Media Encoder takes much longer to open plug-ins if project is sent from Premiere

Hello,

I'm also copying my post here from the Premiere Pro forum here -> https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/media-encoder-takes-much-longer-to-open-if-project-is-sent-from-premiere/idi-p/14620007

I remember posting this a couple of versions back but I can't remember the post's name 🙂

 and I cannot remember If I posted it here or in the Encoder forums since I'm not sure this is a Media Encoder problem or a Premiere one.

So, Media Encoder takes about 5 seconds to load all its plug ins when opened standalone. I have some Red Giant and Boris FX plugins installed, the number shown in the startup screen is about 400. 

BUT if I send the project for export from Premiere, either by pressing the keyboard shortcut or from the "send to media encoder" button in the Export panel AND if Encoder is not started it takes ages. 

It loads the default plug-ins first, this is also slow and then if goes to the 3rd party ones. I know this because it is so slow to load them that I can see the numbers scrolling in Encoder's startup screen :).

Again, if Encoder if opened BEFORE and I send the project from Premiere to it, everything works as expected.

This is my workaround. Not a big issue but it is annoying. 

Win 11, i7 11th gen, Premiere 24.3 - but as i've said its been doing this since at least last year.