Hi

In addition to what Terry said - what is on the timeline at the exact time that the export suddenly stops - my guess would be a transition, a change of source material type eg a change of video, audio or image format.

I used to have problems with an earlier version where the audio, in this case music, on the timeline changed from mp3 to wav.  In the end I made sure all additional audio was the same format.

HTH

John

Hi

Something else to try - make sure Smart Rendering is not activated in the export settings.

Ss

Hi

Something else to try - make sure Smart Rendering is not activated in the export settings.

Ss

Hi Peter,

I'm curious about that interesting suggestion. Can you amplify please? Is Smart Rendering iffy/buggy?

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Hi Terry

A long while ago (2yrs+)  I reported a possible bug where there was a conflict between Hardware acceleration being turned on in the programs settings and using the Calculate video effects on GPU option in MEP - IIRC MX - using CUDA

With both turned on exporting would cause a crash.

John

Hi Terry

Disabling SR was the thing that worked for me when I had the same problem in MEP16 back in 2010. German forum members have advised similar action over the years too.

Below is Ralf from Support's advice back at the time.

The problem would be hard to reconstruct from here and the causes won't be easy to pinpoint. This might be something related to a specific problem in this particular project, especially if it always cuts out at the same position. You could play back the part of the file that was rendered and see whether you can connect that time makr to something specific in your project's time line, e.g. a problematic transition effect or something similar. Maybe eliminating that problem will help you work around the matter.

Here's something else that you could also try, as it might be related to the isseu:

Disable the hardware acceleration for MPEG video material in the program, as this can be problematic under certain circumstances. In order to do this, open the program and access the program settings (e.g. by pressing the "Y" key). Switch to the "Display options" tab and find the checkbox "Acceleration for high-resolution MPEG files". Make sure this box is not ticked. Confirm the settings by presing OK and try (smart)-rendering again.

If none of this helps, I can only recommend disabling the smart-rendering in the MPEG encoder settings when mixing down the project.

I hope this helps.
 

Cheers

Peter

Very odd.

1. I'm a bit puzzled re your comment about checking the range. When you do a full export, have you unchecked the box 'Only export selected range' , just in case there is a badly behaving range set somewhere?

2. To make fault isolation easier, create a tiny new project consisting of everything (in all tracks) say 5 seconds before and after the transition point.:
Select the whole original project then carefully deselect the wanted part by left clicking while pressing the Control key, then press the Delete key to remove the bulk. Move the 10 seconds or so of material to the start of the timeline, check there's nothing beyond it, and save the project with a new name. Working now with that should be easier. Start by exporting it and tell us what happens.

3. If the exported fie still excludes the second part, use File > Backup > Copy project and media into a folder, zip it up and upload it somewhere (I use Dropbox) so that we can see what you mean and maybe try to reproduce it. Naturally, ensure there's no confidential material included.