'Performing XMP Processing'

6 hour xmp processing scan for a 80 min timeline. having sub comps in sub comps seems to make things much worse.

I’VE FOUND THE SOLUTION!!!!

The reason why it started to ask for a PERFORMING XMP PROCESSING or REALIZACIÓN DEL PROCESAMIENTO XMP in spanish was because one or two of the VIDEO FILE TITLES included a non supported character. 

In my case was an EMOJI. Two of my TITLE videos included a emoji not supported. Not a # or $, a symbol like this. No. A emoji that showed in Adobe Premiere with a cross.

Look for any file with an EMOJI in your timeline, delete it and you should not get this annoying sign anymore.

Hope it helps,

Premiere pro uses so much metadata that the constant scanning, particularly on server based or shared projects, grinds the  PP processes to a halt. I have closely examined the bandwidth and machine resources PP uses on windows and Mac Studio to scan timelines and it is amazingly small. The cpu / Gpus are asleep, the Ethernet connection barely used. The user has no real control over these processes. I change the project and pp settings to stop processes but they continue all the same. What maybe very useful for TikTok metadata is catastrophic for long form. Also, PP relies on the OS to perform media scans, unlike avid, so making it even slower and far less shareable . Also, this metadata does not seem to be shared, so you copy your project and you can count on having to rescan everything again. Open the timeline in media encode directly .., another rescan. I can create full def preview files and tell the exporter to use them … but no … the machines will still scan the timelines. For a 75min timeline export, I am at 2 hours of scan plus 50mins of encoding !!! I don’t care about metadata or AI or anything else. I just need the timelines rendered as fast as possible. Offer an option that renders preview files as a single file, not as separate files and I will save hours of my life !!’

I’m HAVING THE SAME ISSUE! NO ANSWER WHASTOEVER!
ITS A REALLY IMPORTANT VIDEO AND EVERY TIME THIS SOFTWARE IS SCREWING IN THE MOST CRITICAL MOMENT!!

I am running the latest version of PP 2026. I have very dense and complex timelines. I don’t need any XMP data. I just need a rapid export. I have turned off the PP 2026 export / metadata tab and even turned off the debug console XMP service but nothing stops XMP from scanning.

PP 2026 is even worse on this than 2025.

please help if your problem solved

I'm having this same issue too 

Hi JAKOB25951185o3vt,

We're sorry about the poor experience. Are you still experiencing this issue? If so, please let us know the version of Premiere Pro you are using & the export settings you have used. We will get it checked.

Thanks,

Sumeet