Import error for .prproj files

Question

so i've just touched adobe mc CS4 for the first time, my church is allowing me to use the studio/editing room while not being used during the day at certain times. i am compiling a dvd of my wedding to make it more proffessional than the previously made vesion (which looks very amateur with a basic template menue, and so on). i plan to use some flash on the menus and maybe even include an easter egg as well. anyway, with the other program i just imported the media from the camera (which is an HDD camera that records everything into .mod files) i've had a .mod converter for quite some time so those are already converted.i saved them on an external HDD, i created a folder on the computer and just dragged and dropped the folder onto there.
anyway, with my old program (cyberlink power producer/director) i'd just import the media into the editor, make the edits and cuts and save the project. then import the project into the author program to make teh menus and burn it. when i first pulled up the program to get acclimated to it, i decided to run through a very quick dry run of a full start to stop dvd burn of a very small video. i did a short series of clips and edits in Premiere (the oevr all project is like 6 minutes long). saved the project, and when i go to import the project into Encore it reads "the software that's used to decode the media is not available on this  system""adobe encore the software that's used to decode the media is not  available on this system. installing the correct decoders for the file  you are working with may help correct the problem."
i can encode the project as an mpeg, and it imports just fine. i can import the individual clips that make up the project into encore, they work fine as well.but if i import the .prproj file, it gives me the error. so whats the deal? can you just drag and drop these files in like this? i'm just trying to keep from constantly encoding the files after 3 encodes, i'm affraid the quality of the video will suffer too much degradation, so i'm trying to get it to where i can just import the project, and then at the end burn the project to dvd.
i figured it better to ask on here, this way i look like a fool anonymously, and not look like a fool to people i actually know. heh.

Answer 1

PrPro will come to you. It has fewer "automations," and "big-button" solutions, than PowerDirector (and Magix and PrE), but with that comes power!
It is the same with Encore vs the limited authoring capabilities of PowerDirector, Magix, Roxio and PrE. Again, more hand-work, but oh, so much more power!
Can you tell that I am a control freak, and do not mind getting my hands dirty to access the power?
There are a few things that Encore cannot do, that programs like Sonic Scenarist can do, but there are usually workarounds, either in the design, or in the implementation, that will get you "there," or close.
I strongly recommend that any new user to Encore purchase and read Jeff Bellune's excellent book, The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe EncoreDVD 2.0, Focal Press. That book covers everything that Encore can do, with two current exceptions - Adobe Dynamic Link (CS4 version) and BD authoring. Both of those were added after the book and EncoreDVD 2.0, were released. However, the Help files cover both of those newer additions well.
Along with the fundamentals of Encore, Jeff covers all sorts of tricks and tips for getting more out of Encore, than the DVD-specs. actually allow. Obviously, he cannot break those rules, though he CAN help you create the illusion that the rules HAVE been broken. The user will swear that they just saw things, that are impossible, based on the DVD-specs., which are very limiting. Hey, it IS "smoke and mirrors," but if the user is fooled, you have succeeded, right?
Good luck, and when you get around to adding some "tricks" to your DVD-Videos, post back. I'd suggest a new thread, so that other users can benefit from the new title, and so that users know that this is a new question. You will find that there is not too much, that someone here has not done, one way, or another. Oh, there ARE some limitations, where there is no good way to "bend" those DVD-specs., but you'll be surprised at what one can "bend."
Happy authoring,
Hunt