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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
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    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. 

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    Paul_GringoAuthor
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    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.

    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.

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    Paul_GringoAuthor
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    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?

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    Paul_GringoAuthor
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    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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