Adobe prem / media encoder h.264 blu-ray jitters, flickers /w slow-mo

hello
using the Adobe Production Premium CS4 pack... hardware is not an issue, also all the latest updates are installed.. prem 4.2.1 (003), encoder 4.2.0.006
after export and authoring, we are having strange glowing flickers, and bad slo-motion effect playback
the problem seems to be consistent with slo-motion and time remapping, frame holds and especially when an additive dissolve is thrown in.
the edit's are far from saturated with these effects, but a simple frame-hold with motion-rotation and motion-scale occurring with keyframes. the problem also happens with something as simple as a 30% speed/duration added onto a clip..
the footage is captured and on a timeline at - 1440x1080 (1.3333) HD Anamorphic, 25fps (50i)
the export profile after edit is - H.264 Blu-ray - 1440 x 1080i 25 High Quality
i get the feeling the problem may be occurring as the footage is remaining as interlaced footage through-out and not being blended or discarded to progressive.
i have tried making the footage progressive on export thinking it might solve the problem, but it turns out there is no such thing as progressive HD PAL in media encoder and encore
i love adobe's workflow but we have never been fond of main-concept from the start with things like this, even Mpeg2-DVD exports come out softer than you'd expect
any thoughts, light or general directions on what to do to help figure out the problem would be great..

after around 30 small sample exports, builds and different renders... I have discovered the problem and am now on track to fixing it..
it turns out certain adobe effects such as 'lighting effects' do NOT work well with slo-mo or frame held clips.. upon taking this one effect off, the clip looks flatter and less dynamic in context of my edit, but the clip plays normally no matter what the export settings, codec or format..
what's hallarious is that these effects and edits export and author perfectly fine onto DVD through Mpeg2.. i guess they just flatten better etc.. i get the impression when Adobe started crafting their software for HD they just built on top of the normal effects etc they already had and expected them to work.. if only Premiere could get the updates, priority and attention Photoshop does..
again, i love premiere's work flow, i just can't see how they can put the word 'Pro / Professional' near this software...
many thanks all
Steve

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Is PrProCS3 able to encode H.264 Blu-ray file?

It seems I overestimated the capabilities of CS3. I have been unable to export a file to create a Blu-ray disc.
System specs:
2009 Mac Pro 4,1 3.33GHz Quad core
ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 (Apple)
16GB RAM
640GB HD for OS X 10.6.4, and all programs
3x 1TB HD in RAID 0 via Apple RAID card for data, scratch
LG WH10LS30 10x Super-Multi Blu-ray burner (kit for Mac Pro from OWC)
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File specs:
DVCProHD P2 MXF footage, shot on Panasonic AG-HVX200P
1280x1080 29.97(24P), aspect ratio = 1.5
Project settings:
DVCProHD 1080i/1080p, 60Hz
23.976 frame rate, progressive scan
The project is 1 hour 32 minutes long, and I've tried Export to Encore, Export to AME and Export Movie to H.264 Blu-ray m4v, using the preset for 1080p High Quality 24p and 23.976fps. Codec is MainConcept H.264. The target bitrate is 25Mbps, Max 30Mbps. I've tried both Main and High profile. After I post this question, I'll be trying to change VBR to 1-pass, since it gets through the first pass during encoding every time, but crashes Pr during the second pass. It doesn't even make it to Encore... it just won't encode the export file, despite my attempts to follow all the rules.
I'm out of ideas. I don't want to give up and say Premiere Pro CS3 is worthless to me until I can confirm that as a fact. I purchased CS5, and it's sitting on my shelf awaiting installation, but I thought switching versions in the middle of a feature film edit was bad, so I've been holding off. However, if CS3 is unable to produce a Blu-ray copy, I might have to try that next.

Hi,
I have cs3 but dont have a machine powerful enough to edit HD of any kind that is more than about maybe 20 min ...I have a PC.
It slows up a LOT if I have HD on my timeline and I add effects etc. That is why I haven't responded to your thread.
I have (approx ) a dual core 3ghz cpu and 4 gig ram, 2 hard drives with OS and programs on boot drive and projects on 2nd drive. I have no problems with SD video at all but HD is just NOT something I can do.
I suspect there may be some others using CS3 that also shun large HD projects simply due to the machines they have.
With the new 64bit OS and CS5, allowing PC users to actually "see" more than 4gig of ram, most HD users are now using new 64 bit OS and CS5....with a lot of ram and multiple cpu's and raid drive setups.
Although this doesnt help you out a lot re: your problem, at least it might explain a little bit why so few have responded yet...it's simply because I don't think that many cs3 ( 32 bit program ) users have done what you are trying to do.
Perhaps you could try exporting to encore for blue ray a very small segment of ONE timeline, and see if your hardware works OK with THAT... ?? Sorry I can't help more

How do I determine correct media encoder settings for Blu-Ray

I am successfully producing Hi Def Blu-Ray disks by using one of the presets available in Premiere media encoder. Actually using the HDTV 1080i 25 High Quality setting. They playback in beautiful high definition but I think I was just lucky. I would really like to know what determines the setting I should use.
1. I live in Australia so I assume PAL.
2. My camera is a Sony HDV. HCR HC9 1440 x 1080i. I assume this is irrelevant to export encoding settings for Blu-Ray.
3. The export encoder preset has field order set to Upper. I would have thought I should either match the project settings which is interlaced to match my camera and project. OR more likely I should match the audience TV which would be a widesceen plama or LCD TV. I dont know if these TVs are interlaced or progressive. OR is it more a question of what field order the Blu-Ray player expects me to send on the disk?
4. I will play on a TV 1920 x 1080 pixel capable and on slightly lower resoultion widescreens. The encoder preset is for 1920 x 1080 so I assume that's ok for all widescreen TVs even lower definition ones.
As you can tell I am a learner. Any suggested links to basic reading on the subject would help me.
Robert
PS Put this item in wrong forum previously.

Since no response I've been searching and found the following.
When encoding to make a Blu-Ray disk from my HDV 1080i footage:
1. Tell encoder the source is 1080i That is interlaced and it's TOP field first for HDV footage.
2. Tell it to encode to 1440 x 1080 resolution. You could tell it 1920 x 1080 but it will take much longer to encode. Will be good but why bother. All BD players will automatically up the 1440 to 1902 full screen.
3. Beware, not all players support BD-R and BD-RE recordable disks.
Seems Panasonic is good. Samsung probably good. Sony and Sharp probably not able to read (yet).
4. All players read MPEG-2 compression and H264 compression. Use a bit rate of 25 Mbps for MPEG-2 encode or 18 Mbps for equivalent result in H264 encode. Can use higher rates. These are minimums for a very good result
5. One pass encode is pretty damn good but use two pass if you have the time to wait for the encode.

Export Media to H.264 Blu-Ray 720p 30fps?

I have video I've shot on a point and shoot camera which shoots video at 720p (1280x720) at 30fps.   I'm able to import it into Premier CS4, edit, etc.   Then when I go to export the media to Media Encoder I'm looking for the preset to match this input - which would be 720p at 30fps.   I want to burn this to blu-ray so I'm picking the H.264 720p blu-ray preset.   However, there doesn't appear to be any presets for chosing 30fps to match my video.   It only allows 24fps or 60fps. I've tried picking this preset, then trying to change the fps setting - but 30fps is not an option so it doesn't appear I can change it.
So far it looks like my only option is to reduce the quality of the video and choose NTSC DV Widescreen which is only 720x480. Quality is reduced, but it does have a 30fps option to match my video.   Not sure I like that option because I really don't want to reduce my video quality. OR I could go up to a higher quality like 1440x1080 - but not sure if that's good since it encoding to a higher quality than the actual video.
What am I missing?   Why am I not finding a 30fps option for 720p?
Thanks!

Keep in mind I'm pretty new at this stuff - but I was trying to keep my video at 30fps since it was recorded at 30fps.   The only problem is apparently 30fps isn't supported for 720x1280.   So I'm really not sure if I should keep 720, but go with 24fps, 50fps, or 60fps.   Since 1080i had a 30fps is chose that.
If I go with 720 24fps won't it drop frames which would take away from the smoothness of the video?   I wasn't sure what bumping up to 50 or 60fps would do since it would be adding frames I didn't capture.
So being a novice, I really didn't know how to handle this.
Any suggestions on the "preferable" way that I should handle this type of video?
Thanks - I appreciate the advice!

Adobe Media Encoder - Encore - H.264 Blu-ray

I just exported a Premiere Pro timeline using the Media Encoder with H.264 Blu-ray format and the 1080i 29.97 HQ preset. Presumably, you would choose this so that you do not have to transcode when you get to Encore. However, when I put my 16GB M4V file in a timeline, it wants to transcode saying it is "Untranscoded". Why? It also says the Blu-ray disc is only 11GB.
Please tell me there is something I can do to prevent from having to re-encode or transcode this file when it is already in a Blu-ray format.

hello,
"This bug is with only H264 VBR 2 Pass presets and if you change to VBR 1 Pass keeping evverything same, the bug should not be there."
honestly speaking, most everyone agrees that 2 pass is better quality than 1 pass
and if this issue has been happening since cs4 and we just received our first update
to cs5.5.1 for ppro, why does adobe still require us to 'lower' quality settings...
it's almost like adobe doesn't want us exporting a full quality BD...
doesn't adobe have the resources to fix this issue already?
unless there is an acceptable answer, then shouldn't this be unacceptable...?
this is almost like saying, "yeah the full hd presets don't work, but if you use the standard def presets, you should be okay..."
especially if other authoring programs can do 2pass BD discs...
is there an acceptable answer as to why this issue hasn't been fixed?
is there any plans to update encore?
thanks,
jeffrey

AE CS4 render engine / Adobe Media Encoder won't create a container for h.264 blu-ray

here's the problem.
First, I tried to render a comp using the render engine inside AE using h.264 blu-ray preset.
It was supposed to create 1 file, but I ended up with 3 : audio track, video and a file with .xmpses extension.
I then decided to render it in lossless .mov, which works fine, but 3:40 minutes is taking up over 8gb, which is of course, unacceptable.
After that, I've put the .mov file into Media Encoder to try h.264 blu-ray there.
Absolutely the same ********.
I'm using the Mac version of AE CS4.
Here is the screenshot of original .mov file and the result. As you see, it refuses to make a container. This is absolutely unacceptable

It raises another question: what settings do I need to encode the comp in 720p resolution without taking up lots of space?
Well, it depends on whether you need a production master (something for broadcast, for example, or to use as a source for other encoding tasks) or if you want a version for distribution. If it's the former, there's nothing wrong with "lots of space" - A Quicktime file with PNG or Animation codec is a good idea, but it will take a lot of space. If it's the latter, H264 is perfect but there's no built-in preset to take 720 material to the web.
You could do this:
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* In the H264 video options, set the "Profile" menu to "Main" and "Level" to 4.0. That will keep it compatible to Quicktime and Flash player, while allowing larger frame sizes and higher bit rates.
* Set Target Bitrate to 5-8 Mbps and Maximum Bitrate to 9-10 Mbps if you're targetting web delivery. That's a bit over what Apple uses for 720p content on the Apple TV, for example.
The H264 original preset will instruct you in the comment field to stretch to 640x480 in Output Module. There's no need, since you are using a profile/level combination which allows higher frame sizes.

CS4 - Adobe Media Encoder - Encore - H.264 Blu-ray

As many folks are aware, Encore's transcoding can sometimes be less than optimal. I played with the AME settings and with the help of other folks on these and other forums finally determined all the right settings so that Encore would treat my DVD quality videos as native and not attempt to transcode them.
I am now trying my hand at Blu-Ray and am running into similar problems but so far I have not really found any answers that have worked. Based on my research, the following settings should work:
AME
Format: H.264 Blu-ray
_Video_
TV Standard: NTSC
Frame Dimensions: 1920x1080
Frame Rame: 23.976
Field Order: None (Progressive)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 16:9
Profile: High
Level: 4.1
_Bitrate Settings
Bitrate Encoding: VBR, 1 Pass
Target Bitrate: 18
Max Bitrate: 22
_Audio_
I have Multiplexing disabled because I am using DD 5.1 encoding and for DVD quality, I learned that Multiplexing is a no-no to prevent Encore from trying to transcode things. I assume the same thing applies to Blu-Ray so I'm not really worried about the Audio.
Encore
_Project Settings_
Authoring Mode: Blu-ray
_Settings
Television Standard: NTSC
Codec: H.265
Dimensions: 1920x1080
Frame Rate: 23.976
Fields: No Fields (Progressive Scan)
_Automatic Transcoding
Maximum Audio/Video Bitrate: 25.0 Mbps
_Audio Transcoding
Audio Transcoding Scheme: Dolby Digital
I have tried a number of other settings around these (including using 29.97 frame rate to match my source), but after 4 days of trying different things with AME, I am completely stumped. What I am primarily looking for is someone to be kind enough to post their settings, in the level of detail above, that allow them to import an asset into Encore so that it doesn't want to transcode the video.
I know there are other tools out there that can do these things, but I paid my $ for Adobe Mastersuite so that it would do all these things for me. If at all possible, I would really like to stick with just these tools.
I am not sure if it matters, but my source is a Panasonic HDC-TM700 set to record in 1080p30 (I don't use their proprietary 60 frame format). I have successfully downconverted this source with AME to DVD quality. I have also successfully outputted from AME to 1080p that was uploadable to Youtube. Again, I'm not sure that it matters other than I can make useable video from my source. Here are the properties of the video according to Premiere:
Type: MPEG Movie
File Size: 2.6 GB
Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Pixel Depth: 32
Frame Rate: 29.97
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - compressed - 6 channels
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - 6 channels
Total Duration: 00;22;23;25
Average Data Rate: 2.0 MB / second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0
My actual clip is about 6min, but my intention would be to use clips of up to an hour in length.
Oh, I'm not sure if it is clear from my above information, but I am not using Adobe Dynamic Link. I'm not sure if that is where my problem lies, but my one attempt to use it did not produce the results I was looking for either.
Thanks in advance for your time and for making it this far into my post
-Jay

Well, that's a bit of a disappointment. I have to imagine most Adobe users are bald due to Adobe providing settings/output options that it's own software doesn't like. I really don't understand the sense of that.
In any event, I attempted to use:
Format: H.264 Blu-ray
Preset: HDTV 1080i 29.97 High Quality
And Encore still wants to transcode the video. It also wanted to transcode the audio that the format put out (PCM audio). I tried messing with some of the settings in Field Order, Profile, and Level and no love all around. I also tried one of the 1440 formats and no love there.
Does anyone truly have this working natively or am I just chasing my own tale? It really should not be this hard to get Premiere to output something that Encore will use without difficulty.
-Jay

H.264 Blu-Ray rendered .m4v files won't playback in any media player except Adobe software

Hello guys and thank you in advance for your help. I am going to pull my hair out!
I had to reinstall Windows 7 and am experiencing an issue that is driving me crazy. All of my 720p H.264 Blu-Ray.m4v files rendered with After Effects will not play in any player I try in Windows. I've tried Windows Media Player, VLC, and Media Player Classic. I've tried with a clean install and no other codecs except those included with Windows 7. I've tried installing additional h.264 codecs. I've tried installing ffdshow and other codecs as well and no matter what I do, the files will not play at all.
The only way I can preview the file it to load it in AE or Encore or something similiar. Unfortunately, this is not the best solution for me. I'd love to be able to preview the files quickly and efficiently through Windows Explorer / Media Player without opening Adobe software. I don't think that's too much to ask.
Another issue is that before I reinstalled Windows that these files played back just fine in Windows Media Player! I don't know why it was working and now it's not on a clean install. All of the hardware is the same. On the original working install, I don't recall installing any additional codec packs or anything. It just worked...
Regular .mp4 H.264 files (not Blu-Ray) play just fine in all players. Something the Blu-Ray spec is doing to the file causes it to not work. And changing the extension to mp4 does nothing.
Please tell me what I am doing wrong! Is it something with the Mainconcept codec? Is it something with my drivers? What am I missing?!?

Thanks for the suggesstion Mylenium, but that didn't help either.
I installed PowerDVD which came with the Blu-Ray drive, and also a trial of ArcSoft's Blu-Ray player, and neither would play the files.
Any other suggestions? This is killing me. I don't understand why they would play before and not now. The files arne't corrupt. Even new rendered outputs in the same preset won't play. They'll load into Encore just fine though and even are listed as "Don't Transcode", so I know the files themselves are okay.
Could it have anything to do with drivers? I was testing an Nvidia video card with my last build and now I'm just using a Sandy Bridge chip with Intel's on-board video. But I do remember even when I took the Nvidia card out and just ran on-board video the last time, the files still played fine...

Encore insists on transcoding H.264 Blu-ray encoded file (Blu-ray legal)

I have a Blu-ray legal .m4v file encoded out of Adobe Media Encoder as H.264 Blu-ray VBR 2-Pass, maximum render, target 25Mbps, maximum 30Mbps.
My project is H.264, maximum 40Mbps.
Encore keeps listing the video file as untranscoded and wants to transcode it.
I've tried encoding just a portion of the video file instead of the whole thing using the same settings and when I bring this into Encore it recognizes it as Blu-ray legal and sets it to "Don't Transcode".
Can anyone think of a reason as to why this is happening? I really don't want to sit through another eight hour encode that could degregade pq further.
Thanks!

A .264 file from x264Pro or MeGUI that is BD-legal will import into En and be automatically set to Do Not Transcode. So the file extension isn't the problem. There are some esoteric H.264 parameters in x264 that must be set precisely in order to have En set the .264 file to DNT. I suspect those same parameters will have to be set in MainConcept's encoder.
If you want to jump in the deep end, here are the x264 parameters that produce BD-legal output that also make En happy:
program --pass 2 --bitrate 16000 --stats ".stats" --open-gop bluray --interlaced --pic-struct --level 4.1 --bframes 3 --ref 4 --slices 4 --aud --nal-hrd vbr --b-pyramid strict --keyint 30 --min-keyint 3 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --weightp 0 --colorprim "bt709" --transfer "bt709" --colormatrix "bt709" --output "output" "input"
Obviously interlacing, bitrate, vbv-maxrate and such can be set as desired based on the source footage and delivery requirements.
Jeff

Audio not in sync after encoding to H.264 Blu ray

I have recently been trying to author my first blu-ray and keep running into new problems everytime I think I find a new solution. My new problem is that when I encode my sequence from Ppro CC to H.264 Blu-ray and place the video file and audio file into Encore CS6 the audio seems to be falling out of sync. I tried placing both files into a new PPro sequence and checked the playback and they are also out of sync there.
Things I've tried:
1) I went back and just encoded the audio from the sequence but this time I switched the audio coding to DD 320 bitrate instead of PCM. When I placed this file into the PPro sequence the playback was perfect. However, when I try placing the same two files (video and audio) into Encore they are out of sync.
2) I decided to take the encoded video file and place it back into the original PPro sequence and use it to replace the original video track. The playback again fell out of sync. Since this sequence had the original pre-encoded audio track, I came to the conclusion that it is actually the video that is not keeping up with the audio once encoded.
I am trying to encode to 1920x1080 HD 23.967 fps H.264 Blu Ray. I know I can just encoded to .avi match source and then let Encore do the transcoding, but figuring out this problem is a learning experience for me. Does PCM or Dolby Digital make a difference? What is the best way to do?

It sounds like things went wonky the first time around. Try exporing the whole thing again.
PCM is higher quality. Blu-rays have a lot of room compared to DVD, so I feel it's often the better choice. I'd recommend using DD only when you have to. But considering that I've put 3 hours of HD onto disk and still only filled 17GB, I think it's the very rare occasion when you'll run out of room and have to use DD on Blu-ray.

Exporting H.264 Blu-ray material in CS3

System:
2009 Mac Pro 3.33GHz Quad core
Snow Leopard 10.6.5
16GB RAM
Radeon HD 5870
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, 3.2.0
Video material:
DVCProHD, 1080p60i/24p, 23.976fps shot on P2, MXF file format.
Exporting to:
H.264 Blu-ray via Adobe Media Encoder
I can render Blu-ray material, and even burn it in an internal LG 10x Blu-ray burner that I installed. The result was wonderful when played back on a Blu-ray player and HDTV.
What I cannot figure out is why I have to render projects in small little segments, rather than one large one, and then line them all up on a timeline in Encore. I then have to rearrange my chapter points, since Encore places a chapter marker at each clip. It's not the biggest deal in the world, but it's just annoying.
I've tried different settings, and the one that gives me the most success is starting with the preset for H.264 (Blu-ray), HDTV 1080p 23.976 High Quality, and switching the Profile from High to Main, and leaving the rest alone. I'm not sure if I tried HDTV 1080i 29.97... maybe I should. Whether it crashes or not seems to depend on how many effects are in the clip, or how long the segment is, but I can usually get away with up to about 10000 frames of video without a crash. The crash almost always occurs during the second pass of VBR encoding. It closes Premiere and offers the crash report window, which I am not good at decyphering. Anyway, I always submit the crash report with what I was trying to do. Adobe has many of them from me now.
Can anyone shed some light as to why it only allows 6000-10000 frames go through this encoding process? My system will show that it only used about 6 out of 16 GB of RAM after a fresh reboot. It helps if I reboot between each encode session, as well. If I try to encode two short segments without rebooting between, I usually get a crash. Also, I can encode DVDs just fine with the same project. I encoded the 105 minute movie with all the same effects, clips, etc. and the DVD was flawless on the first try. It's just the H.264 Blu-ray setting that jacks it up.
I'm glad I can get the thing done piecemeal, but I was hoping someone could at least explain why it's so difficult. (:

I would agree, and I think it must have to do with RAM. When I get a segment exported successfully, the Activity Monitor shows very close to all 16 GB used in many cases. I surmise that when the program sucks too close to all 16GB up, it crashes.

VBR or CBR for H.264 Blu-Ray?

When encoding a 2 and a half hour H.264 Blu-Ray project from Media Encoder, is it better to use VBR 1 Pass, VBR 2 Pass, or CBR? I want it to be a total of 15 Gigs when it's done encding in Media Encoder.
When working in DVD Studio Pro, I always use CBR without a problem. Those were not Blu-Ray discs though.
My Target Bit Rate is at around 12
My Max Bit Rate is 25 or 20.
Media Encoder 5
Premiere Pro cs 5.5

Jim Simon wrote:
Neither. CQ mode is best.
http://tangentsoft.net/video/mpeg/enc-modes.html
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/XviD4PSP
For more information on a description of Constant Qiuality (CQ) vs Constant or Variable Bitrate (CBR, VBR) have a look here on page 5..
http://www.x264pro.com/wp-content/uploads/x264_PRO_Help.pdf
The Adobe bundled h.264 doesn't have CQ though so it's best to go with VBR vs CBR because it will steal bits from less complex frames before and after when it's needed. It will also allow short term bursts of information (up to the Maximum threshold) so that when bits are needed it can use them. - eg a scene change.
Also, do 2-pass. The first pass it will learn about when it's going to easy and hard to make frames. With that information on the second pass it can steal from the future since it knows that the future frames might not need many bits.
Also, if you have a very simple frame it will reduce the bitrate and save you on the total size. If you use Constant Bitrate you don't have any of these efficiencies.
Constant Quality doesn't look at the problem from a bit perspective. It makes a variable bitrate based on the quality of each frame you want to hit.
'hope that helps.

AME H.264 Blu-ray Presets

The PAL H.264 Blu-ray presets in AME have "Profile" set as High, but in the printed manual for Encore on page 48 at the top there is a warning in italics
"Note: for Blu-ray projects, the encoding profile must be Main when you select H.264 as the encoding format. You cannot burn a Blu-ray disc when the encoding profile is set to High."
Can anyone give a definitive answer as to which is correct, please?
Message was edited by: Alan Craven

I think that I may have the answer to my own question. I scrolled down the list of H.264 presets in Adobe Media Encoder and found that ALL the HD presets, PAL or NTSC; 1920,1440, or 720; interlaced or progressive, have the Profile set at High. Only the four High Quality SD presets at the bottom have Profile set at Main.
A little research makes me suspect that the warning in the printed Encore CS4 manual that I quote in my first post has the crucial words "Standard Definition" missing from it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Profiles
A search of the Adobe on-line help throws up a blank for this topic, and the equivalent section to pp 47-8 of my printed Encore CS4 manual is taken from the CS3 Help files, and does not include much of the information that is in my manual.

H.264 Blu Ray

Has anyone successfully made an H.264 1920x1080 BluRay disk with Encore? Please don't say that you made a plain-vanila BD-R with one timeline on that was about five minutes in length. I mean, did anyone really excersise the product in that particular application?
My project with 11 H.264 1920x1080 clips would throw all kinds off errors at me, including but not limited to:
- "decoder not installed" when importing an asset #10 or #11 out of 11 total. The same assets import fine into a brand-new encore project. All assets exported from PPro CS3 with the 1920x1080 High Quality preset for H.264 Blu-Ray.
- "format error" when having more than one audio clip on the same timeline. the same clips work fine on separate timelines.
- "out of memory" when burning BD folder; I mean, sure, my system only has 4G of memory, granted, Encore can only use 2G.
- "error 6" when exporting BD folder.
All of the above errors happen on three different computers running Windows XP Professional SP2 32bit, Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit, Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit. I know the later is not officially supported, but the first two 32bit OS'es were - last time I checked.
So, has anyone succeeded in doing real-world AVC BD-MV production with Encore CS3 yet?
I will try re-encoding into MPEG2 25Mbs, and if that doesn't work, I will shelf this idea (and Encore) for a while, and remain in SD DVD world until this application becomes usable.

Well, instead of encoding one media file per chapter, I ended up encoding the entire title into one large media file. It imports fine and builds ok, sort of. The thing is that I can burn it directly to disk, but if I try building an image file out of Encore project, my whole physical memory on the machine goes down to zero about half way, and from then on things get REAAAALLLYYYYYY SSSSLLLLLOOOOOWWWWW. Eventually, I have to shut down the machine - the progress bar moves a tick in half an hour and this is just not practical.
I remember back in Encore 1.0 days there was a huge issue with building an Encore project with subtitles. I would give up after 2-3 hours of staring at "Building subtitles" message. I finally contacted Adobe tech support and expressed my concerns. They asked for the project file and assets, which I provided, then went silent for several days, then said that it all built fine on their system, and I just have to give it more time. So, I decided to give it more time. I gave it 48 hours, and it built in 28. Now, 28 hours of build time for a 1.5 hours DVD project is unreasonable. Adobe support did not buy 28 hours as being unreasonable. But what do I know - version 1.5 comes around, and the same project builds in about an hour. Suddenly, 28 hours is unreasonable.
I was hoping that with CS3 we would not go back to version 1.

Premier CS4 will export H.264 Blu Ray, but not a H.264 file.

When I export the file under H.264, Adobe Encoder won't even load the project file. However, it loads and completely exports my 25 minute 1080p HD 24 fps film under the H.264-Blu Ray option which takes about 17 hours on my Dinosaur PC.
So basically, I already have a 25 minute 4 gig film on a Blu-ray disc that I burned at my friends Modern computer, and now I just want a standalone MP4 file as a backup.
Anyone?
Bill Hunt?
Specs,
Windows XP service pack 3
2.8 Ghz
3.25 GB RAM
37G free HD
and 30G free on a 640G EXTERNAL

Despite the Interlaced UFF export setting, the H.264 option doesn't respect that and exports out a poorly deinterlaced progressive video instead.
If you need interlaced H.264, always use the H.264 Blu-ray option.

Adobe prem / media encoder h.264 blu-ray jitters, flickers /w slow-mo

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