Procoder + Encore = damaged frames

Hi!
I've a problem with Encore.
When I use video and audio Mpeg2 (DVD) converted by Procoder some frames of my movie in window of Encore looks like:
1. http://www.forumwideo.pl/download.php?id=454
2. http://www.forumwideo.pl/download.php?id=455
There is strange that this frames of my movie looks quit well in DVD Player (hardware or software player).
It wouldn't be important but if this part of movie is in place which is motion button ..... this damaged frames you can see on menu screen during playing in DVD Player!
This problem exists on several frames/1 hour of movie.
When I made Mpeg 2 in different encoder there is no of this problem.....
Could somebody help me?

I just encountered this problem and found the following suggested solution on the Edius forum, which appears to have worked for me.
"Here's what to do:
1. Close Encore
2.Navigate to the C:\Program Files\Adobe\ Adobe Encore CS3\Plug-ins\en_US folder(or de_DE for German Language version and so on).
3.Move the "ImporterFastMPEG.prm" from this folder to the desktop.Do not delete this file, just move it.
Please note:that this may cause Encore to perform more slowly."
For the full discussion see http://ediusforum.grassvalley.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1591

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[dieter@dieter-p4sci-arch orig]$ lsmod | grep 1394
video1394 15740 0
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ohci1394 30196 2 video1394,dv1394
raw1394 25724 0
ieee1394 85324 4 video1394,dv1394,ohci1394,raw1394
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crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 172, 0 2009-09-09 20:50 /dev/video1394
/dev/dv1394:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2009-09-09 20:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 5.6K 2009-09-09 20:51 ..
crw-rw---- 1 root video 171, 32 2009-09-09 20:51 0
[dieter@dieter-p4sci-arch orig]$ groups
wheel bitlbee video users
[dieter@dieter-p4sci-arch orig]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82875P/E7210 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82875P/E7210 Processor to PCI to CSA Bridge (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82875P/E7210 Processor to I/O Memory Interface (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6300ESB 64-bit PCI-X Bridge (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6300ESB USB Universal Host Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6300ESB USB Universal Host Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 6300ESB Watchdog Timer (rev 02)
00:1d.5 PIC: Intel Corporation 6300ESB I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6300ESB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 0a)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 6300ESB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6300ESB SATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6300ESB SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82547GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
02:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80331 [Lindsay] I/O processor (PCI-X Bridge) (rev 07)
03:0e.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID (rev 07)
04:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (rev ff)
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04:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
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ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Runaway loop while stopping context: ...
ohci1394: fw-host0: Runaway loop while stopping context: ...
ohci1394: fw-host0: Runaway loop while stopping context: ...
ohci1394: fw-host0: Runaway loop while stopping context: ...
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 165.165 (PCI): IRQ=[21] MMIO=[f1000000-f10007ff] Max Packet=[65536] IR/IT contexts=[32/32]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Set PHY Reg timeout [0xffffffff/0x00004000/100]
ohci1394: fw-host0: Serial EEPROM has suspicious values, attempting to set max_packet_size to 512 bytes

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I have a prablem with firewire too.
Dvgrab finds my caremra at firewire but when I start recording from one dvgrab has problems.
dvgrab /home/Data/Video/Magdalenka/m1
Found AV/C device with GUID 0x08004601040a7d03
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"/home/Data/Video/Magdalenka/m1001.dv": damaged frame near: timecode 00:00:00.24 date 2067.02.15 22:26:25
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lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 58757 2
ext2 62873 1
snd_seq_dummy 1439 0
firewire_ohci 23601 0
snd_seq_oss 29023 0
firewire_core 43019 1 firewire_ohci
snd_seq_midi_event 5316 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_intel8x0 26575 1
ohci_hcd 21485 0
crc_itu_t 1273 1 firewire_core
nvidia 8024326 24
snd_seq 50558 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 5181 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_ac97_codec 108885 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 39011 0
snd_mixer_oss 17299 1 snd_pcm_oss
ac97_bus 1150 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 70222 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
ppdev 5910 0
snd_timer 18799 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 57408 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
i2c_nforce2 5520 0
lp 8684 0
edac_core 34056 0
psmouse 57028 0
soundcore 6095 1 snd
parport_pc 31260 1
ehci_hcd 35082 0
shpchp 31012 0
k8temp 3379 0
evdev 8825 8
snd_page_alloc 7033 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
sg 25275 0
forcedeth 52476 0
serio_raw 4440 0
button 4714 0
processor 30310 0
thermal 11834 0
pcspkr 1795 0
edac_mce_amd 6785 0
parport 29923 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
pci_hotplug 26576 1 shpchp
i2c_core 18137 2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2
usbcore 140517 3 ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
rtc_cmos 8904 0
rtc_core 14631 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 1810 1 rtc_core
ext4 334960 2
mbcache 5466 2 ext2,ext4
jbd2 80162 1 ext4
crc16 1273 1 ext4
sr_mod 15043 0
cdrom 36354 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 26313 6
pata_acpi 3288 0
pata_amd 10948 0
ata_generic 3111 0
sata_nv 21639 4
floppy 55998 0
libata 152308 4 pata_acpi,pata_amd,ata_generic,sata_nv
scsi_mod 92676 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK8S Ethernet Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Serial ATA Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Serial ATA Controller (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700LE] (rev a1)
02:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 46)
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You haven't said if the original video you imported into Motion is MP4 or H.264 or some other highly compressed media. It won't matter what you export if those "damaged" frames are in the original (and mp4/h.264/etc are prone to bad frames at the very beginning and very end depending on how they were prep'd for delivery).
You should (I'd say always, except I'd be a hypocrite) transcode original media into ProRes (any flavor) before importing into Motion. Check frame by frame if you have to to see if there's any damaged frames (usually there won't be.) I'd highly recommend using Quicktime 7 Pro (it's still available from apple's online store at apple.com) to transcode your video. Others might recommend MPEGStreamclip (but I just can't); or if you have it: Compressor.
If you have Final Cut Pro X, you'd be better off editing video in that app. You should be designing your Motion "add-ons" as effects, titles, transitions or generators for use in FCPX and leaving the video completely out of Motion. FCPX also takes care of transcoding to prores for you (opt to Transcode Optimized Media when importing.)
PS - you'll get better performance out of Motion if you use ProRes video. (Same goes for AIFF/WAV audio and NOT mp3.)
Hope this helps... otherwise I don't know what the problem would be.

How to tell if video is drop frame or non-drop frame in Encore? Need info to use correct SCC file.

Hi,
Thanks in advance. I am using Encore DVD 2.0 to add closed captions to video. I have both a drop frame SCC file and a non-drop frame SCC file. How can I tell which one to use? Can I tell from the way the timecode looks on the timeline? Do I look at the timeline timecode or the source timecode? For example, in a random area of video the timeline says 00;02;50;24 while the source says 00:02:50:20.
Thanks.

Thanks jbowden and Jim for your help. Although I'm still not real clear how Encore notes DF vs NDF (more on that below), I got my problem solved.
Regarding DF vs NDF in Encore DVD...There doesn't seem to be a real consistent method of identifying which is which. For example, Jim suggested that I look in the Project panel for the colons vs semicolons. There, the video file timecode was shown as xx;xx;xx;xx with semicolons, apparently suggesting that it is DF. However, the timeline and audio file listed in the project panel also showed semicolons in the timecode. Then, down on the timeline, the timeline was shown as xx;xx;xx;xx while right next to that it said "Source xx:xx:xx:xx" with colons! So, if I go by the project panel, the video is DF. If I go by what it says down in the timeline, the video is NDF. As it turns out, subtitles and CC only match up if I use the NDF versions of them, not with the DF versions, which indicates that my file was NDF. So, in the end, I'd say that the way the timecode is represented in the project panel didn't mean anything, at least not in this case.

Encore CS4 Missing Frames/Stops Starts and Blue Screen Crashes During Playback

I'm opening Premiere Pro CS4 with the default presets of HDV Capture, HDV 1080i30 software only mode. I'm capturing from my Canon HV20 using firewire HDV out 1440 x 1080. All goes well during the editing process but when I Dynamic Link and playback in Encore CS4 I observe dropped frames or stop and starts in Encore timeline sequence. At times I may even crash Encore with a Blue Screen. While still running Encore I can go back to Premiere Pro and play the timeline sequence with no issues. I will mention that I have the Matrox RT.X2 installed. But when starting a project I'm doing software only and disabling RT.X2 hardware playback. If I remove all effects in the timeline sequence and then Dynamic link to Encore the playback is normal with no effects. I did exported the Premiere Pro CS4 project using Adobe Media Encoder CS4 with a setting of MPEG 2 Blu-ray 1440 x 1080i 29.97 High Quality. I than import this MPEG2 back into Adobe Encore CS4 and it plays without dropping frames or hang-ups.
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Try to remember this:
Encore "Tries" to playback from premiere pro. If you have a full set of previews available, it will play those, but you are probably seeing a lot of dropped frames and choppy video if your previews in premiere are set pretty low. What you can do to combat this--in my experience--is export your video from premiere into a whole file in full format (in a non-lossy format with full frames, and in it's proxy equivalent; I use Prores LT for many projects, and export that as a final output from premiere), then have that encode in an h.264 format (which will maximize smooth motion and quality playback). Now... ...In your encore project, you should be outside of your original formats and in the intermediary that encore will recognize, so you should have it "Locate transcoded file". Once you have done so, it will playback that movie in the preview. I've done it. With CS6 and 4gb ram with a vidcard at 256mb and a core2duo 2.16ghz, it plays fine. With CS4 the encoding takes a while, and if you go to dvd, even longer for compression to work properly. I use Compressor to output AVCHD .264 stream and an AC3 file. When I locate the transcode for BD, I locate the .264 file first, then I get asked for the AC3 file. This allows me to import them both, and have Encore encode them into the transport stream without transcoding. I use Distributed processing to get the job done quickly, as I have minimal access to several computers and have connected them by that method for a Render Farming setup. It works well. With a hardware based device playing back your files, you won't see the same performance in Encore. It has to make two hops already to get to your video, and adding a third (goes from encore to Premiere, then to codec, then plays normally; third step is to external hardware, which eats up processing like crazy when it has to come all the way back to an encoding output to screen through encore, adding more steps for the system along the way) really can slow down the performance in Encore. IF you take the Steps out by encoding a finished playback stream, Encore will handle it quickly with it's own processing. It really does work well. If you don't like it, make your changes in Premiere, then re-encode with your hardware and make an h.264 file for encore again. You can use AME, but you'll always get standard Blu-ray (old file-stream format; lesser res and quality). You can use Compressor to make AVCHD which allows for 264 output that is PSF or progressive that is interpreted as simultaneous fields (fake interlace), or even solid progressive formatting for AVCHD compatible players, and you can render-farm it to speed up the encoding process.

Can I take a frame from my project and use it as a custom menu background with CS4 and its Encore

My project is edited in CS4.
I moved it to Encore CS4.
I don't want to use any of the supplied menu templates in CS4 Encore.
I was hoping CS4 would be all I needed to create custom menus using scenes from my project.
My question is: Can I take a frame from my project and use it as a custom menu background with CS4 and its built in Encore or do I need some other element from the Adobe catalog to make these custom chapter menus and sub-menus?
Thanks Jim

OK, I'm back. Here are my steps for creating Custom Menus with PS, En and PrPro:
In PrPro, move the CTI (Current Time Indicator) to the desired Frame. Check Frames on either side, with the Program Monitor’s Magnification to 100%, or maybe even 200% (you’ll need to scroll, but get a really clear picture). You want the clearest Frame in that area. With AME, in CS4, you’ll want to Export that Frame as .TIFF, or .BMP. I use .TIFF for this.
Now, for a caveat. When you Import this Exported Frame into Photoshop, be sure to check the specs., especially the PAR. You may have to use Image>PAR to adjust this to match your Project’s specs. Or, all might be perfect - just check this out.
Now, at this point, I choose the Library Menu, Blank, so that everything is setup. One can create the Menu from scratch, but careful attention needs to be paid to the exact naming conventions. At the very least, unless you’ve done this dozens of times before, use that Blank Menu, or similar as a guide, so you get things done, as they must be done.
Using that Blank Menu, just drag the Layer from your Exported Frame to your Menu image. It will appear above the black Background.
Add, or manipulate your Button Layer Sets, as is required, keeping them together. Remember that Button #1 will be the Button Layer Set, that is lower down in the Layers Palette. This can play a roll with Button Routing, back in Encore. Lower Button Layer Sets will have lower Button numbers.
Now, I always rename my Button Layer Sets, keeping the required characters - just changing the name. I also do all of my Button text in PS, and make sure to turn OFF Sync Button Names.
When done, Save_As .PSD, and then Import_As_Menu into Encore. Note: if you start with the Blank Menu, you can choose Edit in Photoshop, and then when done in PS, you just need to Save, and it will update in Encore. This is a personal workflow choice. I do the Edit in Photoshop route, but it is not necessary. One just needs to Import the resulting .PSD into Encore with Import_As_Menu, so that Encore does all the things that it needs to and recognizes the .PSD as a Menu.
When deciding what to base your Menu on, remember that you can "populate" your Menu with Buttons from the Functional Content. I’d suggest studying these Assets, and picking the ones that work best for you. You can still alter/edit those back in PS, so you just need to "get close."
Pay special attention to the required naming conventions. You cannot deviate from those first characters in the Button Layer Sets. They MUST be followed.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.
Good luck,
Hunt

Transcode settings in Encore CS3 for 24 frames?

Ok so I exported my 3 short films (all 23.976) and then dropped them into encore. Used the "automatic" transcode settings, and burned a DVD. Looks like crap. I found I can make my own preset for transcoding, so what settings should I be using to make the video not jittery and blurry.I tried putting the transcode setting to 23.976, and it sped the video up, and left the audio at the same speed....which doesn`t make sense. My source video is 23.976....so thats not the right way to do it. How do I make a 24 frames DVD?

How do I make a 24 frames DVD?
My own experience with this is that you must create a 24p MPEG2 file with appropriate pulldown flags for use in Encore. Any other option and Encore will mess up the pulldown.

Procoder + Encore = damaged frames

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