After Effects Render Stalling at Random Frames (MFR Issue)

Question

Hi all. I’m a professional editor working with a UAE based editing agency and using After Effects for years on commercial and ad projects. Recently an entertainment website [personal info removed by mod.] contacted us for a short eye catchy promo ad video. While editing in latest After Effects, I started facing an issue with Multi Frame Rendering. Render gets stuck on a random frame, cpu still high but frames don’t move, no error shows. If I turn off MFR it renders, but very slow.

Project is clean, no missing plugins, cache cleared, GPU drivers updated. This feels more like a render thread or plugin related issue, not basic settings.

I searched YouTube and blogs but didn’t get real help. Saw many experienced AE editors here so thought to ask.

nishu_kush · Accepted Answer

Hi ​@joeylowe22,Is it happening with a specific project? Have you used any third-party plug-ins in the project? What are your system specifications (CPU, GPU, RAM, OS version)? Can you try running After Effects in Safe Mode with third-party plug-ins disabled and see if it works any better?Let me know how it goes.Thanks,Nishu

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