Problems while burning the DVD

Question

I have worked a little with Encore 1.5.1. This is my first attempt with the upgrade to 2.0. I love the features but have run into a number of problems when I actually attempt to build the DVD. On three occasions the burn has encountered errors during the build/write process. Messages like "Preparing project for Build failed" and "Stream type invalid" have occurred. Once the build seemed to work but the resulting DVD does not play on either a DVD player or on my PC.
I have no build errors (by the way, I like the Check Project functionality) and I can preview the project with out a problem.
A potentially related issue... Encore runs very very slow on my system. I have a P4 with 1 Gig memory. The old version of Encore ran fine. Premiere has good performance.
Any suggestions on how to fix the burn problem?

Answer 1

Andrew,
As Ruud states, PP does not recognize DL DVDs, while Encore does. However, with 1.5 hours of Video, you should not need DL. With good transcoding specs., it will easily fit on a DVD-5 (single-layer).
I'll bet that you are looking at the size of your Exported file (what format is it - DV-AVI?) and figuring that THAT will not fit on a 4.7GB DVD-5. What you have to allow for is that either PP, or Encore will "transcode" the file to MPG-2 for the DVD, and it will compress that file. If you have already Exported to MPG-2, you need to look at your Export settings, as they are likely too high. They may also be too high, for any DVD player to actually play the DVD.
A very nice feature of Encore is that if you feed it a nice DV-AVI file from PP, it will automatically choose the correct settings to fit the file onto a DVD-5 (provided that you have set DVD-5 in your Disc tab). If you wish to do all of the math yourself, and not rely on Encore to do it for you, then you'll need to study up on "bit budgeting." This forum would be a great place to start, with a "search." However, you will likely need to spend a great deal of time learning this, plus you'll need a few "tools," most of which are freeware, though not 100% intuitive.
The next stop should be Jeff Bellune's "Focal Easy Guide to Encore2." Even if you have CS3, which includes Encore3, Jeff covers bit budgeting and that part will be the same. Some buttons and switches will likely have changed between the two versions, but the principles will be the same.
Still, most of us rely on Encore's automatic transcode settings, until we have a really involved project with specific Assets.
Considering the age of the original thread, and how far down it is on the forum, I'd suggest that you start a new thread. First, I'd set it up a bit differently, than the one that you tagged onto this thread. State what your Assets are, which programs you are using and which programs you have at your disposal, or plan on acquiring to complete your Project. Next, a bit of info on your system, might help others, should they have to "trouble shoot" your Project. It would look a bit like this:
Five hours of DV tape, Captured into Premiere Pro X and edited to a 1.5 hour Project with stereo Audio from the original tape.
Exported from PP to DV-AVI (file size) as elemental streams DV-AVI Video and PCM WAV Audio.
Imported to EncoreX as a Timeline. Imported 3 Menus from Library(details).
Desired medium for Export = DVD-5 to be played on both computers and stand-alone set-top players.
System: Intel Core2 Duo 2.6GHz, OS=XP-Pro SP2, nVidia 8800 GTX, 4x 250GB SATA II HDDs, Adobe PP2, Encore2, etc.
This way, we'll know what you have, what you want, what gear you're using to get there, and what you've done so far.
Good luck,
Hunt