Media Encoder running incredibly slow

[james_0575]

Hi all, my first post and I'm hoping for some support as I have another really difficult issue to solve; but starting with this one...

I'm exporting a 2min film from Premiere Pro as follows:

Sequence settings: AVC-Intra 100 1080p 23.976 fps

Exporting: Match Source Adaptive High Bit Rate, H.264, Max Depth, Max Render, VBR-2pass

File size is approx. 249mb

Using Macbook Pro M3 Max, 36GB Memory, Sonoma 14.6.1.

All Premiere Pro/Adobe/Media Encoder, etc. are all bang up to date.

I have been trying to use Media Encoder as I need multiple versions.. bugged, clean, different branding, etc. and Media Encoder is usually anticipating a 50minute - 1x hour export time PER UNIT but crashing after 10 minutes (I have reinstalled twice after 2x crashes). If I export directly via my mac it takes less than 2x minutes.

Clearly I have the 'workaround' but why has ME suddenly become absolutely redundant? Has anyone else experienced ME issues - is it an update?

[Ann Bens]

One of the reasons its slow is because you checked Max render and max depth and 2 pass.

All of these settings add a significant amount of time to the export.

[Rach McIntire]

Hi @james_0575,

Welcome to the Premiere Pro forums! We are glad to see you here.  Please don't hesitate to file any bug reports you may have.  I echo Ann's thoughts.  Also, what version of Premiere and ME are you using?  Having the specific version numbers goes a long way.  I'm glad you do have a workaround, but I can understand how it's workflow disruptive.  If you have time, please give the team a few more details. See: How do I write a bug report?

I hope we can help you soon.