I recently ran into a frustrating issue where adding proxies to the Media Encoder queue was taking forever—not the encoding itself, just the process of getting the clips into the queue. After some trial and error, I may have found a simple workaround that speeds things up significantly!
What’s Happening?
If your source footage is stored in a folder with too many files, Premiere (or Media Encoder) seems to slow down drastically when adding proxy jobs—almost like it’s scanning the entire folder before adding each clip. This happens even if you only import one single file from that folder! So, the slowdown isn’t caused by how many clips you bring into Premiere, but rather by how many files exist in the folder containing the rushes.
The Fix:
I found that simply moving each video file into its own separate folder (or organizing them into smaller subfolders) before importing into Premiere makes a huge difference. Then:
- Import the organized folders into Premiere instead of all the clips from a single crowded directory.
- Generate proxies as usual.
The Result:
With this method, the proxy queueing process runs way faster—no more long delays before Media Encoder starts working.
A Note to Adobe Devs:
It seems like Media Encoder might be scanning entire folders before adding proxy jobs, which can cause major slowdowns if the folder has a large number of files. Since this delay happens even when importing just one file from a busy folder, it suggests that the issue isn’t tied to the number of imported clips but to the total number of files in the source folder. If this is the case, it would be great if future updates could optimize this process!
Hope this helps anyone struggling with slow proxy jobs.
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