How To Fix Adobe Premiere Render and Export Errors (2023)

In this Adobe Premiere tutorial, I show you how to fix common render and export errors! Comment below with which fix worked for you - Additional links below, and If you enjoy my content please consider subscribing and hitting that like button!
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0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Good Housekeeping
1:03 - Update Adobe Premiere
1:19 - Update Windows / MAC
1:30 - Update Graphics Card Drivers
1:47 - Perform a Clean / Custom Install
2:07 - Restart Your Computer
2:36 - Set Correct Sequence Settings
3:39 - Turn Off “Refresh Growing Files”
4:17 - Valuable Information in Render Error Message
5:33 - Deactivate Plugins to Find the Problem
6:31 - Reorder Plugin Stack to Fix Issues
7:00 - Use Adjustment Layer for Plugins
7:31 - Plugin Render Error Recap
7:57 - Try Nesting the Problem Clip
8:18 - Nest Clip and Scale 1% and Render Again
8:39 - Change Video Preview Type
9:40 - Change to Software Encoding
10:41 - Export Error Fixes
11:13 - Export to ProRes Instead of H.264
12:32 - Use Software Encoding on Export
12:56 - Use Adobe Media Encoder
13:58 - Nest Entire Sequence Before Exporting
14:44 - Guess Based on Export Completion Percentage
15:20 - Comment Which Tip Helped You
15:41 - Outro
How To Fix Adobe Premiere Render and Export Errors (2023)
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[@nb1hk]

Adobe makes us pay too much for something that’s half broken.

[@KoldGeneration]

Your name tells me you didnt really paid for it 😂

[@justinnelson5960]

Are ye an "arr" pirate or a "yo ho ho" pirate? This guy is an "I'm not paying $500 for photoshop" pirate

[@TheNinja94a]

That's what I'm thinkin'. How you gon' have me pay infinitely on a subscription for something whose errors I have to work around, not to mention its lack of intuitiveness. My school has an A/V program, they used Final Cut Pro, and in Final Cut Pro, I clicked "export," and got my video. I make music using Audacity and FL Studio, I click "export," get the audio file. I draw and animate too, click "export," get my drawing. Simple shit.

[@nikhil8405]

SHITTY ADOBE HAS BUGS AND ERROR

[@uno9915]

Wait you pay for adobe products?

[@jakey99]

Wow, I was actually losing it! Then to watch this and see someone share my pain was the only thing that stopped me throwing a chair through the window... Extremely helpful and the way you explain things is so good (and funny) thanks heaps :)

[@characterdfilms]

Constantly feel like a parent that’s trying to trick cranky baby Premiere into eating its vegetables.

[@GettingNegative]

Just mix the carrots in with the apple pro rez 4444, problem solved!

[@bolnet632]

@@GettingNegative haha

[@walwilliams5534]

ALL OF THIS; ALL THE TIME>

[@dchopefuls]

i don't even have the words! You just saved me. I had wasted an entire day so deeply frustrated trying to export my video and literally all it took was unchecking a little box....seriously thank you thank thank you

[@MrKaco208]

This has sovled my headaches and frustrations I have had for the last several days!!! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!

[@enarkien]

Changing the preview file format and switching the effects up and down actually worked 😍🔥🙌🏻💯💯 was stuck for past 2 days being unable to export. Thank you 💯

[@torstenscholl3414]

This worked perfectly. It is running smoothly without any problems. I am glad I finally found a working tutorial and not a fake one. THANKS!!!

[@UteNeumerkel_FilmStudio]

So many thanks! I had flickering and tried the suggested setting changes (some are impossible in a running project), effect order changes and then tested the different effects. As I used several chroma clips all the "makeup" effects for a beautiful face had to be rendered all together. Finally I had to eliminate the shadow highlight effect - and it worked! After three hard days and your helpful video (although difficult to understand ofr a non native speaker). Thanks again!!!

[@Wunba]

Holy GOD, you are a life saver. I just spent literal hours trying to render something only to get the same message "Error" no explination given. What worked for me was the renderer at 9:00. THANK YOU!

[@greatstaro9255]

Wow that was my issue as well, thank you so much.

[@moriszoghby5144]

HAHAHAY SAME. THANKS BOSS!!

[@AhlJaggerHuskyBros]

OMG just found your channel today and you helped me fix a problem I was stuck on for 8 hours !!! If I wasn’t already bald I would of pulled my hair out 😅 but thanks to your tips I managed to finally export my video 🥳 your a life saver man 🤙

[@Kiladera]

You are my hero. Have wasted 4 hours in my life, till I found this video. You’re covering so much more than other videos! Thanks a lot man you have saved my video!

[@ariamalak3900]

I was getting rendering errors. Based on your advice I changed the sequence settings and it worked perfectly. I was able to export without any issues. THANK YOU!

[@adnanamin1843]

Now I'm super happy that I have subbed you! A round of applause 👏

[@BrianCalis]

I actually just ran into this problem today, it's like you read my mind, thanks so much, congrats on having a son, u will make a fun dad.

[@techlux1258]

omg THANK YOU! the turn off refresh growing files worked for me! I thought I was going to have to scrap my entire project! I appreiate you!

[@MoveWIthMendoza]

THIS WAS SUPER HELPFUL! Nesting the problem clip after removing the warp stabilizer plug-in and applying warp stabilizer to the nested sequence and re-rendering fixed my issue. My render stopped at two stacked clips with the top having a layered effect over the bottom and it's just incredible that you are able to re-create problems with your own projects and fix them for us all to see! Thank you for this!

[@steppingstonemediagroupllc]

While I am appreciative of the wonderful help, there is something else that needs to be said about these glitches in Adobe Premiere. How dare they charge $50-$100 a month for this crap!

[@Diceboi]

Any difference in quality btween H264 and Pro Res?

[@justarandomguy9236]

actually didnt know until when i exported my video and found out that my color grading looks totally different than what i actually did

[@angelicaamora11]

@@justarandomguy9236 what did you use specifically?

[@justarandomguy9236]

@@angelicaamora11 idk anymore it was like a month ago. tho i think it's something like hq or 422

[@oliviertalouarn6258]

H264 is manly 4.2.0 colors, 8 bits and heavy compression (only 1 true frame against 11 interpolated ) . Pro res is 422 10 bits and do not compresse over frames, only "in frames", So off course it's much much better . TV PAD rated ...

[@RyanSyed]

​@@oliviertalouarn6258 i know but, why do i need a 30 min gaming video in lossless. its like saving in AVI/Uncompressed, Eats on your storage HEAVILY

[@scottievee7467]

I had a nearly 2 hour video I was trying to upload. I'd wait the 5 hours to see only 48 minutes of the video uploaded. I used your QT Pro Res option. It worked. Thank you.

[@ShotByCef]

Man for years i thought i was the only one going thru these same issues and work arounds. Great post. Thanks!!!

[@TheBanjopreacher]

Will definitely remember these tips. Recently tried to export a 45 minute project and had to try about 18 times before it worked, but it would always fail at upwards of 85% so it could be sure to waste the maximum amount of my time lol

[@iSukkk]

This is really nice, I love editing and when I search up how to do something I get one answer, now because you added a ton of different reasons why something doesn’t work I don’t ah e to go scavaging😂

[@IzzyTheLight]

I do not subscribe to many channels. But today was a 8 to 10 hour process of trying to export various files that were just not exporting and tried software encoding and it worked. Never got an error message exporting would just stop and premiere pro woukd stop working. Thank you so much for this video. Also love the name Leo and have for a long time it is what we have wanted to name a son if we have one for a couple of years now.

[@alejandraperalta9963]

Thanks for the tips! I've got an assignment due in a few hours, and I've been struggling to export the video for a while now! It was changing the hardware encoding to software encoding! Thank you so much for this video!

[@TheFPSChannel]

Thanks for the great tips (as always). Wondering if you would consider a video that shows how to consolidate a project for archiving? And/or consolidating and prepping a timeline for export to another piece of software (e.g. Resolve for color correction) on another system? - (as opposed to just linking to all the media on the same system) All I encounter is problems trying to consolidate...lots of problems. Pretty sure Premiere has bad code in there.

[@TheL4LMusic]

Struggled with this for hours.. what worked for me was Clearing space on my drive and then updating premier pro and windows to the latest specs

[@loganseng]

You're a hero! With the newest update, my sequence settings must have changed and when exporting, my videos would lose audio or freeze at the tail end. With your advice on adjusting those settings, everything's exporting good as new. Thanks man!!

[@Blenan]

Dude i've been stuck for days with this problem, only finding solutions for compilling error and not rendering ones That was until i found your video ! Thanks a lot man !!! I suscribe right away

[@danielzovko]

Heh, I got warp stabilizer problems last week, solved it by nesting entire sequence. I pulled my hair few times. Also, congrats!

[@heathergorman6713]

Thanks for the good advice! It has been awhile since I’ve used Premiere Pro and I’m a little rusty. I used a lot of your tips and I’m not exactly sure which one was the key to my problem but it was definitely something that you suggested. Also, congrats on the new baby boy. He’s perfect!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

Haha! Glad one of them worked - and thanks!

[@NannaFock]

When I change settings for video editing performance from Automatic to high in Windows + unchecked automatically refresh growing files i managed to export a file that could be played. Before it rendered, but the file wouldn't play. Thanks a lot and - congrats on being a father. Great video.

[@karlzab]

Just fixed a weird export problem, wherein my video output render loops parts randomly (sometimes in the middle, a few times on the end part of video), and after that, PR suddenly don't show any preview screen. Audio has no problem. In short, I've done what you've done, changing the project settings video rendering playback to SOFTWARE ONLY. Works like a charm, thank you so much for this one bro!!! more power to you!!

[@smashenYT]

ACTUALLY DONT UPDATE YOUR NVIDIA DRIVER BECAUSE 461.09 IS CAUSSING MAJORE ISSUES IN PREMIERE PRO.

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

OH NO! The press release says it actually FIXES issues with Premiere lol - I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING

[@smashenYT]

@@LearnHowToEditStuff Yea there was a hotfix available on Reddit. That fixed Premiere Pro but I had the driver crashing, also Nvidia Broadcaster sometimes crashes the driver as well. So Studio Driver it is for now :)

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

@@smashenYT studio driver 100,000% of the time, brother!

[@mr.pancakegaming2922]

I can confirm that the latest nvidia game drivers 461.09 have a big error and block the media encoder after a few seconds, when I returned the drivers to 457.51 everything works perfectly

[@flirtempire]

@@mr.pancakegaming2922 Thanks for the tipp, I'll try both: Reverting to 457.30 and also installing the Studio Driver - always had the Game ready driver and didnt even knew the Studio one existed... Hopefully that helps! Right now I'm trying to render using the ProRes Codec first, cause the driver is still downloading -seems weird but it works so far already.

[@deazyhiiro]

Have been going through the export error for a while. The timecode moves forward every single time and after it reaches the end of the timeline, the next time i thought this would end this continuous suffering. But nope. Premiere just wont let me have my way. It gave me another timecode which is wayyyyy into the beginning of my video. Premiere really said “it’s round 2 mf”

[@rileyjensen1087]

Deactivating plug ins to find the problem is what helped me solve my issue! I found that I'd added way too many text boxes that were hidden and I couldn't delete from just looking at the frame. I used the same method to hide all of the blank text boxes, and it worked! Great video.

[@sagaboythemovie8741]

3 months i have been rendering pieces before of one red line that was screwing every effect up , tried every trick on you tube yours worked 1 step , bless bro i subscribed and liking

[@digitalsplice3658]

Thank you so much for posting this video. I started getting grey hair trying to export. Your preview tip worked for me. I changed it to QuickTime and 422HQ. Solved everything!!! Thanks again!!!

[@w1p30ut3r]

Its very sad that we have to fix something they need to fix... :(

[@liquidgrafixs4480]

Wasted 5 hours of my life today because render problems, thx for all these advice buddy. Me and the client where happy campers in the end of the day... or evening.

[@shiroo1318]

pls I wasted 12 hours

[@shiroo1318]

@eshwar I just had to restart, I basically wasted 12 hours for nothing, anyways it takes 15 minutes now, my ram is 32 gb, but there is some glitchy color now no idea why

[@junleonin6867]

Thank you so much. Having a deadline for our Virtual Graduation and I was not able to render nor export the files I've been doing. I did almost all of the tips you've mentioned and they worked. Thanks again.

[@omnegusmedia258]

update and restart after watching this video and making sure of my settings. Export worked fine after the reset. THANK YOU. Been suffering for a full day.

[@amarquez80857]

Holy Flip. This just helped me with my issue with my rendering issues when exporting. It was some FX with TEXT that I was NOT even using for anything; it was just ENABLED. So I disabled it and BOOM....render. Good to go now. Awesome explanation...thankyou so much.

[@rooseveltj.]

Man I have been trying to export this video for 3 days now this was the biggest help. Nesting the entire sequence is what did it for me.

[@glnewsarchive3404]

Hi! Ian, this video helped me so much. The first two steps you address--"Sequence Settings" and "Preferences"-- appear to have solved my problem. I just got a new computer and the settings changed when I re-installed Adobe Cloud. Thank you so much.

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

You are very welcome!

[@newenglandrc]

Great video very helpful. I am still having some unusual errors with rendering, however, you have given me lots of new ideas to try to resolve them. Thank you for the great advice; its nice to know I am not alone when it comes to trouble shooting this stuff and going out of my mind to solve these issues.

[@DRobertPease]

Unchecking "Automatically refresh growing files" fixed an issue I'd had with artifacts appearing in the video renders. I've had this issue for a long time now and never found a fix until today. Thanks!

[@tranthaibao13010]

Yes indeed you save my Friday evening to export a error video. Thanks a lot!!!!! I liked, commented and subscribed now

[@mannynavarette5522]

This video has helped me twice with bugs I have been experiencing issues with my Adobe premiere. Thank you so much and God bless you and your baby!

[@RandoPassingBy]

i love you. I'm literally going nuts cuz i keep having render issues and export issues with NO TIME CODE AT ALL, and it's an animation that is really annoying and spent me a lotta time, and THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@davehornunlimitedphotograp5138]

I turned off your video right at the start to try your advice of restarting the computer and it worked!! Thank you!!!

[@rexrexford5249]

Wow! A comprehensive tutorial that didn't overwhelm me. I actually learned the fix for many of the export issues I encounter. Thanks Buddy! And your kid is certainly cute.

[@marianellakloka]

Thank you for this. I followed all the instructions and then when i reached the export, your second proposal fit. Enjoy your son and greetings from Athens/Greece.

[@DavidMusialVideos]

You have amazing energy and are an very inspiring teacher! I am the founding professor of an award-winning college program, and if I was still there I would hire you with a tremendous salary!

[@alejandrotallantesolozabal2568]

OMG! Thank you so much. I spent DAYS without being able to export my work successfully, it would always crash and stop the exporting at a different percentage each time. After watching your video at tried to Queue and use Media Encoder and it worked! Thank you so much!!!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

Wooo!! You love to see it

[@alhent3]

Thank you so much. Changing Premiere Pro to use the Software instead of the Hardware in rendering was the one that work for us!!!

[@Wimana868]

Holy smokes! My guy thank youuuu! I had one clip that for the life of me couldn't render. What worked for me was nesting the clip and changing the scale from 100% to 101% and voila it rendered! Thank you so much bro, got my subscribe. Great stuff!

[@TheSuperPan1]

Thank you so much for this amazingly helpful video! After some troubleshooting I was able to render perfectly and encode my video. Changing Hardware Encoding to Software Encoding seemed to help me the most.

[@gabeh711]

Thanks man! 2 years. later and your tips are still helping guys like me! Keep it up!

[@travelbyn8ture]

Thanks for the tutorial. Had Rendering issues, kept telling me "exporter returned bad result", and your video suggested a change in video preview. Changed it to GoPro Cine 12 bit. Worked like a charm. Makes sense since we film on a GoPro. Video will be up on our KZbin channel Saturday.

[@jessicamarie3289]

Thank you so much! I was so frustrated. What helped me was correcting my sequence settings.

[@shrlyryl]

seriously you have just saved me from an all-nighter - I am so unbelievably grateful!

[@micmcelhenny]

Thank you so much. I was able to export finally after switching to software mode. You are truly a beautiful soul. Bless you and your family sir.

[@DragonflyDroneServicesLLC]

Thank you so much for the help, problem solve by changing the "Preview File Format to I-Frame Only MPEG". No idea how it happened other than after update Premier Pro yesterday. Keep the good work.

[@explorationecho2366]

I watched several videos before yours......this was the video I was looking for. Thank you bro. Got a new follower.

[@LushonM]

It’s an hour past my bedtime and thanks to you, my video is FINALLY exporting. I have no idea; I’ve been using premiere pro for an entire year now… I update tonight; and BOOM problems. All is well for now though. Thank you.

[@pandz9344]

Changing from hardware encoding to software encoding saved me in terms of being able to export some part of the video. However, for some reason in this animation project im working on all the time, when i export, it gets to a random percentage and then decides to crash for absolutely no reason at all. I mean my laptop is pretty bad but ive exported a similar project with the exact same effects, yet it decides to stuff me up here, and i have enough space for the video on my internal drive. Do i need to pre render my video before exporting or is it something else im not aware of? And when i try exporting with quick time pro res, the file size of the video is way way wayyy too large (24+gb) especially for an 8min vid at the size of 2500x1300.

[@austinalvarezpodcoach]

LIterally just had to fix an Error 3 about 30 minutes before seeing this video. Fantastic timing

[@HMKmedia52]

if i ever see you im going to give you the longest hug ever....for me the media encoder helped. it really annoying that i spent a decent amount of money to get a graphics card and make my PC fast and up to date, this error bullshit is soooooo annoying. It has happened few times before and it is always different thank you for such a great post!!!

[@shivangisikri8880]

Thank you so much for your help! I was at the brink of crying when I found your video. I've been having green glitchy things show up in my exported video. Everyone on the internet seemed to do the Mercury Software Only thing and it worked for them but didn't for me. The trick of Software Encoding that you suggested was the only thing that did work for me! Thanks again

[@ivyyu1988]

Thank you so much for this. I thought I tried everything! Change video preview type worked for me, had to render twice but it worked with no issues

[@Mmamonsters]

Solutions from 4 min till 5 min worked for me. Thanks boss. Cheers

[@KingdomExplorationLLC]

Warp Stabilizer was my problem as well. Thanks brother!! Congratz on the new baby! I have 4 kids and it's a blessing for sure.

[@deweyforever]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was about to tear my hair out! Premiere was only acting up on one project, not with others and what was supposed to be a 5 minute-job turned into an all-night event. 🤯 Changing to software encoding 9:41 helped me. Thanks again! Adorable kid, by the way. Congratulations!! 🥳🥳🥳

[@ThapanDubayehudi]

I solved this problem rather unconventionally, after trying all your solutions on my 1 hour 36 minutes long video, I came up with a cunning plan. I exported it as 15 minutes long individual videos (by looking at the exact point in time). So I basically had 6 parts of perfectly exported videos. I opened a new project, put them all together perfectly, and exported again, it worked like a breeze! ❤️

[@oliviertalouarn6258]

not in MP4 for hope ... if yes you double a very lossy compression .... do it with proves or DNX or Cineform

[@DaltonBalkwill]

Thank you so much man! Tried to render my video 6-7 times then found your video tried the nesting method and it worked right away! Hell ya!

[@seriosmusic]

Cheese and crackers you are so helpful whenever I have an issue, I can count on you having a video about it that makes it so easy to fix. I only got 3 minutes in when I checked my sequence settings against yours and found out I just needed to switch the preview file format to I-Frame

[@tarantulacollective]

Thanks so much for this video, ESPECIALLY the NVDIA upgrade. I have been using the game driver for years, didn't even realize there was a studio driver....thanks for that. I can't tell you how many videos like this i have watched and all those videos say is "update drivers" Doing that and moving effects to adjustment layer fixed my issues.

[@jeffysmediaproductions]

Thank you very much that worked, by toggling off the lighting effect I was using it finally rendered!! You rock!!

[@makenziesheckells8825]

This video was amazing, not only did i fix my export issues but I learned so many new things about premiere pro! thanks so much

[@ZenaiDS]

Thanks for this video! 🤩Rendering is fixed. Some how after exporting my video I couldn't open it and by changing the settings in "Exporting/Media" I had no troubles anymore. 😅

[@erinbest]

Best video that didn't help me, but now I'm going back to try again. Really really loved watching.

Thanks!!! The new installation of the graphics card drivers (NVIDIA - Studio) and the adjustments in the project (preview was on AVI and not on I-frame mpeg) helped.

[@KaraBuntin]

THANK YOU SO MUCH...I tried everything and nothing worked until you got to the nesting the entire sequence, and that did it for me.

[@eagleeyepitts7803]

THANK YOU!!! I’m sitting here at work throwing my hands up 🙌🏻 in the air like WHAT THE ACTUAL FLYING FLIP. 😂😂😂 just subbed. Thank you again

[@GothamWoodworks]

Thanks for all these tips. The solution for me was changing Source Range (at bottom of Export Settings screen) from Sequence In/Out to Work Area.

[@pianotalespictures1162]

Change Video Preview Type was the solution to my problem, thanks for this video!

[@KennyNealShults]

Changing to "render using software" did it for me! Thanks!

[@mighty1NE]

Well, thank you so much. I have tried a bunch of these but there are definitely some I did not know. I am having 4 hour render times on a 9 minute clip and now those are failing too. Anyway, I will try these but regardless if they work or not, thank you for this lovely video and congratulations on your baby!!!

[@fuegoazul652]

I feel like a nanny, I restart the PC and the export worked perfectly XD anyway, thank you man, this video is gold, cheers

[@sangahlolo]

Thank you so much! Changing from HARDWARE to SOFTWARE Encoding solved my problem 🙏

[@DjinnSensei]

You're a lifesaver! I've spent too much time trying to fix this... Thanks a lot! ❤️

[@marja-suomentaimituotantoo4549]

Changing the sequence settings from I-Frame to QuickTime was the one that worked for me THANK YOU!

[@marja-suomentaimituotantoo4549]

Now another problem started. For some reason now that I fixed the render problem the audio is constantly dropping off grrr

[@Knopey]

Amazing! Thanks. The tip at 3:50 (growing media files) was the one that helped me out. Render windows wouldn't open. I unchecked the box, and badaboom badabang, I'm back in the game

[@naveen1145]

man i was stressing over some render error for 5 hours reinstalled everything ,restarted so many times and finally your video helped Thank you !! (also the adobe encoder solved my issue) thanks a lot again

[@juanmanueldaher9268]

Thnak you so much! I had an export problem and I could fix it changing the format to Apple Proress 4444. I also tried out to change from hardware to software (with H264) and it worked to. Thanks again!

[@DCKINGStayWeird]

You are GOATED! thank you! I've been using Premiere Pro for many years and never had a problem so when this happened today, I was so lost.

[@kaymara7699]

Literally saved my life. your first few tips plus the exporting Quicktime and other export settings fixed my issue!!!

[@Arkitektforbundet]

Really? You were in a life threatening situation where your life depended on that you could export a Premiere Pro project? Wild!

[@kaymara7699]

@@Arkitektforbundet yes.

[@chris1237992]

Thanks for the video. Changing the preview to QuickTime worked for me.

[@KaZee1]

you are the only video that helped me in premiere big big thankyou. whenever my fiile crashed i never got to use the edited video, glad i have found you. it worked finallllyyyyyyyyy

[@suzannebrown8500]

Thank you so much, I was at the end of my tether! Changing the preview style worked for me.

[@adrianlukelabasan1471]

Nesting worked for me. You're a life saver. Thank you so much