-
Rendering is so slow!
Hi all
I’ve a huge problem and I’m desperate to fix it. Okay, so when I render any H.264 footage in 720p (H.264 video that is typically 10 minutes long) with a simple effect (i.e. sharpen without OpenGL support), it will take Media Encoder 5+ hours to render the whole video with this sharpen effect. Same problem with any other effect. I’ve also tried rendering with AAE, however, the rendering on AAE is a lot more worse (9 hours+.)
When rendering, I’ve opened Task Manager and checked my CPU usage. It usually reaches 80%+ so I assume that means all of my cores are being used to render yet the remaining time is insane.
However, if I don’t apply any effect. Just an original H.264 video and when I render it, it will take 10 minutes or less to finish.
My PC specs:
Intel Core i7 2600k (clocked at 4.3 GHZ)
16GB RAM (clocked at 1333mHZ frequency)
3 HDDs and 1 Samsung SSD (120gb).
AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Black Edition)
Z77X-UD3H motherboard (latest BIOS version).
700 watts PSUAll of my CC programs (Premier Pro, AAE, etc.) are on the latest updates. When this problem occured first time, I’ve updated all of my drivers (well, most of them anyway.)
Possible solutions I’ve already tried to no avail:
-Completely disabled indexing fo my SSD (since it’s where Windows 7 and CC programs / plugins are installed). Also disabled indexing for all of my HDDs.
-Moved videos to my SSD.
-Reduced allocation of RAM to make rendering use more RAM.
-Deleted all caches and tried my best to give all of my HDDs / SSD more free space.
-Disabled Turbo Mode and used consistent vcore (my CPU goes back to full speed 24/7)Any solution would be appericated. I’m desperate to fix this and complete my projects quickly before the deadline. >.<
This problem has never happened before… until this week… And the same problem happened when I was on CS6. So, I suspect it’s a hardware issue?
Before the issue occurred, all I did was installing a 3rd HDD (3TB seagate) and PCI Express network card adapter. All of my HDDs and SSD aren’t raid 0.
Thanks in advance.
-
6 Replies
-
I forgot to mention…
Before this problem happened, I could apply a lot of effects and the render is typically 30 mins ~ 1 hour to finish. But not anymore now.
I’ve also re-installed my whole system from scratch (re-applied thermal paste, cleaned every bit of dust, etc…) The problem still remains. Hardware issue or software issue?
Hm… What if I disable my 3rd HDD and the network card adapter and maybe that would fix the problem? But I don’t know. Another option is re-installing Windows, but I’m not sure what’s the best way to do this… I.e. Most of my non-Adobe programs are installed on my other HDDs but thier register values / certain drivers are on my SSD…
I’ve also posted this on the Adobe forums, but nobody there have helped me for a while…
-
It does sound like a hardware issue, but lets try one thing on the software side: trash your preferences.
Beyond that, I’d have two suggestions. What was the last thing you changed before you had the problem? Software update? Added a hardware piece? If so, undo that and see if that addresses your problem. The other suggestion is a bit of a reach, but I wonder if one of your sticks of RAM went bad? Taking a long time to render might be indicative of a RAM chip going bad. It’s not a high probability but you’ve tried most of the main things.
Oh also if you reinstalled the Adobe apps, did you try the Adobe Cleaner tool first after you uninstalled? Worth a try if you didn’t.
Hope this helps,
Dennis – Adobe guy -
When you say the same problem has happened before…do you mean with “sharpen” specifically, or with other effects as well?
I initially wonder where your cache went? Did it move from one of the SSDs to the new, spinning hard drive? Did the source media move to the spinning harddrive?
You’re output is H264…what is your source material?
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
-
I’ve trashed the preferences. Nothing changes. Even cleaned every trace of Adobe when re-installing the product, and again no change in rendering speed.
I’m going to look for better tools to test the RAM sticks to ensure they are working 100%
Dennis, it can be any effect. Even the basic ones by Adone :/
I always store my caches on my SSD.I’ve tried moving the video from one of my HDDs to my SSD to see any difference, but no change again.
Before this problem occured. All I did was installing a 3rd HDD and a PCI-Express network adapter. Tomorrow, I’ll unplug that HDD and the network adapter and see it works. If it is fixed, could it be my 700watt Corsair PSU? I’ve always thought that HDDs and PCI express use relatively very low watt.
-
My mistake. It’s not just the “sharpen” effect, it can be any effect; even the basic ones.
Caches are always on SSD. A while ago, like a long time ago, caches used to be on my HDD and I had no rendering issues too. It was a bit longer but it wasn’t that bad unlike right now.
I’m not sure what you meant by H264 source material. All of my H264 are either in MP4, M2TS and TS. They all have the same problem (rendering issue). I record gameplay from my console through my recorder via USB connection (PC <--- recorder ---> console)
-
[Mark Nadin] “Even cleaned every trace of Adobe when re-installing the product, and again no change in rendering speed.”
This is what I’m talking about when doing a reinstall: Adobe Cleaner Tool
[Mark Nadin] “All I did was installing a 3rd HDD and a PCI-Express network adapter. Tomorrow, I’ll unplug that HDD and the network adapter and see it works. If it is fixed, could it be my 700watt Corsair PSU? I’ve always thought that HDDs and PCI express use relatively very low watt.”
Good plan. I don’t think this would cause the problem but if it was working before this went in, then it’s a good idea to try and get back to a point where you were and move forward from there. If you’re windows back up and restore, you can also consider moving back to a point in time where you didn’t have these problems. That would be the last resort though. Try the above two things and hopefully it helps.
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up