M2v in sequence?

Hi.. Is there a compression setting within sequences that will allow RT playback of m2v/mpeg2 files? I am not seeing such a thing...
-patrick

File, export, movie. Export as dv avi. then open encore and import as timeline.
You can make chapter points in premiere as well, but you have to use sequence markers. when you export movie, make sure you include chapter markers under compile settings. Or you can make chapter markers in encore.

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AERender render only mode, restricted codecs, and errors

There is a page here detailing how to put aerender into restricted mode, so that a license key isn't required.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a4f2dff7-79a3 a.html#WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a4f2dff7-79a2a
There is a page here explaining that we can use "network rendering (aerender and watch folder) without activation of render-only nodes" and that a limitation is "In this mode, some codec-specific features are disabled—primarily use of MPEG codecs."
http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2012/04/after-effects-cs6-whats-new-and-changed.html
Does anyone know what codecs specifically work and which ones don't? I don't know how anyone is supposed to know this. I've tried testing but I get stuck because everytime I enable render only mode, I get an error saying:
aerender ERROR: No output module template was found with the given name.
Which doesn't make any sense, because when I disable render only mode everything works fine. I've tried with a number of different templates and it happens to all of them, h264 mp4 and 3gp, m2v, png sequence, and lossless AVI.

MPEG CoDecs are H.264 and all MPEG-2 flavors as well as MP3 audio and that. The other error could merely point to permission issues when in render mode, but naturalyl, if you do this on teh same system, the render only version will stil lread your normal prefs, which could include references to the then invalid output modules...
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Whats the point of "Add Encore Chapter Marker" if I have to export it to m2v to use the sequence in

Eh collegues there is a button on the timeline "Add Encore Chapter MArker"
But since I have to export the entire sequence in M2V and WAV if i want to use it in enocre, then whats the point of this?
Can i put the timeline to encore without having to export the whole project in m2v via the "File>Export>Export to encore" option?

File, export, movie. Export as dv avi. then open encore and import as timeline.
You can make chapter points in premiere as well, but you have to use sequence markers. when you export movie, make sure you include chapter markers under compile settings. Or you can make chapter markers in encore.

I have Final cut Pro HD sequence and I need to burn this on a DVD

I have Final cut Pro HD sequence and I need to burn this on a DVD, my sequence lasts 1 hr and 33 minutes. What are my options? Is it better to export as a Quick Time movie or using the compressor? I'm new to the compressor just learning, please help.

Select your sequence in the browser window, go to the File menu and choose Export Using Compressor.
When compressor opens, choose the DVD best quality settings, 120 minutes.
For audio and video both, choose both the m2v video and the AC3 audio. (Dolby Professional)
Choose a destination for your files, and hit submit.
When it's finished, import these files into your DVD SP project, and make your DVD.
Be sure to choose the 16:9 anamorphic settings.

Urgent HELP Needed Compressing 24 fps file to DVD m2v

I am working in a project where all the source footage is 24fps film (in 720x486 uncompressed 8 bit QT files). I have edited the footage in FCP6 with the sequence at matching settings to the source footage. Every thing good so far.
I then export out a reference file of the final edit. Review the ref file and all is beautiful.
The problem occurs with I use compressor to convert the 24 fps to m2v. I use one of Apples default settings (DVD Best Quality 90 Minutes), drop the setting on the clip in the asset window and verify the settings, which in the summary show frame rate of 23.976. OK. Submit.
When the compression is complete, and I bring the new asset into DVDSP, the rate now shows 29.97 (open in QT confirms), and the clip stutters in play back.... i.e. dup frame every 5 frames. On the second try, I don't get dup frames, but I actually got frames dropped every few seconds. i.e. frame advance in DVDSP and the video would skip a frame. The later is extremely noticeable on panning shots.
Can any one give me some advice on how to keep the video smooth and consistent with the original footage?
Any help or suggestions would be EXTREMELY appreciated as this project HAS to go to press tomorrow.
Thanks,
Gary

OK, After a very long night with no end near, I figured out the drop frames are the result of feeding 24fps into Compressor instead of 23.98.
I took the footage conformed the clips to 23.98 and that particular problem was resolved....
However, conforming introduced a whole new problem: When I conform the clips, 2 black frames are introduced at EXACTLY frame 7900. I have 4 tracks of similar footage, with different language tracks. There are English, French, Spanish and German sequences. The German track is edit differently than the other 3 due to very different timing in the translation. The other three are virtually identical to the point where the black frames are introduced.
That being said, ALL 4 tracks have the black frames appear at frame 7900 regardless of the video content.
These are NTSC (720x480 24 fps with uncompressed 8 bit video).
Oddly enough, if I drop the NTSC sequence onto a PAL 24fps uncompress 8 bit sequence, the black frames do not seem to appear after the PAL tracks are conformed to 25 fps. I have not found any anyway....
Any thoughts on why I am getting this problem?
As a result, we have had to postpone the glass mastering, and needless to say, the producer is not at all pleased...
Thanks for any input.
Gary

Urgent!! Problems muxing .m2v files and audio!! MPEG Streamclip/Compressor

Hello!
I am under an urgent deadline to upload a short 6 min documentary clip for a client to review for screening this week. The footage was shot in 1080/60i HDV.
Usually, I find the best quality and fastest way to do this is to export directly from my FCP sequence using the '150 min Best Quality' DVD settings in compressor to get an .m2v video file and .ac3 audio file. Then I open the .m2v files in MPEG Streamclip which links it with my .ac3 file, then do 'Export MPEG with MP-2 audio". This gives me a single, muxed file that I can then upload to YouTube or Vimeo.
However, with this project, when I open up my .m2v file in MPEG Streamclip, it's recognizing the .ac3 file and I can see the info for it in the MPEG Streamclip window, but when I play the file in MPEG Streamclip or mux it, I don't hear any audio. Furthermore, after about 5 seconds into the clip, the playhead will continue moving, but the video will freeze, then maybe pick up again later. The .m2v video will play back smoothly in VLC player or Quicktime player, but not in MPEG Streamclip.
I've tried exporting different little sections of the timeline to see if maybe I had some corrupted footage or whatnot. I even exported a small clip from an older HDV project to test. But no matter where I export from, I am running into the same problem. I can bring the .m2v file and .ac3 file into DVD Studio Pro and burn a DVD with no problem, but I can't mux them. If I build the DVD file in DVD SP and try to open the .VOB file with MPEG Streamclip, I get the same problem. I even tried using a different software to mux (ffmpegX) but to no avail. When I try with ffmpegX, it either tells me I'm dropping frames, or if it works and it muxes it, when I open the MPEG file, it'll stutter at about 5 seconds in as well and I can't hear any audio, even though there is supposed to be audio in the muxed file.
I think I might have updated my Quicktime a few days ago with the system update, and maybe updated a few other things, so I don't know if this has any bearing on the problems I'm running into. But I was able just a few days ago to export HDV 1080/60i using this workflow without any problems.
I realize I have other export options, but this always seems to me to be the best quality and fastest way of doing it vs. encoding an H.264 which, on my machine is RIDICULOUSLY slow...I need to be uploading multiple versions of the cut to the client, and really need help! Thanks so much in advance!
J

what you want is an m2v program file. Export a reference copy from FCP (uncheck Make Movie Self Contained") That's very fast. Bring it into Compressor. In the settings panel find the MPEG-2 settings folder. Select Program Stream. Adjust to your liking and run. The audio and video will already be "muxed" when it's done and using compressor 3 you can set it to upload to YouTube, Mobile or similar sites.

Creating projects with more that one exported sequences from different FCP

I am creating a compilation DVD containing 6 different FCP projects. I exported all the projects using the same settings
MPEG-2 6.2Mbps 1-pass 4:3.m2v and .aiff files.
They each burn and play just fine when I use just one in a DVD Studio project. The problem comes when I put them on one track using chapter markers to mark the beginning of each new clip on the track.
It looks as though it is working until I try to play it in the simulator. I can hear the audio, but the picture does not view on any of the clips other than the the first one in the track. If I go back into the viewer and click on a portion of the clip, it will play both audio and video, but once it moves to the next clip (through a chapter marker) the video will not view until I click on the track again.
What have I done wrong? I am a bit of a newby with FCP and DVD Studio.
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Hi:
Same problem in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=741368
It seems to be a "kind of bug". If you build and test your project in your hard drive everything plays fine. In another thread (that cannot find right now to link!) someone mention that the problem is the difference in the lenght of audio and video aafter encoding each sequence.
But as I told you at least my projects builds fine.
Hope it helps !
Alberto

M2v files from compressor will not play in QT or DVD Studio Pro

I have 2 hours of HD footage that I am trying to put on a DVD. I tried exporting the entire thing (twice) to an mpeg2 but the resulting file would not open and froze quicktime. I then tried exporting the chapters individually. Even though I tried this twice, only the first clip worked. I then copied each chapter into a new sequence in FCP and exported each sequence to Compressor. This time, I could only open one of the 15 or so files in QT, but I could not even import that into DVD Studio Pro (it said it was an invalid file type). I have been using all the same settings, so I am not sure why chapter 1 works fine everywhere, chapter 2 works in QT but not DVD Studio Pro and the remaining chapters do not work anywhere. Anyone got any ideas as to what to do/try next?

I know that it will take a while, but after two tries exporting the whole thing and the result not working, I broke it up into smaller, 10 minute sections hoping that the computer would be able to handle them better and if one is bad, it is easier to fix than re-doing the entire thing.
The Compressor settings I am using: DVD Best Quality 150 minutes with all the default settings except that I put stream usage at HD DVD. I have also tried using Fastest Encode 150 minutes, also changing the stream usage.
I exported 20 minutes with Fastest Encode and changed the file format to 'H.264 for DVD Studio Pro' and it worked, but it is a mov file that is much bigger than the mpeg2 (m2v) file.
I started the compressor to work on the remaining hour at night and then left it until the next afternoon, but when I came back, it said there were 60+ hours remaining, but FCP was counting off the frames. I left it for another couple hours, hoping that compressor was simply estimating wrong, but when I came back, it said there were 93 hours remaining until it would be done. I canceled it and restarted the computer.

Multiple Sequences on same Timeline = Failed Export?

I'm trying to make a compilation reel - combining about 7 or 8 previous projects into one long timeline - for export from FCP 5 to Compressor2 - to make a m2v. I'm using Best Quality, 90 minute presets.
The way I laid out the timeline was to copy the squences from all the projects that I needed and the copy/paste, or drag and drop them into the one new
compilation sequence.
Problem that I run into is that it fails every time when I try to export using Compressor 2.
I can export it to Compressor and set everything up to run, and Compressor will start out fine, but then it never finishes - at some point in the process it just stalls and then if i touch anything in the Batch window or in FCP the export willl fail.
It's only a 1 hour sequence, so it shouldn't be takking 8+ hours to render - it's not like I'm being impatient.
I've exported lots of other projects with Compressor 2 and FCP HD, so I'm not sure whats wrong/different this time - the only thing I can think of is that I combined multiple sequences in one time line.
Does anyone know what could be going wrong?
If the sequences are the problem, what the best way around that?
Do I just export ref movies for each project and then use those to combine
in the new compilation timeline?
I'm going to try to just export a ref movie from FCP and then take that to Compressor, but I have a feeling the same thing is going to happen.
Thanks,
Steve

Check the file size. The .mov extension doesn't have a lot to do with it. If it's big, you did a self-contained movie. Or pen it it in QT Player Pro and check the files used - Command-J, Resources tab. Should be just one entry there.
Pretty hard to do it wrong, just one little checkbox...
Russ

Two hour sequence to dual-layer DVD?

Hi,
I'm confused.
I have a two hour 16:9 sequence (actually 1 hour, 56 minute) that I want to put on a dual-layer DVD. I guess I didn't fully think it through when I sent it from FCP to Compressor and selected DVD 16:9 120 minute fastest encode, because it compressed it to 4.04 gigs rather than twice that size at a better quality. Now I'm looking for a setting that tells it my destination is a dual-layer DVD and I don't see it.
Additionally, the m2v file that came from that process cut off the final minute or so of my sequence. Why in the world would that happen?
Kenny

These instructions assume you're using DSP for authoring. I don't know if iDVD has DL capability.
The 'calculator' in Compressor assumes a single layer DVD. The key is to look at the summary, which is the far left tab in the Inspector. About 1/3 from the top, it will show the estimated file size. Adjust the bit rate selector until you get the file size approaching the capacity of the Dual Layer disk. You have other restrictions to consider as well. Totally data rate of video(s)audio(s)other data cannot exceed the maximum for the DVD spec (nominally 10mb/s).
Once inside DSP, when you burn the disk, you'll be asked to select a marker to indicate where the burner will change from writing to the first layer to the second layer. This should occur at a convenient location in the video (a fade to black, eg.) near the end of the first layer capacity. If you don't already have a marker near that point, be sure to add one for the switch-over.
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allen

My clips have a yellow line on the timeline sequence. Does this affect my video quality output if I don't render?

I use Adobe CS 6 to edit and I use Sony NX 3 to record. Every time I import my clips. It has a yellow line on the timeline sequence, even when I make new clip from the sequence.. My question is, does this affect my video quality output if i did not render the yellow line out? Please someone help me

Please see this link for more info about red and yellow bars - http://blogs.adobe.com/premierepro/2011/02/red-yellow-and-green-render-bars.html
If you shoot 1080p, you will likely have better results going to DVD than if you start with 1080i. It's hard enough downscaling with decent quality, then if you add in interlacing issues...
When exporting from Premiere to create a DVD, choose "MPEG-2 DVD" as the format, and then choose a preset such as "NTSC Widescreen Progressive".
There is a checkbox at bottom of export window for "Max Render Quality" - use that for best downscaling results.
Use 2-Pass VBR encoding. Use a bitrate calculator to determine best bitrate for length of movie, or quick option is 560/minutes = bitrate. But don't exceed 8.0 on shorter movies. I typically round down a little for safety margin, such as 560/120 = 4.6, encode at 4.5 and no worries.
The export will result in TWO files, .m2v video and .wav audio, import both into Encore for authoring. Encore will convert the .wav to Dolby AC3, reducing file size. Video should NOT get transcoded. And as others said, don't expect HD quality when viewing a DVD...definitely not HD video any longer. But do be sure to use an upscaling player, this makes all the difference. If you run a yellow composite cable from DVD to TV, it will look horrible. Use HDMI with upscaling DVD/Blu-ray player for improved result.
Good luck
Jeff Pulera
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Replacing a piece of m2v without recoding

I would like to put a new front end (title sequence) on a DVD piece I did 2 years ago. I have the m2v and wav tracks from that piece, but not the source material. I can build a new short m2v (with same or similar transcoding) for the new title sequence and match it to the old piece at some convenient "splice" point. Can I import both to Encore CS3, shorten the old piece by shrinking its front end, join them up and go to press without further transcoding (except perhaps immediately around the "splice")? If I can't shrink the original m2v in Encore, is there a tool to do so elsewhere?

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DVDSP 3 Crashes importing m2v files

Hi, I´ve been trying to finish a project on DVDSP3 for 5 days now. Always the same problem. I´ve encoded a FCP rendered sequence to m2v file using compressor. The process was sucessful!. The thing is when I try to import the file into DVDSP using Palette crashes automatically. I started trying other ways of importing and the same thing over and over again. I´ve tried to open the file on Quicktime and works perfectly, the preview works fine on finder. Everything seems to be in order. But when dragging the file into the timeline the program crashes. Sometimes also crashes when I open the program. I´ve repaired the disk permissions, downloaded the proapp update and installed it again.... nothing. Tried also re-installing the DVDSP and nothing. I tried importing the m2v file as an asset and the file appears on the list but when dragging it to the timeline, guess what?: crashes again. Finally I took the FCP project and compressed it again, thought maybe the other file was corrupted. Everything was fine until I tried dragging the file to the timeline when DVDSP crashed again... sorry but i´m f@*ing tired of this. CAN ANYONE HELP!!!!!!!...
Like i said before it´s been my 5th day in a row and nothing seems to work... Any help will be great!
Sorry for the long text but I tried to explain my process in detail so proper help can be found...
Thanks in advance...
PS: have noticed that every topic with this kind of problem never got an answer...
very dissapointed with DVDSP... will not recommend to no-one...
Sorry for the bad english
Bye!
G5 Quad Core Mac OS X (10.4.4) 4 x 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5, 2.5 GB DDR2 SDRAM

Hi Sebakd, welcome to the discussions.
Download and install the proapplication support file from Apple...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/proapplicationsupport31macosx104.html
If that doesn't fix it, come back and let us know - there will be a simple reason for the issue.
In 9/10 cases the proapp support file fixes the problem, and in the vast majority of the posts citing this issue that fix is recommended in the replies for all to see.

DVDSP 3 Not Importing m2v file, Unexpectedley Quits

I'm experiencing a very consistent quit, and I'm looking for a work around.
In trying to import an asset, I've created a reference movie file, and in the same folder placed the two compressed pieces that I'm trying to import (.aiff and .m2v). I can import the audio, but not the video. I can't even select it to trash it.
Any suggestions?

Hi Hal,
Thanks for responding.
I downloaded and installed the latest proapp support file, as you suggested, and I tried opeing the file in QT (Pro). What's really curious to me is the behavior of the .m2v file. The only way I can trash it is by selecting it either with a set of files in the same folder, or by trashing the whole folder. Just selecting it by itself in the Finder causes the Finder window to go away. Selecting the file in DVDSP 3 causes an immediate quit. Same thing with trying to open it in QT.
My workflow has been FCP (4.5) sequence Export, QT movie (reference) > Compressor (60 min High Quality Encode) > DVDSP 3 Import... As I've said, I can import audio, no problem (.aiff). Bringing in the .m2v has been impossible, so far. Each time I select the file, the application (DVDSP 3) quits.

M2v asset fails to import or stay in asset bin

Ok guys, forgive my excessive detail here, but I'm at a roadblock:
DVDSP: v 4.2.1
FCP: v 6.0.6
COMPRESSOR: v 3.0.5
MACOSX: v 10.5.8
I'm creating a SD DVD in DVDSP, that will have nine (9) video tracks. These video tracks are all edited in FCP using XDCAM EX 1080p sequences and footage. As per my usual routine for this stage of production, I batch exported the sequences from FCP as a self contained quicktime using current settings (therefore all settings are identical and match the sequence in which they were edited in).
I put these video files into COMPRESSOR and attached the same settings to all of them (DVD: Best quality 90 minutes). This is not rocket science, I've done this whole chain several times before.
All the videos successfully encoded the MPEG-2 and AC3 files. However, when I import them into DVDSP, one of the m2v files will appear in the asset bin for a few seconds, then disappear. The AC3 file comes in just fine.
NOTES:
- I re-encoded the one file that wouldnt stay in the asset bin. No luck
- the m2v in question will play just fine in quicktime, and matches settings of the other videos
- I tried opening a new project to load the m2v file in to, and no dice there either.
- I trashed DVDSPs preferences, no go.
- I loaded the file on to another computer, same problem.
- Even with all the video tracks, the content size still fits on a single layer DVD
You can understand my frustration, and even more so my client's frustration that their product is now behind schedule.
Any ideas?

It's been a while since I posted this question and I've found a way to get this running.
The entire error message is a bit confusing, as the source was simple - the AI Update Service Point Service timed out when trying to start. Manually executing AIUS.msi, thus getting access to AI_UPDATE_SERVICE_POINT under services, which did not show up
earlier, then changing the startup type to delayed and changing the ServicesPipeTimeout value to 60 seconds in the registry (HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control) and then rebooting did the trick. Everything's working fine now.
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