Encore CS3 no longer stores transcodes

I use Encore CS3.  When I used it with Win XP (32-bit), Encore would  always store the transcodes so that they wouldn't have to be transcoded  every time I made a new copy of a project.  But now I have Win 7 64-bit  and Encore re-transcodes every file. (Well, actually, once they are  re-transcoded and if I leave the program open, I can make more copies  without transcoding again.  But if I close the program and come back to  it a week or two later, eveything has to re-transcoded.)  Is there a way  to avoid this?  Am I missing something?

Lots of Win7 reading
Win7 Help http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro/
Win7 Configuration Article http://windowssecrets.com:80/comp/100218
Win7 Monitor http://windowssecrets.com:80/comp/100304
Win7 Optimizing http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htm
Win7 Virtual XP http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
More on Virtual XP http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5607&tag=col1;post-5607
Win7 Adobe Notes http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/508/cpsid_50853.html#tech
Win7 Adobe Update Server Problem http://forums.adobe.com/thread/586346?tstart=0
Win7 Photoshop http://forums.adobe.com/thread/511916?tstart=0
Processes http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
Compatibility http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Default.aspx
Win7 God Mode http://forums.adobe.com/thread/595255?tstart=0
And a fix for one problem
Fix Encore Win7 Problem http://forums.adobe.com/thread/528582?tstart=0 or direct to
http://kb.roxio.com/search.aspx?URL=/content/kb/General%20Information/000070GN&PARAMS
Long File Names Cause Crashing http://forums.adobe.com/thread/588273
Tutorial http://www.precomposed.com/blog/2009/05/encore-tutorial/

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    I've looked and can not find any one else with exactly this problem. I recently upgraded to Adobe Creative Suite 3 and can not get a DVD to burn. The project checks fine, the files transcode without difficulty but during the burning process, I very quickly get a PGC "file name" error.
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    So, finally I've found the source of the problem and a workaround!
    First the source:
    when Encore has to transcode a video it must corrupt the file, because it's the transcoded file that causes the problem, I tried this by importing a transcoded file into Encore 1.5 there it came with the same error.
    Now the workaround, ok maybe it isn't quite a workaround but it's a way to go:
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    Other possibility: try opening your project in encore 2.0 and re import your videos there and let 2.0 do all of the transcoding, that might work too!
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  • Encore CS3 - Hangs While Transcoding.

    Hello all,
    Thanks for your time reading over this issue I am experiencing with Adobe Encore CS3 (ver 3.01.008).
    I have had an intermittent problem with Encore for a long time, involving the transcoding process. The only way I have been able to get over this hurdle is to use a friend's machine for the 'building process' in Encore CS4. But, I have faith that Encore CS3 isn't a waste of a product, and would love to have this issue fixed.
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  • Encore CS3 Freezes when Transcoding at Import

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    Sounds like a system-specific problem, as I've never seen it.
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  • Encore is taking too long to transcode. How can I make this faster?

    The project is roughly an hour long. 1 menu. the video is mp4. I used encore the other day and it didnt take this long. I left my computer on all night and it barely moved.

    John and Stan's replies are correct and I'd like to expand on that. Where did you get the .mp4 file? From a camera, or did you export an .mp4 from Premiere for use in Encore? Best to avoid intermediate codecs if the latter, to save both time and quality.
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  • Encore CS3 Freezes when Transcoding

    I opened an older DVD menu that was made in Encore CS2. I made some changes to it cleaned up orphan timeline and dead links and added audio to menu. When I tried to export it to DVD it freezes when transcoding and locks my work station. I've done this several times on CS2 but this is the first time I have done this in CS3 and I get this problem. I tried transcoding seperately and my PC still freezes. The encore preview menue is great. Does the program only transcode AVI or does it do AVI and MP3. I really dont understand fully what it does when transcoding because either it didn't do this in CS2 or it did but it was flawless so I paid it know attention. Any assistance would be great.
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    [email protected]

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  • Internal Software error PGC  for encore CS3 !!! solved  !!!

    Almost everybody here knows the next error:
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    > Where the y in time stands for the length of the timeline minus 2 frames.
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    > The BPGC error can also be FPGC or DPGC dependant on how many menu's there are in the project.
    Number of menus is not relevant; the iteration of the first letter is more related to subsequent occurrences of the error. In my current tests it did not always update; they may have been too similar.
    > This is what generates the problem...
    Well, the problem does not occur every time you do what you describe, any more than it occurs every time spaces are left in the file names. What you have is, as some other suggestions, a workaround. Thats not bad, and I wonder if you are onto something as to what is contributing to the problem.
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    If you want to attempt to replicate my studies, here is a link to my problem clip and the first Encore project I describe.
    http://www.videoandcomputer.com/test/pgc_test.htm
    This project involves a very short AVI export from PPro CS3 - just over 8 seconds - called pgcbad_clip1.avi. Just to answer any question, the source is dv camera capture, and the source and avi export I use are dv avi type 2. There were no effects added on the timeline.
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    Test 3: Now create another new Encore project in a new folder. Use same process, but before importing the m2v and a3c as timeline, delete the xmpses file. Drumroll...... Build succeeds!
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    This is not the repeatable bug option weve been looking for, but based on a clip that always fails, it does demonstrate the odd event of deleting the xmpses file as a workaround. I wonder if that will give adobe something to work with.
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  • Encore CS3 not burning to disc?

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  • Encore CS3 - Hangs and import problems with menus and avi footage with audio tracks present.

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    footage6.avi - XVID XviD 1.1.0 Final, Dolby AC3 48kHz 448kb/s Six
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    footage8.avi - XVID XviD 1.0.3, Dolby AC3 48kHz 448kb/s 6 channels
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    footage9.avi - XVID XviD 1.1.2 Final, Dolby AC3 48kHz 448kb/s 6 channels
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    Identifier: com.adobe.Encore
    Version: ??? (3.0.2)
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    Report Version: 6
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