Media encoder in BG is pausing

I'm running media encoder in the background exporting clips from a timeline. I'm adding more clips to this timeline and as I do so it's causing the MC to pause. Is this normal? I would think that it would be possible to render in the BG while working on the timeline.
thx...jw
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Hi Jwffvm,
jwffvm wrote:
Is this normal?
Yes. You can do many things in Premiere Pro without AME pausing. Playing back is not one of them.
Thanks,
Kevin

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