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JonathanLe
JonathanLe
Participant
August 21, 2021
Question

Slow Renders on M1 Mac

  • August 21, 2021
  • 4 replies
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I am using the latest build of Media Encoder and am experiencing incredibly slow renders and was hoping someone could help. I have simple edits (less than three minutes each), no effects are being applied, that are being converted to H.264 for review on Frame.io. Each render is taking an hour and a half which is nuts.

 

I am using the GPU Accleration (Metal), all my Adobe software is up-to date and I have frequenctly cleaned the cache directories and restarted. 

 

Any ideas would be appreciated as I am at my wits end.

 

Thank you,

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    MrSinaa
    Participant
    October 6, 2023

    I've faced this issue lately, Is there any update to resolve it?

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    MrSinaa
    Participant
    October 6, 2023

    22 hours for 12 mins video with nothing fancy, not a 3D layer or plugins. Just some .ai files, images and videos.

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    ashleyh3248525
    Participant
    October 2, 2023

    This is still an issue I can send you a file let me know how I contact you. 

    burnellj58016202
    burnellj58016202
    Participant
    September 1, 2022

    Same here. Exact same AE file using the same settings, rendered in just minutes on my old MacBook with half the power. Now on a brand new Mac Studio with M1 Max, twice the memory and quadruple the drive space, it's taking half an hour or more. My agency's purchase of this Mac Studio was predicated on faster motion graphics and video production. This does not look good. I feel sometimes that Adobe is asleep at the wheel. I'm sure a solution is forthcoming, but come on. 

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      default826mex8qnluj
      Participant
      September 6, 2022

      Same here. I look like an idiot amongst my peers for recommending this "upgraded" set up. I've got renders that took a few mins on my old MacBook, taking hours on this "supercharged" Mac Studio. I feel duped.

       

      Can anyone recommend a Mac machine that will reduce AME render times out of the box?

      Or can anyone recommend a different path forward?

        Warren Heaton
        Community Expert
        Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 24, 2021

        Which version of Big Sur is this and which version of AME?  I get pretty good encode times for H264 on my M1.

         

        That said, I encourage you to switch to the QuickTime preset and ProRes422 Proxy preset.  You should see much, much faster encode times on Apple Silicon in AME.  Also, ProRes is what Frame recommends.  While the file size is larger than H264 (meaning a slower upload), the conversion for placyback on the FrameIO side is faster and the color accuracy - especially when viewed in Safari - is better.

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        pelaehj
        Participant
        September 14, 2022

        I had the same issue. I tried going back to version 22.1.1 and it's working better. Adobe droping the ball as usual 😕😕 

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