Avid Xpress Pro to Encore

[Jon Zanone]

Export out of the Avid as a QT Reference. We used PremierePro as an intermediate program to encode to mpeg. Then we discovered we could burn directly to DVD using PPro. Then we discovered a bug (for the life of me I can’t remember what it was), and we started using Sorenson and Reel DVD. All of our stuff is first play – no authoring necessary.

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[David Braswell]

Hi Debbie,

I responded to your previous inquiry about this. In case you missed it, you can read it at https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=45&postid=857686.
There was also another possible workflow mentioned in that thread. QT Reference files are viable. Basically, you’ll need to ensure that no unrendered space remains in your Avid sequence. Check that post unless you’ve tried it with no luck 🙁

brazz

[Lucas Merino]

I have had very good success with exporting from XpressPro and authoring in Encore. I just finished a dvd where the main program was 24p material, and the bonus content was a mix (inluding some 16:9 and some 4:3).

I found that encoding mpeg2 in Sor. Squeeze only lead to possible problems, so mainly I exported Quicktime Ref. files (and sometimes self-contained quicktime) from Avid and encoded them directly in Encore (which uses the same encoder as Squeeze anyway).

Once everything was in Mpeg2 I authored as usual. What are you having problems with exactly?