Blu Ray PAL-NTSC Transcode/Encode

Trying to get a 60hz Blu Ray for Festival in the US from a 1920x1080 25p.
The straight-up PAL encode in Compressor send to Toast 10 Pro Authoring w/ HD Plug-In (re-encode never) burn on to the external LaCie (Pioneer!!) BD Drive works like a charm (A little bit of weird Toast Interlacing going on don't know why, but it is MUCH better than the SD cripe compressor usually puts out).
But when I try changing the frame rate to 29.97 things start to go amiss. Final result is uncanny motion blur, especially in shots with a lot of movement - almost as if the fields were getting all messed up. The only thing I touched in Frame Controls was of course the Rate Conversion, set to BEST.
These are the encode settings: (note 66.15 MB is only about a 30 sec test sample I tried - whole 70 minute doc is more like 8.9 gigs)
Name: Blu Ray NTSC VI
Description: Maximize bit rate for duration of source
File Extension: 264
Estimated size: 66.15 MB
Video Encoder
    Format: H264
    Width: 1920
    Height: 1080
    Pixel aspect ratio: Square
    Crop: None
    Padding: Preserve source aspect ratio
        (L: 0, T: 0, R: 0, B: 0)
    Frame rate: 29.97
    Frame Controls On:
        Retiming: (Best) High quality Motion Compensated
        Resize Filter: Linear Filter
        Deinterlace Filter: Fast (Line Averaging)
        Adaptive Details: On
        Antialias: 0
        Detail Level: 0
        Field Output: Same as Source
    Stream usage: Blu-ray
    Multi-pass: On
    Average bit rate: 17 (Mbps)
        Maximum bit rate: 25 (Mbps)
Any ideas?? Maybe I can just get a US Blu Ray player at B&H and use it for the Festival (not sony) that will play my video at 50hz - Probably the easiest solution, right? I'm not paying a post house 2 grand, no way.

Are you sure you need at 29.97fps bluray for the festival? Alot of HD systems are framerate agnostic. Check to make sure that you need 29.97 fps from the festival.
That said, the best solution is to use cinema tools to conform your qt to 23.98 fps. this will slow down your qt a very slight amount and shouldn't be noticeable. then most any system will add pulldown to 29.97 if necessary.

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Cant make a 720p Blu ray as all transcode settings come out as 1080

HI
Im trying to make a 1280 720 59i blu ray disk. My input is 29.97 progressive 1080p from Premiere.
Whatever settings I use my encoded BD-Folder build always appears to be in 1920 1080.
I choose my default transcode settings after dynamic link from premiere as 1280 720 59i.
If I import the folder into premiere it says it is 1920 1080 progressive, even though it cant be progressive but I wish it was!
When I watch the outputted folder in VLC it always says it is 1920 1080 in media info and plays at that size.
Even when i import a 1080p clip to a 1280 720 timeline in encore my output is still 1080i.
What Im I doing wrong?
joe

Are you using Encore CS4 or CS5?
If you are using CS5 then you need to do the below steps for this -
1. Right click on your asset in Encore
2. Click on Transcode Settings
3. Select Dimension as 1280x720
4. Select Frame Rate as 59.94
5. Click on ok button
Build your project and the output will be 1280x720 with framerate 59.94.
In CS5 Encore generates the output, based on asset.
Thanks,
Pankaj Gauba

No Blue Ray in CS4 Media Encoder or burn to disc in Encore

Hello everyone.
I'm using CS4 on Vista 64 Dual AMD @ 3.0 with 8 gigs memory and 4x WD 750 gig HD's on Raid 1
ATI 4890
I had burned previously several Mpeg2 BluRay discs with menus and now have lost that capability it seems.
I have had some problems in the past and have reloaded Vista 64 as well as this time.
The media enocder just stops nearly imediately after the que with an exclaimation point
on the file attempting either a BluRay 264 or Mpeg2 BluRay conversion from mt2s raw from the camera
file, from the hard drive.
As well, after an edit of mt2s files on the editor and exporting to Encore, setting it all up with a
menu etc. It will rendor a project until its time to write or burn and then I get an error about access
and a code 12 error. I'm using an LG GGW-H20L BlueRay recorder/player. Which has a problem
doing dual layer writing with it's latest firmware installed.
I would like to be able to edit, menu and burn my mt2s files to BluRay however after reading here
and other places recently, it sounds like I need Scenerist or something now to be able to achieve
this goal.
Has something change most recently to take away what I have been doing or what I still can do?
I only make one or two Blue Rays of the same. I'm not into replicating mass quanities of the same.
I would like to have the better picture the AVCHD camera outputs as mt2s files burned onto a Blue Ray
disc. It looks better anyway to me than the Mpeg2 BlueRay files.
Anyone have any ideas?
Gratefully appreicated. Bob.
Regular DVD's look great and work just fine but once in a while, someone wants a BlueRay. Impression is all I can
say about that.

I don't do BluRay... but...
When I want to create a single layer DVD I simply click the Encore icon and work (actually, I go to ISO and use Imgburn to write, for greater control)
When I want to create a dual layer DVD I have found that I MUST right click the Encore icon and select Run as Administrator
This is in spite of the fact that I am the only user of my computer and only have one, Administrator account
This problem appears to be "something" about Win7's rights management (this problem, from my reading, started with Vista)

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

Blu-ray Encoding and Authoring Help!!!

I have been trying to burn Blu-ray discs for a couple weeks now but have no satisfactory results. I have been shooting in 1280x720p 29.97 in m2t format editing in premiere pro CS3 and exporting to mpeg 2 for Blu-Ray for authoring in Encore CS3. Im using a Matrox Axio LE with Windows XP
The problem is that all the mpeg 2, Blu-ray video and audio files, that I have encoded from premiere have been different lengths when I bring them into encore. This occurred even when I have tried encoding them separately. Now I have been able to burn a couple Blu-ray discs but the audio starts in sync and slowly drifts out getting worse and worse as the video progresses.
I was able to get one that looked good and seemed to be synced throughout the video. It was encoded at 23.94. But the audio was still many frames shorter than the audio
Since we are shooting in 29.976 we are thinking about starting to shoot in 59.94 because that frame rate is a native resolution for Blu-ray at 720P. But I shot some footage today in 59.94 and exported it to mpeg 2 for Blu-ray and got the same issue all over again and I have no idea why. (I tried using both the Matrox encoder and the adobe encoder as well)
I brought it into a 1280 by 720p 59.94 project and the video and audio were synced on the timeline
Exported it at 1280x720p at 59.94 quality 5, widescreen, progressive 25mbps
Exported the audio separately at 48kHz 16 bit stereo PCM
Imported it into Encore CS3 using Blu-ray setting, NTSC, 1280x720, mpeg 2, audio PCM. Nothing needed to be transcoded and all files were compliant. What am I doing wrong? I cant have video thats out of sync and whats worse is that I have a shoot this week and dont know what frame rate to shoot in. Can anyone help? Does anyone use Encore to burn Blu-rays?

There is a separate sub-forum for Bluray... you might read there to see if any of the other messages will help
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc459a3/

Encore CS4 is transcoding compliant Blu-Ray audio assets when set to 'Do not transcode'

Hi there,
I have a Blu-Ray concert video project consisting of 3-menus, 4-sequentially linked timelines (intro-1, intro-2, main concert timeline, and credits).
All audio assets consist of 96k/24-bit WAV files from the same professionally rendered mastered audio source.
Here's the issue:
When importing my 96k/24-bit audio assets in Encore CS4, they all show as Blu-Ray compliant and maintain the 'Do not transcode' property in the assets menu.
However, after rendering the project to Blu-Ray I immediately noticed that the main concert timeline (2-hrs 10-min) had been transcoded down to 48k/16-bit while the other smaller intro/credits timelines had rendered correctly and were playing back at the desired 96k.24-bit rate.
In order to eliminate possible issues with the main timeline's audio file source, I created a smaller main timeline (35-min) using the exact same audio source files and lo & behold - the main timeline was not down-transcoded and is playing back at the desired 96k/24-bit rate.
I'm wondering if there is a non-documented limitation in rendering audio files over a certain size as my main timeline is made up of 2-total WAV files of 2.2Gb each.
I have the ability to import a single AIFF file at 4.4GB for the main timeline - but for some reason CS4 does not recognize AIFF files as Blu-Ray compliant and will show the transcode setting as 'Automatic'.
Imported AIFF files always showed as 'Do not transcode' in the Blu-Ray assets menu in Encore CS3 (even though there is a documented bug which prevents rendering AIFF audio to Blu-Ray and I would have to convert to WAV files and re-import anyway in CS3).
My next step is to try splitting the main timeline into shorter chunks, but this is not the direction I want to go in.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
-Cheers

Ok, solved my own problem - solution below for those with similar issues.
1. My audio timelines exported from Final Cut Pro as AIFF are actually 'AIFC' which is technically not Blu-Ray compliant, thus Encore will need to transcode. Unfortunately - Encore has no quality preset settings for dealing with PCM audio transcodes higher than 48k/16-bit (why not?). Encore CS4 will happily pass 96k/24-bit through to a Blu-Ray build without transcoding if the supplied file is true AIFF (not-AIFC) and/or similarly compliant WAV files.
2. My main Encore timeline consisted of 2-WAV files at 2.2Gb each placed in a single Encore timeline due to the total audio being over 4GB thus requiring me to split the source audio files in half in order to stay under the 4GB limit for WAV files, and also because I had to export the FCP audio timeline using Compressor in order to generate Blu-Ray compliant audio files (non-AIFC). Also - (possible bug?) if Encore has 2-separate audio files in the same timeline it will transcode the audio to the current project's default audio settings (48k/16-bit in my case) - even though the assets are showing as 'Do not transcode' in the asset menu for Blu-Ray. It clearly states in the Encore CS4 manual that imported WAV files at 96k/24-bit will not be transcoded - but it appears in this case when 2-audio files are placed in the same timeline that it will transcode with no warning - bothersome to say the least.
I suppose the alternative is to work with a lossless audio format which supports files larger than 4GB - which would only require a single audio file for a single Encore timeline, but other than DTS Master Audio (not available on this project) I'm not sure what audio format would work in Encore to support 96k/24-bit audio files larger than 4GB.
If anyone knows - drop some knowledge!
-Cheers

Mainconcept Mpeg Pro HD and Encore transcode problems with blu-ray

I wanted to use premiere pro to edit my HDV files and import them into Encore to produce Blu-ray discs without transcoding. I have tried the Mainconcept Mpeg Pro HD plugin 3.1 as this should provide smart transconding of the edited file. I have been having difficulty in exporting from Premiere a file which will import into Encore and to flag it as don't transcode for blu-ray.
I have only been able to get Encore to not transcode if the file is demultiplexed into seperate video and audio files and that the video file must be a program stream. Unfortunatly I can only get Mpeg Pro to export a transport stream and I have to multiplex it onto a program stream for Encore.
Is there a way to export from Mpeg Pro with smart transcoding a file which will not be transcoded by Encore.
Regards Trevor

If I choose the default BR disc export settings from the MainConcept MPEGPro export module, the file is automatically set to Multiplexing:None.
Is that what you are trying to do?
Another method to try is to make sure that the audio settings in a program stream from MPEGPro match the BR audio transcoding settings in Encore. If the audio is mismatched, then the whole file will be re-transcoded in Encore.

Encoding Canon HG20 Video for Blu-Ray

I have a Canon HG20 HD video camera and I'm in the process of encoding and burning some video to Blu-Ray.   I want to maintain high quality on the end result.   I'm using the highest setting on my HG20 camera - 1080 resolution at 24mbs.   From what I've read, the output of this camera is actually in 1080i format.   So when I set the sequence up in Premier CS4 I'm using the 1080i30 (60i) non-anamorphic setting.   Can anyone tell me if this is correct?
I'm then encoding this using Adobe Media Encoder using the HDTV 1080i encoder using the defaul settings - although I'm changing the audio from PCM to Dolby Digital so save a little space. I'm then burning this to blu-ray using Adobe Encore CS4 using the video which has already been encoded by Media Encoder.
The problem I'm having is when I view the video on the finished blu-ray, the video isn't as smooth flowing as it seems it should be - seems to be just a little jerky.   Based on how I'm importing, encoding and burning this project can someone tell me if I'm doing something incorrectly?
Thanks in advance for any input/advice provided!

Thanks for the replys!
I went back and rechecked all my work and rebuilt the project over again starting from Premier Pro.   This time it came out fine - so I'm assuming I must of had a setting incorrect on one of the steps in my last process.
I basically imported the video into Premier Pro using the 1080i30 (60i) non-anamorphic setting.   Then I encoded using the1080i 30fps (H.264 Blu Ray) setting from Media Encoder.   Then I added that encoded video to Adobde Encore using the Blu-Ray, H.264 setting and burned the disc. Of course with a 2-hour long video segment this entire process took a few days
The result of the last burn was great!   The video was very smooth - not jerky like my previous attempt.    So I think as long as I get these setting correct, I should be fine on my futher projects.
Thanks again for the feedback!

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.

AME Blu-ray H.264 Presets

The PAL Blu-ray H.264 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 definintive answer as to which is correct, please?

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.

Which Blu Ray to buy?

I just bought a Canon VIXIA HF M31, picture quialty out of iMovie to iDVD is pretty good. However I would like to burn my movies to Blu Ray. Question is which one to buy?
Thanks

Any of them. I have an LG internal burner, and put it into a cheap SATA enclosure.
But, you are aware that iDVD only makes DVDs? Here is my post on this, especially question 6:
Frequently asked questions for playing back high definition video on a TV:
Q1. What are high definition and standard definition?
A. HD and SD are video resolutions defined by the dimensions of the frame size. Standard definition is 720x480 or 720x576 depending on the geographic location. High definition is anything greater than this. The two most common HD resolutions are 1280x720 and 1920x1080. Since digital video uses precise measurements of frame size, all digital video is either SD or HD.
Q2. Can I make a DVD that is high definition?
A. No, DVDs are standard definition by design. They must be composed of mpeg2 video with a resolution of 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL). DVD players will only play actual DVDs.
Q3. Is there any way to make a DVD look as good as my HD video looks?
A. No. You can make it look very good by encoding it with the highest quality, but it will always be standard definition. This will probably look noticeably worse than your source footage if it is high definition.
Q4. Isn't HD-DVD a high definition DVD?
A. No, it is a specific term referring to a format backed by Toshiba. It lost a format war to Blu-ray. To burn and play an HD-DVD, you need a special burner and special player. Although it is a dead format, some find it useful and inexpensive to buy an HD-DVD burner and HD-DVD player.
Q5. Can I make a Blu-ray DVD?
A. No, there is no such thing; Blu-ray discs are not DVDs. They will not play in a DVD player even though the discs look physically the same.
Q6. Can I make Blu-ray discs (BD) on the Mac so that I can see my video in high definition?
A. Yes. You need a Blu-ray burner and Blu-ray discs. You also need to encode and author the discs.
The current software options are as follows:
1. Use Final Cut Studio to encode and author a BD, using a BD burner.
Pros: Excellent quality, nice looking menus, subtitles can show the chapter name.
Cons: Only a few menu choices.
2. Use Toast v. 9 or 10 with the Blu-ray plug-in to encode and author a BD, using a BD burner.
Pros: Inexpensive and fairly quick.
Cons: Limited choices of very "stylized" menus, chapters cannot be named, encoding quality may not be as good.
3. Use Adobe Encore to encode and author a BD, using a BD burner.
Pros: A great deal of control over the whole process, allowing complete design of the disc.
Cons: Expensive, complicated, and prone to bugs.
Q7. Does iDVD make Blu-ray discs?
A. No, it makes DVDs which are playable in a DVD player.
Q8. Does DVD Studio Pro make Blu-ray discs?
A. No, it makes DVDs which are playable in a DVD player.
Q9. Can I do anything to put HD video on a DVD, with a standard DVD burner?
A. Yes, you can make what is called an AVCHD disc. This puts approximately 45 minutes of HD video on a physical DVD. The result is not an actual DVD, and it will not play back in DVD players. It is essentially a Blu-ray structure on a physical DVD-R. It will play back in most Blu-ray players. Final Cut Studio and Toast (v. 9 or 10 with the Blu-ray plug-in) have the ability to make these.
Q10. Are there other ways to play high-definition video in HD?
A. Yes, if you play back from a device rather than a disc of some type. AppleTV and the Playstation 3 can play high definition video to a TV. There are numerous other media playback devices that are essentially hard drives with a specialized enclosure. Also, you can attach most digital TVs to any modern laptop or desktop computer, although interlaced video may not always display properly and might show combing artifacts.

Blu Ray doesn't play 1 of 3 videos on disc

I desperately need some help with an issue I am having with a Blu Ray I created with Adobe Encore CS5 for PC.
I have three videos on there but only 2 of the videos play when viewed in a home theater style Blu Ray player.
All three videos were created in Adobe PP CS5 and exported with the same exact settings (H.264 Blu Ray) but one video on the disc has a black screen when played. The audio plays in the background, though. The odd thing about this is the disc plays perfectly on my two Blu Ray drives at home but my client informed me about the issue with three of their players. I then tested it at a friends on their player and saw the issue.
I set up the whole project in encore and it test builds with no issues. It's also showing that my videos were transcoded fine since it doesn't default to transcoding them through Encore (see image).
I can't figure out what the heck is going on but it's driving me crazy that 2/3 of the disc is flawless but the first video on there doesn't work on home theater players.
Anybody hear of this before??? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!

Thanks for the reply.
One timeline is strictly audio (it was a wedding and they asked for their ceremony audio).
I'm not sure why the one audio is unstranscoded. This last round of re-transcoding I did vbr 2 pass but other than that I stuck with H.264 Blu Ray options in Media Encoder. The FINAL.m4v is the video that isn't playing but the audio FINAL.wav does play (the one that is listed as unstranscoded)
I'm going to give it another round of transcoding tonight to see what happens.

1080p 29.97 to Blu-ray

I have a project shot at 1080p 29.97 and this is my first attempt to export it for Blu-ray. When I select the H.264 Blu-ray Format in Export Settings, there is no Preset matching the source format. It looks like the best options are:
1. 1080i 29.97 - Would I lose resolution this way? Is 29.97i actually 59.94 fields/sec with even fields on one pass and odd fields on the next (which would be parts of the same frame because it was shot progressive) or am I only going to get 540 lines of resolution?
2. 1080p 23.976 - How bad would artifacting be if I change the frame rate? Would Twixtor do this perfectly or at least much better than Premiere?
3. 720p 59.94 - This would preserve the original frames (doubling them) but I would have less than half the resolution.
I notice the MPEG2 Blu-ray also does not have a format that matches the source but if I select Match Source Attributes (High Quality) the Summary lists the Output as 1920x1080, 29.97 fps, but doesn't indicate whether it's progressive or interlaced. I just checked Wikipedia and it appears 1080p 29.97 is not a valid Blu-ray format. So is the MPEG2 converting to interlaced without expliciting telling me in the Summary Output? Is H.264 going to look better than MPEG2 (that would be my guess)?
Bottom line, what is the best option for highest quality output given the source material I'm using?

I just went through my workflow and found another answer for you...
If you want to use a newer blu-ray standard encoding, you have to create it yourself. Not sure how well it will work across all machines, but I'm testing it myself, right now. First, you need to open media encoder, then, create a new preset. Use h.264 for the main setting designer, and "based on" should be blu-ray set. Now... ...for 1920 sized video, you'll need the following:
profile-high
version-4.2 or higher (careful--this will change the compatibility with older players; check with clients about their equipment; older than 3 years, use the standard blu-ray settings provided or offer a flash drive with a formatted disc image that they can resize to their own liking).
and 35-50mb\s for video bare minimum.
This will be an UNCOMPRESSED style format if you want a progressive video... ...set progressive, set frame rate.
set audio to taste.
Make sure you do this: check the MUXER tab. Set to none. Now you will have an M4V file.
Save the preset with a decent name, forget about the "Keyframe" setting. It no longer matters.
Close media encoder, go to encore. You can now use the Transcode now (make sure you set it to transcode in media encoder in prefs), and when media encoder opens the sequence or video, you'll be able to drag\drop your settings onto it, and watch it go. You could also just click the setting in the main area and edit the settings from the operation directly, which will give you a better idea of your data-size. I don't care, personally. I can buy a disc to fit the data, and if I have to, image right to a flash drive or other fast drive for client product. Once you've encoded the project by dynamically linking it through encore, and media encoder, the project sees the file as transcoded, and *should* drag it in on it's own.
I'll be testing another theory later as well.
Encore and adobe media encoder use the same preset library (this is the theory), and when editing the presets for media encoder, you can have those show up in encore (again, in theory). If encore picks up the blu-ray presets from media encoder's library of system presets, then, in theory, you could ADD a preset to the system preset folder, and have it appear in encore. I will try this if my previous option fails. By doing this, the option for the transcode settings to use Progressive video with my standards should show up as an encore project quality preset. This way, all the video will be encoded the same (menus and all). The downside of this approach: menus will be Progressive video and will require more space on the disc. If you have motion, it will take up enormous resources. With separate menu and movie transcodes, you should see smaller menu video, with high quality movie video.
I've seen that several vbr2pass encodes have failed when done outside of encore in previous versions to CS6 (haven't faced such a project in CS6 yet). This means that the file was built\compressed\encoded OUTSIDE of the program, so it doesn't KNOW that it is compatible with a disc format, and will AUTOMATICALLY force it to be transcoded. By transcoding INSIDE encore, you then build the LINKAGE encore uses, FLAGGING it as transcoded, and pointing it to the proper file. You can also Point to the proper file in CS6 by right clicking on an asset and choosing to Locate Transcoded File. This will mark it as transcoded (obviously a workaround for the whole vbr2pass high profile setting problem evident since cs3). However, if you do find yourself in this predicament (a client simply wants a blu-ray built from existing video that is supposedly compatible with blu-ray already), you have a choice. I don't recall how earlier versions of encore checked the transcode flag, but I believe it was based on a settings listing check. If it used the quality preset to check the settings, you might be able to use my theory above to fix the problem. If you can add the quality preset that fits your video (even with newer quality standards), you should be able to get encore to recognize and mark the video. If you can "Locate Transcoded File", this too might flag it for you. In Short Terms: The ASSET must MATCH the QUALITY PRESET FOR THE PROJECT. Check the Transcode Preset. IF you can match your video, you can *possibly* get away with skipping the transcode and going directly to link\build and burn.
Remember that a STREAM file-system is used for any movie file-type that has a greater than 2gb max file-size. Blu-ray utilizes this structure as well. It splits the file into sections of similar size and setting, which means, in theory, you can have videos with different transcodes and settings mixing into the same disc. By that same theory, you can have menus with separate settings from the video, and even several of the same video with different settings. If you know your programming, you can use a flag to set a single menu set for multiple codes of the same video, audio, etc, and then use those flags to set up advanced playback. For multiple types of audio, you'll want to have the audio and video as separate assets, placed on separate timelines. This paradigm can be used for archives.

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

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.

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