Premiere Pro video takes days to proccess

[Bitbat]

I am trying to export a video that is about 2 minutes long, and it takes forever to export. My laptop eventually shuts down because of its inefficient battery life. What do i do.

[R Neil Haugen]

First, to have any idea what to suggest, we need a lot more info on that laptop ...

OS/CPU/RAM/GPU/vRAM, the number and type of disc/drives used and how connected (internal, external via USB2,3, or Thunderbolt- whatever), how much space is on the drive you're trying to export to (PrPro needs 4-5 times final file size free just to make the export) ... the media involved, and what third-party plugins/tools may have "touched" it, along with the settings used for the export. That last, especially, would be great in a screen-grab of your export settings dialog box drag/dropped onto your reply box.

Neil

[Bitbat]

my premiere pro video can only be exported at a 255x333 resolution now. I can't change the resolution and it can only go more bad quality.

[Bitbat]

My processor is intel Petunium cpu n3510 199 ghz and 199 ghz. I have had problems with this laptop and runs things bad. it is 64 bit.

[Ann Bens · Accepted solution]

YOu cannot run PrPro on your system let alone render a video.

The program requirs 16 gig of ram, yours is 2............

[Bitbat]

I cannot export videos? My YouTube fans are demanding a video and I have had trouble exporting it.

[Jim_Simon]

You need to purchase better hardware, or hire someone who has.

[Bitbat]

Edit: Got a rtx 2060 we good now

[Kristian Gabriel]

Just like Neil said, we need more information about your system, however, I would not ever recommend rendering without plugging your laptop in on an FX-heavy project. Rendering taxes your system resources heavily and battery life is almost always an issue unless you are rendering a very simple project. Extremely slow renders can be so many things as mentioned by Neil. More info is always better.

[Bitbat]

it now completely freezes up when exporting and i have tried 3 times in one day.

[Jim_Simon]

My first thought is Step 4 below.

Unofficial Premiere Pro Troubleshooting Guide