Encore is transcoding DVD legal m2v file

Avi converted to m2v( Elementary Stream video only (720x480 NTSC) with TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress. Well I import the file to Encore CS3 (im on XP) and it imports fine but once I build the dvd it transcodes it....(settings for Blu-ray and DVD are on Automatic)
Any suggestions?
-John
PS Just on a wierd side note Encore won't let me import an AC3 file it says "the decoders on this system are not available" and it is not copyrighted(I mention this because adobe knowledgebase says it is) because I extracted it from an avi.

Here's what I would change:
1. Use an interlaced display mode unless your source footage is 23.976 with 3:2 pulldown.
2. Make your GOP length 15 instead of 8 (if I counted right).
3. Close your GOPs.
4. Convert your .avi to uncompressed before sending it to TMPGEnc, and then trim a few frames off of either end before encoding. XviD, like DivX and MPEG, is temporally compressed, and if it's not decompressed exactly right, can cause problems in whatever program you are using.
5. Export a few small sections of the .avi file at a time and see if Encore sets any of those to "Don't Transcode". Encode increasingly larger sections until Encore wants to transcode them.
If none of those things work, then I can't help you. Your system is so loaded with unnecessary stuff (XviD, K-lite, AC3Filter, etc.) that nothing that I know of short of a complete reformat of your system drive and reinstall of Windows and your mission-critical apps will help.
Maybe someone who is very experienced with enabling and disabling various parts of the different codecs you have installed can help get you going short of a reinstall of Windows, but I'm not that guy. :)
Good luck,
-Jeff

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Bruno Gargaglione wrote:
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