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Error Compilling Movie unknown error message on every attempt to render the timeline.
When I recently went to render the timeline so I could check the quality in “real Time”I got an error message that states”Error compiling movie” unknown error.
I then tried to render just 1 clip and a number of clips with the same result. I then restarted the program(Pro5.5) and I got this message, “The scratch disks are write protected or unavailable. To open this project the scratch disks will be set to your documents folder. Would you like to continue? If I click yes, the sequence populates, everything is intact, but it will not render the timeline. I have set the work area up properly also to render the timeline. If I click no, I am returned to pick a project to open.
Another trouble spot is that I did a stabilization of a aerial clip in after effects that worked out great. I did save it on the desktop(probably should be somewhere else that is unknown to me)and every time I reopen the project, if a give it some waiting time, the clip appers on the timeline with a green line and it is rendered.
I keep my video files on a 2 terabyte external fire wired in hard drive.
Well this is a long detailed post and I do apologize as this seems to be a complicated problem.
A few saves back Premiere gave me a warning that there was a serious error in closing the program and I should save it as something else before working on the project again. It did seem to be working properly.
Any direction to take would be greatly appreciated.
I posted this question on the premiere pro basics and got some excellent directions but I am unable to render the timeline.
I allowed permissions repair on the internal drive, I have reopened earlier saved versions of the project, I have tried to individually render single and multiple clips, I have rebooted the computer and reopened the project to no avail…
Any help would be great.
Thanks;
Bruce
I am using Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5 on a IMAC 27, Intel core i5 2.7 GHz, 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3… OSX 10.6.8
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bruce
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I would try going to Project General preferences and turn the renderer to CPU software and not GPU acceleration. I was the editor of MOBIUS for Vincent Laforet and for a while we could not export any timelines with the GPU on…only software rendering would get us a clean and complete export. Granted the Canon C300 footage was new and untried but there were no other problems at all besides the export glitches for a couple days. Hope that helps!….
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In my project settings under general in video rendering and playback there is a select window called Renderer. In that window Mercury Playback Engine Software Only is selected and grayed out so I can make no changes.
I also tried to go to the same project that I saved in it’s early stages of development and it will not render there either. I get the same error message: error compiling movie, unknown error.
I am using Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5 on a IMAC 27, Intel core i5 2.7 GHz, 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3… OSX 10.6.8
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bruce
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In trying everything to make this render, I went into the get info on the external and internal drives.
I haven’t reloaded the software yet.
The internal drive has 507 gigs avail and is formatted Mac os extended (Journaled)
The External segate drive has 1.07 TB avail and I just caught it that it is formatted Windows NT File System.
So I guess there is plenty of room.
If this is a problem (and I think it may be) Would anyone have an idea on how to correct this and save the footage already saved on it?
It was P2 footage and it is not all available to re upload from the P2 cards, but I do have another hard drive offline with the same footage on it but it isn’t available for me to see what format this other hard drive has at this time. I will have access to it next week.
I have edited previous jobs but it may have been footage that wasn’t P2 and I was able to render.
What a dilemma.
I am using Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5 on a IMAC 27, Intel core i5 2.7 GHz, 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3… MAC OSX 10.6.8 I have a 2 Terabyte external drive fire wired in also.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bruce
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Try opening the project with the NTFS drive disconnected.
It will ask you where the files are, just tell it to Ignore them all. Don’t save the project after you do this, or you’ll save all the files as unlinked and you’ll have to relink them.
Try rendering, (it will warn you that files are offline and the offline media grafic will be used.) If it works the the NTFS drive is the problem. I’m amazed that you’re actually able to edit at all with this drive, since read and write off NTFS on Mac is painfully slow.
If it still doesn’t render, then try trashing the PP preferences, (Google for how to do that, I don’t remember where the file is) and if that doesn’t work try re-installing.
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