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Mastering a Children’s Music Video in Premiere & Encore CS6 Questions
Hi,
I am currently making a children’s music video, mastering both DVD and Bluray Disc.
I have seven Premiere projects, each with one music video. I am wondering the best way to import or link them into Encore.
The menu will be simple. Three buttons Play All, Chapters, Special Features. Chapters and Special Features will each have a sub menu with individual videos.
1. Should I dynamic link every sequence into Encore and then create the playlist? Or Should I render all the files into MPEG2 for DVD and place them on one sequence in Premiere first?
2. What is the best HD format to render my sequences for a Bluray Disc?
3. Some of the music videos were filmed and edited in 24fps and some in 30fps. Will this be a problem in Encore?
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2 Replies
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For future reference, you can create multiple sequences in ONE Premiere project, so you could’ve done all 7 videos in the same project. Maybe you already know that and have your reasons, just sharing in case.
I would render out the “MPEG-2 for DVD” clips and then Import them into Encore. Less headaches! Add up the total run length of all clips, so that you encode to MPEG-2 at a bitrate that will fit on the DVD. Use an online bitrate calculator, or use 560/minutes=bitrate (round down a bit for safety margin/menu overhead), and don’t exceed 7 or 8 max.
For Blu-ray, encode as “H.264 for Blu-ray” using one of the presets in AME. Can’t answer your question of mixed frame rates, sorry.
Jeff Pulera
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1) I would pick File -> Export -> Media in PR, pick BluRay, Best quality (your frame size/rate) then press Queue
After you press Queue, Media Encoder will open. Pick the line with BluRay/Output setting and press CMD/CTRL+D to duplicate the output. Change the duplicate output to a DVD output. Now when you press PLAY you can have Media Encoder create DVD and BluRay files in a single step. Just bring those files into Encore.
Tip: Export them to separate folders. I think each output will create 4 files, 1 video, 1 audio, and 2 metadata. It’ll be easiest to bring files into Encore if all the DVD files are in one folder and BluRay in another.
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2) If you Dynamic Link into Media Encoder you don’t need to worry about this. If a web/mobile output will also be a thing add an H.264 output in Media Encoder.
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3) I’m quite certain the BluRay player and TV will make a handshake at a given frame size/resolution when you start playing a clip. If you go to a clip with a different size or rate it will break that connection and establish a new one at the required rate. It’s like when the extra features on a BluRay are in SD. Build a test disc, and if it proves a problem in more than one player just export your 24p at 29.97. Media Encoder is smart enough to add a proper pull down along the way.
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