A question about Encore CS4 Authoring Mode.

How does Encore CS4 "Authoring Mode", DVD or BLU-RAY, in the projects panel affect the workflow?
It seems that no matter what mode you select, you can still choose to author either a dvd or blu-ray disc in the "Build" panel.

Ok...
I think i figured it out. Appearently the author mode determines whether dvd or blu-ray transcoding will occur when you build or transcode now.

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Encore CS4 Authoring. Brauche HILFEEE!

Liebe Leute,
ich sitze bei mir im Betrieb und soll eine Blu-Ray via Encore CS4 erstellen.
Leider hab ich dies noch nie in meinem Leben gemacht und mein Ausbilder hat da auch keinen Plan.
Naja muss man eben durch.
Meine Frage nun:
Wie erstelle ich Skripte in Encore CS4 um meine Blu-Ray zu programmieren?
Also die einfach wegen haben sich mir erschloßen, mit dem Drag-&-Drop Prinzip und dem Endsprung aber folgendes beispiel:
Ich habe eine Menüseite mit mehreren anwählbaren Interviews. Diese sind auch alle definiert und es funktioniert wunderbar.
Allerdings gibt es oben den Button "Alle Interviews abspielen". Wie kann ich dem Programm nun sagen, dass alle Interviews abgespielt werden sollen, wenn dieser Button angewählt wird.
Ich hoffe mir kann jemand helfen, da es auf meiner Arbeit keiner kann und natürlich drängt die Zeit!
Danke schonmal für die Tipps!!!!
Gruß,
Willaey

Hier gibt's auch noch weitere Antworten.
http://forum.slashcam.de/blu-ray-authoring-encore-cs-4-hilfeeee-vp609767.html?sid=e413a366 561775e5ce31357b2e65d97d#609767
Warum kommt mir die Fragestellung so bekannt vor??

Few questions about Photoshop CS4 Student Edition

I'm thinking of getting a DSLR camera in the summer, so (since I'm a geek) I want to make sure I've got all the software I'll need to edit the photos once I've taken them. The catch is that I graduate from university this year, so if I'm going to buy Photoshop (ie if I'm going to _afford_ Photoshop) I need to do so in the next couple of months to get the educational discount.
I've just got a few questions as to whether I actually need Photoshop CS4 for my situation:
*I already have Lightroom 2 (courtesy of Amazon Vine!) for processing RAW files, doing basic colour adjustment etc. Would I get £150 worth of extra usage from Photoshop CS4 compared to Lightroom?
*What DRM/copy protection does Photoshop CS4 use? Is it the same that's used in Lightroom 2 (hasn't given me any problems) or the Macrovision stuff that installs a background service (called something like 'Adobe LM monitor') on your computer?
*If I need to reactivate over the phone some time in the future (e.g. when I move to a new computer and I've already used the activations) do I still need to be a qualifying student?
Reckoned there wouldn't be a better place to ask these than PS forums :)

>then you just don't know enough about photoshop.
Actually, if you had read the initial post you'd realise that I'm fully aware that Photoshop is hugely powerful. However it doesn't offer enough benefit for my usage (ie retouching of amateur photos) to make it worth the money + computer infection. My above post wasn't an attempt to say that Photoshop is bad, or that Gimp or any of these other freeware programs are even in the same league, I was just stating that my own need for Photoshop's power isn't great enough to make me want to install spyware.
>hmmm how about A PAYING JOB! i think that's what the clincher is for most folks.
True, but (again, as I explained above) I'm not a professional photographer/graphic artist/etc. and therefore there is no 'need it for work' motivation.

Question about TC setup, bridge mode and security...

Hello All
I need some help...
Have bought a 1 Tb TC to use with my existing ethernet/wireless all-Mac home network but have some specific queries.
The system is set-up as follows:
Cable modem > connected by ethernet cable to > 8-way Ethernet switch
Connected via ethernet cable to the 8-way switch are: one MacBook (in another part of the house) and the TC (via its WAN socket).
Elsewhere in the house, and _all connected wirelessly_ are:
iMac G5
Powerbook G4
hi-fi (connected via an Airport Express)
Airport Extreme basestation to which a HP Laserjet is connected via ethernet.
Question:
Before buying the TC, I used a spare Airport Express basestation in its place to act as the 'main' basestation and the IP addresses of each device on the network were 10.0.0.1, 2, 3, etc. I had the impression that my home network was not "seen" by the outside world as a consequence of this.
Now, the TC seems only to work when in 'bridge' mode and it seems that the IP addresses are 196.xxx.x.100, 101, 102 etc. Does this mean that these devices are now visible to the outside world. Have I compromised my network security? I am worried that the outside world may have access to the contents of my TC, although my TC is password protected and the wireless network is 'closed'. What else should I be doing?
Finally, should I have set up the network so that the cable modem feeds to TC directly, with the 8-way ethernet switch coming off one of the ethernet sockets on the TC?
In all honestly, the instructions in the manual and the help guide are less than clear.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Daniel

Section 4, here are my thoughts.
1. Since you are currently seeing individual IP addresses like 196.xxx.xxx.100, etc., it sounds like your modem is also acting as a router. This also seems to be the case since the Time Capsule is only working in bridged mode (it wouldn't work in Share a Public IP address if another device is assigning private DHCP addresses). Now, you could still allow the Time Capsule to act as a DHCP server on your private network by enabling Connection Sharing as Distribute a range of IP addresses. This will create a private network within your private network where all the devices that are connected to your Time Capsule can see each other. If you leave it in bridged mode then you allow your cable modem to assign DHCP addresses and all devices that are connected to the Time Capsule or to your ethernet switch are on the same network.
2. Assuming your cable modem is acting as a router you shouldn't have to worry about security, although you will have to access your modem's settings to make sure port forwarding isn't enabled and that the firewall is turned on (although I'm sure it is). I personally would plug the ethernet switch into the LAN port of the Time Capsule and allow the WAN port of the Time Capsule to be plugged into the cable modem. I also would just leave the Time Capsule in bridged mode as well, that's what I do for my own personal network.

Question about the fn/ctrl mod

Hey i got a gx640 and i have to say i hate the fn key lol....
But here is my question if i donate and get the modded bios... what happens when a NEW bios comes out? as atm the gx640 has some bug still wich i hope are being worked on....
So does that mean if a new one comes out i have to donate again for the mod?
Also what kind of donation are we talking about? like a couple of euro's?
If possible i would like to know how to do also for future bios release (so i can do it myself for my own laptop if it aint TO hard that is)

Hello,
The request can be proceed on donation https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=134259.0
Once done, the request will be e-mailed to you [up to 24 hours max]
Best Wishes,
Svet
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But here is my question if i donate and get the modded bios... what happens when a NEW bios comes out? as atm the gx640 has some bug still wich i hope are being worked on....
So does that mean if a new one comes out i have to donate again for the mod?
You can update BIOS and the patch will keep the effect.
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Also what kind of donation are we talking about? like a couple of euro's?
Higher is better, but its down to you: by your determination and potentiality

Three questions about the CS4 SDK Exporter

    Hello. I'm working to make an Exporter Plug-In that supports "Pro CS4" and "Elements 8.0" single binary.
    Please give me any advices to complete it. I show you the questions as follows:
How can I get the slider screen without checkbox (in parameter GUI)
How to enable an Exporter Plug-In at "Elements 8.0".
What is the difference between ver.4.0 and ver.4.2 in exExpoterInfoRec.
Details below.
1st:
    I tried PrSDKExportParamSuite::AddParam() with exParamFlag_slider and exParamFlag_optional.
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2nd:
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3rd:
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enum
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      exportReturn_Done,                              // Export finished normally
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      exportReturn_ErrOther,                    //
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      exportReturn_ErrTooManyOpenFiles,   // Too many open files
      exportReturn_ErrPermErr,                  // Permission violation
      exportReturn_ErrOpenErr,                  // Unable to open the file
      exportReturn_ErrInvalidDrive,       // Drive isn't valid.
      exportReturn_ErrDupFile,                  // Duplicate Filename
      exportReturn_ErrIo,                             // File io error
      exportReturn_ErrInUse,                    // File is in use
      exportReturn_IterateExporter,       // Return value from exSelStartup to request Exporter iteration
      exportReturn_IterateExporterDone,   // Return value from exSelStartup to indicate there are no more Exporters
      exportReturn_InternalErrorSilent,   /*    Silent error code; host application will not display an error message on screen.
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                                                                  put their own customized error message on screen just before returning
                                                                  control. */
      exportReturn_ErrCodecBadInput,            // a video codec refused the input format
      exportReturn_ErrLastErrorSet,       // the Exporter had an error and set a display string for it using the PrSDKErrorSuite.
      exportReturn_ErrLastWarningSet,           // the Exporter had an warning and set a display string for it using the PrSDKErrorSuite.
      exportReturn_ErrLastInfoSet,        // the Exporter has an info string to display and set it using the PrSDKErrorSuite.
      exportReturn_ErrExceedsMaxFormatDuration, // the Exporter (or the host) has deemed the duration of the compile to be too large
      exportReturn_VideoCodecNeedsActivation,         // the current video codec is not activated and cannot be used.
      exportReturn_AudioCodecNeedsActivation,         // the current audio codec is not activated and cannot be used.
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Obviously, this wasn't the right way to add these new return values.

Question about Dreamweaver CS4 Preview in Browser

Good morning,
as a newcomer to Dreamweaver CS4, I find myself in a strange position: I managed to create several pages that work correctly, but whenever I transfer those pages in the server of the company I work for, they show up with a different format for the text parts, and the divs show up as shorter than they should be. And yet, I pretty much copy-and-pasted the original working html pages from my C to the server... why does this problem happen?
Thank you very much.

I can't really say without seeing your code. But some things that may cause issues:
- make sure your code is valid by running it through a validator: http://validator.w3.org/ and fixing any issues noted
- Some older versions of IE have a different way of handeling the box-model concept and this can cause sizing and layout issues. You can read all about it on the internet.
But I would focus on making sure your code is valid - most rendering issues are caused by invalid code like missing closing tags, improperly nested elements, etc.

2 questions about Dreamweaver CS4

I,m a beginner with CS4.
I've 2 problems and i dont know how to solve them.
- the first, how do you attac/.combine/,connect 2 webpages together, what tools do you use/
- the second, why is the site not working in the browser Internet Explorer. In firefox it is working very well.
thanks for your help.
grr Tonstin

TonStin wrote:
I,m a beginner with CS4.
I've 2 problems and i dont know how to solve them.
- the first, how do you attac/.combine/,connect 2 webpages together, what tools do you use/
Opinion: If you don't know how to do this basic requirement, then I'd suggestthat you don't open Dreamweaver until you have a basic understanding of HTML and css. If you don't know any html/css then using Dreamweaver is going to be an uphill struggle. Learn some basics and Dreamweaver will be easier to use.
To answer the above, you need to create a navigation bar with the menu items required Home / Services etc.
Highlight the Home button and create a link tot he home.html page (that you should have already created). You link to the page via the Property Inspector. Same for the next nav link. Select the Services Text and via the property inspector navigate to the services.html page (again that you should have already created).
- the second, why is the site not working in the browser Internet Explorer. In firefox it is working very well.
Could be any number of issues. You need to upload the page to your hosting server and provide the link to this page. The answer will be in the code (hence the above opinion about learning html/css :-)

Questions about buying CS4 student edition

I'm a college student and I would like to take advantage of the amazing price Adobe offers students on the CS4 design standard package. I have some questions though:
1. I'm not a design major. Does that matter? The only thing I see is that you have to be a college student - it doesn't specify that I need to be any particular major.
2. Can I install the software on 2 computers? I have two Macs that I would like to install the programs on.

DaveInPA83 wrote:
I'm a college student and I would like to take advantage of the amazing price Adobe offers students on the CS4 design standard package. I have some questions though:
1. I'm not a design major. Does that matter? The only thing I see is that you have to be a college student - it doesn't specify that I need to be any particular major.
No. You just have to be a student. Keep in mind the student version does not allow you to do commercial work with the applications. On the other hand in the US you are allowed to do commercial work with the educational version. both version can be upgraded to the next version with no restrictions.
2. Can I install the software on 2 computers? I have two Macs that I would like to install the programs on.
Yes, but only if you use them one at a time. You can't have your roommate working while you work. That would require 2 Licenses.

Quick question about upgrading CS4 Design Premium to CS5.

So I was lucky enough to get a free upgrade from Adobe, but I was just wondering, when I install the upgrade will anything happen to my saved documents? Like if I wanted to could I go back to them on CS5 and still work with them; layers and all?
Thanks for the help;
-Peter

You don't have to but there's no good reason at all to uninstall it. InDesign especially is not very compatible with earlier versions. If you work with anyone on CS4 it would be very prudent to leave it installed.
Bob

Question about the CS4 educational version

Hi,
I got my adobe CS 4 (for education and individual use only) around 4-5 years ago when I first joined the lab at Hopkins. I had successfully activated the software with a full serial number that might need for activation. However, recently I have got a new Mac Air and have had all professional version of new CS 6 installed by the dealer. My younger sister has also just got a new Mac Pro. I would like to know if my CS 4 could be used on her laptop?! Is that as long as there is only one person who is using the software, there will be no problem for the software installation?!
Also, will the licensing expire at some time point?! Should I show the student identity to you again?!
Thanks,
Emily @

Emily no you can not transfer your education license for Creative Suite 4 to anyone. This is part of the agreement you made when purchasing the software at the deeply discounted price provided to education users.

Encore CS4 Start-Up Problem

Hi,
When I try to open Encore CS4, either by creating a brand new project, or by using dynamic linking to bring in a short sequence from Primiere Pro, I get about 80% through the progress bar labeled "preparing transcoder settings" when I get the following error messasge, and the application crashes:
Adobe Encore Debug Event
Adobe Encore has encountered an error:
[..\..\src\AMEPresetProber.cpp - 258]
As best I can make out from the crash report, Encore is trying to run dvacore.dll when the crash occurs, although I'm not absolutely positive about this (I'm basing this on the program counter address where the exception_breakpoint occurs ; this address fell within the range populated by dvacore.dll if I am reading the crash file properly).
I'm assuming the error message is telling me that a routine in the C++ source file AMEPresetProber.cpp was running at the time of failure. I'm further assuming from the name of the file that Encore was looking through a list of Adobe Media Encoder presets when the problem occurred. But of course, without access to the source code, there is no way to see what the program was doing, or what error code 258 means.
If anyone has seen this problem, and has a suggestion on how to fix it, I would appreciate your input.
As an FYI, I did carefully read a long thread about Encore CS4 crashes, and tried several of the fixes there -- Updating my nvidia card drivers, installing the "roxio" px patch, updating QuickTime, and erasing Encore's preference files. I also checked Adobe's web site to see if there were any updates for Encore CS4 (I am running 4.0.1.048), but when I tried installing the only update available, I was told that it was older than the version I currently had loaded. At this point, short of reloading the entire CS4 suite, I'm out of ideas of what to try next.
I'm also wondering if there is something I could change with Media Encoder's settings that might help, since the problem seems to occur when Encore is looking over AME's presets.
Thanks in advance for your input.
-PTCruiser105
P.S. I'm running Vista Ultimate, service pack 2 on a dual-core 2.4G 6600 machine with 3GB of RAM.

Hi Stan,
Thanks for responding.
Truth be told, I got so focused on the Encore problem, it didn't occur to me to see whether Media Encoder was still functioning properly on my machine.
At any rate, I did byte the bullet, and re-install Encore, and the problem in question went away. Interestingly enough, when you opt to re-install Encore, CS4 automatically re-installs Media Encoder as well, so I guess the two programs are pretty tightly joined at the hip. Not surprising, perhaps, since I suspect that Encore is in some ways just a special case of Media Encoder, at least as far as the transcoding is concerned.
Of course, once I got Encore up and running, I tried to bring over a very, very small sequence from Premiere Pro and build it, and Encore crashed again (In PproHeadless.exe call to ImageRender.dll). Frustrating, since as a newbie all I'm trying to do is understand how the sequence settings I'm using in Premiere translate into final DVD output. The project I am working on involves a mixture of still images and short video clips culled from many sources in many formats, and my first renders in Premiere yielded lots of letterboxing (I'm learning the hard way about pixel aspect ratios and the like). As such, I figured before I built too many sequeneces, I should find a set of settings and work procedures that yield good results.
I used dynamic linking to bring over my sequence from Premiere, and I'm thinking that perhaps having both Encore and Premiere open at the same time requires too many resources on my limited system. Time to go figure out other options for moving sequences from Premiere over to Encore to see if that is in fact the issue.
-PtCruiser105

Encore CS4 won't go into Blu-ray authoring mode

CS4 running on an HP Z800 with a Windows 7 operating system. I am trying to author my first Blu-ray project. The encode from the timeline went fine. When going into Encore, however, trouble starts. After filling in the new project screen (title, Blu-ray, 1280 x 720, MPEG-2, 59.94 fps) the project window opens up. Everything in the project window is still set for a SD DVD. I change the burner selection to the Blu-ray burner, and then select the Blu-ray option. At that point the little circular blue indicator starts rotating...and continues to do so. I've let it go for as long as five minutes and nothing changes. Then I go into the Task Manager and the entire computer seizes up, causing me to have to shut down manually. What is going on and why won't Encore go into the Blu-ray authoring mode?
Thanks.
Spencer

Ramesh!
Thank you so much...it worked! After installing the pxhelp engine the Blu-ray function within Encore came up and appears to be functional. One more question for you, if you don't mind. As I said in my original post, the program was encoded for Blu-ray directly from the timeline using the Adobe Media Encoder. The resulting file came in at just about 16GB. Once I brought that file into Encore as a timeline, though, it was only 7GB and it was listed as "Untranscoded." Shouldn't an encoded file for Blu-ray function just like an encoded file for a DVD? If not, did I miss a step? Does it have anything to do with the pxhelp file, since the program was encoded before that file was downloaded? Any assistance you can provide here will be appreciated.
Thanks.
Spencer

Resources for Using Premiere Pro CS4 and Encore to author Blu Ray DVDs

I am getting ready to author some Blu Ray DVDs consisting of HD video of various aspect ratios and formats on the same disc. I have Premiere Pro sequences that are either 720p30 and 1080i (60i). The 720p video is 1280x720 (1.0) 60fps. The 1080 footage is mixed with some of the 1080i (60i) sequence video being 1440x1080 (1.3333) at 29.97 fps and some at 1920x1080 (1.0) at 29.97 fps. I haven't mixed the formats into the same project. I've kept them in separate projects because I'm unsure what would happen on export and whether I'd suffer degredation of one or the other if I dumped them together into the same timeline.
The final Blu-Ray project would consist of a bunch of menu items with each item going to a specific exported video of a specific format and/or aspect ratio. After playing around the Media Encoder for a couple of hours looking for an export setting that would preserve the video quality as close as possible to the original source video, I've settled on using the MPEG-2 Blu-Ray format using either the HDTV 1080i High Quality or the HDTV 720p 59.94 High Quality presets, depending on the format of the original video that I'm compiling.
Before I start firing up Media Encoder though, I need to figure out a couple of things pertaining to authoring Blu-Ray and what I can and cannot do. For example, can I have mixed formats on the same disk (720p and 1080i) as long as the the 720p video exists in one file and the 1080i exists in a different file? Looking over the Blu-Ray settings in Encore CS4 it's not clear to me and so far I've found nothing in the help file that says definitively that I can't have multiple file formats/aspect ratios/frame rates in the same project, though the way the New Project menu functions it suggests I can't.
Another question I have is would it behoove me to upgrade to CS5 or does it not make a difference whether I use CS4 or CS5 in terms of trying to accomplish what I want to accomplish? And if anyone can point me to other resources on this subject, that would be helpful as well. Thanks.

I use BD-RE disks.
First i make an iso and test it on the pc. (virtual clone drive and Power dvd)
Then burn with Nero to RE and test it on a standalone BD player.
If the RE passes the test i burn the iso to BD disk again with Nero (i am still on version 7)

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I'm thinking about buying 2009-2010 27" iMac, it should replace my home server, display and audio system.
Primarily, I will use it in TDM mode, and have some questions about it.
Firstly, what about sound? iMac receives it over Mini DP, right? And if I'll connect HDMI device to iMac (PS3, looking forward to Xbox One, and MacBook Air over hdmi adapter), sound will be played over desktop's speakers, as it should?
Second, and most interesting part: if connection scheme is MacBook Air->Mini DP to HDMI adapter->HDMI cable->HDMI splitter->HDMI to Mini DP cable->iMac in TDM, everything will work fine?
Also interested about cables. For example, this cable http://dx.com/p/cy-dp-021-mini-displayport-to-hdmi-audio-extender-cable-white-1- 8m-177527 supports up to 1920x1200, but basically, both DP 1.2 and HDMI 1.3b supports 2560x1600. Should I look for another cable or this one will support 2560x1440 resolution?)

Beta software is always a risk. Some beta releases are close to finished status and quite polished and bug-free, while others have significant and often crippling bugs. Not that software in official release may not also have problems, but the entire point of beta releases is to identify bugs prior to an official release, so bugs are much more likely. Sometimes you won't encounter any problems, but other beta software may take your machine down completely; it all depends on what the software is intended to do, how skilled the programmers are, and where in the beta cycle the software may be. A "public preview" release from a major developer such as Microsoft, Apple, or Mozilla is less likely to have major problems, but it's no guarantee.
It's always wise to be very cautious about using any beta software, and to take extra precautions, particularly making backups much more often and preferably not using your main computer, when running any beta software. I would recommend never, repeat never, running beta software on any computer on which you depend on a daily basis for work or critical schoolwork. If you must, make a clone of your entire hard drive to another volume before installing any beta, so you can recover your system in case of major problems.
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