Exporting for DVD Authoring in Encore

g0ldenb0y55

g0ldenb0y55

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Can someone HELP! I'm authoring a dvd in Encore and the final product doesn't look very good. It's looks really grainy like it lost quality during the whole process. Can anyone tell me the best way to export video from premier 1.5 to encore?


Any help is appreciated
 
gonzoish79 said:
send me an email and I'll give you my number so I can walk you through the process gonzoish79@yahoo.com
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Why not post it here so others can find the answer if they search for it in the future? It's not classified information..... :thumbdown



To answer the question, I export my timeline out of Premiere as an AVI file (for me, a Canopus DV AVI file specifically), import that into my Encore project and create a timeline of it.

Here's the trick: Once you've created that timeline, right-click on the AVI file you imported (not the timeline you just made that will be right underneath it) and you'll see a list of transcode options. Pick the best quality and see if that makes a difference.

Good luck. :beer:
 
or if your making a 24p dvd do it in PPRO through the adobe mpg exporter using the 24p settings. you can tweak them some for optimal performance. then import the mpg2 file into encore.
 
Is there any advantage to doing it this way rather than exporing it out of premiere as an MPEG-2? That way, Encore doesn't have to transcode it into an MPEG-2, and you save hard drive space as you don't have an uncompressed AVI taking up space? What I've been doing, is exporting as MPEG-2, which creates a video file and audio file. Bring those into Encore and drop them on the timeline and burn the DVD.
 
I believe Encore will give you a stupid pop-up warning...at least it did me when I did it that way. I ignored it and was fine...lol

iamloser: I'm really new to the whole 24p thing...so if you do it this way, Encore will author a true 24p DVD?
 
I have the same exact problem, the DVD video looks grainy on my TV. See my post:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V3/showthread.php?t=29848


I also have the problem of importing MPEG2 in Encore. It gives me an error saying something like: incompatible format. That's why I did the same thing as wadespencer99, output as an uncompressed AVI, then let Encore to do the transcoding. I use NTSC 7MB VBR 2 Pass.

Now, I have my own question here. Since I shot my footage in 24p squeez(not 24pa), when I output to AVI from Premiere, should I stick to 24p or convert to 60i? For broader audience, it makes sense to make a 60i DVD because not every TV surports progressive, right? If I go with 60i, then is there a 24p to 60i pulldown issue here?

Can anyone help???
 
Sledgeweb said:
Is there any advantage to doing it this way rather than exporing it out of premiere as an MPEG-2? That way, Encore doesn't have to transcode it into an MPEG-2, and you save hard drive space as you don't have an uncompressed AVI taking up space? What I've been doing, is exporting as MPEG-2, which creates a video file and audio file. Bring those into Encore and drop them on the timeline and burn the DVD.
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Encore can transcode a lot faster than Premiere. If the avi files take up too much room, then you can always delete them after you make the dvd.
 
g0ldenb0y55 said:
Can someone HELP! I'm authoring a dvd in Encore and the final product doesn't look very good. It's looks really grainy like it lost quality during the whole process. Can anyone tell me the best way to export video from premier 1.5 to encore?


Any help is appreciated
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Just curious, how long is your video? 4-10minute short or 6 hours?:laugh:
 
Hey smart mouth I offer to walk someone through a problem and you have to come up with a smart remark. Not cool at at all dude, not cool at all.
 
shaun_au said:
Now, I have my own question here. Since I shot my footage in 24p squeez(not 24pa), when I output to AVI from Premiere, should I stick to 24p or convert to 60i? For broader audience, it makes sense to make a 60i DVD because not every TV surports progressive, right? If I go with 60i, then is there a 24p to 60i pulldown issue here?
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Stick with 24p. It will display just fine.
 
If you shot 24p and want a 24p DVD, I beleive the only way to do it is to export an MPEG-2 from Premiere Pro's Adobe Media Encoder -- not an AVI. Encore does not know how to remove the pulldown from video, so anything you export as an AVI will go to your DVD as 29.97 video. By exporting MPEG from Premiere you can get a true 24p DVD.
 
I second kecorcoran's post above. I have had much better success with 24PA footage using Premiere Pro's Media Encoder exporting as MPEG2. Then, when importing into Encore, I import the MPEG2 file as a TIMELIME, and it even keeps all the chapter points. Another advantage to this workflow is that you only have to transcode once (to MPEG2), as opposed to twice (once to AVI out of PP, then again to MPEG2 in Encore). I've also found this avoids a problem that Encore is prone to which is not recognizing a file transcoded in Encore as transcoded, and forcing you to do a whole new transcode. This problem seems most often to occur when using & swapping several external drives, causing Encore to "lose track" of where it stored its transcoding info.

All the best,

Michael
 
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