[Eric Pautsch]

Only Scenarist, Blu Print and Do Studio support 3D authoring and encoding. The first 2 cost 80K with encoder. You should check out Do Studio. You’ll also need special glasses, players and monitors.

https://www.netblender.com/main/resources/understanding-3d/how-3d-works/

[Eric Pautsch]

It fails Sony BD verifiers. Im not engineer so I cant elaborate on the technical details.

https://www.netblender.com/main/resources/wikipapers/blu-ray-encoding/

This wiki is getting old so maybe things have changed

[Eric Pautsch]

However the Matrox does not output a compliant H.264 stream for replication. Fine for one offs but that’s it.

[Eric Pautsch]

Richard….are you in LA?

[Eric Pautsch]

Always helps to do a search:

https://forums.creativecow.net/search.php?q=subtitles+too+close&content=F&f%5B%5D=145&age=&library=T

Another crazy Encore bug I’m sure. My advice scrap Encore. I guess the subs need to be 5 frames apart depending on your frame resolution. Honestly John you should look into tools like Do Studio if you plan on doing BD titles like these. You could have a license for about what CS costs.

[Eric Pautsch]

Try the Michael Sacci method 🙂 Check your bitrate in Compressor’s Inspector. Use AC3 audio as well.

[Eric Pautsch]

Encoding has nothing to do with the size of the source file – only the length. If you do the math on the length of your footage and your bitrate you will probably find it does add up. Whats the lengths and bitrate?

[Eric Pautsch]

There used to be tools to do this but with the newer OSs its become non-existent. Even before it wasn’t very reliable. Provide a menu how on how to access a website or create HTTP links as ROM data.

[Eric Pautsch]

There would be no difference in your situtation between ProRes 422 and HQ.

https://macmediacast.com/2009/03/prores-422-standard-vs-prores-422-hq/

I see your point on the Cinema Verite but what you gain in one area you must give up somewhere else. The reason why the features you have watched look so much “better” has more to do with the source than the encoder. People spend alot of money and alot of time color correcting, lighting and mastering before it hits an encoder. Im not saying what your doing is incorrect, it just a by product of the type of production you are handling.

The reason your seeing interlacing is because you are viewing it on an interlaced monitor. You can encode progressive but since our are seeing it on a interlaced monitor you have interlacing. The problem goes away once its feed intoa progressive monitor.

29.97 doesn’t mean interlaced its just means DFTC. Your files are definitely progressive 29.97. The reason I hate 30p can be illustrate in this thread:

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/55/862652

Things have changed in the last 3 years or so with Hardware vs. Software encoders. Since a digital workflow has become a standard in itself it only makes sense. Also, not all software encoders are the same. Some run 10 of thousand so of dollars, use advanced DCT algorithms and enable you to tweak parameters- even segments re-encode certain trouble spots.

If you like, I can look at your QT encode this for you on Cinevision, Im not promising any miracles and I certainly can’t do it for free but its just an offer since you obviously reflect such passion in the quality of your encode ( A huge compliment BTW 🙂 ) Other than that, you can try another encoder if you like.

So basically you have 3 choices:

1. Color correct it scene to scene
2. Buy another encoder
3. Have someone do it on a high end system with pre-processing and segment encodes and all that

None will guarantee the results you might want since Ive only been talking with you over a computer screen. These things need to be scrutinize with an encoder and the producer in the same room or over the phone. Your workflows look correct.

[Eric Pautsch]

I think the point is you can create and edit video that look like that………..on a flippin iphone!!!!

Like it or not, this is where alot production business be going….

Granted, it needs some work but if I were a producer and you pulled that spot off in a afternoon for half the cost, while sending a proof of the work over an iphone, you’d get my business.