Slideshow Decoder issue

I've seen a few people having this problem but haven't seen a solution that works. Spece/tech details are...
Windows 8 Pro 64Bit
32Gb Ram
1TB+ free space
Intel I7 3820CPU
Nvidia GTX 560Ti GPU
Master Suite CS6
All Software/OS updates applied.
I am trying to make a DVD slideshow. I used the Photoshop actions to resize save as TIFF's all images as well using the actions to remove the flicker.
When I try to use the "Import As/Slideshow" fucntion in Encore I get the attached dialog box. I have created a standard Encore project using only default settings. I have re-run all alctions and created new Encore projects, same result every time.
I have installed quicktime/VLC/Codec Pak to ensure the the H 264 codec is installed and working, it is.
I stall get this problem, and Encore refuses to import any of my files.
Any help would be great.

I work with 16-bit Images too, and Scale to match my Project (am always doing this in PrPro, but it's the same). I always include a line in my Action to change the Bit-Depth to 8-bit, before doing the Save_As.
It would be the same, if I was working with CMYK Images (only do those for delivery to a printer), in that I would have a line in the Action to change Color Mode to RGB.
Glad that you found the issue and good luck,
Hunt

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I suspect this is more a glitch report than a question but just in case someone else encounters it only to become completely baffled, it may save them much time and frustration.
Most of the technical information is from Adobe Support Knowledgebase Article Document 332456 "Troubleshoot preview and playback issues (Adobe Encore DVD 2.0) http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332456.html
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2) If I burn any Encore project with slideshows to a DVD folder and play that folder, my version of Cyberlink PowerDVD XP 4.0 (or Windows Media Player which would use the same mpeg decoder anyway) will completely ignore any set slideshow duration or other settings and simply display each slide for about 1 second.
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Yes when I compare the size of the VOBs they are of similiar size. Maybe this is another clue as two slideshows made exactly the same way using two authoring programs (one being Encore) produce slightly different size vob files. I assume they might be using different data rates but again the mpeg specification for i-frames stipulates that their data rate is defined at something like 2.0 mbps.

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union all
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undefined.
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DECODE ( SIGN ( ROUND ( ( (pendatprod - d1)
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Hi,
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caption
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url
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slideNumber
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slideTotal
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clearInterval(myInterval);
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play_btn._visible = 0;
p = 0;
pause_btn.onRelease = function() {
clearInterval(myInterval);
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play_btn._visible = 100;
play_btn.onRelease = function() {
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play_btn._visible = 0;
previous_btn._visible = 100;
next_btn._visible = 100;
if (p<(total-1)) {
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head_txt.text = header[p];
capt_txt.text = caption[p];
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picture._alpha = 0;
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head_txt.text = header[p];
capt_txt.text = caption[p];
num_txt.text = number[p];
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play_btn._visible = 0;
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p--;
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
head_txt.text = header[p];
capt_txt.text = caption[p];
num_txt.text = slideNumber[p];
url_btn = url[p];
go_btn = url[p];
picture_num();
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p = total - 1;
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
head_txt.text = header[p];
capt_txt.text = caption[p];
picture_num();
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next_btn._visible = 100;
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picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);
head_txt.text = header[0];
capt_txt.text = caption[0];
url_btn = url[0];
go_btn = url[0];
picture_num();
slideshow();
function picture_num() {
current_pos = slideNumber[p];
pos_txt.text = current_pos +"/" +slideTotal;
function slideshow() {
myInterval = setInterval(pause_slideshow, delay[p]);
function pause_slideshow() {
clearInterval(myInterval);
if (p == (total-1)) {
p = 0;
firstImage();
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on (release) {
getURL(url_btn, "_self");
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if you go to :
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~jestrada/CSS/slideshow.zip
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flash including the XML and photos...

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