"Error compiling movie"!?! error message

Hey,
I've finished editing my film, all the effects are in, the final cut is just about there and when I try to render it gets half way through then stops and brings up this message:
"Error compiling movie" with nothing else.
I edited each scene in its own sequence. Then used one separate sequence to put all those scene sequences together as one whole movie. So basically I have a sequence that has lots of little sequences in.
I tried to export this big sequence (the whole film) and that message just keeps coming. I tried cutting it down and doing like the first half of the work area then the second. The first half worked okay but the second half still brought up that message.
Aspect ratio: 720x576
Format: Microsoft DV Avi
Compression: DV Pal
Frame rate: 25fps
Length of video: 25minutes
and it's in Pal wide screen.
Finally, free space on the hard drive I'm burning to is 63.7GB so that should be plenty of space, right?
I can't think of any other information to put here but if you need any just ask and I'll put it up. It's really stumped me this and with my premiere coming up in 20 days it's not really helpful at all.
Any help at all would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Ben Derrick.

Often these errors are caused by some black space between clips or troublesome effects on a single clip.
Your first step was quite good to locate the problem. Now repeat that for the last 25 minutes. Split it again into two parts, each 12.5 minutes, find the part that exports OK and focus on the troublesome part. Divide it into two equal parts, etc. until you find the culprit.
An alternative might be to set the CTI to the beginning of your time line and hit page down to go to the next edit point, until you find the troublesome spot. It may mean hundreds of page down's but it is a relatively sure way of finding the culprit.

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I'm having this message when I try to export my video from Premiere Pro: "Error compiling movie. Unknown error"

I'm having this message when i try to export my video from Premiere Pro:
"Error compiling movie. Unknown error" Do anybody knows what to do?

1st, I moved your message to the correct forum
2nd, More information needed for someone to help... please click below and provide the requested information
-Premiere Pro Video Editing Information FAQ http://forums.adobe.com/message/4200840
3rd, Error Compiling Movie... some past discussions and ideas
-http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/error-compiling-movie-rendering-or.html
-http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/kb/error-error-compiling-movie-render.html
-and nested sequences http://forums.adobe.com/thread/955172
-and WMV files frame rate http://forums.adobe.com/message/4629210

Error compiling movie 'unknown error' premiere elements 11, tried every troubleshoot, what now?

I'm trying to export a video and I keep on running into this error message, which stops the export process. I've already visited and tried the troubleshooting suggestions on this page and this page, and this page, and none of those suggestions have worked. Here's a list of what failed:
Export in various file formats, every single one failed
I removed each asset individually and tried to export the video after each removal (100+ assets, imagine how long that took) and I got the error after every single time
I removed the front half of the video and tried exporting, still failed.
I removed the back half of the video (because if it failed if I removed the front, the problem asset should be in the back, right? nope.) and tried exporting, it still failed.
I don't have any Auto Color, Auto Contrast, Auto Levels, or Shadow/Highlight on any of my clips, although if I did, I'd try removing them.
All of my video files are the same format, so it's not a mix of formats in my timeline which is causing the problem.
I tried disabling auto-save, but it already tried to auto-save during the first 20 times I've attempted this, so the damage might already be done.
I obviously didn't use any other programs during this process
I moved all my assets to a different location on my harddrive, then reopened the project and refound the assests one by one, each of which had no problem getting into the timeline. I tried rendering after this, and the render bar sailed along until a certain point, where it got stuck indefinitely. I cancelled the render, which froze the program. I had to close it and re-open the project, and re -link every asset again. Once again there were no problems adding the assets. I saved the project before the next render, so I wouldn't have to do this a third time, and it was a good idea I did, because the program froze again during the subsequent render.
My computer didn't go to sleep or hibernate during the first 5-10 times I tried various methods for exporting. It has slept in some of the 10+ times I've tried it since, because I don't have the patience to sit in front of my screen and watch it fail again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again. CAN YOU TELL THAT I'M FRUSTRATED???
The first thing I noticed that was wonky with this project was when I first tried to render my sequence. The render window chugged along just fine until it got to a certain point (can't remember the %), at which point it got stuck indefinitely. I had to cancel the render, and then render other parts of the sequence bit by bit, avoiding what I thought was the problem part. I tried rendering the problem part, and it got stuck again, so I eventually just decided that that clip didn't need to be in this movie, so I deleted it from the timeline. All should be good at this point, my whole timeline is green from being rendered. But, when I tried to export the video, I started down this tourtuous path of failed exports and frustration, and now here I am, posting in the forum, hoping someone can help me out.
The problem asset (if that was the problem in the first place) isn't in the timeline any more, but I'm still having issues exporting the movie. The fact that rendering still gets stuck after re-linking assets, and after getting rid of the first problem asset, makes me think that there is some bigger underlying issue, but I have no idea what that could be. I followed these instructions and re-opened the project, tried to export, and still got that 'Unknown Error'.
Please assist before I put my fist through this company computer.

maxlong99
Thanks for your update. Let us go through it.
You wrote
During one of my isolation tests, I stripped the timeline off all assets except clips from the same footage and I also removed that New Blue effect, and the project exported without issue.
Did you run a control which included "with the New Blue effect" in this isolated test which does not sound like the "Full Project" as suggested in what you wrote next?
You wrote
Could multiple renders and project files be part of the problem? I've created many, many different versions of this project to test and see where the problem is, which in turn means I've created many different render files for each different project. If this could be part of the problem, should I keep the original project and delete all my test projects and associated render files therein?
Each of the projects should have its own name which will be applied to its files. And each project should have rendered files specific to it (for SD project whether video or still clip = DV .avi file; for HD project whether video or still clip = MPEG2.mpg file). Are you naming these different projects with distinctive names?
Have you expanded the Timeline with the -+ slider and closely inspected the track content for
a. leftovers such a very thin vertical black lines scattered about
b. gaps
c. transitions, and especially audio placement
You have probably seen the following, but I will post the link just in case. I suspect you have been there and done that.
http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/kb/error-error-compiling-movie-render.html
Please let us know what the closer inspection of the Timeline content (as mentioned) revealed.
Thanks.
ATR

Error compiling movie. Unknown error. In both Premiere and Media Encoder

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Error Compiling Movie... some past discussions and ideas
-http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/error-compiling-movie-rendering-or.html
-http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/kb/error-error-compiling-movie-render.html
-and nested sequences http://forums.adobe.com/thread/955172

My specific "error compiling movie" situation

There are a few threads in this forum relating to "error compiling movie" messages, but none relate to the problem as it manifests itself on my system.
First of all:
CS 5.5.2
Windows 7 64-bit
Nvidia GTX 460
16 GB memory
i7-2600
Now, I have a project which has a wide variety of media, from AVCHD to iPhone video. It's about 17 minutes long, and I can output the entire project as a Windows Media file with no problems. But if I try to output an Mpeg-2 DVD file from within Premiere, I get an "Error compiling movie. Unknown Error" message. If I try to output a Mpeg-2 DVD file in AME, it will lock up at different points each time. But, if I use dynamic link to bring the project into Encore, it renders fine.
What might be causing this? I've read on this board that down converting AVCHD footage to SD using Encore does not produce a video that looks as good as doing it from within Premiere, so I'd like to be able to do this.
J. D.

I can't say why it's happening. But you can install a free, lossless codec like Lagarith or UT and export out an lossless AVI file. Then you can use AME to create the MPEG form that AVI Master.

CS 5.5 Export - Error Compiling Movie - Unknown Error

I am running CS 5.5 and every time I export in Premiere or in Media Encoder - I get this message:
Error Compiling Movie - Unknown Error
I have tracked it down to a video clip with alpha channel. I have some animated overlays - If I turn off this layer it exports fine, but unfortunately I need the animated video with alpha in the exported file.
The video is using the Lagarith Codec. I have updated the codec and still getting the error. I have also tried using other codecs that support an alpha channel, like the Matrox IFrame with Alpha codec and the same problem exists.
These are TV shows and I need to get this resolved if anyone has any suggestions. I've done hundreds of these same formatted shows in the past, so it is not my system, drives, cpu, etc. This did not happen on previous versions of Premiere Pro.

Hm-m,
Obviously, you are using the Alpha Channel for some Transparency. Are there any other Effects applied to that problem Clip?
If you could post a screen-cap, showing that Clip Selected (and probably the Effects Control Panel also), plus the underlying Clips on the Timeline, perhaps someone can see an issue there.
You do have the 64-bit version of Lagarith installed, don't you?
Good luck,
Hunt

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Error Compiling Movie... some past discussions and ideas
-http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/error-compiling-movie-rendering-or.html
-http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/kb/error-error-compiling-movie-render.html
-and nested sequences http://forums.adobe.com/thread/955172
-and WMV files frame rate http://forums.adobe.com/message/4629210

Error Compiling Movie - XF305 MXF Clip

I'm rendering a clip from a Canon XF305 using Premiere Pro version 7.2.1 on a Windows 7 i7-920, 48 GB, LSI 9286CV-8E that I've been using for 4 years starting with PR 5.0. The error is happening in the middle of the clip on the same frame. I'm exporting with Match Sequence Settings. The clip plays fine in PR and I don't see anything happening when I go frame by frame around the area where it gets the error. The file size when it gets the error is ~3GB and I have 3TB of available space on this RAID 6 disk.
The clip properties are:
File Path: T:\Video\XF305\CONTENTS\CLIPS001\SA0343\SA034301.MXF
Type: MXF
File Size: 1.9 GB
Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Frame Rate: 23.976
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 16 bit - Stereo
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - Stereo
Total Duration: 00:41:41:12
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0
MXF File details:
Wrapper type: MXF OP1a (type: SingleItem SinglePackage MultiTrack Stream Internal)
File generated by: CANON, XF305
MPEG-2 422 Long-GOP
FIXED: Not sure what type of bug this is, but I did a cut just before and after the frames where the exporter would get the error and was able to export each cut of the clip without error. Now, I've been able to export the whole sequence. The only difference were the two cuts I made.
I created a new sequence with the original clips in the same project and it exported without error.
Has anyone had a similar problem?
Thanks,
Rob

Not me... but some saved messages about Error Compiling Movie
-http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/error-compiling-movie-rendering-or.html
-and nested sequences http://forums.adobe.com/thread/955172

Error compiling movie - unknown error - encoding failed

I am running a 2.40 GHz Quad Core with 8GB RAM
I have a deadline on a video project in Premiere Pro CS4 with 4 video timelines and 8 audio timelines with many transitions and key frames with hours on two sequences of work completed and ready to export to an AVI file and burn a DVD. The 30 minute sequence with only 3 timelines converted to AVI file okay. The larger sequence with more timelines, keyframes, etc. will not export through Adobe Media Encoder for a Microsoft AVI file or an Uncompressed AVI file - getting the above error message each time. Getting same errors when exporting a dynamic link to Encore to burn a DVD.
The sequence acted funny when I loaded the fourth video timeline so I deleted it and waiting untill the completion of the sequence to add any of that fourth timeline to that sequence and I did not even try to load the fourth timeline that I wanted to add...
Here are the error messages I am getting:
- Source File: C:\Users\dbonnett\AppData\Local\Temp\Katie Hill Wedding V03_4.prproj
- Output File: C:\Users\dbonnett\Videos\2009-04-11, katie hill wedding\katie hill finished videos\Hill Ceremony Final.avi
- Preset Used: NTSC DV
- Video: 720x480, 29.97 [fps], Lower, Quality 100
- Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
- Bitrate:
- Encoding Time: 00:19:56
6/16/2009 7:29:23 PM : Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
- Source File: C:\Users\dbonnett\AppData\Local\Temp\Katie Hill Wedding V03_5.prproj
- Output File: C:\Users\dbonnett\Videos\2009-04-11, katie hill wedding\katie hill finished videos\Hill Ceremony Final.avi
- Preset Used: NTSC DV
- Video: 720x480, 29.97 [fps], Lower, Quality 100
- Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
- Bitrate:
- Encoding Time: 00:16:23
6/16/2009 8:11:08 PM : Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
I have been going back & forth with Adobe Support with troubleshooting advice. I am running a 2.40 GHz Quad Core, 8GB RAM - had to upgrade to Windows Vista 64-bit for computer to recognize more than 2GB RAM, had to purchase Premiere Production Premium CS4 because Adobe no longer supported Premiere Pro 2.0 & Adobe does not support Windows XP-64 bit (so Windows Vista was pushed down my throat...) I have followed the Adobe instructions to Optimize Windows Vista for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, I have uninstalled and re-installed the full program more than once. I have defragmented my computer, I have performed the disk cleanup and deleted all temporary files, etc. to make sure my computer is running optimally.
I have read the other Adobe threads that talk about CS3 & earlier similar error messages, but have found nothing with this particular message. I have deleted the fourth timeline off of the video and tried to see if that would make it work, but it did not.
Does ANYBODY have any suggestions on how I can further trouble shoot to get this project out or know of a way that I can export this project to another program to get an AVI file and a DVD burned with custom menus...

I am using a 1TB Hard drive with 300 GB free space. Yes, I always have to delete projects off to make room for new projects. I have 3 750GB hard drives in my computer in addition to the main C drive that I am using. Once a project is completed and a client is satisfied, I move the final AVI file off to one of the auxillary drives and delete the entire project from the C drive. Then I defragment, delete temp files, disk cleanup, you name it to get the drive ready to use for the next project. I have followed the Adobe protocol for all of this as well as my computer vendor. I got rid of 95 GB of temp stuff several days ago with the disk cleanup and another 45 GB after deleting another project off my computer... so looks like I am doing these things..please advise if you know of anything else.
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I will let you know if I can get an MPEG2 file. Will this be a good enough quality to put on a DVD. This is a standard NTSC 4:3 format video...

Export Error, Error compiling movie. "A low-level exception occurred in: H.264"

Hi
I'm still learning AE. I'd appreciate any help. I can export to Windows. Can't export to Vimeo SD 25 fps in H.264 either. When I try to compile via media encoder the following I get this message.
- Encoding Time: 00:00:00
07/30/2013 03:01:03 PM : Encoding Failed
A low-level exception occurred in: H.264 (Exporter)
Export Error
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
Movie Spec screen grabs:

Update: no error on the following, media encoder didn't throw any errors... must be the project. Disk cache is 120GB BTW. I was able was unable to run through YouTube HD 1080P 23.96 FPS.

Error compiling movie: out of memory !!! Premiere CS3

Hey every1 --- desperate need of some guidance here. I've been all over the internet and these boards --- have seen this come up with a lot of people but no real solid answers that I'd seen or that have helped.
First off, my comp is an imac 3.06 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB memory. (just bought the computer last year)
I'm shooting with a canon 7d in HD (1920 x 1080p) and I'm editing using Premiere CS3. I've noticed that editing has become very difficult since I started using HD; playback is very choppy and the 'quality settings' in the preview monitor are a joke and do absolutely nothing whether it's on draft or automatic.
Anyway, despite the choppiness and slow editing, I was able to get a 3 min clip completed. These are my export settings:
Export > Movie
H.264
960 x 540
23.976 fps
Square pixels,
100% quality,
recompress: unchecked.
Once exported (I was able to export smaller timelines previously--- say, 50 secs of footage or so) the files look AMAZING and from there I use them for online video via vimeo -- stuff looks really awesome.
Anyway, recently I'm getting: 'Error compiling movie. Out of Memory. Change optimization preferences to memory', etc. etc. Well, I did as it asked and that did absolutely nothing.
So, I decided to open up my activity monitor and watch what's going on with my memory while premiere is exporting. I also closed ALL unused applications. System runs at about 2.16gb free memory before I start exporting. Memory seems stable during export UNTIL around the 50% exporting mark, and then its starts climbing like crazy and my memory just gets eaten up --- finally resulting in a crash at about 70% render.
I really don't know what else to do. Does my computer not have the power to export 3 min of HD footage??? This seems surprising to me ... I don't know what else to try.
Thanks for any help !!!
-Mark

Hi Mark,
Hope you are having a wonderful day.
Sorry to hear that you are having such a hard time. Although I did not specifically get the out of memory error, I can only be convinced that that is the problem.
Although I am not a computer whiz, I have learned my share of things. I have been troubleshooting a video all this week (really, a couple of months), but I had to put it aside and come back to it.
I tend to be talkative; so I will get back on topic or at least try to stay on topic, so bare with me. Smile....
Here is what I have learned and maybe it will help you with yours if you have not found a solution already.
Based on your hard drive specs and ram, I was thinking the same thing e.g. hard to believe that you are not able to render 3 minutes of video in HD. I primarily work in HD/1080p.
The place where we are similar is that I eventually could get the video to render by reducing the workspace that is rendered piece by piece until I was able to render the entire file. When I tried to encode the video, I kept getting error compiling messages. I tried different codecs, deleting xmpses, not rendering xmpses, etc. I could not figure out the keyframe trick so I just put in a black video from after effects. By the way, all of my videos intro the same and no problems with the other videos fading from black to a still photo.
Here is the problem from what I could gather.
Simply, out of memory. I was rendering and trying to encode a 45 minute video with after effects compositions and the dynamic linking kept timing out once the file reached a certain size. There were no other true fancy effects. I do alot on the green screen and just use after effects to make a white background. Smaller videos, rendering has been slow, but doable. This massive video would never compile. I won't bore you with my system specs, but know that similar to your situation, the system in theory should have been adequate.
Work around...
I ended up exporting the video as 3 separate 15 minute video clips. I could not get them to encode as .wmv files so I encoded them as .mp4 files. By the way, I still encoded in HD.
Here is the kool stuff.
After what seems like forever, I found a converter that could convert .mp4 to .wmv and rejoin the files to play as one large file with the same quality as my source file and no audio synching issues. By the way, I do not work for this company. I just found this encoder at 4 o'clock this morning after trying all of these other converters that were straight garbage or were free to try and not really free if you wanted quality. By the way, the conversion tool is not only user friendly, but free which is awesome.
The name of the software is Media Cope. Just visit www.mediacope.com.... Be sure to send the owner an e-mail to thank him and let him know that Mark sent you. I just sent him an e-mail earlier to let him know that I was going to post on Adobe what a wonderful software he created. I just needed something free, quick, easy, and user-friendly.
Whoops... got off topic....
I'll do a summary at the end for my recommendation to you.
Here are some other tidbits that I learned as well that may save you some time.
When editing this is what I do now...
1) I use CCleaner from www.piriform.com to quickly clean my system especially temporary files before I start editing and if I am switching from project to project.
2) In all of my troubleshooting this week, I found a kool little software call Smart Close. (Just google to find this one.) It closes all of your non-critical background files in order to maximize system resources. (When I am done editing, I just reboot and all of my background programs start up again. You do not have to do it that way, that's just how I do it. The nice thing is that it is a wizard interface; so you do not have to try to figure out if a process in the background is critical or non-critical.)
3) Depending on my mood and if I did not forget, smile.... I change the priority to high for the adobe products in the task manager.
More things that I learned...
1) We are not able to change the temp file for how Adobe encodes. My logic was if I could change the encoding to a hard drive that was simply empty so Adobe can render there, then I would be good. Wrong.... Adobe does not allow you to change the temp location. (Note: This is what I discovered in the different forums; so encoding to an external hard drive is not the best move. Read more to se why.)
2) It is best to have your scratch disks as your internal disk. If you have multiple internal disks, then you shoud check some other forums for the best way to set up your scratch disks. When I was just starting out, I bought an external hard drive enclosure with the thought that I would work primarily off of those external drives with the option of doing some RAID work. Bad idea... Even the simplest of tasks took forever. It was best to work off of the internal drive. By the way, I still use the enclosure hard drives for backups in order to allow me to free up some space on the primary hard drive. When rendering, it is truely a use of the RAM and the hard drive space in the editing process.
I'll leave you with this...
I take back what I said earlier, you do need a new computer with more RAM. If you can get 16 GB, great. The primary reason is that if you are editing in Premiere and if you do anything with dynamic linking into your after effects, it will cause your ram to climb as the file gets larger. Of course, be sure to get the largest hard drive possible as an internal drive, the maximum on processor speed, 64 bit operating system, etc.
I know you are like by now, Mark, what is the point of all of your gibberish... Really, it was to share with you and others on some really kool work arounds.
My recommendation for you are as follows.
1) You have already proven that you can render and encode 50 second clips and you are very happy with those clips, so create separate smaller clips for this particular project.
2) Once you have the final clips outputted, then use Media Cope to rejoin the files as one large file and you are done.
(Note: The one thing that I did notice is that there is a small break right between where the files are merged. The nice thing is that as a video editor/film maker, you will be the only person likely to notice it because you know where the breaks are. The other nice thing is that the untrained eye will not notice it and if you had to submit your work to a television station especially on DVD, the video system should recognize the file as one large file and play all the way through. Note: For the last sentence, I said 'should play all the way through' as I have not had a chance to check this one yet as I just finished this project today and still have to turn in all of my videos. I still have some more videos to merge.)
By the way, the only specs that I will share are that I work on a PC and it has 8 GB of ram.
The summary of the summary is that sometimes an error compiling message could simply be that your system does not have resources to render and the encode that large of a file. At least that is what I learned this week or at least my specific situation. The confirmation is that I just finished shooting a documentary which was one hour and some change and was able to render and encode to .wmv with no problems. Of course, I was not using after effects for this particular project.
In either case, hope all the information helps you with your project.
Have a wonderful day and happy holidays everyone.
Mark

Error compiling movie. Disk Full.

Hello, i keep getting an error message from Adobe Encoder CS5.
- Source File: L:\Toshi_2\Front_Angle_01.mpeg
- Output File: J:\Front_Angle_01_1.MXF
- Preset Used: AVC-Intra Class50 1080
- Video: 1440x1080, 29.97 [fps], Progressive
- Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
- Bitrate:
- Encoding Time: 00:23:24
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Error compiling movie.
Disk Full.
I'm trying to trancode a 11-minute HDV footage to P2 format for editing. The destination Hard drive is a NTFS file system 500gb esata drive with 300gb free. I have successfully done this many times before but this time it gives me the error message. It happens like 5 times now. I have tried to clean the Cache and set the destination to my PC's internal drive, but the result is the same.
Does anyone has the same problem and how to resolve this?

Make sure you're running the latest updates for AME - it could have been addressed in one of the patches. Beyond that, that Disk Full error can be misleading - there are times that's displayed when it's just an encoding failure. It could actually be something as misleading as an error decoding some part of the mpeg - I'd try loading the .mpeg into PPro and try playing through the entire file - check to see whether or not you get any errors down on the status bar (bottom right, a stop sign will show up) - if there's an error generating the mpeg index file or errors in the stream, that's where they'll pop up.

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Why is there an "Error compiling movie, Unknown error." on every 3rd sequence i start?

i work on a project every week that requires 5 sequences. everytime i am ready to render or export in the 3rd sequence, it tells me "Error compiling move, Unknown error." what is this and how do i fix it?

Since the error is unknown, so is the solution... but, some past discusstions that MAY help
Error Compiling Movie http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/906/cpsid_90670.html
-and http://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/Error:Error_compiling_movie
-and http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/error-compiling-movie-rendering-or.html
-and nested sequences http://forums.adobe.com/thread/955172
-and WMV files frame rate http://forums.adobe.com/message/4629210

Can't EXPORT or RENDER in PREM CC!! "Error compiling movie. Unknown Error."

I am using PMW200 MXF files alongside 5D MKiii files - I finished the edit and went to render/export and it won't let me do either! I can't get the edit out of the software and I have a deadline in an hour.
I only bought the software today (have been using the trial version and I am just coming from FCP 7 - I get this error:
"Error compiling movie. Unknown Error."

Hello Bill
The Adobe KB Article (http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/error-compiling-movie-rendering -or.html ) does not answer the question asked, because the end of the error message is "Unknown error" which is not listed in this article.
I often encouter this error which is a RANDOM error which occurs only with pictures (4256x2832 .jpg or more when I use panoramic pictures with more than 50 MPx) but never with video (1920x1080 HD .m2ts) from my camcorder. The only way I found to do a complete render is :
- save and close the project without editing it,
- close Adobe Premiere Pro (CS6 or CC, same error),
- reopen Premiere Pro and reload the project,
- resume the render.
If I render WITHOUT Mercury Playback Engine : all is perfect, no error but the render needs very much more time.
My own conclusion : this render crash might be due to VRAM oveflooded during render with Mercury Playback Engine (this might be checked and monitored with the freeware GPU-Z).
My GPU is GTX 570 with 1280 MB VRAM and the render are only full HD (H.264 1920x1080i).
If you have a solution except remove the GPU and purchase a GTX 770 OC 4 GB VRAM, I am waiting for it.
My actual system :
- CPU Intel core i7 970 (6 cores, overeclocked to 3,9 GHz),
- MoBo : Intel DX58SO2,
- RAM : 24 GB,
- GPU GTX570 with VRAM 1280MB (Nvidia driver allways up-to-date),
- HDD : RAID 10 with four WD 1002FAEX (7200 tpm, 64 MB cache),
- OS W7 64 SP1, 64 bits (allways updated)
Regards
Jacques

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