Report · Jan 17, 2021

These last few posts illustrate a problem one can have with going to an old thread for current issues.

At the moment ... January 2021 ... there's a massive problem with the Nvidia game-ready drivers that is causing all sorts of odd behaviors in Premiere. Simply doing a clean install of the Studio driver seems to fix the vast majority of obvious GPU issues, and realistically, many other things as well.

Does it fix all potential things? Of course not. But it does fix a ton of current issues with 14.6-8.

Neil

Report · Jan 22, 2021

You were bang on the money! Uninstalled the game ready drivers, then downloaded new drivers, but importantly, there are "Studio Drivers". These are the one's to go for. Renders nicely now 🙂

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Encoding Keeps Failing - Error Compliling Movie, GPU Render Error