Smart Rendering and Cineform in Premiere Pro CC on Windows

[Frank5]

I am setting up a smart rendering workflow on Premiere Pro CC 2015 on Windows 7. For the intermediary codec, I would like to use Cineform YUV 10-bit. The sequence settings in Premiere Pro CC 2015 allow me to set Cineform YUV 10-bit as the preview format. Rendering effects this way works and previews fine. However, when I export the sequence with "match sequence settings" and "use previews" enabled, the renderer still takes 45 minutes for a 1 minute file with a rendered denoiser effect. Smart rendering does not seem to work.

Is anyone using Cineform successfully with Premiere Pro CC 2015 on Windows in a smart rendering workflow? What could I try to make it work? Many thanks for your suggestions.

[Frank5]

I think I "fixed" it. Smart rendering only seems to work on direct export, not with Media Encoder. Encoding time is  still not as fast as a file transfer, like Adobe claims, but takes about 2 minutes for a pre-rendered 1-minute clip.