[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Mike,

Years ago it seemed that the -R had broader compatibility than +R, but the newer DVD players don’t care anymore, either should work but I have just always stuck with DVD-R for consistency and duplicate hundreds every year and NEVER a compatibility issue. Ever. Had one come back recently, but that one was blank…oops.

jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

Any idea what frame size and frame rate you are recording the screen at? Maybe you need to use a video-sized frame, such at 720p (1280×720).
No idea with the shareware-type software, they make their own rules sometimes.

Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

I know Lagarith works fine in CS6 since I use it a lot. I would question the software that created the Lagarith file, maybe it is corrupt or not configured correctly. What are the export settings? Frame size, frame rate, etc.?

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Mike,

Ask the TV station to get you a screen grab of THEIR settings for the H.264 encodes so you can duplicate. There are countless variables affecting quality and file size (well actually I will be corrected that the DATA rate is all that affects file size, but you get the idea).

Countless possibilities if you combine all the possible combinations of sliders and such. A lot of good compression is art and voodoo (experience).

There is not a right or wrong way, just the way that works best for you (small file with high quality is what we all work towards).

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Mike,

Possibly an Adobe bug, so be sure you have the latest update patches installed for Premiere. Beyond that, PC guy here and don’t have any other brainstorms, sorry

Thanks

Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Mike,

When working with camera media, the best process is to COPY the top folder from memory card directly to your hard drive. Do not dig down and try to copy just video files, and do not use any Sony transfer software. Reason being that some formats have the audio and video separate, and there is MXF data and such interspersed throughout all the folders,and if Adobe doesn’t have access to ALL the original info, that is where problems come from.

So copy the whole works over to hard drive “as is”, then the next important step in Premiere is to use the MEDIA BROWSER to import the clips, rather than just “Import”. Media Browser will dig down and pull up the video clips for you, in the proper context, so that they work

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Mike,

Most people will suggest not putting this much video on a DVD, but I have done it many times. Results depend on the source footage. I’ve done a lot of dance recitals and since most of the image (background) is dark and static and just the performers are moving, it actually comes out looking nice!

A wedding can be different if for instance there are a lot of flashing lights during the dancing. The constant abrupt changes in the scene can reveal a lot of compression artifacting, but since the source appears to be old VHS footage, maybe it will look satisfactory for your needs.

I determine the data rate for the DVD using a formula from Adobe, which is 560/minutes=data rate, and I round down slightly for safety margin (menu overhead etc).

So 560/150=3.73, so 3.6 should work fine. I would use VBR 2-Pass with 3.6 as the average and that will allow the compressor to allocate more bits where needed, and less where not so important, to balance out the quality. Maybe something like 2 min, 3.6 avg, 6 max? You can try some short samples and see how it looks on disc.

Start with the same NTSC High Quality preset as before, and just set the data rate and don’t touch anything else. This will export an .m2v video and .wav audio file. Import those into Encore, and Encore will convert the audio to Dolby AC-3 for you.

Good luck

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

I know that DOA means Disc At Once, but what are you asking exactly? Do you perhaps need a disc image, or DVD folder? Please elaborate

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Nathan,

Rob is correct – put ANY DVD in your PC and rather than play it, open the drive and you will see that the contents of the DVD is a VIDEO_TS folder.

From Encore, when you go to BUILD screen, change “DVD” to “FOLDER” in the drop down menu, and this will simply create the “VIDEO_TS” folder on your hard drive at the location you specify. There is also an “IMAGE” option, which creates an .iso file, burnable with most disc burning apps. Actually, no reason you can’t hand the guy a burned DVD and he can make copies of it, exact same thing in the end!!!

For Blu-ray, may be the same scenario, with BUILD going to FOLDER rather than the Blu-ray disc burn, not sure, not in front of PC at this moment

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Starts with “E” and ends with “bay” maybe?

Jeff