I much appreciate the layman’s terms as all this export stuff is completely new to me. Way too many encoders and options but I always render in ProRes with .mov files but nothing I’ve rendered this year plays back in real-time anymore and neither Premiere pro nor After effects allow me to playback without glitching. It’s killing my workflow. 😦
If you want to PM me, I can Try and help diagnose what’s going on and see if we can get your workflow sped up.