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Does Encore dislike 704×480 MPEGs?
I have an MPEG that is 704×480, 29.97 fps, Dolby Digital Audio at 48000/256. No matter how I try to resave this file oustide of Encore, Encore insists on telling me the file is “untranscoded.”
This MPEG was recorded on a DVD recorder, decrypted to a VOB by DvdDecrypter, and resaved in Womble MPEG2VCR to make an MPEG that I can use in a DVD authoring program without re-encoding. This process works for me 99% of the time with files I record on a DVD recorder.
Encore does not seem to have a problem importing my 720×480 MPEGs, which is what usually comes out of my JVC and LG recorders. For those files, “don’t transcode” is the status. However, this 704×480 MPEG was recorded by a friend of mine on his own DVD recorder–that’s why it’s different than the 720×480 MPEGs I usually make.
The only thing I can figure is that Encore wants to transcode because the file is 704×480–although in all the Encore specs, it says that 704×480 is allowed.
How can I avoid re-transcoding this file? Is there a way to figure out why Encore thinks it’s not DVD-compliant? Is there a project setting somewhere that I’m missing? (I am somewhat of a newbie to Encore.) Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Encore always transcodes 704×480 video due to how subtitles are handled- even if you don’t use subtitles in your project.
You could try patching the MPEG file headers so they read as 720 wide instead of 704. I forget the name of the application that does this, but you could search for it on the web.
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Well–the reply I entered for this doesn’t seem to be working–maybe because I put a link in it.
Anyway–Joe, thank you for your reply. I was wondering if the program you meant was DVDPatcher? I found that mentioned on the VideoHelp website. Please let me know if this rings a bell as the right kind of program before I try it out. Thanks!
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That’s the one…give that a try, it may work for you.
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moxiecat! do not forget to patch VIDEO_TS’s VOBs back to 704×480!!
or try to use DVDLab/Maestro/Scenarist 🙂 -
Frippy,
Thanks–Yes, I’ve heard that you have to do this when done.
One other thing I was wondering about–Do you know if you need to select “first header only” or “entire file” in DVD Patcher? (and which should be selected both times–before Encore as an MPEG and after as VOBs?)
Thanks.
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/* Do you know if you need to select “first header only” or “entire file” in DVD Patcher? */
I’m not using Encore, but i mean that Encore reads only first GOP from file.
Then, i mean that “patch only first header” will be fine.
If no – set entire file./* (and which should be selected both times–before Encore as an MPEG and after as VOBs?) */
Yes, before – MPEG2 files, after – all VOBs that contains 704×480 video.
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