[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Mike,

Are you working with a trial version? That won’t have all codecs due to licensing and royalty concerns. If this is a full licensed install, it ought to have everything by default.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Exactly what Chris said, have done this many times. Works best if you are NOT changing the duration at all, for instance correcting a title or some edit glitch. From Premiere, use AME to export an MPEG-2 for DVD file. I believe in Encore there is a Replace option, otherwise what I have done is to rename the original MPEG-2 to something different, then give the NEW file the name of the original (in same directory) to trick Encore into substituting the new file in your project.

Since you used Dynamic Link, I know in the File menu in Encore there is a button to show the location of the encoded assets, so that should help you locate the trancoded files. I don’t use Dynamic Link, always export from AME because I like the manual control I get for situations such as these

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Bruce,

Make sure the tape has some timecode on it – record a few minutes of black, then roll back into it so the PTT starts in the timecoded area.

Also, in camera menu, you may be able to “force” the VTR to “HDV” rather than leaving it on AUTO.

Note that Premiere first renders out your content, and only fires up the camera after that step is completed.

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Martin,

Is it possible that the DVD is 24fps perhaps? If Premiere thinks the footage is 29.97, that would account for the clips appearing to be short.

In the Clip Bin, right-click the .vob and use Modify > Interpret and see if changing the frame rate helps. If you determine that frame rate is the issue, maybe edit as 24p? Never dealt with this before myself, so no expert with that.

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

If the DVD is not encrypted, just COPY the .vob files from DVD to your editing hard drive, then import directly into CS5 or CS5.5 to edit native, no third-party business involved.

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Andy,

Can you tell us the format of the source clips?

Also, rather than opening the CS4 project, have you tried to create a NEW project in CS5, and IMPORT the old project into it?

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Chris,

This is probably the info you already saw – https://success.adobe.com/assets/en/downloads/guides/Pr_CS6_WN_Reveal.pdf

But just to let you know, external preview from Encore has been available for some time using the Matrox MXO2 hardware. I preview Encore DVD and Blu-ray jobs via HDMI to an LED monitor using MXO2 Mini.

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Thomas,

What is the reason behind the conversion to .avi? This is not a good delivery format, files too large, used more for editing. What codec did you use? There are countless codecs available, and the computer must have the right codec installed for playback.

What is the source footage – SD, 720p, 1080? What is the destination/purpose?

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Oliver,

Since you said the export works if you put some VIDEO at the end, how about placing video, but then put black on the track above? Or use VIDEO, with tranparency adjusted to make it invisible (black)?

Just gotta outsmart these programs sometimes when they misbehave

Also a good idea to add a few seconds of black beyond end of audio.

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

The default image duration only effects clips as they are Imported into the project. Once they’re in the bin already, changing the default duration in Prefs does not change length of existing stills, you’d need to do that manually. Any subsequent Imports of new stills would reflect the current default length.

Jeff Pulera
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