Jeff Bellune
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[dickij] “So what you’re saying is that Edit Original won’t work with .avi’s even (when you use Embed Project Link when you render)
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One more question: Are you “converting” PAL .avi files from PAL .avi to PAL .mpeg, or are you “converting” PAL/NTSC .avi files to NTSC/PAL .mpeg files? Encore will not convert PAL –> NTSC or vice-versa.
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1. What codec was used to create the .avi? Do a Google search for GSpot and use that utility to I.D. the codec.
2. What is the frame size of the .avi?
3. What is the frame rate of the .avi?
4. What error message do you get when you try to import the .avi file into Encore?
The answers to these question should provide a clue as to why Encore won’t import the .avi file.
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If you output from AE as an .avi file, then you can’t use AE as the target of Edit Original. AE knows how to open AE project files, not .avi files. AE imports .avi files, but it does not open and load them like WMP or Audition. Premiere and Encore won’t do it, either.
I know this may be simplistic and obvious, but I have to ask anyway. How do you organize your comps inside of the AE project that you are using? Have you tried organizing a series of AE projects insided of a folder in Windows the same way? The Windows folder would play the part of the AE project, and the AE projects would take on the role of the comps in the current project. If not ideal, it would certainly help you with the organizational details until Adobe changes the way that rendered previews are handled in Dynamic Link.
-Jeff
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Try bringing your avi into Encore as is, then letting Encore automatically transcode it. Test burn to an RW disc and see if you like the results any better.
-Jeff
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[stevendukic] “no one would help me. I’m not very impressed with this website, given the fact that none of the experts would reply to me.”
That is a lie. Both of your topics were replied to by 2 different “experts”. That they were unable to solve your problem should be the focus of this discussion.
If deinterlacing fixed your “skippy” video, then your problem was self-induced by inverting the field order of the source video footage at some point in the post-production pipeline. Or by interlacing progressive footage incorrectly. Either way, in future projects you should take care to preserve the source footage’s field order if you are outputting for interlaced TV. Outputting for progressive display devices like computer monitors or HDTV is another subject entirely.
-Jeff
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Are any of your project files on a network or external drive? Have you moved any assets? Have you deleted or moved the project folder?
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Check your post in that “other” forum. 😉
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Try this:
For each timeline that is part of the playlist, put a chapter point at the end of the timeline. Then when a viewer hits the Next button on the remote, it will go to the chapter point, play the last frame (or frames) and then move to the next timeline in the playlist.
Because chapter markers can only be placed at GOP headers in mpeg files, this works better if you revert your transcoded avi assets to original before adding the chapter markers. If your assets were originally imported as mpeg files, then you’re stuck with putting a chapter marker at the last GOP header.
I don’t have 1.5 installed anymore, so I can’t check to see if this is reproducible on my system.
-Jeff
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[Rich Okonski] “The little bit of audio only kicked the total up to 4.41 gig.”
Even though you managed to fit the 4.41 gigs on the burned discs, when you fill up a single disc to its limit (or more), you risk having hardware player compatibility problems. Some hardware players will handle the disc gracefully while (and this is more likely) other players will choke on it.
If you have already transcoded the large(st) asset, then my recommendation with both large and small assets would be to do as you suggested and revert to original, followed by a re-transcode. I’m not saying you *have* to do that, I’m just saying that it is the method that should result in the widest player compatibility.
-Jeff
PS – is there a quota on questions? 🙂