Hi @jeff,
At the moment we don’t have a progress indicator on the roadmap but I have put it under our feature requests. What other users have used are averages from their users’ renders to create progress indicators honed into their use of the API.
Below I’ve provided rough numbers on how long the rendering process takes per minutes of video. Please note that videos will take longer to render when computationally heavy capabilities are used - such as transitions, effects and luma mattes.
Essentials accounts - standard render speeds
| Resolution | Render time per minute of video |
|---|---|
| SD | 22s |
| HD | 32s |
| 1080 | 54s |
The above are based on an Essentials account. Professional accounts have access to accelerated rendering which exponentially reduces render time for videos 1 minute and longer.
Professional accounts - accelerated rendering
| Resolution | Video duration | Render time per minute of video |
|---|---|---|
| HD | 1min | 17s |
| HD | 2min | 15s |
| HD | 5min | 8s |
| HD | 10min | 3s |
Accelerated rendering may not be helpful if you only render shorts videos. We are however always working on improving render speeds of all video lengths and you should see render times decrease over time.