doron

Thanks for your reply! I'm using the latest version (8.63 - actually uninstalled and upgraded to it when I saw the problem initially - no change, hangs at the exact same spot). This actually makes sense since it appears as if the module (aacenc3) has not been updated since 2018. Another data point: Trying to debug this, I cut the sequence a couple minutes before and after the point where it hangs every time, and let it export. I was expecting it to hang at the same frame or transition. Instead, the export completed successfully. I don't know what to say. Packing the project is not feasible (it's several gigabytes heavy). Would the project file alone (w/o the video clips) provide any insight?

Hi all, I have a rather long video (a couple hours), which I edited using Videopad. It's made of a few clips, which at a certain point are overlayed. When I try to export it into an H.265 mp4 video, the export keeps hanging at the exact same spot. When I do the same with H.264 (all rest being similar) it completes successfully, but the file obviously is way larger - not the desired outcome. A funny fact is, that when it hangs, if I use Windows task manager to kill the process "aacenc3" (yes, the audio part), the video encoding "wakes up" and starts trotting along nicely. Of course this is not useful, but I found it curious - mainly since the H.264 export uses the same AAC encoding and on that case, it doesn't seem to have any problem. I also tried to specify another audio format (not AAC) for the mp4 but could not - for some reason AAC is greyed out in the combo box and can't be changed. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!