[Corey Rybicki]

pet peaves?

When a “big shot” producer gives you a 2d photo of a couch and asks you to spin around it like in the matrix….

[Corey Rybicki]

The DVD special features discusses this scene, however if I remember correctly, all they said was that it was a series of 3 very quick dissolves….but there denfinately appears to be mainpulation of the transfer modes as you both pointed out…

Their reasoning was to keep a steady pace throughout the whole chase…

not sure if any of this helps. I just wanted to reply since this is one of my all-time favorite flicks eventhough I think the transition in question was a lil sloppy IMO…lol…I was never impressed with it, but understood the reasoning behind it.

[Corey Rybicki]

[eric pautsch] “Programming that many buttons can make you crazy.”

Phew….I thought it was just me.

This thread will definately help me get through my current project.

I should be leaving the cave by mid January….

Thanks guys,

Corey

By the way John…that’s a beautiful web you’ve spun.

[Corey Rybicki]

Thanks for the reply Darby.

Everything will be the same except for replacing the photos, text, and changing the color. I might also have to adjust the size of several replacement photos.

I think it’ll be alright.

Regards

[Corey Rybicki]

“is there a special trick to transcoding at such a low data rate?”

Nope, no special tricks. If you want to customize your bitrate settings in encore, goto file>transcode>edit project transcode presets. Just remember to save the preset. There are three icons at the top next to the preset drop down menu that will allow you to import, save, or delete a preset.

I typically use VBR(variable bit rate) but you will be good using a CBR(constant bit rate)of 3.4Mbs for now, and will have about a half gig of space to spare for menus and anything else. Using CBR will be the fastest and least complicated method. For audio use dolby digital 192kbps at 48kHz(default)

I would recommend transcoding one episode with these settings, if the quality is acceptable, and the the size of the m2v file(mpeg2) is just under 750Mb’s and the Ac3 is under 45mbs you’re good to go. These files are located in the folder with the same name of your project and in the same directory you saved your project. once you open the folder, goto sources>transcodes and you will see the files.

If there are extreme artifacts, its most likely that there are some fast movements in the video and you’ll probably have to do a VBR 2 pass transcode to clean this up.

I have to run, but if you have any specific questions or run into problems just keep posting…

regards

[Corey Rybicki]

I agree…this needs to be a DVD-9.

I was a lil freaked out too when I had to burn my first dual layer. I thought there was a different process and figured it was just a jerry rigged technique to create a “real” DVD anyway…but just as Michael said in the previous post, almost every DVD you buy or rent is a DVD-9 and the process is almost exactly the same as if you were authoring a DVD-5.

The only real difference is setting the layer break point. Encore will set it automagically, but if it has a problem, it will let you set it manually. Encore help has a detailed section on how to do this. Just do a search for “layer break” it’s really not a big deal… Place it at the beginning of the 6th episode if you have to do it manually and it should work just fine.

Also, you’ll need to change the settings to dual layer in the disc settings panel…and if you need help with transcoding at 3.4 Mbps, just let me know…

Regards

[Corey Rybicki]

Thanks,

I was prepared to mess around with it for the rest of the day, but I suppose I’ll let it go for know….However, I’m sure my curiosity will get the best of me and end up wasting my weekend…

regards,

Corey

[Corey Rybicki]

So it is the firewire…I was hoping it wasn’t so…oh well,no biggy

Thanks Walter!

Best Regards

[Corey Rybicki]

Nevermind…I’ll go ask a lawyer

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