Slow importing from Prem and various bugs

Media Encoder has always been solid and reliable for me for many years, but recent versions (since the new interface) have been very problematic and buggy.

1. Importing sequences from Prem takes 10 times longer than it used to. Even just dropping a clip directly into ME can take a minute or two to load. We create TV commercials which are rarely longer than 60 seconds, so having to wait minutes to load a sequence seems absurd and not an issue we experienced on older versions.

2. Subtitles randomly don't burn in despite having set them to do so. I've not found any consistant way of replicating this, it just doesn't work sometimes and I have to repeat actions until it does it successfully. 

3. The Send to Media Encoder in premiere often does nothing and I have to repeat the same action until it responds. This can often take two or three attempts before it starts sending them to encoder. It's nothing to do with how long I wait after hitting Send, it either starts the process instantly, or it just does nothing whatsoever. 

4. ME seems to want to save to old folders I last exported to days ago. Sometimes I export a folder then come to export the same sequence again later in the day and ME just sends it somewhere else entirely, maybe a folder I used from 3 days ago. I know I can manually check this each time I export, but it's a time waster. 

We're usually working with HD or UHD Prores or DNxHR 4444 clips which have been graded in Resolve, plus a few graphics and titles. No third party plugins. Happy to provide any other info should you require it. 


Windows 10 Pro

Processor AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core Processor, 3700 Mhz, 32 Core(s), 64 Logical Processor(s)
128 GB Ram
RTX 3090