Video stuck on “Preparing Video”

I recorded a video for my YouTube channel. After editing it, I try to crop out any unwanted borders. When I finish cropping out the borders, I wait for “preparing video”, but it’s stuck at about 25%, and doesn’t load anymore. Can someone help?

iPhone XR, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 6, 2020 4:35 PM

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Posted on Oct 24, 2020 10:59 AM

I was able to fix this issue by double tapping the video when it was stuck. The progress would go back to 0 and slowly make its way to 100%. I was able to do this twice.


seems the issue happens if you lock or move away from the photo app while it’s preparing.

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Video stuck on “Preparing Video”

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