TLDR; Adobe Media Encoder renders my project for about 8 seconds before it begins rendering the "Effects Heavy" part of my project, then COMPLETELY freezes. Attempts to render through AE2025 are arguably worse- as it stays stuck at 0%. GPU and CPU usage in task manager are not anywhere close to 100% utilization. Pausing, then closing AE in Task Manager, then resuming DOES work, HOWEVER- it only allows it to render another 1 or 2 seconds worth of footage.
Detailed Story:
I've gone down the rabbit hole and done an insane amount of research regarding this issue since for the most part, I just got AE and was really thinking that purchasing this product would SAVE me time and effort.
The most common fix for this issue, at least to most people, has been to go into task manager, force-closing AE, allowing it to re-open, then resuming the rendering in Media Encoder. Although this does infact work, it only allows Media Encoder to render about 1 or 2 seconds worth of my project before freezing once again. I have unfortunately made SURE it was freezing after every iteration of "pausing, closing, unpausing".
The footage in question is 4k 60fps video footage I took with a DJ Osmo Pocket 3, Ive got some color correction using MLB and used RSMB, Sapphire, Used Warp Stabilizer, and applied a Color LUT for the
D-Log footage I recorded. That it literally the extent of all the affects I used for this project.
Sometime just sending the project to queue in Media Encoder is broken since, after Media Encoder loads up and pressing the "Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue", the project WILL NOT show up on the queue, so im at a loss there. The times it does randomly work, Ill check the render settings to ensure its being rendered with H.264, ensuring the Output is Matched for my composition, and then beginning the queue.
After about maybe 8 seconds of rendering the "non-effect heavy" intro to this edit, the MOMENT it touches the first frame where theres some color correction and a flicker affect, it freezes. Like I said before, I can pause the render, close AE in TM and unpause the render to get another 1-2 seconds worth of render out of my project but thats it, and thats assuming it actually does do that- sometimes nothing happens and it stays frozen. The project itself is 1m 30s long and for some reason I dont feel inclined to, atleast for the next 2 hours of my life without it even being consistent, pause the render to close AE then unpause and pray that I get another 2 seconds rendered.
Heres what Ive tried :
In Media Encoder -
Unchecking the Edit < Preferences < General < Enable Parallel Encoding Option
Clicking the Edit < Preferences < Media < "Clean" button under Media Cache Database
Ensured Im using "Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (CUDA)" on ME's main screen, aswell as ensuring it is selected in the General tab under Edit < Preferences < General.
In After Effects -
Made sure that in Edit < Preferences < Memory & Performance I am reserving the maximum amount of RAM for these applications (29 GB)
Clicking the Edit < Preferences < Media & Disk Cache < Empty Disk Cache and
Edit < Preferences < Media & Disk Cache < Clean Database & Cache buttons
I've made sure to be using the most up-to-date Studio Drivers and Game Drivers by NVDIA.
I've rebooted my Computer now countless times.
I've re-launched my project in AE now countless times.
These are my PC specs :
12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K
32.0GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
These are my Storage Drives, I've got all my footage on my SSD's aswell as rendering into my SSD's all of which have more than enough storage.
1. 931GB Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
2. 931GB Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
3. 931GB Western Digital WDC
4. 1863GB Seagate BUP Slim BK SCSI Disk Device
These are 2 error logs that distinctly point out how long its been between retrying to render this project if it helps at all :
- Source File: G:\Editing\ae saves\z-roller-may2025_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-DJI_20250506184723_0005_D_8.aep
- Output File: G:\Editing\FINISHED videos\Z-Rollers-May2025.mp4
- Preset Used: Custom
- Video: Based on source, Hardware Encoding, Nvidia Codec
- Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
- Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 80.00 Mbps
- Encoding Time: 00:11:21
05/07/2025 08:26:20 AM : Encoding Failed
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The Operation was interrupted by user
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- Source File: G:\Editing\ae saves\z-roller-may2025_AME\tmpAEtoAMEProject-DJI_20250506184723_0005_D_9.aep
- Output File: G:\Editing\ae saves\z-roller-may2025_AME\DJI_20250506184723_0005_D.mp4
- Preset Used: Custom
- Video: Based on source, Hardware Encoding, Nvidia Codec
- Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
- Bitrate: VBR, 1 pass, Target 80.00 Mbps
- Encoding Time: 07:56:42
05/07/2025 04:33:31 PM : Encoding Failed
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The Operation was interrupted by user
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Any help regarding what I COULD try, or what i should do is greatly appreciated! If you guys need anymore information please let me know so I can provide that! Thank you!!
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