Dynamic Link HD to DVD

OK so I am making loads of DVDs and I have HD footage.
I want to know if using the dynamic link function to burn my project in Encore gets rid of quality?
I am aware I will lose quality I have done this before. I am just curious...would I get better image quality if I rendered the project out in AME using the Mpeg-2 DVD settings and then creating a project in Encore?
Thanks guys.
Footage AVCHD, 25fps

Never been a fan of DL for various reasons. I guess because I used to use a different DVD app prior to Encore, so I had to export MPEG-2 DVD from Premiere and got used to that workflow. I like to have control of the encoding process myself, and AME gives me access to do that. Also a matter of workflow - after spending hours, days, even weeks on a project, when I decide it is finally complete, I'm ready for a break. Encoding to MPEG-2 DVD using AME gives me that break, though with today's encoding speeds, the break is not very long!
So once I have the DVD-ready assets, I can Import into Encore, make the menus, and burn, and the Build process literally takes just a couple of minutes since the video does not need transcoding. So I can design menus and make a proof disc really quickly, rather than waiting on a long render. Can easily make changes and Build again.
While I've not personally tested this theory, I've seen a lot of postings that claim the Encore encoding engine is different than what AME uses, and that AME produces superior results. Whether that is true or not, can't say, but that would be another reason to use AME over DL.
In AME, you can check the "Max Render Quality" box to increase quality of the downscaling. Only needed when changing output size, SD to DVD would not need this. Use a Bitrate Calculator (online) to determine the optimum settings for encoding rate based on program duration. If the encoded material is too big for the DVD, then you have to do it again, so you want to avoid that.
Another tip, I usually Build an IMAGE rather than a DISC - image produces an .iso file on the hard drive, and then any of several free third-party burning apps can be used to make DVD copies from the .iso at any time, so it's a good archival copy. You can also "play" the .iso file from the drive with software such as VLC Media Player for preview before burning a disc.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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>lack of development for Encore
Adobe was FORCED to stop development, see #8 here for why http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1337952?tstart=0

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Hello,
I am running Adobe Suite CS 5.1 on my Mac:
2.8 GHz Quad Core
6GB Memory
I've been having issues with a few projects; using Dynamic Link, directly from my project in Premier, to send them to Encore:
When attempting to burn a DVD, Encore will 'hang up' and not burn; I rarely burn to DVD, usually I'm always encoding for web, and just always use the 'default settings' in Encore.
A few things to note:
*In my project I'm using MOV files, from a Canon 7D, and MP4 files, from a Sony EX-1.
*I am working off of 3 separate hard drives; very large projects with over 5TBs of media files.
*I noticed that after inserting a DVD, it caused one of my hard drives to eject; this happened once, as far as I know.
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*My Project settings are always: XDCam HD-1080p/24p
Please help.
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So you must downrez at some point in the workflow. Some users have problems and/or think they get better quality out of direct PR/AME exports than using DL for this purpose.
I would test the workflow by creating three short test sequences - one with a clip from one camera, a second from the other, and a third with both in a sequence using the same settings you are using in your edit. I would use the "drag a clip" to the new item method for making each of the first two sequences. By short I mean 30 seconds to 2 minutes with a mixture of still and action.
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Which makes a better DVD?—to use the adobe dynamic link on a sequence in the project panel…
or to export to a file with the Adobe Media Encoder and then import into the Encoder?
If the latter, does it make a difference if I export from Premiere to an H264 or using the MPEG2-DVD option?
It would be simpler to burn to an H264 because that is the same file type that I upload to Youtube.
(Since MPEG2-DVD creates separate video and audio files, I assume they are not uploadable to Youtube…)
Thanks for any advice you can give.
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Export from Premiere with mpeg2-dvd.
Import the two files in Encore.
Make menu and burn.
If you use H.264 it gets re-encoded in Encore.
If you want to upload to YT with mpeg2 just set the Multiplexer to ON. H.264 is a better choice for YT.

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I recently downloaded Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 from the Creative Cloud. It included Adobe Encore CS6. If I am producing a DVD without menus, do I encode the video first or use the Dynamic Link and let Encore do the transcoding?
Message was edited by: Kevin Monahan
Reason: more searchable title

There's a whole list of threads on using Encore to make DVD/BluRay discs. You can search for it, and there's also a couple blog/info posts on the Adobe main site about the techniques for doing this. Highly recommended that you look this stuff up.
Now ... for direct answer, you use the DVD/BluRay export preset to make the twin files, one video (mpeg-2) and one audio (wav), that you then import into Encore.
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Thanks Colin, I tried what you suggested with both the AE Project that it should be referencing and the AE project it is erroneously referencing but both failed to fix the issue. Its as if a hidden clip were laid over the top of the one I want to play. Frustrating.
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:47:03 -0600
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Subject: Dynamic link confusing two separate AE compositions in PPro from different projects
    Re: Dynamic link confusing two separate AE compositions in PPro from different projects
    created by Colin Brougham in Premiere Pro CS5 & CS5.5 - View the full discussion
It's not the comps that are the problem; it's the project file names themselves. You can have all the comps in a project named the same thing, and it'll be fine, but naming projects incrementally is an issue. After Effects includes a versioning function (Save and Increment) that will create a new AE project file with a serial number, e.g. AE Project 01, AE Project 02, etc. This is all well and good if you're just working in After Effects, but Dynamic Link gets confused and will usually start looking at the later project file for comps. That will just create a big mess, as you've found. Changing the names of the project files won't help things relink automatically properly, but it can help you fix things. Make all your DL AE comps offline in your Pr projects, and name your AE projects in a manner that is not serial (give them more random names). Select your offline AE comps, and right-click > Link Media, and point to the new AE project. Things should link up correctly then--but if they don't, you'll just have to remove all the AE comps from your Pr project, reimport the comps from the newly-named AE project, and replace them. It's a pain but it'll probably just keep getting worse if you don't.
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Tip: Dynamic Link can cause s l o w encoding

Here's a tip. If you are building a DVD that originated via a dynamic link from Premiere sometimes something breaks that causes the encode to take a really really long time. Sometimes I just notice that it should be quicker, sometimes I see that my CPUs are only being used at ~20% instead of nearly 100%. If you stop the process, reboot, and just bring up Encore by itself, all should be well. When this has happened to me it's been when I have Pr and En running and I've updated the project in Pr after En was already up and running.

Nope. I understand your desire to USB sync and it shouldn't take that long.
However, for data as sensitive as you suggest I certainly would invest in an Exchange server, or at least with a hosted Exchange service that earns their money by keeping your data private, not by giving you free services in exchange for giving you their data.
My only suggestions for speeding up the USB sync would be to refresh data on both devices. In Outlook, I'd export both calendar and contacts into respective .pst files, delete the contact and calendar data, and then import the .pst files back in. Once that's done I'd do a one-way from Outlook to device and refresh (not sync) the data on the device. I've been told that the export/import process can weed out corrupted entries.
Beyond that you'd have to contact your carrier, gather sync logs from Link, and then get the issue escalated to BlackBerry. You might be able to discern something from the logs yourself but BlackBerry would probably need to take a look at them.
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Adobe Dynamic Link or Export from Premiere and load into Encore?

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Looks like I have 2 ways to send contents from Premiere Pro to Encore.
1) I can set all my editions in Premiere Pro, then Export the entire timeline to a MPEG-2 DVD or MPEG-2 BLU-Ray file, then start a new Encore project and import this video file as a timeline.
2) I can finish my editions in Premiere Pro, then use the Adobe Dynamic Link > Send to Encore options. So, it's not necessary to export files, since the task of transcoding is an Encore's task.
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In Premiere we can choose, for Blu-Rays, the MPEG-2 or H.264 codecs. You mentioned the H.264 Bly-Ray choice.
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If I create an Encore project comprised of dynamic-link sequences from Premier and build a DVD, that works fine. However, if later I change one or more of the sequences in Premier, save everything, and open Encore, it does not know that some of the sequences need to be transcoded again. I found that to work around this, I must do "revert to original" to the sequences I've changed to get Encore to transcode them again. Can't this be handled automagically?

Can't this be handled automagically?
Even with video files that reside on your hard drive, once they've been transcoded En looks only at the transcoded version unless you tell it to do otherwise.
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1. I shot & edited a training session (many sessions - over 40 hours)
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To anyone that can help..
I am having several issues with adobe at the moment and really need some advice. i have tried adobe themselves, they struggled to help too, but that was mainly down to language issues.
I have a Canon XHA1S camera with an external shotgun mic Rodeo NGP-2. All of which at some point worked through premiere pro CS5 and encore. i was living the dream.
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Especially for Bluray or DVD that is HD to SD, DL must sometimes be avoided.
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Todd - what you may not appreciate is that many Adobe users are freelancers or small companies. The percentage of our revenue that we spend on your products is dramatically higher than that spent by big companies. Many of us cannot afford to buy the major suites outright, so even if the eventual cost is higher, we are forced to purchase individual products as and when we need them. So you gain even more revenue proportionately from small companies.
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