16:9 formatting in Encore

Hello! I could really use some help in finding out why my DVD is not coming out correctly. I am not sure if this will be an Encore or Premier issue.
I am using Premiere Pro CS5 and Encore CS5.
My project is for a graduation video with a slide show and some video footage of interviews of the students. In my PPro project, I created several sequences, each with the setting "DV-NTSC/Widescreen48k". Each sequence was then to be a different link in my dvd later. (Interview question 1, question 2, slide show, etc)
Before starting on the Encore project, I output each sequence to the H.264 format, with preset "NTSC DV Widescreen High Quality". These settings make a 720x480 29.97 fps, lower field order, with pixel aspect ratio at 16:9. I can then stream that to to my Samsung wide screen SmartTV and check it out. It looks great, fills the screen perfectly.
I then moved on to the Encore side of the project. I created a new project called ClassOf2014. Default settings were Authoring mode = dvd, Television standard NTSC. I did not touch Default Transcode settings. I imported my menu using stock menu Education/Class Menu HD and Class Subment HD. These show up as 720x480 with apect ratio 16:9. I then used Adoce Link/Iport Adobe Premire Sequence, and imported each sequence that I wanted.
Once imported, I right click that object and choose New/Timeline. It creates a timeline for me. That also shows 720x480 16:9.
Once editing was done, I checked the project and output it to a disc.
Here's my problem: When I play the disc back using a DVD player on the same TV i tested my h.264 files on, the screen goes the full with but the height is cutoff about 2-3 inches top and bottom. I know it is not the DVD player as I can insert other dvd's that people have made and they take up the full screen. (Maybe they didn't choose 16:9, I don't know). Am I doing something wrong within this process? I admit I don't know much about the proper sizing of this but I thought as Long as I was always telling it 720x480 16:9, and it was testing good using the individual files, I figured the DVD would work the same way.
Is there anything I can do to get my DVD to be created and output and use the entire screen?
Message was edited by: Pete Chirpich
I forgot to add: In my Premier project, I created a new sequence with preset HDV/HDV720p30. That gave me a sequence with 1280x720 and 29.97 fps. I copied my slide show from 1 sequence into this new sequence. I then updated my Encore project by importing this sequence and pointing a menu option to it.
When I created the DVD it still did not fill the screen. That is why this seems to be an Encore issue to me.

No worries there. Your suggestions were actually eye opening. I have made many dvd's in my life and I used to try to watch that photos and movies were same sized. For example I used to take a PSD template and insert my jpg's into that template file and size in that template of 720x480, so all photos were exactly the same size. For whatever reason, new versions I got gutsy and just inserted the jpg's direct and they always seemed to work, so I stopped doing that. I will be more careful on future projects especially knowing I will merge with video files!
When I checked the player before it seemed to be ok. Then when I played a DVD that was made for the graduates last year, that went full wide screen so I assumed the player and tv were ok, and therefore my dvd media was the culprit. I put that DVD in my computer earlier today and when it placed I see it looked like a 4x3 box, so I wonder if they formatted it in 4x3 and my dvd player stretched it to 16:9 or something.
But I won't "wonder" anymore as it appears this DVD should work as I hoped it would.
Thanks again!
Pete

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Hello.
I have a complex but currently working setup on my win-xp/32 bit sp3 computer.
I have used photoshop since CS and am currently using CS3 extended.
Here's the complex part. I then discovered I'd like a few other programs and opted for Design Premium CS3 as it was more cost effective even though I had photoshop CS3 extended. It all is happy working together (and I don't think there's a reason it shouldn't).
What I'd like to do now, is install photoshop CS4 extended.
Will photoshop CS4 play nicely with DP CS3? I ask because I know there are so many common files and things that get shared between components that I'd hate to see something conflict where the colour picker in PCS4 for example is different and suddenly the one in say, Flash has changed to the "new" palette.
Even stranger still, would it be possible to leave photoshop CS3 on the computer as well? I know this may seem odd, but if I share this computer with people who don't need CS4 and are comfortable with their workflow. I on the other hand need the latest ACR so I have to upgrade. That again brings me to wonder if installing the latest ACR will "foul up" CS3 and it's ACR.
I know this may have been discussed at some point in the past as CS4 has been available for some time, but I thought my combination of programs and variations might make this situation unique.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.

Not specific to your versions, but I had PS 4, 5, 7 and CS all on the same machine for various reasons. All ran fine. Now, the only little thing was that file types, like PSD, were affiliated with CS (then my latest version), but that did not affect anything.
With some programs, like Adobe Encore, there is a direct link to PS, Edit in Photoshop, and a few people have run afoul when they installed PS CS4, but wanted the Edit in Photoshop call to open CS3. It was a simple matter of just changing the file affiliation for .PSD (the format that Encore Menus are done in) to CS3 - fixed.
Other than that, I have never heard of any issues, but like I said, different versions.
Also, and this applies to Premiere Pro CS3 & CS4, but might carry over to other Adobe programs: if one has PrPro CS3 installed, then installs PrPro CS4, and THEN uninstalls PrPro CS3, some necessary parts of PrPro CS4 are deleted. The trick is to just do a Repair Install of PrPro CS4 and all is fixed. There were obviously some folders/files common to both versions, and removing CS3 took those out. I'd guess that Adobe has plans on making sure that similar does not happen with CS5, but that is only a guess.
Good luck, and wish that I had something specific to the versions in your question,
Hunt

Mpeg 2 vs dvcprohd 1080p

Need Direciton:
Ive made many dvds in the past and have always used mpeg2 to render the file that I then put into encore or what ever dvd authoring program im using.
I am now creating a dvd game video which requires a menu that pops up after the video that has questions. Now that menu is a psd that is at 1920x 1080, which is the format I used from one of the templates in Encore.
The problem is im new to HD video formats and I started rendering out using diferent codecs to see the quality differnce. Simply because the psd at 1920 x 1080 kept shifting when I rendered out my video in mpeg2.
So I came across dvcprohd 1080p codec which I rendered out my video in and the psd will still shift but not noticable compared to mpeg 2 format.
So I guess my question is if I render out my games in dvcpro hd 1080p then bring in those files into encore, does encore render out the whole video in the right format that will play on any dvd player?
Is there a standard practice for bringing in cretain formats into encore for creating a dvd, or will encore do the work when rendering final dvd?
Ive looked around and it seems that mpg2 is the standard but Im not satisfied because my final dvd looks great on my wide screen tv when I us dvcpro hd, but will it be able to be masproduced?
any links or knowledge is greatly appreciated....just trying to learn and understand...thanks

Yes, that is true...I guess my question was too long. I think I have narrowed it down by searching through the forums.
I read that "Encore (and all DVD authoring applications) output all video to MPEG-2".
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/444574
So my question is does it matter what format you bring into Encore, since it will render it out at mpeg 2 no matter what?

Upgrade to Windows 8.1 Pro

I have a key to Windows 8.1 Pro version,how can i use it and run the Pro version instead of Windows 8.1 with bing.
I would be happy to format my encore 2 and install new Win 8.1 Pro.

This is how you would do it on an ordinary Windows 8.1 computer. Don't know about tablets.
- Swipe in from the right edge of the screen and tap Search.
- Enter add features in the search box, and then tap Settings.
-Tap Add features to Windows 8.1 and tap I already have a product key.
- Follow instructions..
Please let us know if it works.
I would be happy to format my encore 2 and install new Win 8.1 Pro.
Windows 8.1 core mostly contains Pro. So it's mainly a matter of unlocking the features.
-Jerry

CS4: maximum buttons for a blu-ray project

Hi,
I've a project with 6 languages (about 180 Buttons each language).
I burned it as a normal SD-DVD. No problems there.
But when I tried to burn it as a BD I get a error message.
The Original message is german and could look more or less like this in english:
Blu-ray-Object: "<Button>Menu/1", Error: "Counter overflow", Code: "2", Message: "maximum 999 titles per project (Spec Annex B)"
Does that mean that you can use a maximum of just 999 Buttons for a blu-ray project? Or what else could that mean?
If I can just use 999 Buttons how should I realize a project with more Buttons? I mean, 1k Buttons are not unusual for a Service-DVD.
Greetings from Germany
Christoph

This Encore FAQ Entry lists the supported BD formats in Encore.
Good luck,
Hunt

Best video format to export from final cut pro to encore

hi, i'm using final cut pro and no matter what format i export my video in, be it quicktime, mpeg2 or avi, there's still a slight degradation of picture quality when i import it into encore. mpeg2 by far suffers the least. but is there a best video format i can export from final cut to adobe so dat there's minimal loss in quality?

Sure, export it as an uncompressed AVI or QT file.

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