Adobe Media Encoder stalls at 0% CPU when rendering from Premiere; resumes only when I close/re-focu

Hi everyone,

I’m experiencing hangs between Premiere Pro and Adobe Media Encoder (AME). I already reinstalled, updated, and cleared caches, but the issue persists.

- What happens:I send a sequence from Premiere Pro to AME.

- AME starts rendering, then randomly stalls.

- Progress stops and, in Windows Task Manager, AME drops to 0% CPU.

- If I close Premiere Pro, AME immediately resumes and continues rendering.

-Sometimes just clicking the AME window or switching focus makes it resume for a while, then it stalls again.

-Exporting directly from Premiere sometimes works, but sending to AME is unreliable.

What I’ve tried:

-Changed Project Settings > Renderer. It was initially stuck on “None” with a tooltip saying the playback engine was active; after stopping playback and restarting I could change it, but the problem remains.

-Toggled GPU acceleration on/off in both Premiere and AME.

-Cleared Media Cache in both apps and deleted the folders manually.

-Reset Premiere and AME preferences (launch with modifier keys).

-Created a new project and copied the sequence.

-Temporarily removed third‑party plug-ins and VSTs.

-Clean‑installed latest Studio/WHQL GPU drivers and rebooted.

-Rendered to a short, simple path on a local SSD.

-Ensured Premiere and AME are on the same version/build.

System details

-OS: Windows 10

-CPU:[Ryzen 3 3300x

-GPU: RTX 4060 8Gb

-RAM: 64gb