[Chris Borjis]

CC 2014 introduced 4k GPU debayer without the need for a rocket.

[Chris Borjis]

[Chuck Bolland] ” so what is behind the eventual elimination of Encore?”

A streaming company named Rovio purchased Sonic Solutions,
who had licensed their disc authoring technology to Adobe.

Adobe didn’t want to have to start from scratch so they retired Encore.

[Chris Borjis]

maybe try a small section and just encode it directly with media encoder.
25 to 29.97 without using premiere.

if that works, export the entire sequence and convert it that way.

[Chris Borjis]

h.264 is lossy so don’t export it as that.

just look at DnxHD bit-rate settings (or google them) to
see which one works well. A lot of what I use is ProRes LT.
ProRes (standard) & HQ “can” be over kill at times, (often unnecessary for HD in my opinion)

DnxHD is basically Avid’s version of pro res.

[Chris Borjis]

[taras groves] “Can i select the the acvhd folder the 1080i 29.97fps option, then import my newly made .mov file”

perfect ya do that.

[Chris Borjis]

that was new for CC version i think.

You could try importing all projects to a new one,
then nest the sequences one after another, then do
an export for blu-ray.

should work and skips that extra export step.

[Chris Borjis]

ya it should work.

I’ve done this myself for film festival compilations.
where NTSC & PAL content needed to be on NTSC DVD’s.

changing the PAL to 29.97 always came out better
than converting it to 23.976

The timing and audio pitch should keep it’s original duration and pitch.
no need for any stretching or pitch shifting.

maybe do a short test of one for a few minutes with lots of motion
to see how it will turn out.

[Chris Borjis]

If someone brought this to me to do, I would export each sequence as
a prores 422 .mov file (or DnxHD if on a pc). (1080 25fps)

Then do a new project and sequence at 1080i 29.97fps and
put those files in that.

Premiere will add the duplicate frames needed. I have found
it does a good job at that.

then export that sequence to blu-ray or whatever is needed.

Unless you have access to a standards converter (teranex etc..)
it’s not a good idea to throw frames away as this can cause
visual issues, but adding frames should not create problems.

[Chris Borjis]

I had a recent job that came in 23.976 and had to be 24P for a DCP package.

I recommend you stick to the 24 frame work flow end to end.

When it’s all done, put the 24 frame output file (with the finished post-sound)
into a 23.976 sequence then export it.

It should be ok.

Premiere does a really good job of dealing with that.

[Chris Borjis]

I have all 5 of our mac systems set for the power management & sleep disabled.

Having it on can hinder performance. “Green modes” can make the cpus
not get to full speed.

The Pro-Tools installation manual specifically states that
a machine going to sleep while a project is open can muck
things up. I’ve seen it happen.

We generally power down our macs at night, unless renders
or audio mixes are being processed.