It’s been since I’ve had that problem. From what I can recall, re-installing Encore solved the problem. However, it seemed that I had to re-install it every time I started a new project (a few months apart).
Unfortunately, re-installing Encore was the only thing that seemed to work. If just opening the project is a problem, try double clicking on the project file itself, rather than opening Encore first.
Embarrassingly simple. Under Edit | Audio Hardware Setup on the menu I selected the line-in/Mic-in with the “s” for default input. BTW, in the control panel I selected only the line-in input. That seems to be preventing gaps in the recording.
No. I’ve given up for the time being. It’s rare when I don’t eventually find a solution, but I was spending way too much time on this without any success. I found a posting somewhere on Adobe Forums that suggested that this might be a problem known to Adobe that would be addressed in a later update. What’s working for me now is to make a FLV file and use secondary software (FLV Downloader/Converter) to make the mp4. The workaround seems silly when we have all of this “state of the art” software. Thanks for the links. I’ll check them out.
Totally unrelated to the subject: I was noticing your system. Did you put it together yourself? How well does run (especially for NLE)? How much did it cost?
The DVD files I used were the .VOB/.IFO files I created through Encore. I probably should have been clearer in the first post. I’ll try the image file idea. Thanks.