I9 14900k 4080 super can't render in AE

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October 22, 2025
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I have been trying to render in After Effects with various different file types. I tried media encoder as well. Both Crash. I'm using an external hd. Bought a new SSD USB C thinking the other drive may have been the issue. Still same thing. Can the Cache files be on the external hard drives or should they stay on the local drive?

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carmel_2395Author

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I dropped $5,000 on a computer, subscribed to creative cloud and still can't render a simple composition. This is a major set back 😞 I also saw another post with a similar issue..it looks like no one ever got the problem solved. Pretty much the same setup as mine. And I don't even know which part of my setup is the issue. I'm kinda upset to say the least.

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OliviaHazel

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keep your cache on your local drive, not the external one. AE crashes a lot when caching or rendering to external drives, even fast SSDs. Move your cache folders back to your internal drive in Preferences Media & Disk Cache, clear them, and then try rendering to your local drive first. Once it’s done, copy the final file to your SSD. That usually fixes it.

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carmel_2395Author

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I moved everything to the local ssd drive and rendered to desktop and it's been over 7 hours and it seems frozen. But it didn't give an error yet; however it's saying 46 hours remaining. The video is about 45 min in total, I have a rotoscope, auto color, and a blur for the background.