Jeff Bellune
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What OS? Any 64-bit versions of XP or Vista on that duo-core box? If so, revert to 32-bit Windows XP.
Is your Sony burner updated with the latest firmware? Even if you bought it yesterday?
It’s also possible that an old version of Encore (1.01) just can’t communicate properly with the new Sony burner. Possible conflict: that burner supports DL discs, and Encore didn’t support DL until version 1.5.1.
-Jeff
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Gather all of the documents you want to include in a single folder. Go to the Disc tab and add the folder as ROM content.
-Jeff
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[Mylenium] “I’m certain you could buy Jeff’s book as well in good faith”
Thank you for the vote of confidence! In all fairness I have to say that I don’t think my book would be a good choice in this instance. I touch on the spec occasionally (audio follows video in DVD-Video, web-like button rollovers have to be improvised, etc.) but my book is geared toward getting you into Encore and getting you productive right away. I try and stay away from the more esoteric technical aspects of DVD creation. 😛
-Jeff
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Re: The AE plugin. If it’s not giving too much away, or committing to too much in advance, is your plan to keep the pI3 UI as part of the parameter setup in AE? Or are you planning to overhaul the interface to make it more like AE?
For example, Color Finesse has a simplified, AE-looking interface for adjusting parameters, but CF also has its own UI that opens up on demand from inside AE.
Thanks,
-JeffThe Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0
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16 – 235 is more about keeping things NTSC-legal (and more watchable) for any video source, not just DVD. Another way it helps is to make text and other graphics look better. Pure white (255) text on pure black (0) looks awful on a TV. So does any pure color, especially red (255,0,0).
DVD Demystified by Jim Taylor is an excellent all-in-one resource.
-Jeff
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The idea is the same, the execution is the same, but most commercial DVDs will have some kind of background video and audio going on the whole time the menu is displayed, even after the buttons are in place.
Then it is up to the DVD author to decide if he wants the audience to be returned to the original copy of the menu (with introduction) or a second copy of the menu (the part after the buttons and graphics are all in place).
Commercial DVDs will also have button transitions going from a menu to a timeline, or from a menu to another menu.
Hope this helps,
-Jeff
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In AE (or whatever program you used to make your menu background video), add 30 seconds to one minute of just the static portion of your menu (after all of the graphics, text and buttons are in place).
Then set the loop point back to the beginning of the static portion.
Use the .psd copy of the menu as a target link when the audience returns the menu from a timeline or another menu.
-Jeff
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David,
I’m sorry for offending you. I did not mean for you to interpret my post as a personal attack.
From where I sit, the links you posted and the information you quoted in your earlier posts give you more than enough information to make a decision on what needs to be done, whether you choose the DVD-R route or the DLT route.
However, my familiarity with Encore and these forums, and my knowledge of the individuals involved who have given you information directly here and indirectly from other sources perhaps prevented me from seeing that the path that seems so clear and cut-and-dried to me, may not be clear or complete in any way to someone searching for the best way to get the job done.
Neil Wilkes has been around, through, over and under the subject of creating DDP images for mastering houses. He knows his stuff very well.
Joe Bowden has been around Encore for a long time. I don’t know anyone who is more familiar with the ins and outs of the program, and how it has changed through its revisions, than he. You’d probably have to talk to the guys at Adobe who actually wrote the code to find someone who knows more about Encore than Joe does.
Anyway, I hope you’ve ended up with enough information to get you going in the right direction. If you only use Encore, then DLT is what you’ll need to create a master. If you employ additional tools, a DVD-R master is possible.
-Jeff
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