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Adobe Premiere Pro, a timeline-based video editing software, is used for editing, rendering, and compiling video clips. It is a professional video editing software developed by Adobe Systems for compiling movies as well. Though the software is a standard in the industry, there can be issues while compiling the movies using it. It is in the form of error which hinders the compilation– “Error Compiling Movie. Unknown Error”
Causes behind “Error compiling movie. Unknown error”-
Other than “Unknown error,” this error is accompanied by some other message depending upon the cause behind the error. Some of the primary causes have been given below
- “Disk Full” – This occurs when the disk which is applying your file is already full
- “Could not find the user documents directory”
- “Unable to produce frame” – The frame rate and effects are not in perfect sync
- “I/O Error” – It occurs due to lack of space and permissions
- “Duplicate file” – A different file with the same specifications exists in the same location
- “File not found” – Source files have been linked incorrectly
- “Codec compression” – This error is a resultant of unsupported codecs of the video files.
Users need to adopt different strategies based on the error message received, as it defines the actual cause behind the error. However, there are some common strategies which can help users to resolve the issues for each “Error Compiling Movie” error,
Tricks to resolve “Error compiling movie. unknown error” issue
When the error displays “Unknown” as the status, then users are suggested to try some hit and trial solutions as it would help them to identify the real cause behind the error and also to resolve the issue
- Restart the System
Try restarting the system as sometimes the system drivers require rebooting to function properly. But it is recommended to save all the current settings and close all the running applications and programs before rebooting your system.
Once the system is restarted, launch the Adobe Premier Pro application again and start compiling the movie again. - Restart the Adobe Premier Pro Application
Due to the continuous use of the Adobe Premiere Pro application, the program may experience hindrance or issues which can be corrected by restarting the Adobe Premiere Pro application. Here, first save all the settings and customizations to the movie clips, close all the running programs using the system Task Manager, and then restart the application. - Disable the Effects and Special Features
Advanced features and effects (in Adobe Premiere Pro) applied by users in editing the movie can affect the normal rendering of the movie. So, users can try disabling these effects like GPU rendering, check for unnecessary effects like Auto Levels, Auto Color, Auto Contrast, and Shadow/Highlights. Also, remove unsupported codecs or video clips from the movie to be compiled. After doing this, save the rest of the settings and then restart the application to compile the movie again with the new settings.
Note: Users are advised to remove or replace irregular video clips (with different properties like format, source device, codec, frame size, frame rate, etc. merged in between the same type of clips). - Check the File Name Validity
The files which are being used for creating the movie must be checked for the name as some symbols or characters like ?, /, \, :, *, “, <, >, !, are unsupported ones which can create errors such as “compiling issue”. - Select Alternative File Formats
Changing the file format from the current one is a good decision as the existing one in use may not be supportive to compile the video. It is suggested to prefer in-built codecs of the application rather than going for the third-party codecs. Also, the “Auto Save” option should be disabled from the application Preferences section to prevent the issue.
Cause-wise Solutions for “Error Compiling Movie” Issue
Now, let us know about some specific solutions to fix the compiling errors based on the causes (specified in the error message).
- “Error compiling movie. Disk Full. Error completing render.”
Users should free up the disk space as the main cause behind the error is the lack of space to save the video under compilation.
The ways to free up the disk space are deleting temporary files permanently, emptying the cache, removing the unrequired files and documents from the system drives after exporting it to an external drive, uninstalling the unnecessary programs or applications from the system, etc. - “Could not find the user documents directory”
While trying to compile the video, users may encounter this error as well. It is due to the source files incorrectly linked to the video under compilation. So, users are advised to check the locations as well as files in the location for the correctness and try linking all files again using the Link Media and Locate File options for avoiding any mistakes while rendering. - “Error compiling movie. Accelerated Rendered Error. Unable to produce frame.”
This error also displays the time frame which caused the error. Users can visit the same time frame and disable any accelerated effects, high resolution, shape layers, etc. applied over that frame or put such effects as minimum as possible. After these modifications to the particular frame, users can try re-compiling the movie. - “Error compiling movie. I/O Error. Exporter returned bad result.”
It is because of the error in the selected output location such as low disk space, permissions issues. So, solutions to this error includes freeing up the disk space, checking if the folder is not restricted with access permissions, and clearing media cache files directly from the Adobe Premiere Pro application.
Some prevention measures for the videos compiling error are checking system requirements, updating the system regularly, checking correct format in videos, keeping Adobe Premier Pro updated, checking disk space regularly, etc.
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Conclusion
We have covered almost all the errors which might occur while compiling the video using Adobe Premiere Pro. We have discussed their respective solutions too. It can be helpful to you. In case you are facing video corruption issues, try Kernel Video Repair, a professional solution.
