Can’t change settings on NTSC field order

[Daniel Ludwig]

clyde,
this is depending on if you have transcoded your video allready, or if you use an (uncompressed) MOV or AVI.

ALL video-assets needs to have the same flie-order as their MOV or AVI-files.

encore could not detect the field-order within MOV- oor AVI-files, you need to SET it in the individual encoding-setting of each file.

danny

[Clyde Villegas]

The video is already transcoded (in MPEG2-DVD UpperField First using Adobe Media Encoder) before I brought it into Encore.

The reason why made it it upper-field-first is because the original footage was also upper field first (1080i Upper Field First).

Is there a way I can set field order in Encore to upper field first for DVD?

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[Daniel Ludwig]

clyde,
this is very simple.

if you´ve imported a MOV or AVI-file into your project, you need to look t your project-window on the top left corner (normally).

do a right-klick on the (untranscoded) video, choose the transcoding-settings from the contextual menu.

from the window choose edit qualtiy presets. then you´ll get the typical media-encoder-window, where you can create a preset (with upper or lower field first)….

save the preset and go bach to the previous window. then you can select this preset for your trascoding – DONE! 🙂

danny

[Clyde Villegas]

Thanks Daniel! You’re instructions are very accurate. Was able to go through the settings easily.

I’m just wondering, my videos are already transcoded to MPEG2-DVD (upper field first) before I brought them into Encore. You mentioned that i should only do this with an “untranscoded” video. In the Project Window, in the DVD Transcode Status, it actually says, “Don’t transcode.”

Should i skip this step because my video is already transcoded and just go directly to building/writing on disc?

Thanks a lot Daniel ☺

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[Daniel Ludwig]

Clyde,
as soon as your assets allready transcoded (and a valid elementary-stream for DVD) you don´t need to set any transcoding-settings (as it´s allready done).

there´s only one point when you SHOULD use MOV or AVI and encore to transcode a DVD- or BD-file – if you need chaptermarkers on a dedicated frame!

background: adobe media encoder couldn´t set a necessary i-frame on previous generated (and marked) chapter-marker from premiere, it will generate I-frames depending on the previous GOP-structur… mostly this will result in NO i-frame on that dedicated frame, so no chapter-marker is possible in that case.

please keep that in mind.

danny

[Clyde Villegas]

Thanks Daniel. But what does “a valid elementary-stream for DVD” mean?

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[Daniel Ludwig]

hey,
valid elementary-streams are: m2v, mpv, ac3, dts or wav/aif