<p>Help,
I have setup Adobe media encoder and After effects for cuda. My project is only 3,5 min long and my rendering time is about 2,5 hours. I have resized all my footage to match my resolution (1080p, 29,95 fps). I think this is strange because I have a decent graphics card. Here are my pc specs if it is going to help:</p>

<ul>
<li>Amd A6 cpu</li>
<li>Nvidia GeForce GTX 960</li>
<li>8 GB ram</li>
<li>Windows 10</li>
<li>3 2tb hard disks (about 1tb free for each drive)</li>
</ul>

<p>I haven't changed any settings except the cuda renderer option.</p>

<p>Am I doing something wrong, is there something I can change in my settings to improve rendering time?</p>

<p>Please help.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-12-01T07:10:57.613Z
Check the sequence and footage settings to make sure they match. If AE is doing frame interpolation to change frame rate, for example, that would slow it down.
stib
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-12-01T07:15:41.180Z
@stib the settings are matching, maybe it has something todo with that I only have generated media and only 1 image
Marnix Bouhuis
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-12-01T13:33:25.750Z
Well,  it could depend on the content of the composition,  things like motion blur and frame blending slow down renders considerably.
stib
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-12-01T14:32:37.530Z
@stib I'm using trap code for an audio visualiser. Maybe that is the cause?
Marnix Bouhuis
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-12-02T02:47:38.330Z
you could do a test render without it on to see if that's what it is. Just FYI a lot of AE rendering doesn't use the GPU, especially some of the older plugins, so CPU is the bottleneck.
stib
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Adobe media encoder encoding slow
Marnix Bouhuis
# Adobe media encoder encoding slow

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-25)

Help,
I have setup Adobe media encoder and After effects for cuda. My project is only 3,5 min long and my rendering time is about 2,5 hours. I have resized all my footage to match my resolution (1080p, 29,95 fps). I think this is strange because I have a decent graphics card. Here are my pc specs if it is going to help:

* Amd A6 cpu
* Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
* 8 GB ram
* Windows 10
* 3 2tb hard disks (about 1tb free for each drive)

I haven't changed any settings except the cuda renderer option.

Am I doing something wrong, is there something I can change in my settings to improve rendering time?

Please help.

**Tags:** after-effects, adobe-media-encoder

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Check the sequence and footage settings to make sure they match. If AE is doing frame interpolation to change frame rate, for example, that would slow it down.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 the settings are matching, maybe it has something todo with that I only have generated media and only 1 image  
> **username_1**: Well,  it could depend on the content of the composition,  things like motion blur and frame blending slow down renders considerably.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 I'm using trap code for an audio visualiser. Maybe that is the cause?  
> **username_1**: you could do a test render without it on to see if that's what it is. Just FYI a lot of AE rendering doesn't use the GPU, especially some of the older plugins, so CPU is the bottleneck.  

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