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October 12, 2025

AME Not Hardware Rendering when it says it is.

  • October 12, 2025
  • 1 reply
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Steps to reproduce:
1. Render an After Effects project using AME.

2. Notice it's rendering very slowly

3. Notice the Output Preview states "Based on source, hardware encoding nVidia codec." (5080 card installed)

4. Go to Task Manager | Performance (to view graphs)
 
Result: ... GPUs are both completely idle (Intel + nVidia), CPU maxed out.
Expected: ...GPUs to be going gangbusters, CPU near idle
 
System info
    Application: Adobe Media Encoder (Beta) v25.6.0.89
    OS: Windows v10.0.26100, RAM: 63.79 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 16

nVidia 5080 with latest Studio driver

1 reply

EckiAME
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 14, 2025

Rendering of AE is done by After Effects. Moving this ticket to After Effects Beta Forum.