[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Jon,

Folks have been having strange issues with transparency and such…try disabling the Mercury Playback Hardware (if applicable) and render a test that way once and see if it helps

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Tom,

I would guess that the 8-bit format you are recording now is not what you were getting before, and that you are currently recording as UNCOMPRESSED, which would explain the capture failures, as a single drive is not sufficient to keep up.

I’m not familiar with the Mac side of things, but I know that on PC, Decklink cards can record to the BlackMagic Motion JPEG compressed format, but maybe on Mac the 8 and 10-bit options are uncompressed only?

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

In Encore, have you tried burning a disc using the Image you previously created? Is it possible that the .iso extension got associated to something else in Windows so that it is not being recognized correctly?

Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Malcolm,

You system specs suggest that the clip should easily play back smoothly. As suggested, make sure Premiere is updated (5.5.2 I believe) and also get the latest GTX 570 driver from nvidia.com site.

The 7200rpm drive should not be an issue since DSLR video is typically 24Mbps, less than DV footage!

Make sure the Sequence Setting matches your footage. Drag a clip to the New Sequence button to set that up automatically.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Patrick,

Found this at Red Giant, search is our friend –

https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/support/faq/product-specific/magic-bullet-looks/276/

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Brent,

Perhaps the title of your post should actually be “Premiere Pro to Iskysoft to DVD” trouble? I would ask why you are bringing third-party software into the equation, as well as doing multiple transcodes?

From Premiere, you can use Dynamic Link direct to Encore for the DVD burn, or alternately (my preference)is to Export straight from Premiere to Adobe Media Encoder. This will allow you to create the “MPEG-2 for DVD” assets directly from the original source files in Premiere.

What you are currently doing is encoding to an “intermediate codec”, then on to MPEG-2 DVD. So you are adding an extra layer of conversion and compression, AND it is outside of Adobe so maybe the colorspace conversion is incorrect or something?

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

There is no 1620×1080, get that number out of your head as well 😉

NTSC video is usually interlaced and you’ll want to keep it that way, as deinterlacing throws away half the resolution and you don’t want that! If your titles were created at HD resolution, then they are 16:9 and now you are putting them into a 4:3 project, so that may have something to do with the quality issue. Why not create titles at NTSC resolution?

Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

I don’t know where you are seeing “480×720”, DV video is most definitely 720×480. Where/how did you create your titles and at what resolution? Note that NTSC video is interlaced, and if you watch it on a computer screen, those are progressive, so you can see some funky interlace artifacting issues, so don’t judge the picture that way, it never looks right. Burn a DVD and view on an actual TV set.

Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Ed,

My DVD duplicator recently quit on me and then I got a PO from a repeat customer for a batch of their DVDs. I remembered reading about a fulfillment outfit and looked them up and ended up just using them. I was able to upload the DVD and artwork files and within a few days they shipped them out, very simple process! They even sent me a free proof disc on request.

Check out “kunaki” online

Thanks

Jeff Pulera

[Jeff Pulera]

Export to “MPEG-2 for DVD”, as this is exactly what Encore needs, and it will NOT be transcoded again, used as is. This option will create TWO files, .m2v for video and .wav for audio. In Encore, use “Import As > Timeline” and select both clips together.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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