Transcode settings question

I started a new project with my blue ray transcode settings set to 1440 x 1080. This disk consisted of movies that had 1920 x 1080 and 960 x 540 assets. The blue ray looked great. Then I started wondering should my transcode settings have been set to 1920 x 1080 when I created the project? I am a little confused on how this works. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

Following post has the details of the Encore supported Blu-ray file dimensions : http://forums.adobe.com/message/1901666#1901666#1901666#1901666
If your asset is one of the following then you don't need to worry about the project settings becasue the assets would be transcoded using the asset's dimensions.
-Ramesh.

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Project Setting - Transcoding Settings question

Hello all,
I am a bit confused on the Encore settings.    Should I leave them as the default or should I tweak them??    The DVD tests that I have made seem to have a little bit of interlacing during playback in the Sony player that I am using via HDMI to the Sony TV.
When I check "project settings" in Encore it shows: Transcode Settings:   Codec MPEG 2, 720x480 Frame Rate 29.97 (my project is 23.976fps)
                                                                                                              Fields : Lower Field First
When I check "edit quality presets"   It shows Export Settings - MPEG2 Blu-ray,    1280x720p 23.976
                                                                    Summary:
                                                                    Output:           1280x720 23.976 De-interlaced
                                                                     Source           1920 x 1080 23.98, Lower
                                                                     Basic Video Settings:
                                                                                                     1280x720, 23.976
                                                                                                      Field Order None(progressive)
I guess It just seem like there is conflicing info with the Fields and with the Frame Rate.
Is this the way it is supposed to be or do I need to customize the settings?
Thank you in advance for being nice.

Stan,
Ok..just to clarify. Sorry for the long delay.
   When I start encore and I get the "new project" window, I select DVD and
under the transcode settings, it shows Fields: Lower Field First.
Is this ok?   I guess I would think it would be None or Progressive
Thanks
Ted

Transcode settings in Encore CS5

I have two questions:
1. How can I see my transcode settings (including the 'Quality tab' after all the transcode finished?
2. How do I know that the (Automatic) transcode happened at my best quality settings for a large project (~120 minutes SD) if the 'leftover space' is just a few MB? (I am sure if the remaining space is in the order of GB, then the transcode 'did its best' but in case of a few MB, I don't know.)
Thanks,
Laci.

Bill,
In the Project Panel, under the Transcode Setting header it says "Automatic"
only. When I right click on the asset, the "Transcode Setting" (and
obviously the "Transcode Now" column also) are grayed out. So, I can't
really find out what Quality Setting I used before I did transcode the
assets.
I guess, it make sense since if I use the highest quality setting and I have
a long timeline (120 minutes), then the Automatic Setting will bring down
the quality from my setting anyway so the material can fit on the DVD.
My second question was basically answered by Ann Bens: a 120 minute timeline
is too long for the highest quality setting on a 4.7 GB DVD. I just hoped to
be able to save some time since I am still working on the 38 analog tapes
(most of it just 90 minutes, but quite a few is 120 minutes) and after
editing, I want to archive them on the Taiyo Yuden 4.7 GB DVD. So, my best
option is to make 2 60 minute long project from each tape.
Good thing, I am retired :-)!
Thank you and Ann very much for your help. (By the time I start editing my
HD home movies, I will have learnt quite a lot from all these helps!)
Thanks,
Laci.
P.S. After reading again your answer and Ann's answer, I realized that my question was clumsily composed - I apologize for it. - Laci.

Where Do I Find Encore's Automatic Transcode Settings?

I am putting the finishing touches on a 1.75hr, NTSC 4:3, 5.1 (AC3), 2 lead-in AVIs, one Main Menu + 3 Scene Selection Menus (non-animated) and one Play All Playlist Project and have done several +RW burns to check things out. Everything fits nicely on 4.3GB +RW.
Now my questions: everything has been set to DVD-5, and Encore to Automatic. I have looked for the Transcode settings, but cannot find them. I have read through the manual, F1 and Jeff Bellunes Encore Focal Guide, but cannot find what I am looking for now. The Audio and Video quality are good, but I do not mind going to a DVD-9 (DL), if I can increase either. Where do I look to find what Encore chose? If I want to do DL at max. quality and bitrate of 7, do I need to set the Transcode settings of each Video Asset? This project will only play on set-top DVD players, and most are fairly recent models, that all handle DL.
As is, it works OK, but I am wondering how to tell if I can go higher quality at some point, if DL is a viable option. I dont want to just waste a DL, if what I already have is as good as it gets.
I know that the answer has stared me in the eye on many occasions, but I just cannot find, what I think I am looking for.
TIA,
Hunt

Bill.
Try running a sort of "manual Bit-Budget" to see what the numbers say.
DVD5 = 37,600 Megabits.
DVD9 = 68,000 Megabits.
Ideally, we subtract an overhead of 4% to allow for variables.
This gives us the following values:
DVD5 = 36,000
DVD9 = 65,000.
Let us first subtract the Audio.
1.75 hours at 0.448Mb/sec = 2,882.4 Megabits
(0.448 (The data rate of DD 5.1) * 60 (seconds) *105 (minutes) )
This leaves us with (36000 - 3000) = 33,000 Megabits.
I do not know the running tome of the lead-in AVI clips, but let us assume 5 minutes in total.
This gives us 33,000 megabits to fit 110 Minutes of Video.
So.
110 minutes = 6,600 seconds.
33,000 / 6600 = 5 Megabits/second available for film.
This is under 6, so will be a VBR encode with an average bitrate of 5Mb/sec.
For DVD9.
Same Audio.
Same sums except the total megabits for video is larger, so we have
65,000 - 3000 = 62,000.
62,000 / 6600 = 9.3939 Mbits/second for the video is available.
Now, the highest possible allowed rate for DVD-Video - 10.08 for all combined.
For Audio & Video combined it is taken as 9.8 Mbits/second.
On a pressed, or replicated disc this is fine.
On written media we need to be more careful, so we set a peak video bitrate of 7Mb/sec - which although will not fill a DVD9, will present the highest possible compromise between playability on maximum number of players & highest quality.
You may experiment & go as high as 8Mb/sec, but I would generaly not recommend this to written media, DL especially.
There is a chance players will choke due to the higher error rate from the reduced reflectivity available with written media & DL media in particular.
It does give you almost a 50% increase in bitrate on your video.
Minimal is 40% gain in bits.
This will certainly make your film look better.
I think it is worthwhile going to DVD9.

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.

Cant make a 720p Blu ray as all transcode settings come out as 1080

HI
Im trying to make a 1280 720 59i blu ray disk. My input is 29.97 progressive 1080p from Premiere.
Whatever settings I use my encoded BD-Folder build always appears to be in 1920 1080.
I choose my default transcode settings after dynamic link from premiere as 1280 720 59i.
If I import the folder into premiere it says it is 1920 1080 progressive, even though it cant be progressive but I wish it was!
When I watch the outputted folder in VLC it always says it is 1920 1080 in media info and plays at that size.
Even when i import a 1080p clip to a 1280 720 timeline in encore my output is still 1080i.
What Im I doing wrong?
joe

Are you using Encore CS4 or CS5?
If you are using CS5 then you need to do the below steps for this -
1. Right click on your asset in Encore
2. Click on Transcode Settings
3. Select Dimension as 1280x720
4. Select Frame Rate as 59.94
5. Click on ok button
Build your project and the output will be 1280x720 with framerate 59.94.
In CS5 Encore generates the output, based on asset.
Thanks,
Pankaj Gauba

Error loading transcode settings

I have a finished DV sequence in Premiere 5. I placed Encore chapter points in the timeline. I use adobe dynamic link to load sequence into encore using default transcode settings. Project loads in encore with this error: error loading transcode preset. The timeline plays fine in encore. Timeline is pink color in encore.
What have I done wrong?
Thanks

I started a new project and everything seems to be working fine this time. Possibly false alarm...

What should my transcode settings be?

I'm trying to output files for a DVD project I'm working on. I was given all of the video and audio pieces by our video guy. I've put them together with Encore 2.0 and created the menus. When I attempt to output the files to DVD to send to our replicator company it's giving me a "File Not Found" error. I'm going through some of the troubleshooting ideas online. One of the things it mentions is transcode settings. For a project that I'm creating that will be used in DVD players at trade shows (and sent to customers), what transcode settings should I use. Do I apply these to each piece of my project? It's grayed out for the entire project, so my only option is to apply one for each.
Or, if someone else has a better idea about why I'm getting a "File Not Found" error, I'd love to hear about that, too.
I've already authored one of these for a Play All looped disk and didn't have any trouble. It's this one with all of the pieces that's now causing me trouble.
Thanks for the help,
Debbie

My filename was 20 characters and I used _ marks instead of spaces. When someone suggested that I just rename the file, I added a 1 to the end of the file name and it worked. It's really weird to have to do that though. When I made some changes again and tried, I had the same problem, so I deleted my original file, removed the 1 from the filename, and it worked again. Very strange. That said though, I'm happy that I can at least make it work to complete my project that I'm working on.
Debbie

Best transcode settings for 20+ minute sports video DVD?

I've been producing videos and DVDs for a while but I'm new to Encore. From my initial experience, the finished quality is much better than the Apple iDVD that I have been using. While I'm very happy with the DVD, I'd like to see if I can get better quality results.
Yes, I'm going from HD > SD (DVD) and I understand it's not the same thing and that the resolution is much less. I would just like help with the DVD transcode settings that I'll use to build my DVD.
I'm exporting standalone quicktime movie from FCE with no custom settings.
My quicktime file resolution is 1920 x 1080 @ 29.97 fps.
My videos are usually about 20-25 minutes long and have lots of motion in them. Any suggestions are requested.
I'm very happy with the color but some of the motion looks a little jumpy at times and some of the stills aren't as crisp as I'd like.
Thanks,
Bob

Time for the proverbial spanner in the works.
If you are in NTSC lands, and your source footage is HD at 24fps, you could always try encoding to the 24p MPEG-2-DVD setting.
This will put the progressive scan footage on the DVD at 24p, without degrading it to interlaced - and on an upscaling player you will get output at 24p.
If the disc is played on a non upscaling system, the player will automatically pull to 29.97, so you lose nothing and gain a lot.
The Adobe Media Encoder does a fine job of the 24p for DVD encoding as well - just remember to render out as elementary streams (.m2v and .WAV) - do not use the Dolby Digital encoder at this point (unless you need the SurCode 5.1 of course) and use LPCM - let Encore handle this.

I cannot pick different transcode settings

Hi everyone.
For some reason i cannot pick different transcode settings. When I go to file>transcode>transcode settings everything is greyed out.
I have 1 timeline with DV .avi footage that I've imported from Premiere.
Anyone else have this problem or am I doing something wrong?

>So does this mean I can transcode different sections of the DVD at different transcode settings?
Absolutely you can. Every timeline can be encoded differently.
>And do I have to pick a transcode setting for each clip because I have 4 different clips or can I just set it so that it will transcode all 4 clips at the same settings?
Yes you can, and yes you can! It's your call.
If you leave everything at the default setting of "Automatic", Encore generally does a pretty fine job of getting the most quality possible from your AVI files.
However.
There may well be cases where you want to maximize the bitrate of, say, the main movie or main timeline at the expense of perhaps the bloopers reel. This is common practise.
There is a major GOTCHA waiting here though, and that is MPEG-2 encoding is an art form, and best results are not usually obtained from custom presets unless you really know & understand
i exactly
what you are doing. Hollywood will employ people to specifically sit there & encode video to MPEG-2 all day, every day. Applications like CCE-SP can even set different bitrates in a single clip by using timecode references to determine where things change if you have, say, one sequrence that requires scads & scads of bits (Explosions, rapid motion, high detail etc) and other sections that have large amounts of nothing much at all going on (Scenic panoramas, etc).
The point is, it can all go horribly wrong if you are not careful & I would highly recommend investing in some RW discs to avoid the inevitable coasters when learning all the settings & options (I know I wasted many discs until RW became available).
Lots & lots of luck, but in the main it is (usually) better to let Encore handle the most important timeline automatically, and tweak where it doesn't matter.

2 project settings questions

Hello again
Still experimenting with PrE8 trial version. This is my first experience with a video editor so learning all from scratch. I have a couple of questions regarding the project setting you need to chose when you create a new project. I understand these settings define the "working" enviroment for the editing process - in other words the resolution and all the other characteristics (format, frame rate, etc) that the project will use
1) I have a camera that´s 1920x1080 30p (progressive) , the GoPro HD. When I look in the new project presets, all 1920 x 1080 presets available seem to be specifically designed for interlaced video. This is indicated by the names of the presets, and by their descriptions as well. There is only 1 progressive preset, of a lower resolution (720p)
Nevertheless, I tried using the HD 1080i preset, loaded some 1920x1080 progressive mp4 files, and apparently it works perfectly well. In fact when I go to edit>project settings>general window, the project attributes indicate progressive video !!!
Is there really any difference (or specific requirement) in a project preset for interlaced vs progressive video? ( I am beginning to suspect that there is really no difference, and that the coding ( i vs p) does not really form part of the project settings, and that the project will take both forms of input media)
any thoughts on this?
2) The GoPro has a non-standard resolution mode, HD with 4:3 aspect ratio : 1280x960 30p
There is no project setting preset that will match this, how can I create one myself ?
The PrE help says this is possible, but I can't find how. ( Edit>project settings will not let me change the resolution)
from the help
If your source footage requires a custom project preset, you can create one. The procedure for creating a preset differs if you’re changing settings for an open project versus establishing settings for a new project. Presets you create can be applied to new projects, and if you want to back up or distribute preset files, you can find them in the Settings subfolder of the Adobe Premiere Elements folder on your hard disk.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremiereElements/8.0/Win/Using/WS09e4b3c48f3a79fc19b622510385d 4355c-7fde.html
Again thanks so much for your time and your help , much appreciated.
Gonza

Unfortunately you will not be able to use the video from those "sports" camcorders directly in Premiere Elements. It's just not compatible with the program.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/415317?tstart=0
As you can see from this FAQ, there are three options for converting the video:
1) Convert it a DV-AVI using MPEG Streamclip. It's a free program, but the DV-AVI it outputs will not be hi-def. It will be standard video, but it will be editable in Premiere Elements.
2) Convert it to a standard def DV-AVI using Quicktime Pro, a $29 download from Apple.com,and edit in Premiere Elements.
3) Use Quicktime Pro to do your editing. The video will remain a high-def MP4.
The best solution, of course, is if the camcorder itself comes with its own editing software. That's software you KNOW will work with the camcorder's footage.
But, short of that, you'll need to use one of the hybrid solutions above. But you will not be able to edit the footage directly in Premiere Elements. Sorry.

Another white balance presets/settings question

(this is related to two other posts regarding white balance presets, but didn't want to hijack those threads with my own specific questions...)
i've got a canon s70, and have been messing around with a friends copy of aperture. the raw files of my camera are recognized (though the aperture camera support page identifies it as not optimized support), but the problem is that the white balance settings in camera are ignored.
when i view a raw file from my camera in aperture, the exif data shows that it is recognizing different white balance settings (various numbers are displayed here, for example, 1 for auto, 3 for tungsten, 6 for manual, etc). however, the temp. and tint settings are the same for all the images, regardless of wb setting (5278K temp, -18 tint).
so, here are my questions:
- is there any setting i'm missing that would let aperture correctly interpet the wb temp for a specific setting? in another thread regarding canon cameras and wb someone stated that aperture reads wb 'as shot', but it seems odd that it would recognize these different wb settings but apply the same temp and tint calculations across the board.
-i noticed that i can create white balance presets and apply them manually. i was wondering if it's possible to apply preset wb settings automatically. for example, is it possible to create an approximate wb setting for 'tungsten' (3), and then have it applied to all images with the '3' setting, either automatically on/immediately after import, or through an applescript or automator action?
while i could use lightroom, atm lightroom is lacking some features that i crucial to my wider image management/workflow needs (though it does correctly interpret my white balance settings). aperture seems like the best bet for me, but i would rather not go through my library of raw files and manually change the wb settings for each image.
thanks in advance for any help.

I don't know about your other white balance issue, but yes, you can apply a white balance to a selection of images.
Create a set of WB presets (one for daylight, cloudy, fluorescent, tungsten etc.). This takes moments and will be available on any future occasion.
Select and apply your WB preset to an image
Fine tune as needed (since in-camera auto white balance or presets often do not nail it)
Select Lift/Stamp tool
Click on your adjusted image
In the Lift/Stamp HUD, deselect all adjustments except the WB
Select all target images
Click "Stamp Selected Images" button in the Lift/Stamp HUD

Sequence settings question

I recently learned that whenever exporting a Quicktime file via the Quicktime Conversion method and selecting the NONE compression setting, that recompression occurs, although the selection indicates NONE (go figure). If I want to export a sequence, what selection should I use. And also, what about the Quicktime Video settings in the Sequence Settings dialogue box? What selection should I use when editing in, say, uncompressed 10bit or 8bit?
I'm a little confused. Maybe there is an article or something out there that explains all the differences in Quicktime that someone knows about.
Thanks, as usual, for all the help.
Van
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In a recent post, I was asking about a workflow issue I was having and the question came up. Instead of nesting a sequence, I exported it as a Quicktime movie using the Quicktime Conversion selection rather than the self-contained movie option and re-imported it, and I was concerned about any quality loss I might be introducing by doing it that way. In the "Conversion" dialogue box, you can select the codec, and I was selecting NONE. I was told not to use that setting because it recompressed the footage.
The original sequence I was exporting was uncompressed 8bit, and the original footage was d-beta captured as NTSC 8bit.

PRE9 Project Settings questions

I just got PRE9 and I am working on my first video. The question I have is
about project settings and resolutions, etc. I want to output the video to both DVD and to a file that can be copied to a USB thumb drive and plugged into my l 55in HDTV for playback. it doesn't have to be HD video, but I do want it in 16:9 widescreen atleast.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

The project setting needs to match your video source (i.e. what you are putting *IN* to PRE9). So what is the source of your clip and what settings did your camera use at the time of shooting? How did you get it into PRE9? Ideally can you run one of your video clips through the free GSpot tool and post the screen shot here.
Getting your video output to any output (widescreen or standard) is a feature of the Share tab in PRE9. To output it to two formats (DVD and data file for your USB thumb drive) is two separate Shares that will be found under Share> Disc and Share> Computer (or possibly Share> Mobile Phones and Cameras).
Give us a bit more detail about where and how you want to play that USB thumb drive version.
Cheers,
Neale
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"automatic" transcode settings is not filling my DVD capacity

I've put together four AVI files in Encore and every time I go through the "build" process 20 GB worth of material is reduced down to 720 MB (approx). I always thought that a great advantage in using Encore was that it filled your material to fit the medium. I'm using a DVD not CD giving me more than 4GB. How do I get "build" to maximize my project into a single DVD, or DVD image?
Thanks...

"What version of Encore?"   Encore cs4
"Do you have any material in the DVD-ROM content? (Look on the build tab.)" Yes, it indicates 526 KB used for DVD-ROM content.
" Is it "Untranscoded" and "Automatic"?"      Untranscoded.
"In the Project Settings, Advanced tab, what do you have set for the maximum Audio/Video Datarate?"   8.0 Mbps
As no changes were made from my original setup, my results are the same: Format: DVD; Output: DVD Image; Disc Info: 723.2 MB used, 3.96 GB free. My four AVI files total about 20 GB. Again, my original question, why doesn't Encore use up another 3 GB to maximize the data available which must produce a better running DVD video than information on a mere 723 MB?
I do thank you for your assistance. I'm sure that there must be something else I'm missing.
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