Is transcoding necessary?

Is transcoding necessary? I have a PC running Windows 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 11, and shoot with a Canon 5D Mk2. I am new to movie making with my DSLR and am keen to learn more. If transcoding is necessary, what software is required? Is it easy to do? Thank you.

Some reading that may answer that, and many more questions
Online User Guide http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premiereelements/using/index.html
-Page to download current PDF http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements.html
Importing Video http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1065281
-and project settings http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1112086
Saving & Sharing http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1137128
-Sharing to DVD or BluRay http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1137645
-Sharing for Movies http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1051093
-Sharing for Computer http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1058237
Steve's Basic Training Tutorials... steps are the same for several versions
-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/537685
-v11 http://www.amazon.com/Muvipix-Guide-Premiere-Elements-version/dp/1479311200/
FAQ http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements/premiere_elements_faq
TIPS http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements/premiere_elements_tips

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General Error when I try to out put DVD in Encore CS4

I have been trying to output a dvd from and encore project and am continually getting errors. I have imported mpg movie assets. I am working on Encore CS4 Windows XP. I get "General Error" message.
I have also tried other file formats like AVI and still got "Transcoding Failed"errors with the transcoding process, not one of the settings in Transcoding was working, that was when I went to mpg files, those are already dvd ready assets no transcoding necessary.
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Thank you for responding.
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I7 Processor
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Hyphen.
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The color is bad when I view the DVD on my (Panasonic) DVD/VCR-TV that I created with PP/Encore; whereas, when the same DVD is run on my computer the colors are fine. They look just like the originals I worked on in Photoshop. So the problem appears to be with the way the TV is processing the data.
I created the slideshow of 260 photos in PP CS3; then exported to Encore and authored/burned from there without changing anything.
On TV, the images are more contrasty, and the colors seem hotter. Brown looks orange, etc.
I've adjusted the picture settings on the TV, but with little effect.
There's a similar issue when I run the DVD on my Phillips DVD player, but not as pronounced.
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When the Project was still in PrPro, did you monitor it on a feed to a calibrated NTSC (or PAL) CRT monitor? If you only judged it on the Program Monitor in PrPro, you could well be off. Going back to when the images were in PS, how is your monitor calibrated? Did you use a profile for NTSC (or PAL) Video, or perhaps one for CMYK printing, or RGB display?
Have you tried your DVD on another TV? Unfortunately, most TV's are improperly calibrated. To use one to judge, you should invest in a calibration disc, and run through the setup proceedure. This takes some time and some tweaking, but would be well worth it. Unfortunately, even after you have done this, and all looks perfect on your calibrated TV, you have no control over how the client's TV will be set up. If it's out of the box, with factory settings, it's likely to be way off. That is the unfortunate nature of video. It is actually easier to calibrate one's computer for, say CMYK print work, including their scanner, printers, cameras and monitor, than it is to get great video on several different TV's. Multiply that problem by the different types (and ages) of the displays and it gets out of hand in a hurry.
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For the benefit of those subscribing to this thread here is the latest exchange in the several-week long series of exchanges that I have had with Adobe Technical Support over the failure of Encore CS3 to output to Flash on the Mac platform. I think you will find it interesting that Adobe Tech support cannot even agree among themselves that this is a problem.
"Notes to Customer
Thursday, October 2, 2008 10:50:12 AM PDT
Hello Thomas,
Thank you for contacting Adobe® Web Support for assistance with Adobe
Encore® CS3.
I understand that when you try to export Flash® video from Encore CS3
that the trans-coding process freezes at 20%, and that you would like to
know if this issue will be resolved in the Encore® CS4 release.
First of all, yes you are correct, I inadvertently wrote CS3 beta when
I meant to say CS4 beta. Also, I was doing this test on the Mac. The
Export to Flash feature is included in Encore CS4. Here is a link to
the CS4 help file that describes the feature (copy and past into the
address bar of your web browser):
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/EncoreDVD/4.0/WS99E1F60A-A9DE-4267-ACA7-0EBB
18B75113a.html
I was not able to locate any documentation regarding a bug when
exporting to Flash from Encore CS3, and when I tested this function on
my Mac using Encore CS3 it worked fine. Perhaps a subsequent QuickTime
update, or the Mac OS 10.5.5 update corrected the issue.
Unfortunately I am unable to give you a definitive answer regarding the
functionality of Encore CS4. We are limited as to what information we
can give out during the pre-release period. The best way for you to
evaluate the software is to download the free trial when it is released.
That way you will know for sure if it has the necessary capabilities
before you make a purchase.
I hope this information helps to resolve your issue. If you require
further assistance with this issue, please update your web case with
complete details, including what steps you have applied and any error
messages you are receiving.
You may also call Technical Support at (800) 642-3623. We are available
from 6:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday - Friday, Pacific Time.
Kind regards,
Adam
Adobe Web Support
Notes from Customer
Saturday, October 4, 2008 12:41:41 PM PDT
Adam,
Thank you for your October 2 response. In that response you stated: "I was not able to locate any documentation regarding a bug when exporting to Flash from Encore CS3, and when I tested this function on my Mac using Encore CS3 it worked fine. Perhaps a subsequent QuickTime update, or the Mac OS 10.5.5 update corrected the issue."
I am using Mac OS 10.5.5 and I am using the latest version of Quicktime (7.5.5). What version of Quicktime are you using on your Mac that properly works with Encore's output to Flash?
Please note that I was expressly told by Adobe Tech Support (and I have it in writing) that Encore's Output to Flash was broken in a Quicktime update. I believe that the last version of Quicktime that Encore output to Flash will work with is 7.3.x.
I will definitely test Encore CS4's output to Flash before purchasing.
Please do let me know the version of Quicktime that you have on your Mac that is working correctly in Encore CS3 relative to output
to Flash video.
Thank you.
Tom"
I have not yet received a response to that latest exchange.
Tom

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Workflow- Read on the article and you will learn how to import VOB
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“I have some VOBs that I would like to edit using Adobe Premiere
Elements and share on YouTube or other sites. My problems is that my
VOBs do not have sound on Adobe Premiere Elements 11. I’m very new at
this. I know it can be done. I just need some help to get me pointed in
the right direction.”
After collecting some VOB video clips, you may plan to transfer VOB
video to Adobe Premiere Elements, but it’s a bit of trouble. Premiere
Elements seems not be able to ingest the .vob files correctly like no
audio track. So, how to deal with VOB video in Adobe Premiere Elements?
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native VOB support, there are still some video, audio codec problems
while importing/editing VOB clips in Premiere Elements like the above
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solve the incompatibility problems in different NLE apps. To convert
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Transcoding Error with Premiere Elements 7

I have worked with Lightroom and with Photoshop Elements, and I am now trying to use Premiere Elements (7) to create a project of video clips and stills from my Canon DSLR. I can create a DVD with eleven video clips (although it will not play on my old-ish DVD player, just on my computer), but when I add 18 JPEGs (generated from RAW files), I get a "transcoding error" when I try to burn a DVD. Even without burning, when I try Preview, the still images look extremely low-res. Any way I can get this to work?
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Welcome to the forum.
First, editing Video is far more intense on the computer, than even very large images in PS. The resources issue can likely be overcome by the tips in this ARTICLE.
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Encore Batch Transcode - Media Encoder doesn't perform

I use Encore to fit client video tapes to DVD. The 'Automatic' settings generate the best results by making use of the disc's capacity while maximizing bitrates. Encore does not have a batch option for multiple projects, therefore it is necessary to manually start transcoding for each disc project, save, open the next project and repeat.
My hope was to batch encode multiple video files from multiple Encore projects with Media Encoder, but it seems that Media Encoder requires the Encore project to be open as well. Otherwise, the transcoding within Media Encoder stops when Encore is closed or a new Encore project is created / opened.
I find this to be counter productive, given that timelines in Premiere can be sent to the Media Encoder which frees Premiere to be used for other video editing. Additionally, Encore can not send a file Media Encoder without encoding settings being set witnin Encore - thus, I am not finding the advantage of having Media Encoder be a part of the workflow.
Aside from calculating the bitrates for each video file in the project and transcoding the files seperate of Encore, are there any suggestions to using Encore and Media Encoder for batch processing?
Thank you in advance.

Agreed. My outreach to the Adobe community is to locate any alternate solutions I've not thought of. I'm sure others have run into the same predicament I have outlined.
I'm open to solutions that are not involving Adobe products. Although, the encoding quality from within Encore is better than most other stand alone apps available on the market. Thus, my desire to stick with it, if possible.

Transcode problem in Encore after 5.03 patch applied to Premiere Pro

Is this a BUG?????? does anyone else has similar problem or it is just me?
Media Encoder Or Encore stops transcoding video after new update 5.03 has been installed
PPro Project is 60 min using AVCHD30(60i) presets
Video AVCHD 1920x1080 60i Audio LPCM.
One video track with video clips trimmed down to 50min. Then short clip of AVCHD 1920x1080 60i was trimmed of from the same video. And Then was added to track two, kind of to overlay the track one. Dissolve transitions were added to this clip. Nothing else was used on this project except the time line has numbered chapter marks.
Second audio track has prerecorded MP3 audio with (265kbps bit rate). No effects added to video or audio at all.
This project was exported via Dynamic link to Encore. Encore Project is set to blue ray. I dont have any menus just time line from premiere.
I encore I have transcode settings selected from asset properties as fallows.
DVD NTSC DV High quality 8Mb CBR 1pass, Blu-ray 1920x1080i 29.97 Max quality H.264
And here is the problem - transcoding stops and freezing whole PC during the disk build process or during "Transcode now" option.
The process stops approximately at the point where time line in premiere has exact same video with dissolves on track 2 overlaying track 1.
Trying to transcode In Encore using AME, and that is freezing at approx the same point. 6 tries and no luck of transcoding.
Any ideas what could cause that.
My PC is quad core CPU Q6600, 8gb or Ram, Nvidia GTX4700, and couple of terabits of HDD.
I never had this problem before this latest patch.
Regards
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Update.
After uninstalling the CS5.5 Master Suite and running the Adobe Creative Suite Cleaner Tool I installed the CS5.0 Master Suite and opened up the same project file I was using in CS5.5 and same source video footage. Premiere CS5.0 detected that the project was from a different version and converted it then it conformed the source video files and all was good. So I opened up Encore and setup a new project the same as I had done previously with CS5.5 with the same transcoding settings on the dynamically linked sequence files from the Premiere project. Clicked transcode now and it has been transcoding at 100% CPU usage and 40-60% memory usage it has been transcoding for about 8 hours now.
However, it did have one instance where it did like I had previously described were the CPU usage sudenly dropped to about 5-10% and the memory maxed out for a good 20 minutes but then pulled out of it and has not had a problem since then.
In Windows Task Manager it shows that it is Premiere and not Encore that keeps sucking up all the memory when transcoding.
By the way we are using 1080p with a mix of both 23.97fps and 60fps footage shot with a Panasonic HDC-TM700K.
I hope Adobe can figure this out soon for us. I'm considering switching back to Final Cut Pro when the new version X comes out this month if it works better for me. Hopefully that will not be necessary. *hint hint nudge nudge*

CS4 - Does one need to Premiere render before Encore transcode?

Production Suite CS4
Question: Does one need to Premiere render before Encore transcode?
I have an Encore asset which is dynamically linked to a Premiere sequence. Do I need to render the sequence in Premiere before transcoding it in Encore i.e. is Premiere rendering necessary? Thanks in advance.

Adobe Encore technical support told me that Encore will not automatically render the Premiere sequence. You must manually render the sequence in Premiere before transcoding in Encore.

Thoughts on using AME to transcode Blu-Ray video...?

My workflow for Blu-Ray and DVD from Premiere to Encore has had to change since the demise of the Dynamic Link (due to the lack of an Encore CC).
In many ways this has turned out to be a good thing.
My typical project is an opera performance captured on a high-end consumer camcorder (Sony HDR-CX550V) which records an AVCHD folder full of clips. I edit the project in Premiere, adding titles, chapter marks, dissolves etc. I have started to make two-camera projects as well.
I was distraught when I discovered that the link between Premiere and Encore no longer worked in Premiere CC, but soon discovered a great deal of power and flexibility in setting the file sizes by varying the target bit rate and making other changes (such as changing the default PCM sound to Dolby Digital which takes up a lot less space).
I have discovered a curious anomaly, though, with my Blu-Ray transfers. I understand that the preferred file for Encore to ingest as Blu-Ray would be the h.264 Blu-Ray but have discovered that it takes several hours to transcode...and once I'm done, Encore wants to transcode it all over again...another significant time period wasted. An opera such as MAGIC FLUTE, which the company played in 2 hours 51 minutes (without intermissions, etc.) took FIVE hours to transcode to h.264 Blu-Ray and then Encore listed it as a file to transcode (another 2 hours or so).
Along with the added time, the process requires so many multiple transcodes I can't imagine some quality is not lost.
I decided to experiment with the MPEG-2 Blu-Ray setting and found that while it made larger files (still controllable by setting the bit rate...it wants to choose 30 but since the CAMERA can't provide a file with more than 21, setting the target bit rate at 20 makes the video just about fit, with auudio set as Dolby Digital).
The encode time for the above file is just above 1 1/2 hours. Encore ultimately takes some time to index the file (maybe 20 minutes) but puts a "don't transcode" marker on it so no further transcode is done. However, it comes up with a message complaining that the metadata is corrupt and recommending that I delete the .XMPSES file (but will lose my chapter markings). I delete the file, re-import the .m2v file...the chapter markings come in just fine. Is there a reason AME has to make this .XMPSES file in a way that Encore has something to complain about?
Also...is there a reason AME can't output an h.264 file that doesn't have to be re-processed by Encore? I understand .m4v is more advanced and efficient...but if creating one is such a more difficult, time-consuming process and I get a more-than-acceptable result with the .m2v Blu-Ray file, is there any logical reason why I should still consider the "preferred" h.264 encoding?

I wasn't aware that Encore did this automatically.
What I DO know is that with the new workflow eliminating the Dynamic Link I have the responsibility to do my own bit budgeting, and the ability to make choices in the export process to maximize the quality of my output.
I have a customer base that I can best describe as "cheap"! I recommend they buy a Blu-Ray player or computer disc reader. Even with their flat-screen TVs, they still opt for DVD.
I make recordings of opera performances for the benefit of the opera company (small amateur and semi-pro companies in New York City) and the performers. They balk at the idea that, say, THE MAGIC FLUTE, which weighs in at 2 hours 50 minutes on average, needs to be delivered on 2 DVDs for maximum quality (and I'm going to bill an extra $5 over the cost of a single DVD). So, real estate on these discs is extremely tight. I don't use dual-layer because I find them neither reliable nor cost-effective; in my experience they take forever to burn, the error rate is through the roof and they cost significantly more than single-layer.
SO I accommodate by lowering the bit rate.
In Premiere (or later in AME) I choose my favorite preset (NTSC DV Wide Progressive). The timeline comes in at a whopping 7928 MB, far in excess of the 4.7GB allowed on a single layer DVD. By the single act of changing the audio manually from PCM to Dolby Digital, the amount magically descends to 6,333. Now we change the bit rate from 5 to 3.5 MBPS. The proposed project size goes to 4,503, and I'll take the risk of doing an image at that rate (although sometimes I get burned by having the project exceed disc capacity and have to go back and do it again, since the numbers displayed as proposed project size are predictions/good-faith estimates AND there are other elements that have to go on the disc; since the transcode only takes about 45 minutes now, that's not a big deal). Yes, that's going to make a blurrier image than 5MBPS. My customers seem to prefer that to buying a Blu-Ray disc player for $79.95 at Best Buy and paying me an extra $5 for the Blu-Ray edition. Perhaps that's explainable by the fact that a previous videographer in one of these companies made the videos by recording the show in VHS and playing the VHS tapes into a VHS to DVD recorder ("Progress! We now have DVD!") I can assure that I get a better result than THAT.
The point: probably Encore would have transcoded the WAV file for me into AC3. It also would have freed up a bunch of space in doing so...and that space would be wasted since I didn't account for it in the bit budgeting process. Thus, in order to ensure the best video quality possible (i.e. the largest possible size video file in relation to the audio on the disc), it's necessary to mandate Dolby Digital/AC3 at the point of setting up the export. Allowing Encore to do it ensures a large blank area of disc space and if the project is more than a certain size, an unnecessary sacrifice in quality.
Jay

CUBEs, transcoding and media flow around.

Guys,
Is it possible to have media flow around and transcoding at the same time or is it mandatory to have media pass though configured?
I'm looking for a way to have all my endpoints talking P2P and have media pass though only if it's necessary trasnscoding. I have this necessity since i'm trying to integrate with other technologies that aren't CISCO.
Any advices would be great and thanks in advance.
BR,
Filipe

I haven't tested this, but this doc indicates it's possible to configure flow-throgh/flow-around at the dial-peer level.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/voice/cube/configuration/guide/vb-gw-sipsip.html#wp1324447
The catch is that you wouldn't be able to have the CUBE determine whether the call needs a transcoder or not. You'd need to know those requirements beforehand, and create a dial-peer matching strategy to encompass the various scenarios you're looking to drive.
So if the CUBE is connecting a specific platform to another specific platform, you could match it with the dial-peer, and then use that media flow-around config for it (or not, as appropriate).
If you need to make this determination on-the-fly, I don't think it's possible, and doing it per endpoint wouldn't really scale well.

Forcing Encore CS4 not to transcode. Almost given up.

Hi everybody.
I'm at my wit's end here. My system specs are in my profile.
My source footage is 1440x1080 30P.
I've launched AME, and used the templates that closest match my source footage..AME successfully encoded the .m2v files. Again, these are templates that are automatic, and i haven't modified anything that would make Encore burp....
Playback was flawless on PowerDVD.
Unfortunately, Encore wants to transcode.
No matter what project setting i use in Encore, I cannot seem to keep her happy..This is only with BD projects of course.
With SD projects, the .m2v files don't need transcoding..
Searches in previous discussions yield no better results....Am i missing something??
I just can't believe how many hours i've lost with this CS4 package..I've lost more time trying to figure out WHY things don't work, then actually being productive....Sorry about the rant, but his doesn't seem right....AME hanging, Adobe Dynamic Link not working correctly with Encore, Preview on menus not responding etc...I mean, this isn't right..
I'm spent.

Did you use automatic for the transcode settings in EN? Or you used the preset you describe?
I created a premade .m2v file, so the auto transcode is no good to me.
I ended up using an Encore preset to transcode the videos..Of course, i changed the bitrate to suit my needs..
What have you set as the maximum video/audio bitrate for this project? (Project settings, Advanced tab)
I have tried all of them...Encore still perceives the assets as untranscoded.
Try H264 BluRay, 1440x1080i 29,97 high quality and set audio to Dolby
Yes, but the transcode times go through the roof...I typically have about 2.5 hours of HDV footage...
Mpeg2 at 18 mbps give me satisfactory results...H264 is not necessary in my case..
Again, this is only with .m2v files that i use within templates that come with AME.
I've done extensive encoding in the past. Unless there's an anomoly (like GOP structure) that i'm missing, i'm at a loss.
As i use the friendly search functions, it's clear to see that I'm not the only one with this issue.
Thanks to everybody for their patience...

Is transcoding necessary?

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