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Paul_Gringo
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April 10, 2026
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Adobe Media Encoder renders video very slowly

  • April 10, 2026
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I have a project. In Premiere I can render it for 20 minutes, but in Encoder, it’s 60 minutes. Why?

Why would anyone deliberately slow down my work? I notice this sometimes in different projects and different software versions. I thought the rendering time would be the same or even faster than in Premiere

    Correct answer EckiAME

    It actually shouldn’t take longer. If you can share a project with media, I can look into the issue. I can send you the instructions via private mssage in this forum.

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    EckiAME
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    EckiAMECommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    April 20, 2026

    Please provide more information. See https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-media-encoder-bugs/how-do-i-write-a-bug-report/idi-p/13094801 for what we need in order to look into your issue. 

    Paul_GringoAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 20, 2026

    I've already found out that Encoder saves videos for longer than Premier. Google says that Encoder's main purpose is multi-rendering, not speed. That doesn't work for me, because I'm not going to use slow software.

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    EckiAME
    Community Manager
    EckiAMECommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    April 20, 2026

    It actually shouldn’t take longer. If you can share a project with media, I can look into the issue. I can send you the instructions via private mssage in this forum.

    Paul_GringoAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 16, 2026

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    EckiAME
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    EckiAMECommunity Manager
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    April 22, 2026

    There was a Windows bug where the app would fall back to “software rendering”. That is supposed to be fixed now. Can you please verify in the latest Beta?

    Paul_GringoAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 23, 2026

    Does it switch settings on its own during rendering? That explains everything—I hadn't noticed that. I start a render, and the encoder says there's 1 hour left. I come back an hour later, and it says there are 6 hours left until the render is done. How could Windows be changing the program's settings? It sounds like the system has been hacked

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