[Chet Wesley]

I tested this and it did not fix it.

Actually thinking about it, that makes no sense, because when you import the text script, encore re-formats the timecode to fit to PAL. From that point on, it doesn’t even refer to your original script.

I imported my NTSC script, exported from encore, checked the script – no frame numbers over 25, imported, same error message.

[Chet Wesley]

You are right that I do have them in NTSC timecode format…

However, after further testing, I found that it is only Spanish that is causing this problem. All the other languages are fine.

I will test it with the spanish in 30 frame format. Thanks.

[Chet Wesley]

That is a good suggestion. I have final cut as well, I could just do a “capture now” in final cut and then process the files overnight to a web download format.

[Chet Wesley]

I tried this and it works for setting the subtitle and playing ONE timeline… the way I have it set up, when you select the language button in the menu, it plays the timeline (via the normal link of the button) with the subtitle track selected (via “specify link”). This works for now as I am just testing out the subtitles on one timeline, but ultimately, I have a DVD with several separate video timelines, each with their own set of subtitle tracks.

I think if I understand correctly, the last question is whether you can select the subtitle language, but then have the DVD stay in the menu, rather than go directly to playing the DVD with the subtitle track you have just selected… And also if there is a way to have it set the language universally across ALL timelines in the project.

My guess is that you set the button to go to the main menu (or to the subtitle menu you are in), but specify link as setting the subtitle track you want. That way, you don’t play the movie right from the subtitle menu, but rather, the subtitle track is selected and saved in the background and will play when the video is played from the play button in the menu.

Would that work, and would it set the selected subtitle track for all playlists (assuming they were all set up in the same order of tracks/languages on each playlist)?

From what I had read, the DVD player keeps the subtitle track saved, but what I wonder is how it keeps it saved for ALL timelines even though when you specify the link, you can specify it only for the subtitle track in ONE timeline.

[Chet Wesley]

What system Mac vs Windows?

Windows

How did you wind up with 1280 x 720 P file?

We shot in 720P HD

Is the file .mpeg, .mov ,.avi ?

We are editing in Premiere in HDV, which I believe is a MPEG (I am not editing, just dealing with the DVD). There are some graphics that are in MOV.

If you want to find up with a file 720×480 (1.2 PAR), you would have to scale yours down. There are several ways to do that, but one way would be to import your file into a widescreen Premiere SD project, and use the scaling in the Effects to bring the picture size down.
Then export using the Adobe media encoder with a Mpeg DVD preset and make sure you select widescreen.

So this is one aspect that I was not clear on – if I want a widescreen DVD, then I am exporting a 720×480 file, but with a widescreen pixel aspect ratio? And then make 16×9 timelines in encore to drop it into?

Likewise with the menu? Just make it a 16×9 menu, and it will render correctly to work with widescreen TVs when the DVD is made?

Thanks for the input.

[Chet Wesley]

A cheaper route would be looking for a used GR-HD1 or JY-HD10. They use the same format assuming you are shooting in 30P not 25P. That will probably be cheaper than any JVC deck.

-CW

[Chet Wesley]

It shouldn’t matter if you have effects or not, the resulting file size is just a result of the length of the file and the bit rate.

[Chet Wesley]

Thank you sir.

That doesn’t seem to play the audio though for some reason.

[Chet Wesley]

See first thread in said linked forum 🙂

[Chet Wesley]

You definitely don’t need your frame higher than 30FPS, and the resolution is also too big to get any kind of reasonable file size out of.