http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Forums Forum: Adobe Encore DVD en Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:35:31 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/have-premiere-pro-is-encore-a-seperate-thing#post-40162 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:05:09 +0000 svtcobraltd 40162@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Will do.  If I cant find anything there, I will try and contact Adobe themselves and see.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/have-premiere-pro-is-encore-a-seperate-thing#post-40055 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:08:36 +0000 jerronsmith 40055@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm not sure, I installed from a DVD so I don't know how the software download from the site works. Sorry.</p> <p>Only thing I can suggest is to check the documentation they sent you when you purchased the software, it may indeed be a separate download.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/have-premiere-pro-is-encore-a-seperate-thing#post-40034 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:21:26 +0000 svtcobraltd 40034@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I understand that but it does not explain why it is not there.  Is Encore a seperate download?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/have-premiere-pro-is-encore-a-seperate-thing#post-39952 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:02:17 +0000 butterflyguy 39952@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Put a video on the time line.</p> <p>If there's nothing there, then nothing could be exported to Encore.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/have-premiere-pro-is-encore-a-seperate-thing#post-39945 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:17:08 +0000 svtcobraltd 39945@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote> <p>There is no Encore listed in my programs.  I downloaded the trial version from Adobe's site and the decided to make the purchase.  Would that have anything to do with it?</p> <p>And yes the timeline is highlighted when I click export but it is still grayed out.</p> </blockquote> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/have-premiere-pro-is-encore-a-seperate-thing#post-39926 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:11:29 +0000 jerronsmith 39926@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Encore is a separate program that is bundled with Premiere Pro, so they are only sold together. Assuming Encore is installed, and it should have been when you installed PP CS3. You can check to see if it is installed by checking under the start menu where your other programs list. If the option is grayed out;</p> <p>Is your timeline selected when try to click on the option?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/have-premiere-pro-is-encore-a-seperate-thing#post-39922 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:54:24 +0000 svtcobraltd 39922@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I cannot find Encore at all but I do own Premiere Pro cs3 for windows.  But the Export to Encore option is not something I can click on.  What am I missing here?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/encore-quality-issueshelp-me#post-39468 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:27:13 +0000 BarefootMedia 39468@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The bit rate you quoted (2.0) doesn't make sense to me.  I suppose it could be 2.0 Mbps (megabytes per second) which is a lot of data per second.  Checking a variety of my video files revealed that the AVI's are either 1 or 1.5 Mbps.  So I think I would reduce the target rate to 1.0 Mbps and see if that makes a difference on the DVD's playback on a computer.  It sounds good in theory, but I don't know any way other than trying it to see if it works in practice.</p> <p>Good luck &amp; let us know how it goes.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/encore-quality-issueshelp-me#post-39451 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:50:17 +0000 dfxoutlaw 39451@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Well my computer is fast enough to play the DVD's I dont have anything like that running on my PC...I have it optimized for performance.. So if I export these videos at a lower maximum bit rate it might work?? The target bitrate that they were exported at was 2.0.   I would really like to know if I can have this DVD just play as a DVD-rom specifically for the computer. This is a very large project as far as sizes goes and requires a dual Layer DVD</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/encore-quality-issueshelp-me#post-39365 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:27:45 +0000 BarefootMedia 39365@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'd suggest you try decreasing the bit rate of the MPG2 files you are writing to the DVD.  Computers have to emulate the actions of a DVD player while maintaining the bit rate off the DVD.  If your DVD doesn't have a lot of video on it, the usual default of DVD authoring software is to use the maximum bit rate for DVD players.  But decreasing the default bit rate will let the computer keep up with the video output.</p> <p>You might also want to check out how many background activities your computer is busy with.  A friend of mine had the video playback on his computer grind to a halt.   As it turned out, he'd installed an animated wallpaper which was monopolizing his processor cycles.  So you may want to try playing the DVD on a faster computer to see how it works there.</p> <p>Good luck with your project.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/encore-quality-issueshelp-me#post-39363 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:10:15 +0000 dfxoutlaw 39363@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> So I am authoring this DVD for an online education community who sells DVD's to aspiring VFX and Game artists....So a mass majority of these DVD's will be played on the Computer.  I have everything ready to go and Encore gives me no errors.....All my video is exported at 640 X 480 to maintain proper aspect ratio of the tutorials on the DVD...the pixel aspects of everything including the Menus are square pixels..... When I play this project on the using any of the DVD player software on the computer I get very bad pixelation....is this because of the Burning process itself? The dvd plays good on the regular DVD player with the exception of the video getting cut off in the safe areas... What do I need to do to have these play at a high quality on the computer?? Has anyone else had this issue? All responses are greatly appreciated...</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/encore-scroll-menu#post-39108 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:37:31 +0000 FlyingDoc 39108@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm creating a dvd menu using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Encore.<br /> I want to create a scroll menu, here is a picture of what I want:</p> <p><img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/dzblok.jpg" alt="asdasd" /></p> <p>The idea is, that the user can use the black arrows to navigate up or down.</p> <p>Can anyone please tell me how I can make this?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/transcoding-settings#post-36489 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:18:34 +0000 htalents 36489@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello, I'm pretty new to this but I have a question about the transcoding settings on Encore.  The manual doesn't say much about the settings (what are they and what each does).</p> <p>Can anyone possibly explain these?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/menu#post-36476 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:00 +0000 AldimarVP 36476@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Well, this is a few weeks late, and I supose you have found the problem. However, for yourself and others following this thread I offer this approach for Adobe Encore:</p> <p>Create your introductory video to the DVD. I often include the buttons as they will appear on the video. I allow 30 seconds worth of the buttons on the screen after the introductory sequence. Create your menu that looks exactly like the button sequence on the video. I use PhotoShop to create the button mechanics, hot areas, etc. Now, when you create the menu, only use the active buttons in the PhotoShop created menu. That is, show as visible only the (+) layers. Import the PhotoShop menu as a "menu".</p> <p>Under the "Motion" tab of the menu properties box, set the introductory video along with the buttons on that video as the video source for the menu. Now, set the time where the buttons appear in your introductory video in the "Loop Point" field of the properties box. You may have to fiddle with the time a little bit.</p> <p>However, the down side of this approach is that when anyone hits the menu button on the remote, they will start the video from the beginning of your introductory video. Thus, you will need a second menu with out the introductory video. This can be solved by making the "end action" of the introductory video with menu point to the beginning of the second menu.</p> <p>Sheesh, sorry if this sounds confusing. But when you get it working it is great.</p> <p> AL</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/menu#post-36373 Wed, 07 May 2008 19:41:26 +0000 film814 36373@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It all depends on what software you are using. The effect is pretty easy to accomplish in Sony DVD Architect. Unfortunately I have not made any instructional videos on that topic.</p> <p>Jeremy </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/menu#post-36339 Tue, 06 May 2008 05:53:29 +0000 davefinnh 36339@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm no expert but it seems to me that what might work is importing the video intro and setting it as first play. Set the end action for the intro to point to the desired menu and then you're good to go.</p> <p> Seems logical to me although I'm sure there are more elegant solutions.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/encore-cs3-and-server-2003-os#post-36037 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:30:35 +0000 Furball 36037@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm running Server 2003 on a Dell Precision 690 with dual quad core xeon procs. Encore is locking up in the "Build". Has anyone tried this combination yet? I'm reverting back to 2.0 to see if it works without locking up with that version.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/menu#post-36016 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:09:54 +0000 Doctor85 36016@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Can anyone explain to me - preferably in a video - how to make a menu like this with Adobe? I need a menu with a video intro and then the buttons appear.</p> <p> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUtTXHlA_sA</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/creating-custom-motion-menu-in-cs3#post-35957 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:44:25 +0000 contrain 35957@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>In Encore CS3, I create a motion menu button and it plays for 30 seconds. However, it plays the first 30 seconds of the marker, and I want to choose which 30 seconds of the chapter I want to play in the motion menu. How can I do this?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/encore-cs3-book#post-35660 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:58:33 +0000 contrain 35660@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Can anyone recommend a good Adobe Encore CS3 book?</p> <p>Thanks.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/menu-creation-issue-in-encore-20#post-35286 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:24:40 +0000 brian47374 35286@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am having trouble with menu creation in Encore 2.0. My issue is that when I create the menu and preview it in Encore, it works just fine. However, once I burn the DVD onto a DVD and put it in my DVD player, some of the menu selections are skipped over. I have some working menus that I have no problems with. I even copied them and just replaced the information and it did not work. I created custom menus in Photoshop because I wanted some specific text effects. I have even tried making sure the numbering order is correct in the upper right hand corner.</p> <p>Any ideas on this could be greatly appreciated!</p> <p>Thanks in advance!!!</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/quotsave-asquot-in-encore#post-35129 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:27:09 +0000 JimMartin 35129@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <br /> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/quotsave-asquot-in-encore#post-35128 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:26:35 +0000 JimMartin 35128@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I've found it works much better to import your clips into Encore as AVI files and let Encore transcode them. Encore can then better adjust the transcode to fit on your DVD.</p> <p>Kkmac is certainly correct that Encore is a post production tool. It is designed to present and distribute finished programs. It is not an editing tool. You are just asking for problems if you try to edit a program with Encore.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-to-make-an-85min-horror-film-for-a-100-pounds-6#post-34405 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:33:08 +0000 PMiddy 34405@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I've just finished authoring to DVD, a full length feature film that I made for a 100 pounds!</p> <p>If you would like any free help, advice or have any further questions in regards to how I achieved this, including any pre-production or post production problems, email me at:</p> <p><a href="mailto:internationalpictures@fsmail.net">internationalpictures@fsmail.net</a></p> <p>but please subscribe to my films via youtube, if you find any of my advice useful!</p> <p>See the trailer:</p> <p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=wRQhcpDab8w" rel="nofollow">http://youtube.com/watch?v=wRQhcpDab8w</a></p> <p>See an extract:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDVDy0JBayU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDVDy0JBayU</a></p> <p>My full channel can be found at the link below and features making of documentaries, etc.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com?PMiddy001" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com?PMiddy001</a></p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Pete Middleton - Director</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/sub-menu-overlapping-buttons#post-34178 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:21:10 +0000 Coreece 34178@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <br /> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/sub-menu-overlapping-buttons#post-34177 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:18:42 +0000 Coreece 34177@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>When I got that error, it didn't look like the buttons were overlapping, but the button outlines were.  The outlines appear when you click on a button with the selection tool.  perhaps theis is the problem with your project.  I will PM you an illustration, because this new fomat didn't allow me to "insert" an image...</p> <p> Also...I don't think the flowchat will show which buttons are overlapping...you'll just have to click every button until you see which outlines are overlapping.  I thought encore had a feature that would atomagically create red outlines when buttons were overlapping...I guess not...</p> <p>I hope this helps...</p> <p> Best Regards</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/sub-menu-overlapping-buttons#post-34125 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:35:35 +0000 ozzo94 34125@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I'm fairly new with Encore CS3 , but I have done a lot of video tutor learning. A few test runs I tried have worked out well -but my first serious try is driving me up the wall. 'Check Project' keeps telling me :  SUBMENU - Overlapping buttons!   I cannot trace this 'fault'. The flowchart looks fine but what else can I do?</p> <p>Any help might save my sanity! Thanks.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/faulty-audio-after-transcodeing#post-33793 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:11:00 +0000 pewterbyrock 33793@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I have a project that I am working on<br /> my orginal video was a vob file and I took pieces and turned then into mpeg files and brought them into encore. they work fine until I try to transcode them, then the audio is slow and faulty. when I preview they are fine its only when I transcode that they become faulty. i tried various combination of transcode options but haveing no luck. I tried mgeg, dolby, and pcm. i tried to up the audio bitrat and lower it. still no luck. any suggestions would be great.<br /> thanks<br /> Rock</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/encore-override-problem#post-30207 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:05:08 +0000 jpspohn 30207@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Thanks, kkmac. I've discovered that my problem is one of the limitations of Encore 1.0. It's only possible to use &quot;override&quot; to return to a scene menu for the last scene on a time line. So each scene to be viewed via a scene selection sub-menu needs to be on a separate timeline. Newer versions have capabilities like playlists and chapter end actions which is what I need. Upgrade time. Jim http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/quotsave-asquot-in-encore#post-30204 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:05:11 +0000 kkmac 30204@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ If you have a 15Gig m2v video, it must be around 8 hours since 2 hours of DVD video is around 4 Gig. If you can, try exporting (from Premiere) each seperate sequence as an avi file. Let Encore transcode the files. If you can export 1 big sequence you should be able to export a bunch of smaller ones.<br /> <br /> Encore is a DVD authoring application. It was not intended (ever) to be used as an editing or production tool. Its a Post Production tool. Your video files are supposed to be ready for delivery by the time Encore sees them. Using Encore as an editor is only asking for problems. The biggest being the audio and video sync. Guaranteed to lose sync every time.<br /> <br /> Honestly, its best to figure out why your having problems exporting from Premiere because Encore will introduce new problems. The problem your experiencing now is just the beginning if you can't solve your Premiere export issue.<br /> <br /> I can't help you on that because I don't know what version of Premiere your using, and what your settings are.