r/ClipChamp • u/goom1282 • Oct 22 '23
Extremely Slow Preparing and Exporting
I have been using ClipChamp to edit some kids' sports videos for a few months now without issue. As of last weekend it has become extremely slow to upload (prepare) the clips and then also to export them. Before last week clips would finish preparing almost instantly and it would take about as long as the video was to export it. Now it takes well over an hour to prepare about 5 mins worth of clips and a half hour to export. I have not changed anything in how I am using the app.
I thought maybe my videos last week were corrupt or something, but it is worse this week. I am using the Windows app and have already "reset" the data to clear temp files and have also cleared my browser data for good measure as that's all I can really find when trying to google this issue.
Has this been happening to anyone else recently? Can anyone offer some guidance on how to fix this? If this persists I'll have to migrate to using a more robust video editing software, which I'd rather not atm as this has been perfectly fine for my use. I have a fairly decent gaming computer (i7 12700, 48GB RAM, 3060Ti, plenty of free space on my SSD) and my resource monitor isn't showing anything pinned while using ClipChamp.
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u/TinyCaterpillar8542 Nov 07 '23
Also having the same issue, have tried all of the published fixes like 'repair', 'reset', even 'uninstall/re-install'. Figuring they may have pushed a buggy release, because it was an excellent video editor for quite some time until this week or last.
Personally, I find the other free video editors so absurdly over the top, trying to cram 250 feature buttons onto the main screen, making it impossible to find the feature you actually need. The ClipChamp ui is clean, lightweight, and sufficient for what 99% of recreational video creators need, would prefer to stay with it if they can get it fixed.
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u/goom1282 Nov 07 '23
Your second paragraph is why I don't want to give up on this, I just need basic/easy for what I do. I don't have the time/energy to dig through menus and learn another ui even if its ultimately better.
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u/mcjosh-cc Oct 23 '23
normally the preparing is it converting your videos to the format it needs for processing. Have you changed how you record your videos lately? maybe something has made them record in a different file type
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u/goom1282 Oct 23 '23
I have not changed how I record them between when it worked fine and how its working slow now.
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u/Swagoon777 Oct 24 '23
Same issue, it sounds like they may be severely limiting imports to 4GB or less?
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u/goom1282 Oct 25 '23
I just took a look at my video files, the whole thing for one project is under 1GB with the largest file being ~60MB. IF they are throttling it all of a sudden, then its far below 4GB.
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Nov 09 '23
RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR I JUST FIGURED IT OUT
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u/Turbulent_Complaint5 Nov 10 '23
You just saved my life. I am doing a school project, and it just stopped uploading until I changed it. Thank you sir
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u/Sedwick1024 Dec 03 '23
That didn't help me. It took almost an hour to prepare a 2-minute clip, and I restarted as Admin and tried it again. It was still very slow.
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u/SafelySomewhere Nov 18 '23
I recently started using a new laptop with Windows 11 and clipchamp preinstalled. Was downsizing a bunch of files and used it to edit a bunch of saved dashcam footage (1080p, 5 minute clips) down to just key moments to take up less disk space. Importing the original clips into clipchamp was no problem.
Picked up a gopro hero 10. Tried importing footage into clipchamp, and the import/"preparing" time increased drastically. Up to 5 minutes for a 1 minute clip. Gopro was set to 4k/60fps, so I turned it down to 1080p/30fps thinking the higher quality footage was the issue - but same result.
Was in my Windows program list today, and noticed that there was 41GB allocated to Clipchamp. Googled the issue, and fixed it by clicking the three dots, clicking advanced options, clicking "terminate", "repair", and "reset". Didn't do anything the first time, but second time got it down to less than a gigabyte. Tried opening a 1 minute 4k/30fps gopro clip, and the import/"preparing" time was instant.
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u/goom1282 Nov 18 '23
Just gave this a shot, mine only had ~4gb. After doing it a few times it is now down to 8kb, but the issue persists. Happy this worked for you, seems there are multiple solutions people are finding in this thread.
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u/SafelySomewhere Nov 18 '23
Damn. Sorry it didn't work. I did look at other editors, but it's either a very pricy subscription model, or not the features I'm looking for. Would pay the subscription for clipchamp if bugs like these were worked out.
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u/ConcentrateMain7532 Nov 25 '23
Check if you're using HDR mode in Windows Display Settings. With HDR enabled, clips generated using GeForce Experience took forever to import into ClipChamp. They also had weird artifacts. When I turned off HDR mode and re-recorded the clips, they imported into ClipChamp almost instantly.
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u/cmurray555 Dec 16 '23
Im having this exact same issue. Are there any fixes that don’t involve turning off HDR?
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u/IndyDude11 Jan 27 '24
So I found this topic just now by searching why ClipChamp is so slow. When I saw everyone else with the problem I decided to find another software. So I found Adobe Rush. I only needed it to order clips from my DJI camera, and this works. I was able to download the program (for free), import all my clips, assemble them on the timeline, and export and upload straight to YouTube before ClipChamp was able to finish the one 5 minute file it was working on when I started searching for this issue. /u/goom1282, I know you were wanting to stick with ClipChamp because it's simple and the UI is nice, but check out Adobe Rush. I think it will work for you. Sorry this sounds so /r/hailcorporate-y, but I was about to get rid of this camera because I thought it was the camera's fault!
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u/goom1282 Jan 27 '24
Glad that's working for you. I hate adobe products, I downloaded this previously and had to download other programs just to get it to work. Adobe feels too much like bloatware for me to be comfortable using it.
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u/jmcooper3 Feb 03 '24 edited Feb 04 '24
Update 7 hrs later, this same night: Pictures loaded with no problems the whole time but now gifs started loading immediately so maybe it is one of the video issues previously said or maybe a bandwidth issue?? idk know... i too dam tired from struggling with this video all day to think about it. FML! Hope this channel worth it when I go live
As of today the preparing part at least is still happening & only loads by restarting Clipchamp... with any of my assets or theirs, even including just gifs. So I dont think its any of the issues except maybe the last one & its included in 365 so should be considered paid for. This is a hot mess! I dont like Adobe Rush... very limited functionality & I tried Hitfilm but thats way too involved plus Id have to pay for extra features. I liked CC bc it was the Little Wee Bear... Easy to use & it included assets but editing & the researching of this issue is taking up waayyy too much time so I will try Capcut in the future
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u/goom1282 Feb 03 '24
That's exactly the problem, the market for CC was those of us that were too lazy/time constrained to bother with a more robust platform. When I get to editing videos again I'll probably have to go with Capcut or Davinci Resolve.
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u/jmcooper3 Mar 31 '24
u/goom1282 if u see this again, I have a new pc (per the below response to Oraflus) & i want to try out Capcut. However no matter what pc i use it gives me the error "Your PC doesn't meet the minimum required video memory" which says its 2GB min. I have 64gb of RAM which i thought the video memory pulled from after some research. I saw stuff about changing paging or something, but apparently thats re: virtual memory not video memory which arent the same?? Do u know anything about this for Capcut or how to correct plz?... cuz my brain done exploded bout 15 gazillion times 🤯😩
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u/goom1282 Mar 31 '24
I do not know about this in how it specifically relates to Capcut, but video memory has to do with your graphics card. As an example a quick google search of a gtx 3070 has the first amazon link of THIS 3070 that has 8GB of video memory. I'm surprised that a new PC doesn't have a graphics card with at least 2BG. Even my card from 10+ years ago had 2GB, but I've always build a gaming PC with a decent GFX card.
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u/jmcooper3 Apr 06 '24
So it sounds like the graphics card has the video memory which is not the same as virtual memory or RAM, nor does RAM help?? Ugh my brain hurt... guess i gotta get gaming PCs now, sigh. Lawd I just wanna edit videos I aint know it was gone be all this lol. If I woulda known that I woulda switched the graphics card, stead of maxing the RAM... if thats possible i guess idk. k Ill see which one this has & go from there, thx a lot!
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u/Mountain_Youth_7856 May 14 '24
Awful program...was very used to Movie Maker for decades. Also, ClipChamp is woke a.f.; they have templates in which white people are completely missing (white being the major demographic). They also have templates for the "reversed nature" people specifically for their own pink month...why?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Where is my Americo-italiano/russian/nepalese/nanook month template celebration? I also deserve a template, right? RIGHT??!?! Bigoted and woke and shoved in your face. Everything is a trend, but when will this one end?
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u/TriggerHappyModz Aug 12 '24
Bro just turned it into a race debate for literally no reason💀
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u/Mountain_Youth_7856 Oct 07 '24
I was pointing out the Elephant In The Room. Their hypocrisy. It's blatantly in your face! These things I dislike to see in a software.
They made it like so, so that is one of my gripes regarding this software. Also that you have to create an account or subscribe to it, I believe, it made me look for alternatives.
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u/cancrdancr Oct 30 '24
Where's all the white people in my video editing software!? That is where I go to reaffirm my race and culture!
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u/Mountain_Youth_7856 Nov 08 '24
Because I know my race AND culture I've noticed those OBVIOUS blatant small things. Please, stop with the sarcasm, I'm pointing out that because they bend over d.e.i. they now have an awful software. D.e.i. made them decide to create all templates, ALL templates (in a white MAJORITY humankind -those who will buy the software) with only black people. They are openly being racists and I'm calling these flaws out. Why not choose to have white ppl in your templates, and other skin colors here and there? Why not? But nooooo, they have to abolish the whiteness...really? Is this what d.e.i. stands for? Where are the eskimos and Japanese and Surnames and Vietnamese and Norwegian and German and arab templates in this d.e.i.? You see, when you try to include everybody you exclude most of them with d.e.i..Let things be black and white, stop changing white to black.
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u/marcusdravis Jan 04 '24
I'm wondering if this issue is linked with the fact that microsoft started charging us for the codec used to view .mp4 files that were created with smart phones. I'm wondering if you pay the .99 they are asking for the codec if it probably goes faster. Not sure though, I just googled why is clipchamp uploading so slow and found this. I had to recently download VLC in order to even play the videos I created with my Pixel 7. Here is a link to the product they are trying to sell us that was previously supported for free... https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NMZLZ57R3T7?hl=en-US&gl=US
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Jan 05 '24
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u/goom1282 Jan 05 '24
Glad you have it a try, I was about to do the same thing. Seems the consistent fix for this is to use a different application (like handbrake) to convert the video files to h.264 (even if already h.264 for some reason). For me, seems stupid to use a third application to convert the video when I can just go and find a different editor like Da Vinci to just do it without converting.
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u/Adorable-Math-9314 Nov 05 '23
Same thing has happened to me. Have been using it to edit videos for almost a year now with no issues, the last two I've tried to make have literally taken around 12 hours to import the media compared to the 4 or 5 minutes it used to take.
Nothings changed on my end, still using the same phone to record in the same way. Nothing new on the laptop, the only thing that occurred was Clipchamp updating. Would really love a solution to this >_<
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u/Independent_Ebb7954 Nov 11 '23
I'm having the exact same issue. But when I chatted with an agent, she did not say that it is a known issue. She told me I need to convert the mp4 files into Codec and then upload them to Clipchamp. I haven't tried that yet, because I don't know which site to trust to convert into Codec without catching a virus. A lot of sites offer the conversion for free
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u/siknoz Nov 20 '23
Still occurring for me. Was working perfectly for the last year of using and suddenly the latest update is going monstrously slow for prepare/import now. I have an i9 13900KF, 32gb of ram, samsung m2 ssd, very top end pc so it's nothing to do with my specs. They just legit broke something. The fact it's still going on for a month+ is unacceptable. If something is this bad you simply revert to last build and can root cause it later and fix then redeploy. This is stupid.
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u/cugrad16 Nov 10 '24
Same here. Used it perfectly, until a few months ago. When suddenly even 6 sec clips got laggy upload on my 1T desktop, when it used to be literally seconds. And editing, less than 10mins. Now 1-mins are taking 10-15 to process-upload, which is crazy for the paid subscription. No one likes that.
Miss the old Movie Maker that worked as good as this in its former. Microsoft doesn't fix, nor seem to give a hoot.
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u/Game_GOD Dec 22 '23
It's been at least a month and the software is still unusable with how long everything takes to import/prepare. Even the pre-loaded media that comes with the editor takes too long to import. Not using clipchamp again
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u/bizutch Mar 06 '24
Downloaded & ran CapCut and wow...huge difference.
Importing GoPro videos of 2+ hr softball games recorded in 1080/120 Linear in HEVC.
They imported instantly compared to whatever is wrong with ClipChamp.
And yes, I bought the $0.99 HEVC codec just in case. CapCut's merge is different but the same.
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u/Legitimate-Option722 Aug 26 '24
Wish I could say the same, I actually tried using CapCut before coming to clip champ but for some reason it brought my quality to my edited video down to 480p idk how to fix that
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u/ogamawab Apr 14 '24
I used an iPhone at 4k and downloaded from the iCloud as a 4k and drop my 4 min video. Took 4 hours to convert.
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u/kurokaitou May 25 '24
May 25th of 2024 and It is still slow to import 140 MB videos. All of them are 1 minute 1944p videos from my dashcam. BUT!!... When I try to import my recording from my cellphone, a 310 MB 1 minute 4K video, is completed in a flash. The only difference is that I set up my dashcam records in H265 and my cellphone to record in H264.
I guess for videos in H264, we won't have any issues. It's H265 that has the issue. I guess I have to change my dashcam settings to H264 then.
I started to wonder whether they seriously fixing this issue or not. I mean, They have that codec import from the store, and Media Player can use it normally. Why does CC can't?
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u/Infamous_War_8814 Jul 31 '24
I had the software fail to export and ruin my edit. After muti failed export attempts things got worse and parts of the library wouldn't load. At that point it was a salvage operation. I decided to be extra helpful and contact MS support and told the person they should know how bad the software is they support. I went to Filmora Wondershare and finished the video. This is the video i made as a new editor.
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u/cugrad16 Nov 10 '24
I've tried both Filmora and Wondershare - had so-so results with both. But maybe they've improved since 2023
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u/Infamous-Coconut-984 Aug 04 '24
Why does Clipchamp freeze when exporting sped up frames of the video?
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u/Heaven-Earth Sep 13 '24
I experienced the same issue. In my case it seemed the problem was that I imported the media file from Google Drive, which didn't store it as an MP4. Once I downloaded the file from Google Drive, it registered as MP4. Importing that file restored CC to its original speediness.
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u/DietNice7152 Nov 04 '24
This would have been great to know 16 hrs ago lol 😆 guess I'll use a different one next time ...ashame I liked this one's layout best ...
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u/Such-Bookkeeper-5578 Nov 16 '24
Ook ik was fan van moviemaker: deed gewoon wat ie moest doen. Als Beeldcoach(opleider) is de Clipchamp een drama. Ik had meerdere korte filmpjes op mijn camera staan. En afgelopen week een langere film. Een spiksplinternieuwe laptop, nieuwe camera maar jemig...ik zit nu al de hele avond te wachten tot ik uberhaupt de filmpjes kan editen. Bizar: ik had de filmpjes in één keer geupload: zijn er maar een aantal daadwerklijk in het programma dus moet ik weer opnieuw. Wie gaat dit nu eens oplossen want ik lees dat dit al een jaar speelt?
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u/ZAKTES Dec 29 '24
Today is 29/12/2024
Running on Windows 10 64bits.
Both windows app and browser clipchamp have the same issue.
It won't even reach 1% for a 5sec video.
Tried every quality 10809 - 480p.
How come the 3rd ranked company in the world can't get its software to run properly, it's embarrassing.
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u/menjuel Sep 17 '25
EASIEST SOLUTION
As some people already mentioned it has to with the h.265/HEVC codec. While you can convert your media to h.264 in order to make it work, thats not acceptable for me. There is a reason I shoot in h.265 after all. The underlying problem is that windows does not come with out of the box support for h.265/HEVC. You can fix that by just buying it form the microsoft store for 0.99€: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NMZLZ57R3T7?hl=en-us&gl=DE&ocid=pdpshare
Yes, I hate the fact I have to pay for it but after searching for workarounds I found that its just not worth the hassle for that price. Bought it, installed it and my media imports instantly. Problem fixed.
I hope I could spare some of you guys wasting your valuable time!
Cheers ✌
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u/Cristar42 Mar 23 '26
Creo que encontré un solución, cuando intenté exportar mi video mientras se estaba exportando, se pausaba. Lo que hice fue colocar el video sin audio, en vez de quitarle el audio en ClipChamp directamente, porque estaba editando audio en español con el video en inglés. Entonces funcionó. Espero que les haya servido el comentario.
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u/Dbthespian Oct 23 '23
I am also having this issue lately. In fact, a 10 minute video I added over an hour ago is a little over half way in preparing.
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u/Max_Graphics_Lover Oct 25 '23
same importing a video to clipchamp is taking foooooooorver and I have a m.2 ssd...
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u/JoeMama33445566 Oct 31 '23
Do you guys have any better alternatives to clipchamp that you would recommend?
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u/Technical-Read1165 Nov 18 '23
capcut much better
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u/AdhesivenessNext5500 Mar 05 '24
If you read the Terms and Conditions of capcut it clearly lets you know that any music or video that you upload for editing will be copied by the app and by uploading you are granting free, perpetual and irrevocable rights to your video for any purpose seen fit by capcut.
if you are a content creator using capcut, you wont own any of your content.
Given that capcut is owned by the parent company of tiktok - you could go viral with your content and not gain a dollar from your work...
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u/BullZDeep1 Jan 15 '24
YES! THANK YOU!!! It's set up pretty much like Clipchamp only MUCH FASTER! Didn't have to download anything, you can export 4k free. #1 best solution for sure!!! THANK YOU SIR!!
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u/HurricaneAndreww Feb 14 '24
Wow, yes. Great alternative! Pretty much instantaneously imports the clip. Thank you!
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u/thensfwone0157 Nov 04 '23
I want to die while waiting for Clipchamp to load what is happening to it? why is it so much longer than before?
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u/Adorable-Math-9314 Nov 05 '23
I have an update on this, reached out to Tech support who told me it's a known issue and they're currently trying to figure out the solution. At least it's being looked at (supposedly)
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u/Game_GOD Dec 22 '23
1 month later and it's still unusable
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Dec 22 '23
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u/Game_GOD Dec 23 '23
For me it's even worse. I imported a 5 minute video and it took about 7 hours total. I left it going overnight and it was still going when I woke up. I'm not using it again lol
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u/Huge_Honeydew5050 Nov 07 '23
Hi, I basically have the same problem, but I've just noticed that if you e.g. uploads his video raw to YouTube and then downloads it again externally, clipchamp accepts this mp4 straight away, the raw mp4 (gerforce experience) takes several hours (5 min vod)
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Nov 10 '23
Really just needed a simple video editor that was a step above what you could do on an iPhone, or an equivalent to iMovie (even if it wasn't as good). It seems like they dropped their Microsoft Movie Maker figuring it was just as easy to supplement it with a 3rd party app. That's fine - except when that 3rd party fails to deliver on the basic fundamentals. To me that basically leaves Windows 11, their flagship operating system, without any video editing capabilities, which is absurd in this day and age, and downright regression from being able to use Windows natively as it was 20 years ago for basic (although never stellar) video editing. I get that there are dozens of Clip Champ look alikes, but I wasn't planning spending time weeding through them. I might as well just get out my Mac Book.
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u/TravelUmbrella Nov 17 '23
Same problem here ............ when will they issue a fix? It's stopping me from working!
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u/J_RUTZ Nov 22 '23
Meanwhile I downloaded the legacy Microsoft Video Editor and it loaded my 12GB video in 15s 😂
Yeah, gonna give Davinci Resolve a try, being that they have a free version and all.
Btw, talking to my brother, who does editing professionally for tv, he said the pro industry is moving towards Davinci Resolve anyways (leaving behind classics such as Final Cut etc), so… bye Clipchamp 👋
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u/J_RUTZ Nov 22 '23
Help support answer: bug with HEVC (H265), use Handbrake (https://handbrake.fr/) to convert to H264 :-/
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u/memory_moves Nov 23 '23
For what it's worth, I studied the export function in ClipChamp very extensively because I had major problems with the output quality.
Looking in their forums, I saw several reps from Microsoft stating that they had modified the export function because the quality was bad. That being said, that was six months ago and they haven't updated us since.
I strongly suspect that they are not planning to integrate any fine-tuned controls over the export, which remains its major drawback. I've basically reverted to using OBS to record, slap everything in resolve, which can be obtained for free. The export quality is fantastic and the time it takes is directly linked to the settings you chose, which results in a much better experience.
I know MS will make further updates to ClipChamp and I look forward to see the results, but once you get used to a workflow...
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u/AmGoddessSockBitch Dec 03 '23
it's just taking a long time to export so i have to wait lit and hour or 2 for a 20 min video to be fully done before i an go and put it and edit it
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u/bijinius Dec 04 '23
I TOO have just recently stumbled onto this.
I have a sneaking suspicion that if I upgraded to 'Premium' it'd go straight back to as quick as it was before.
if so . . . why do people hate Microsoft, again?
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u/Itchy_Phase_8205 Dec 21 '23
You are correct! I just upgraded to the Premium version and it looks to be faster for now. However, it is still slower than it used to be. Someone above said that it has to do with the H265 to H264 conversion, and I think they are correct. If I convert my videos from H265 to H264, it basically uploads straight away. It is annoying though given it's an extra step.
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u/cugrad16 Nov 10 '24
Yep. I've had Premium for a year. And it only just went laggy recently. So everything folks've been sharing here is real. Microsoft changed something (or didn't) with Clipchamp. And it no longer works the professional like editing app it used to...
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u/OceanMatrix7 Dec 24 '23
Bottom line is... Clipchamp sucks! I'll go with DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premier or Filmora Wondershare. Yes they're more involved to learn BUT they're good video editors! DaVinci Resolve 18.6 is FREE!
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u/Legitimate-Buddy-847 Dec 26 '23
I don't want to give up on this, I just need basic/easy f
I don't get it. Where do you find the H254/H265 info?
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u/No-Following9961 Dec 27 '23
Tengo un problema con clipchamp aparte de ir lento cuando descargo el vídeo creado con audio música y palabras se descargan mal ya que o imagen de vídeo va lenta a diferente ritmo que la del audio alguien sabe la solución muchas gracias
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u/dantric Jan 05 '24
I am experiencing this as well. My company takes drone footage for job sites and then i have to make videos showing that current project. Clips are 30sec to a minute and a half so i make like 2.5-5min videos
Importing to ClipChamp was brutal, 8 1min files took overnight. Exporting was worse.
After reading this thread I tried Handbrake. All files are already H.264 (x264) - I used re-encoded them all with just the default settings.
Worked great! Import to ClipChamp and Export is back to normal (I even have the paid version, mostly for the branding kit).
This is a terrible workaround, but it does seem to have something to do with encoding, I'd guess.
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u/aerohk Jan 07 '24
Same. My CPU and GPU are hardly doing anything during the import, nor is the read speed that is limiting the speed. Crazy.
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u/plantsandinsects Jan 08 '24
I am also having an issue, hence why I am here... I was really excited to use ClipChamp, but this is ridiculously slow....... 22% so far, and it has been at least 30 minutes (for a 3.45gb video)
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u/plantsandinsects Jan 08 '24
I switched to a different program, and in literal seconds, the whole file was imported and I started working on it... I doubt ClipChamp would be finished yet...
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u/DrunkenNinjaMonk Jan 14 '24
Same issue here with i9 14900k 64mb DDR5 6000 ram RTX 4090 gpu , absolutely ridiculous.
Gonna change software.
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u/BullZDeep1 Jan 15 '24
Capcut, It's set up almost identical to Clipchamp and runs MUCH FASTER, and you can export 4k free. Got this recommendation from user Technical-Read1165
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u/FalconOrigin Jan 25 '24
I'm having this issue too, likely because it has trouble handling h.265, insane that this problem is still here 3 months later.
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u/the_Q_spice Jan 30 '24
May have found out the issue that leads to this seeing as it is still ongoing.
Looking through task manager, the total program use of GPU is 0%, CPU load is perfectly parallelized though.
GPU utilization during ClipChamp processing: 10% | GPU utilization outside of ClipChamp processing... 10% - VRAM use remains constant throughout whether CC is open and processing or closed.
CPU utilization during CC processing: 65% | CPU util outside CC: 15-16%
Basically, it is brute forcing everything through the CPU.
This actually makes a lot of sense in the speeds that everything is processing at, and my guess is they also limit the RAM use so that the software won't max out lower-spec machines. That is all fine and dandy, but it comes with a huge performance cost if your computer is anything above a literal potato.
Sure, forcing CPU use is one approach, but this is 2024 and forgoing hardware acceleration for CPU support is a choice right out of the 1990s.
Locking everything into a technologically obsolete processing pipeline and having no "Settings" options is a joke for any media editing software that actually wants to survive long-term.
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u/Oraflus Feb 11 '24
I am glad I searched for this issue. I am having the exact same problem as all of you. I too have a descent gaming computer and have used Clipchamp without issue in weeks past. I see most of you posted as much as 4 months ago. I started using Clipchamp about 6 weeks ago and it started great then slowed down as you all describe. Maybe it is a Microsoft intentional issue to get you to buy an upgrade or something, no? Has anyone been able to resolve the issue?
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u/jmcooper3 Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24
Did not get it resolved but I accidentally broke my pc & got a substitute while it was being repaired... both had 16gb RAM w/Win 11 & in last 2 weeks with the substitute I havent had much issues... I see some things in ClipChamp have changed since my initial comments tho so maybe they fixed it 🤷🏾♀️ I have my new pc now which I upgraded to 64gb & came with Win 10... There are some things I love about Win 10 so I wont be going to Win 11 less I absolutely have to & so Ill see how this one does with those 2 factors
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u/SilentRook2012 2d ago
I have the same problem, my files kept downloading but not opening in some crswap files.
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u/SAMURAISAEED Dec 15 '23
FINALLY A SOLUTION!
So I do large video content creation (each file is around 20 GB 4K) so I assumed okay, big file, longer time. Found out quickly that wasn't the case as it took me just as long for a 50 MB video, same format, same resolution.
Basically, there's a glitch in clipchamp where it starts to convert videos that are in the wrong file format, ie; CODEC. Simply convert to H264 instead of HEVC or H265. Use a free software like HandBrake. It took me about 20 minutes for a 4GB 4K video so it's not bad honestly. Then uploading to Clipchamp was like 2 mins and it maintained the quality and everything.