PGC Error, AMD system, and Possible Workaround

Question

I too am experiencing the PGC error in Encore CS3. I have found what seems to be a work-around (although it isn't convenient at all). I'm thinking that it has to do with either:
1. Codec Issues in the transcoding (it appears that Encore and Premiere are using the same codec, too). Perhaps I have some weird codecs installed.
2. Some incompatibility between the AMD processor or NVIDIA chipset and the transcoding codecs.
Here's the error I was getting when I was trying to build a DVD image:
PGC "Main Menu" has error at 00;00;20;21.internal software error: %0, line Main Menu - PGC Info: name = Main Menu, ref=gpgc, time = 00:00:20:21
So, I removed the motion background from the Main Menu, then got the same PGC error referencing one of my timelines. That timeline had been exported from Premiere as an MPEG2 file (separate .m2v and .wav files were created).
I was doing all this on an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ system with NVIDIA chipset and graphics card. So I loaded the project (over a firewire network) on my Intel Core Duo / Intel Graphics based Dell laptop. Once I got everything relinked properly, I tried to Build the DVD image again, but got the same error. It was still using the same transcoded files.
Next, still on the laptop, I reverted all the transcoded files back to their original, and imported AVI files instead of transcoded files into my timelines. I then saved the project and closed Encore, and manually deleted any files that had been generated in the transcodes and cache folders. Then I re-opened the project and re-rendered my one motion menu. I tried building the DVD image again, and after a few hours transcoding it actually worked!
I've now used a similar procedure twice and it has worked both times. I haven't tried using "Transcode Now" instead of having it transcode before building, but I imagine it would work too.
Also, on the AMD system I was having several problems with Encore freezing up during transcoding. The Intel-based laptop seems to run it more stable. So my plan for now is to use Encore on my laptop instead. Besides, the laptop is faster anyway!

Answer 1

I think this install all packages as "explicitly installed" which you may not want (remove a package and it's dependecies remain, because they are not installed as deps anymore).
you may want to break it up into
#first dependencies:
for p in `pacman -Qd | cut -f1 -d" "`; do pacman --noconfirm --asdeps -S$p; echo "y
y" | pacman -Scc; done
#then explicitly installed packages:
for p in `pacman -Qe | cut -f1 -d" "`; do pacman --noconfirm --asexplicit -S$p; echo "y
y" | pacman -Scc; done