General error on export

hi guys,
i have a show that i need to export. after color correcting it, i am finding that it is impossible to export it, and while the export starts, it eventually quits, giving me a "general error" message. In my experience, there might be something corrupted in the timeline (a clip or such). Any other ideas? I can play the timeline just fine. I can't export it.

Trash the preferences. That's the first thing to do.
You might indeed have a corrupt piece of data. I'd do some short tests to see if the operation works at all.
How are you trying to export? Which process and settings?

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