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Seen but not heard
I am exporting a video with sound to Media Encoder. I get no sound (PCM, because Adobe has blocked my access to Dolby Digital I bought and paid for in the last edition of PP).
I go back and attempt to export just the sound (PCM). I get an error message: “There are no sound clips.”
There obviously are. Why do I get this infuriating message?
And by the way, if Adobe is so concerned for its purchasers’ welfare when I twists our arm to give them open season to rape us of what’s on our computers, how come it can’t remember that I’ve already PAID for the Dolby Digital? (Please don’t tell me that I have to sheel out for it all over again just because this is a new edition of PREMIERE PRO.)
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3 Replies
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Norman- have you tried using the activation code you received from Minnetonka in the Dolby encoder included with PP 2.0? I think the encoder’s the same version as what shipped with 1.5, so it should work okay. If it doesn’t work, you should contact Minnetonka about the issue. It’s their license for the Dolby encoder you are using, not Adobe’s, and they should be able to tell you whether or not the code is good for the version you got with PP 2.0.
As for the error message, are you making sure that the Sequence window is the active window before exporting, and that you have your desired sequence open? Since the export options in Premiere are context-sensitive to which sequence or clip you have opened (and therefore which window you’re focused on), it could be looking at something else.
A workaround- if you’re just going to use PCM, just use the File > Export > Audio option to create a WAV file. It’s the same end result.
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Norman,
Your dolby encode license should work with 2.0. It does on mine. In my case, 2.0 was installed before removing 1.5 and the license transfered without issue. I did get the “you have 3 trials” message the first time it was used, but it has continued to function well beyond three encodes. It continued to work fine after 1.5 was removed from the system too.
As Tim suggests, contact Minnetonka Software to find out what has to be done to reactivate your license.
Dave
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To Dave and Timothy,
I do know that one way or other I will get the Dolby operational. What enrages me is that getting full functionality of Adobe’s products is not just jumping through a hoop but jumping through a whole series of them.
The Dolby Digital may be derived from a 3rd party source but it is an integral feature that Adobe uses as a selling point for its product and the responsibility for its operation devolves upon Adobe, NOT the 3rd party provider. Would you look to the manufacturer of a propellor for service to an aircraft? Of course not, it is organic and its use cannot be divorced from the host product it augments.
Adobe’s PC activation process is a strong-arm tactic to compel the user to submit to what is essentially a Trojan Horse virus implant. Of course Adobe knows that it is illegal (never mind immoral and unethical) to compel users to agree, and it is thus careful to ensure choice.
But is it a fair one if Adobe does its level best to make it as unequal an option as it possibly can short of bringing upon itself a class action suit?
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